Games like MONOWAVE
If MONOWAVE is your kind of game, the closest matches are Herdles, End's Reach II: Wake of Reason and Tall Trails — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About MONOWAVE: MONOWAVE is a whimsical puzzle-platforming adventure about the power of emotions. Explore beautiful worlds and empathize with quirky spirits to restore harmony.
Players who liked MONOWAVE also play
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Herdles
WHY THIS
Top pick for MONOWAVE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with MONOWAVE.
An adorable open world platformer where you play as a magical dog. Zoom around a vibrant landscape, using an evolving arsenal of abilities to explore, solve challenges and discover secrets – one bark at a time!
End's Reach II: Wake of Reason
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for MONOWAVE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with MONOWAVE.
A RETRO-inspired 3D Action Adventure. End's Reach II is an exploration-heavy action adventure game set in an atmospheric and ambient science-fiction world. Gather weapons, guns, powers, collectibles, and utilize the new first-person gameplay mode in all new dungeons and levels.
Tall Trails
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for MONOWAVE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with MONOWAVE.
A chill exploration game where EVERYTHING goes in the boot! You're Alp, a lil' golem on a quest to find his purpose. Run, climb, and use items as fuel in your Rocket Boot to blast yourself into the air!
Constance
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for MONOWAVE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with MONOWAVE.
Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.
Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for MONOWAVE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with MONOWAVE.
Explore a dream world as the iconic Little Nemo, armed with toys, candy, and stuffed animals in this cute & colorful Metroidvania adventure. Experience NES-era platformer gameplay in a vast, non-linear world that has been hand-animated frame-by-frame, as you unlock new abilities to progress.
All Hands on Deck
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for MONOWAVE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with MONOWAVE.
All Hands on Deck is a co-op puzzle platformer game. Use Rock, Paper, Scissors and various items together to solve puzzles, traverse through playful worlds and save plushies. Everyone can share the same experience! Just swap items and you're good to go. How handy is that!
Piece by Piece
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for MONOWAVE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with MONOWAVE.
Piece by Piece is a literal puzzle platformer where each level is fragmented into puzzle pieces. Clear each puzzle by connecting and unconnecting each piece to make your way through each of our 100 handcrafted levels. Discover new themes and mechanics along the way!
Crypt Custodian
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for MONOWAVE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with MONOWAVE.
Crypt Custodian is a charming metroidvania about cleaning up the afterlife. Play as Pluto - a mischievous cat who has died, and is sentenced to be the afterworld's janitor... FOREVER! Hang out with other doomed ghosts, battle beasts, and explore a vastly expansive landscape.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with MONOWAVE.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with MONOWAVE.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with MONOWAVE.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with MONOWAVE.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with MONOWAVE.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with MONOWAVE.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with MONOWAVE.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Tall Trails
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with MONOWAVE.
A chill exploration game where EVERYTHING goes in the boot! You're Alp, a lil' golem on a quest to find his purpose. Run, climb, and use items as fuel in your Rocket Boot to blast yourself into the air!
Constance
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with MONOWAVE.
Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.
Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with MONOWAVE.
Explore a dream world as the iconic Little Nemo, armed with toys, candy, and stuffed animals in this cute & colorful Metroidvania adventure. Experience NES-era platformer gameplay in a vast, non-linear world that has been hand-animated frame-by-frame, as you unlock new abilities to progress.
Piece by Piece
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with MONOWAVE.
Piece by Piece is a literal puzzle platformer where each level is fragmented into puzzle pieces. Clear each puzzle by connecting and unconnecting each piece to make your way through each of our 100 handcrafted levels. Discover new themes and mechanics along the way!
Frequently asked about MONOWAVE
- What games are most similar to MONOWAVE?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside MONOWAVE are Herdles, End's Reach II: Wake of Reason, Tall Trails.
- Who developed MONOWAVE?
- MONOWAVE was developed by Studio BBB Inc. and published by Studio BBB Inc., Phoenixx Inc..
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on MONOWAVE.
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