Games like A Tale of Sand and Bone
If A Tale of Sand and Bone is your kind of game, the closest matches are Duat: Beyond Light & Shadow, ToonSouls Maker and Spirit Age: Whirling Fury — 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 A Tale of Sand and Bone: A Tale of sand and Bone is a story-rich action-roguelike adventure. You play as Shai, a fallen warrior bound to a vengeful spirit as you climb and fight your way to claiming vengeance against the gods.
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Duat: Beyond Light & Shadow
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Top pick for A Tale of Sand and Bone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Tale of Sand and Bone.
The mystical Egyptian underworld beckons you in Duat: Beyond Light & Shadow! Foil the plans of Set and Apep using your powers of light. Explore the varied environments of the underworld and battle your way through in this epic pixel art style Metroidvania.
ToonSouls Maker
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Second-strongest match for A Tale of Sand and Bone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Tale of Sand and Bone.
Create, play, and share your own chaotic 2D platforming levels! Inspired by classic cartoons, powered by your creativity, and fueled by one simple truth: My game is good. The algorithm just ignores me.
Spirit Age: Whirling Fury
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Third-strongest match for A Tale of Sand and Bone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with A Tale of Sand and Bone.
Shape-shift from human to bird to dodge mesmerizing bullet patterns in this bullet-hell precision-platformer roguelike! Join Wren, an outcast girl, as she travels across a magical land to stop a deadly tornado.
Water Maid
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Ranked #4 for A Tale of Sand and Bone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Tale of Sand and Bone.
Water Maid is all about fetching water. Run, jump and dash to avoid enemies and find the elusive fresh water springs scattered around the island. Fill up your pot and make it back to the village, safe and sound.
BLOODPUNISHED: NO TIME POR PATIENCE
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Ranked #5 for A Tale of Sand and Bone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with A Tale of Sand and Bone.
BLOODPUNISHED is a hand-drawn precision platformer and horror game where you jump, dodge, and react in split seconds against the clock, knowing a single mistake can cost you everything.
Quetzal
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Ranked #6 for A Tale of Sand and Bone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Tale of Sand and Bone.
Control a Mesoamerican god who must escape the underworld in this challenging 2D pixel art platformer, dodging dangers to recover the sacred bones of humanity.
Bililitz
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Ranked #7 for A Tale of Sand and Bone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Tale of Sand and Bone.
Bililitz is an exploration-focused Metroidbrainia where curiosity is your greatest ability. There are no quest markers, no objective arrows, and no enemies standing between you and progress. Every discovery comes from observation, experimentation, and understanding how the world truly works.
Spiretela
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Ranked #8 for A Tale of Sand and Bone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Tale of Sand and Bone.
Climb the tower, defeat powerful enemies, and uncover the cause of a cosmic instability in this intense roguelike adventure.
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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 A Tale of Sand and Bone.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with A Tale of Sand and Bone.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with A Tale of Sand and Bone.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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 A Tale of Sand and Bone.
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 A Tale of Sand and Bone.
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 A Tale of Sand and Bone.
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 A Tale of Sand and Bone.
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.
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Frequently asked about A Tale of Sand and Bone
- What games are most similar to A Tale of Sand and Bone?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside A Tale of Sand and Bone are Duat: Beyond Light & Shadow, ToonSouls Maker, Spirit Age: Whirling Fury.
- Who developed A Tale of Sand and Bone?
- A Tale of Sand and Bone was developed by Talico.
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 A Tale of Sand and Bone.
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