Games like Kong: Survivor Instinct
If Kong: Survivor Instinct is your kind of game, the closest matches are F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch, Star Rift Saga and Walrus Run — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and dark. 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 Kong: Survivor Instinct: When giant monsters fight, no one’s safe. Embark on a thrilling quest of survival in a city that’s become a battleground for Titans. Use the lethal strength of Kong and other monsters to your own advantage in this official Monsterverse game set shortly after the events of Godzilla vs. Kong.
Players who liked Kong: Survivor Instinct also play
Steam players who put hours into Kong: Survivor Instinct 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.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
WHY THIS
Shares exploration and an atmospheric mood with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Top pick for Kong: Survivor Instinct fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is a Metroidvania action game featuring exploration, intense combat and challenging platforming.
Star Rift Saga
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Kong: Survivor Instinct fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Embark on a Metroidvanian journey across a mysterious alien world where every ability unlocks new secrets and every corner hides danger or discovery. Fight enemies and bosses across multiple biomes, collect items and skills on your quest, and upgrade yourself and even the outpost itself.
Walrus Run
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Kong: Survivor Instinct fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Walrus Run is a 2D Action Platformer, compatible with conveniently-shaped bongo controllers. Slide, dash and eat through obstacles to get a high score and take back your fish from the greedy Sargent Seal!
The Pale Piper
WHY THIS
Shares backtracking, collectible hunting and atmospheric with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Ranked #4 for Kong: Survivor Instinct fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Uncover the truth behind your death and your sibling’s in a story-driven precision platformer inspired by the Pied Piper myth. Navigate a decaying, interconnected world where movement is your only defense. No combat, only precision, consequence, and secrets hidden in the dark.
Reggie, His Cousin, Two Scientists and Most Likely the End of the World
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Kong: Survivor Instinct fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Reggie's peaceful life is interrupted by a wild time-travel mission! Step into a playable hand-drawn animated story where you'll break physics to master the flow of gravity. Meet an absurd cast and uncover deep mysteries to fix (or screw) the universe’s future.
Echoes of Nox
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Kong: Survivor Instinct fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Explore the Echoes of Nox amongst the war between 3 factions of robots. Uncover new tools and take territory as the dynamically changing rooms switch hands between the different AIs and yourself. Reveal the secrets of the past and discover why you alone were left in this station.
Magical Delicacy
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Kong: Survivor Instinct fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
A magical pixel art platformer. Explore an unfamiliar town and deliver tasty treats to the townsfolk. Cook magical delicacies from your bought and gathered ingredients. Learn new ways to traverse, discover secrets, and figure out the intricacies of your orders.
Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Ranked #8 for Kong: Survivor Instinct fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
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.
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Monsters!
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Kong: Survivor Instinct cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Monsters! is a dual stick shooter with a retro feel complete with pixel art and leaderboards to achieve that good ol’ arcade feel.
Tiamat X
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Kong: Survivor Instinct cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Featuring six levels of intense shooting action, Tiamat X is a rip-snortin tribute to the side-scrolling space shooters of yesteryear, and would be right at home blazing away on the screen of a booming, beer-stained arcade cabinet.
Castle of Vania
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Kong: Survivor Instinct cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Invade the castle of the powerful Vampire Vania, face several difficult, exciting and sensual challenges to end this reign of horror and orgies.
Bottomless Pitfall
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Kong: Survivor Instinct cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
A fast-paced, single-player 3D arcade game where players navigate an endless descent by dodging obstacles, testing reflexes, and aiming for high scores.
Metroidvania Maker
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Kong: Survivor Instinct cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Kong: Survivor Instinct at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Kong: Survivor Instinct on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Kong: Survivor Instinct on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Kong: Survivor Instinct on Steam right now. Shares Action with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Kong: Survivor Instinct on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Kong: Survivor Instinct on Steam right now. Shares Action with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Kong: Survivor Instinct on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Kong: Survivor Instinct on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Kong: Survivor Instinct on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
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 with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
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 Kong: Survivor Instinct.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
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 with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
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 Kong: Survivor Instinct.
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 Kong: Survivor Instinct.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Narrow it down
Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
WHY THIS
Shares exploration and an atmospheric mood with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is a Metroidvania action game featuring exploration, intense combat and challenging platforming.
The Pale Piper
WHY THIS
Shares backtracking, collectible hunting and atmospheric with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Uncover the truth behind your death and your sibling’s in a story-driven precision platformer inspired by the Pied Piper myth. Navigate a decaying, interconnected world where movement is your only defense. No combat, only precision, consequence, and secrets hidden in the dark.
Magical Delicacy
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
A magical pixel art platformer. Explore an unfamiliar town and deliver tasty treats to the townsfolk. Cook magical delicacies from your bought and gathered ingredients. Learn new ways to traverse, discover secrets, and figure out the intricacies of your orders.
Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
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.
Frequently asked about Kong: Survivor Instinct
- Is Kong: Survivor Instinct verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Kong: Survivor Instinct is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Kong: Survivor Instinct cost?
- Kong: Survivor Instinct is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Kong: Survivor Instinct?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Kong: Survivor Instinct are F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch, Star Rift Saga, Walrus Run.
- Who developed Kong: Survivor Instinct?
- Kong: Survivor Instinct was developed by 7Levels and published by 7Levels, 4Divinity.
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