Games like The Rise
If The Rise is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sea of Brave: Aidan Adventure, Aeon Drive and TetherGeist — 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 The Rise: Help Sam and Elicy on their challenging journey through the abyss. An epic 2D precision platform game where exploring the unknown, overcoming obstacles, and discovering secrets are crucial to reaching the top of the abyss. Adventure awaits you!
Players who liked The Rise also play
Steam players who put hours into The Rise 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.
Sea of Brave: Aidan Adventure
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Rise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Rise.
Sea of Brave - Aidan Adventure is an action-adventure platform game, explore the different levels of Figon Island to discover its mysteries, find treasures, challenges and new skills. Confront and defeat Captain Skull's fearsome pirate crew that has enslaved the island.
Aeon Drive
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Rise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Rise.
Rush through the cyberpunk landscapes of Neo Barcelona in Aeon Drive, an action-platformer with a speedrunning twist! Whether solo or in up to 4 player co-op, sprint and dash through many areas of the neon-infused city - and use your time and space-bending abilities to get ahead.
TetherGeist
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Rise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Rise.
TetherGeist is a challenging precision platformer that rewards practice and perseverance. Guide Mae and her axolotl spirit, Bao, on a wholesome coming-of-age pilgrimage while mastering Astral Projection, a tether that links Mae to her spirit and is the source of her strength.
1 Screen Platformer
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Rise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Rise.
This is a SHORT, 2D PLATFORMER with TIGHT CONTROLS about exploring a single level to get past a bunch of TRAPS. There is an EASY mode and a HARD mode depending on your skill level.
Dead Dungeon
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Rise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Rise.
Challenging 2D platformer in the best traditions of classic games, with an excellent chiptune soundtrack. The game will check your nerves for strength and bring a lot of emotions.
Lone Fungus
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Rise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Rise.
A handcrafted open-world platformer set in a world built by Mushrooms! Explore different locations filled with secrets, acquire new abilities and use those abilities to reach new places!
Will You Snail?
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Rise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Rise.
A unique platformer where an evil AI predicts your movement. Dodge AI-spawned traps, solve optional puzzles and uncover the dark secrets of the simulation. Now with a level editor and infinite community-made content!
Archaeogem
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Rise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Rise.
Hats up and whips out; the wilderness' mysteries await! Explore lush biomes, use your trusty whip to extract wild flowers' mystic powers, and collect rare gems in this dynamic precision-platformer. Unearth archaeological marvels and become a legend!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Rise at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under The Rise on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Rise.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under The Rise on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Rise.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under The Rise on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rise.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under The Rise on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rise.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~79% under The Rise on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rise.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under The Rise on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Rise.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under The Rise on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Rise.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under The Rise on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rise.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
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 The Rise.
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 The Rise.
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 The Rise.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Rise.
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 The Rise.
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 The Rise.
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 The Rise.
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.
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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.
1 Screen Platformer
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Rise.
This is a SHORT, 2D PLATFORMER with TIGHT CONTROLS about exploring a single level to get past a bunch of TRAPS. There is an EASY mode and a HARD mode depending on your skill level.
Lone Fungus
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Rise.
A handcrafted open-world platformer set in a world built by Mushrooms! Explore different locations filled with secrets, acquire new abilities and use those abilities to reach new places!
Will You Snail?
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Rise.
A unique platformer where an evil AI predicts your movement. Dodge AI-spawned traps, solve optional puzzles and uncover the dark secrets of the simulation. Now with a level editor and infinite community-made content!
Archaeogem
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with The Rise.
Hats up and whips out; the wilderness' mysteries await! Explore lush biomes, use your trusty whip to extract wild flowers' mystic powers, and collect rare gems in this dynamic precision-platformer. Unearth archaeological marvels and become a legend!
Frequently asked about The Rise
- How much does The Rise cost?
- The Rise is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Rise?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Rise are Sea of Brave: Aidan Adventure, Aeon Drive, TetherGeist.
- Who developed The Rise?
- The Rise was developed by Icy Mountain Studios and published by GoGo Games Interactive.
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 The Rise.
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