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Games like The Alto Collection

If The Alto Collection is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Vast White, Yeti Ski and Planet Surf: The Last Wave — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and chill. 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 The Alto Collection: Across the endless desert and atop an alpine expanse two journeys full of wonder await. Choose your path and set off on a thrilling snowboarding or sandboarding adventure with Alto & friends in both critically acclaimed titles: Alto’s Adventure and Alto’s Odyssey.

2024ActionSportsIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindows · macOSby Land & Sea
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Players who liked The Alto Collection also play

Steam players who put hours into The Alto Collection 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. The Vast White

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Alto Collection fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with The Alto Collection.

    A snowy mountain, the stillness, and you. With the help of your snowboard, rediscover the memories buried in the snow. Meet the locals, explore every path, and restore the ski resort to what it once was.

    SportsIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Yeti Ski

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Alto Collection fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with The Alto Collection.

    Old-school snow sports inspired by SkiFree. Have fun on the slopes, but watch out for the yeti!

    2025ActionSports0.89 USDSteam ↗
  3. Planet Surf: The Last Wave

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Alto Collection fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with The Alto Collection.

    It's space surf season, year 2183. And as usual, the planet is about to explode! You have only 3 minutes to surf its last wave, get enough energy crystals for your hyper-foil board to get you out in one piece. Will you be able to make it to the next planet?

    2021ActionSportsIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. SNOW - The Ultimate Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with The Alto Collection.

    Ranked #4 for The Alto Collection fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with The Alto Collection.

    SNOW - The Ultimate Edition is the only open world, winter sports game. Explore a massive mountain, customize your character with clothing and equipment, compete in events to be the best. Access to all mountains, tracks, events as well including all cosmetics, ski, snowboard, drone, and snowmobile.

    2019SportsIndieSimulationDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Steep™

    WHY THIS

    Shares physics based movement and an atmospheric mood with The Alto Collection.

    Ranked #5 for The Alto Collection fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with The Alto Collection.

    Ride a massive open world across the Alps, where the powder is always fresh and the run never ends. Defy and master the mountain alone or with friends on skis, wingsuits, snowboards and paragliders. Record and share your best stunts.

    2016ActionSports29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Skijoring

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Alto Collection fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with The Alto Collection.

    Crash into your friends in Skijoring, the unhinged sport of push and pull. Get wild airtime, screen-peek to survive, and embrace co-op chaos in the world's first, best, and only arcade skijorer.

    ActionSportsIndieSteam ↗
  7. SNØ: Ultimate Freeriding

    WHY THIS

    Shares character unlocks, endless mode, casual and an atmospheric mood with The Alto Collection.

    Ranked #7 for The Alto Collection fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with The Alto Collection.

    SNØ is a minimalistic freeriding game. Push your limits for the high score, or simply enjoy the unforgiving procedural wilderness.

    2025ActionSportsIndie11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Winter Sports Games

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Alto Collection fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with The Alto Collection.

    Six winter disciplines for 1 to 4 players! Ski jumping, slalom, downhill, bobsledding, sledding and curling! Huge fun for the whole family!

    2019ActionSportsIndie17.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to The Alto Collection

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Ori and the Blind Forest

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Alto Collection.

    Reviewers of The Alto Collection cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Alto Collection.

    “Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer crafted by Moon Studios for PC.

    2015ActionDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Monument Valley

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Alto Collection.

    Reviewers of The Alto Collection cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Alto Collection.

    Embark on a journey of forgiveness through impossible environments and illusionary puzzles. Experience this meditative and calming puzzle game by manipulating monuments and creating evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Asa's Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Alto Collection cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Alto Collection.

    Exquisite hand-drawn puzzle game. A lonely wanderer arrives in a desolate world, adrift and lost. Along his journey, he discovers and collects shimmering stars, each with a unique way to unlock. A journey that finds its quiet warmth.

    2026IndieAdventureRPGSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Alto Collection at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Alto Collection on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Alto Collection.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Alto Collection on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Alto Collection.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under The Alto Collection on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Alto Collection.

    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.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Alto Collection on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Alto Collection.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Alto Collection on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Alto Collection.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under The Alto Collection on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Alto Collection.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under The Alto Collection on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Alto Collection.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Alto Collection on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Alto Collection.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 The Alto Collection.

    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 The Alto Collection.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Alto Collection.

    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 ↗
  4. 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 Alto Collection.

    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 ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Alto Collection.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Alto Collection.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Alto Collection.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Alto Collection

Is The Alto Collection verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — The Alto Collection 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 The Alto Collection cost?
The Alto Collection is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Alto Collection?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Alto Collection are The Vast White, Yeti Ski, Planet Surf: The Last Wave.
Who developed The Alto Collection?
The Alto Collection was developed by Land & Sea and published by Snowman.

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 Alto Collection.

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