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Games like Res Extensa

If Res Extensa is your kind of game, the closest matches are Far Star, PSYCRON and MIO: Memories in Orbit — 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.

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About Res Extensa: A platform adventure game incorporating elements from immersive sims and cinematic platformers. Run, fight and hack your way through a distant space colony as you attempt to reclaim your humanity.

ActionIndieAdventureWindows · Linuxby Overclocked Abacus Games
Res Extensa — Steam game cover

Players who liked Res Extensa also play

Steam players who put hours into Res Extensa 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. Far Star

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Res Extensa fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Res Extensa.

    Far Star is a story-driven action-adventure game with Metroidvania influences. There is something fishy going on in this galaxy, but this won’t stop your intergalactic general services crew from doing their job using a varied set of skills, weapons and outfits.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. PSYCRON

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Res Extensa fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Res Extensa.

    A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.

    2021ActionAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. MIO: Memories in Orbit

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Res Extensa fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Res Extensa.

    Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Super Roboy

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Res Extensa fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Res Extensa.

    Delve into the world of Super Roboy, a hand-drawn Metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic setting! Learn enemy skills, explore an interconnected world, battle mutants and robots, and uncover the emotional story of a young robot searching for his father.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Moonlight Pulse

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Res Extensa fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Res Extensa.

    Teamwork matters most in this seamless, fantastical metroidvania within a living, breathing world. Realize each character's true potential to take down an invading force of overwhelmingly powerful parasites.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. DOOMBLADE

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Res Extensa fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Res Extensa.

    Deep underground, Gloom Girl discovers DOOMBLADE, a sentient weapon hellbent on escape after eons in chains. Together, “Doom and Gloom” embark on a vengeful quest to unlock the powerful abilities and destroy the Dread Lords once and for all in this 2D Action Metroidvania.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Pronty

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Res Extensa fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Res Extensa.

    Guide Pronty and its Javelin partner Bront as it defends the once great city of Royla. Explore the deep sea, fight mutant sea creatures, and discover the secrets behind this new Atlantis in this beautiful action-packed adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Nyaruru Fishy Fight

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Res Extensa fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Res Extensa.

    This game is a Metroidvania game with intense battle. Explore the world and collection power-ups with your cute cat girl! When magic curse suddenly occurred in a small town and all the residents grew cat ears, the real cat girl Nyaruru started her way to uncover the truth...

    2023ActionIndieAdventure7.99 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 Res Extensa.

    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 Res Extensa.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Res Extensa.

    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 ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 Res Extensa.

    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 ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Res Extensa.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. MIO: Memories in Orbit

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Res Extensa.

    Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Super Roboy

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Res Extensa.

    Delve into the world of Super Roboy, a hand-drawn Metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic setting! Learn enemy skills, explore an interconnected world, battle mutants and robots, and uncover the emotional story of a young robot searching for his father.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Moonlight Pulse

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Res Extensa.

    Teamwork matters most in this seamless, fantastical metroidvania within a living, breathing world. Realize each character's true potential to take down an invading force of overwhelmingly powerful parasites.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Pronty

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Res Extensa.

    Guide Pronty and its Javelin partner Bront as it defends the once great city of Royla. Explore the deep sea, fight mutant sea creatures, and discover the secrets behind this new Atlantis in this beautiful action-packed adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Nyaruru Fishy Fight

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Res Extensa.

    This game is a Metroidvania game with intense battle. Explore the world and collection power-ups with your cute cat girl! When magic curse suddenly occurred in a small town and all the residents grew cat ears, the real cat girl Nyaruru started her way to uncover the truth...

    2023ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Res Extensa

What games are most similar to Res Extensa?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Res Extensa are Far Star, PSYCRON, MIO: Memories in Orbit.
Who developed Res Extensa?
Res Extensa was developed by Overclocked Abacus Games.

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 Res Extensa.

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