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Games like Cold Lazarus

If Cold Lazarus is your kind of game, the closest matches are Clarity: The Seven Demons of Vanguardia, Drilly Willis and Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior — 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 Cold Lazarus: Embark on a thrilling odyssey with Lazarus amidst Nimbranumbra's asteroid islands. Encounter charismatic characters, explore ancient ruins, quaint villages, and brave the eerie 'Frameworks.' Battle foes, complete quests, and solve puzzles in this captivating hand-drawn fantasy epic!

ActionIndieAdventureWindowsby CyrusTheVirus Studios
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Players who liked Cold Lazarus also play

Steam players who put hours into Cold Lazarus 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. Clarity: The Seven Demons of Vanguardia

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Cold Lazarus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Cold Lazarus.

    Clarity is a 2D side scrolling platforming adventure. Choose to face seven demons and acquire their demon sword and demon magic. Each sword and spell, has an elemental strength against a corresponding demon.

    2024ActionAdventureCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Drilly Willis

    WHY THIS

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

    Drilly Willis has a drill for a head and mad guitar skills. Save music for eternity by fighting your enemies with a one-of-a-kind drillhead weapon, jam songs on your guitar to grant special powers and abilities, and explore an interconnected world of bizarre creatures!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Cold Lazarus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Cold Lazarus.

    A brutal action metroidvania set in a world where reality is breaking apart. Battle biomechanical mutants, traverse shifting landscapes, and uncover fragments of your lost mind as you push deeper into a twisted post-apocalyptic nightmare.

    ActionAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  4. Morkull Ragast's Rage

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Cold Lazarus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cold Lazarus.

    A 2D video game that combines platforming and action with a touch of exploration in which we control Morkull, God of death and darkness and lord of the Ragast, whose main mechanics lies in the breaking of the fourth wall, which will allow Morkull to communicate with the player in various ways.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Clinical Trial

    WHY THIS

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

    Prologue version of the game BioGun.Get injected into the microscopic world. Face viral threats and winding corridors on your mission to save man’s best friend from the inside. Will you be the vaccine to save dog-kind from extinction?

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Ghost Song

    WHY THIS

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

    On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Curse of the Sea Rats

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Cold Lazarus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Cold Lazarus.

    Embark on an epic, hand-animated, ‘ratoidvania’ adventure, where your crew has been turned into rats by a pirate witch! Explore a rich non-linear world, enjoy fun action platforming, face challenging bosses, and unlock unique abilities - either alone or in local co-op!

    2023ActionAdventureRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. ITORAH

    WHY THIS

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

    Discover the world of Nahucan in this 2D action platformer. You are Itorah, the only human in this strange place. Explore, fight and survive to uncover your past and save Nahucan from its biggest threat, a mysterious plague!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  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 Cold Lazarus.

    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 Cold Lazarus.

    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 Cold Lazarus.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cold Lazarus.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cold Lazarus.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 Cold Lazarus.

    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 ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cold Lazarus.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Cold Lazarus

What games are most similar to Cold Lazarus?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cold Lazarus are Clarity: The Seven Demons of Vanguardia, Drilly Willis, Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior.
Who developed Cold Lazarus?
Cold Lazarus was developed by CyrusTheVirus Studios.

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 Cold Lazarus.

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