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Games like Horn of Balance

If Horn of Balance is your kind of game, the closest matches are Magical Blush, The Spectral Web: Yuurei and The Dreamthief — 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.

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About Horn of Balance: Explore an intricate new world of secrets and adventure. Features solid 2D Zelda-like gameplay, 12 vast non-linear dungeons and a wholesome story about the young golem Linden.

2027ActionIndieAdventureWindowsby Martijn den Hollander
Horn of Balance — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Horn of Balance also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Magical Blush

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Horn of Balance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Horn of Balance.

    Magical Blush is a top-down action-adventure where fast-paced elemental combat meets Metroidvania-style exploration. Chain spell combos, exploit elemental weaknesses, rescue survivors, and battle the powerful Elemental Lords as you explore the wondrous world of Wyn.

    2026ActionSteam ↗
  2. The Spectral Web: Yuurei

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Horn of Balance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Horn of Balance.

    Explore a giant, shifting Labyrinth and face off against powerful, ancient ghosts in this old-school action game inspired by 8-bit classics!

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. The Dreamthief

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Horn of Balance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Horn of Balance.

    Bjørn watches a mysterious figure steal his parents’ dreams and follows it into a world consumed by nightmares. Explore, fight, solve puzzles, and open rifts between dream and nightmare in a Ghibli-inspired isometric action-adventure about facing childhood fears.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Ancient Mind

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Horn of Balance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Horn of Balance.

    Ancient Mind is a puzzle-action-adventure game about discovering the remains of an ancient civilization. Explore dungeons, fight monsters, solve puzzles, and discover the truth about ancient mysteries.

    2024ActionAdventure11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Divinum

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Horn of Balance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Horn of Balance.

    Divinum is an action-adventure that blends stylish, expressive combat with rewarding exploration. Master devastating combos and craft unique builds to fight back mysterious invaders and uncover your island’s hidden truth.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. Draco and the Seven Scales

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Horn of Balance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Horn of Balance.

    Set sail on a voyage full of pirates, dark magic, and the thrill of discovery! Draco and the Seven Scales is a retro-inspired adventure that harkens back to an age of top down dungeon crawlers and lovable, crunchy pixel art.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Our Metal Bowl

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Horn of Balance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Horn of Balance.

    Explore a broken world. Fight with a silent machine. Solve puzzles that break the rules. The game has already begun, even on this page.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Eystrandi

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Horn of Balance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Horn of Balance.

    Battle powerful monsters, discover ancient artifacts, and forge your own path in Eystrandi, a 2D, Norse - inspired Metroidvania in which health is constantly draining, with the only thing between life and death being one's ability to reap health from their enemies.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗

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  1. 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 Horn of Balance.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Horn of Balance.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Horn of Balance.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Horn of Balance.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Horn of Balance.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Horn of Balance.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Horn of Balance.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Horn of Balance.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Horn of Balance

What games are most similar to Horn of Balance?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Horn of Balance are Magical Blush, The Spectral Web: Yuurei, The Dreamthief.
Who developed Horn of Balance?
Horn of Balance was developed by Martijn den Hollander.

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 Horn of Balance.

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