Games like Varminal
If Varminal is your kind of game, the closest matches are Kaelis: Seraph Protocol, Rosaluna: Moonlit Vengeance and Fate of Fire: Kyvedy Guardiah — 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 Varminal: A charming, action-packed RPG inspired by handheld gaming classics! Platform your way through many colorful locations, and beat up baddies in a challenging, familiar mix of turn-based combat and skill-based timed hits, with a rockin' soundtrack, crisp pixel graphics and an emotional story.
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Kaelis: Seraph Protocol
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Top pick for Varminal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Varminal.
Become an Executor of Serenos Academy in KAELIS, an academy sci-fantasy JRPG where you investigate Noise incidents, fight turn-based Lumina battles, and build bonds with the Guardians who stand beside you.
Rosaluna: Moonlit Vengeance
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Second-strongest match for Varminal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Varminal.
Four years have passed since a perpetual winter shrouded this reimagined, mystical North Vietnam. As Rosie, experience a deeply personal journey of emotional escalation and high-stakes battles in this visceral blend of real-time action and turn-based strategy.
Fate of Fire: Kyvedy Guardiah
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Third-strongest match for Varminal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Varminal.
An epic tale of Love, Hope and Struggle set in a Cursed world with only Seven days left. Follow the journey of the Nine protagonists, helped by the mysterious Kyvedy Fire, while they battle Death and Destiny to find a way to save their world in a fantasy JRPG with both Action and Turn Based Combat!
Zenogaias
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Ranked #4 for Varminal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Varminal.
Experience an epic, emotionally charged turn-based JRPG featuring four full-length Episodes spanning the greatest eras of gaming, from 8-bit Medieval Fantasy to HD Sci-Fi/Fantasy fusion, all linked by a powerful and intricately woven narrative.
RPGSteam ↗Wolfstride
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Ranked #5 for Varminal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Varminal.
Get wrecked in this immature grown-up RPG about a trio of troublemakers stumbling their way through a giant mecha tournament. Repair and upgrade the team’s hand-me-down rig, pick up odd jobs to pay the bills, and battle the best-of-the-best all while running from the regrettable choices of the past.
DragonSword : Awakening
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Ranked #6 for Varminal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Varminal.
Explore the anime-style open world of the Continent of Orbis, brought to life with Unreal Engine 5! Recruit unique companions, unleash spectacular Status Ailment tag-team action, and embark on an epic journey to save the world from the threat of a Dragon reawakened after 60 years.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
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Ranked #7 for Varminal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Varminal.
Two larger-than-life heroes, Ichiban Kasuga and Kazuma Kiryu are brought together by the hand of fate, or perhaps something more sinister… Live it up in Japan and explore all that Hawaii has to offer in an RPG adventure so big it spans the Pacific.
LEGRAND LEGACY: Tale of the Fatebounds
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Ranked #8 for Varminal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Varminal.
Join the Fatebounds as they travel the world of Legrand in a desperate attempt to stop the Mugna Feud, a war of unparalleled savagery, and uncover the sinister forces behind it!
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Varminal.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Varminal.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Varminal.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Varminal.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Varminal.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Varminal.
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.
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Frequently asked about Varminal
- What games are most similar to Varminal?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Varminal are Kaelis: Seraph Protocol, Rosaluna: Moonlit Vengeance, Fate of Fire: Kyvedy Guardiah.
- Who developed Varminal?
- Varminal was developed by Studio Blindsight.
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 Varminal.
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