Games like Search of the Source
If Search of the Source is your kind of game, the closest matches are Knight's Saga Evil Goblins, Fight To The Death and MISTROGUE: Mist and the Living Dungeons — 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 Search of the Source: Search of the Source is an exciting role-playing game in which you take on the role of a young squire venturing into a dangerous and mysterious magical forest. You have to complete many different tasks, explore mysterious places and fight mystical enemies.
Players who liked Search of the Source also play
Steam players who put hours into Search of the Source 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.
Knight's Saga Evil Goblins
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Top pick for Search of the Source fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Search of the Source.
Knight's Saga: Evil Goblins is an exciting fantasy game where the world has been invaded by evil goblins and you take on the role of a brave warrior on a dangerous journey to destroy them. Exciting adventures and battles await you in the name of saving the kingdom.
Fight To The Death
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Second-strongest match for Search of the Source fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Search of the Source.
Fight To The Death is a roguelite game where you enter an arena filled with hundreds or even thousands of monsters. Utilizing each character's unique skills, collecting powerful items, crafting your own playstyle, and striving to be the last one standing.
MISTROGUE: Mist and the Living Dungeons
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Third-strongest match for Search of the Source fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Search of the Source.
MISTROGUE is a "Mystery Dungeon" style real-time action JRPG. Explore an ever-changing "Living Dungeon". Fight through the monster hordes and gimmicks with your own skill builds while paving your path with "Maze Stone"!
Sharded World
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Ranked #4 for Search of the Source fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Search of the Source.
Sharded World is a reversed bullet hell, rogue-lite, ARPG game combining simple gameplay and great rpg progression. Each level has its own unique features and challenges. Upgradable characters, weapons and orbs. Challenges, daily quests, and leaderboards. Fight, get stronger and defeat the Lich!
ENDLESS™ Dungeon - Definitive Edition
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Ranked #5 for Search of the Source fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Search of the Source.
ENDLESS™ Dungeon is a Rogue-lite Tactical Action game, set in the award-winning ENDLESS™ Universe. Recruit a team of shipwrecked heroes, plunge into a long-abandoned space station, and protect your crystal against never-ending waves of monsters… or die trying, get reloaded, and try again.
Warhammer: Chaosbane
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Ranked #6 for Search of the Source fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Search of the Source.
In a world ravaged by war and dominated by magic, you must rise up to face the Chaos hordes. Playing solo or with up to four players in local or online co-op, choose a hero from four character classes and prepare for epic battles wielding some of the most powerful artefacts of the Old World.
Hell is Others
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Ranked #7 for Search of the Source fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Search of the Source.
Hell is Others is an extraction top-down shooter combining roguelike elements. Outside the safety of your apartment lies the noir hellscape that is Century City. A city of endless night that straddles the line between reality and insanity. Explore, hunt, and loot in a place where blood is currency.
Avencast: Rise of the Mage
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Ranked #8 for Search of the Source fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Search of the Source.
Play Avencast, the epic roguelike action-RPG with tons of combat moves, spells, and equipment. Fight against evil forces to save your academy and vanquish the darkness. As you progress, learn powerful spells and combos to increase your chances of victory.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Search of the Source at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~67% under Search of the Source on Steam right now. Shares Action with Search of the Source.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~67% under Search of the Source on Steam right now. Shares Action with Search of the Source.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Hollow Knight
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Priced ~50% under Search of the Source on Steam right now. Shares Action with Search of the Source.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
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Priced ~67% under Search of the Source on Steam right now. Shares Action with Search of the Source.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~67% under Search of the Source on Steam right now. Shares Action with Search of the Source.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
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Priced ~50% under Search of the Source on Steam right now. Shares Action with Search of the Source.
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Search of the Source.
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.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Search of the Source.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Search of the Source.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Search of the Source.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
The Lab
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
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Other recommendable Steam games by FadyGames, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Knight's Saga Evil Goblins
WHY THIS
Another title from FadyGames, the studio behind Search of the Source. Shares Action with Search of the Source.
Knight's Saga: Evil Goblins is an exciting fantasy game where the world has been invaded by evil goblins and you take on the role of a brave warrior on a dangerous journey to destroy them. Exciting adventures and battles await you in the name of saving the kingdom.
Hero's black dungeon
WHY THIS
Another title from FadyGames, the studio behind Search of the Source. Shares Action with Search of the Source.
Hero's black dungeon is a 2D action roguelike. Take control of a young adventurer who travels to the Mediterranean lands in search of adventure and glory. On your way you will meet quite a few enemies and interesting characters. Arm yourself with magical blades and chop down enemies on your way!
BLACK WEREWOLF
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Another title from FadyGames, the studio behind Search of the Source. Shares Action with Search of the Source.
BLACK WEREWOLF - Werewolves from neighboring lands invaded your lands and began to destroy all your property. The village elder had no choice but to send you to deal with the enemies and find out what was going on.
Jade Guardian
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Another title from FadyGames, the studio behind Search of the Source. Shares Action with Search of the Source.
Jade Guardian - You take on the role of an unusual guardian made from precious jade who goes on a dangerous adventure to return stolen magical signs.
Descent the Abyss
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Another title from FadyGames, the studio behind Search of the Source. Shares Action with Search of the Source.
Descent the Abyss - you take on the role of an experienced detective who goes in search of a lost traveler lost in a dangerous underground labyrinth. You must explore dark and twisted corridors, solve puzzles, fight monsters, and overcome traps to navigate through danger and find the missing person.
UNKILLABLE ROBOTS
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Another title from FadyGames, the studio behind Search of the Source. Shares Action with Search of the Source.
UNKILLABLE ROBOTS is an exciting game set in the distant future, where robots have taken over the whole world and are divided into two camps. Some robots strive to restore order and peace, while others crave destruction and chaos.
Dark the Dead
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Another title from FadyGames, the studio behind Search of the Source. Shares Action with Search of the Source.
Dark the Dead is an exciting game where you take on the role of a hidden wanderer who goes to meet an elder to receive a new task. The elder's magic coins were stolen, and your main goal is to return them.
PACIFICATION LIGHT
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Another title from FadyGames, the studio behind Search of the Source. Shares Action with Search of the Source.
PACIFICATION LIGHT is an exciting 2D platformer that takes us back to a time when spirits and ghosts inhabited our world. During this period, there lived a brave hero who decided to confront the darkness and cleanse the earth of sinister supernatural entities.
Frequently asked about Search of the Source
- How much does Search of the Source cost?
- Search of the Source is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Search of the Source?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Search of the Source are Knight's Saga Evil Goblins, Fight To The Death, MISTROGUE: Mist and the Living Dungeons.
- Who developed Search of the Source?
- Search of the Source was developed by FadyGames.
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