Games like Pelago
If Pelago is your kind of game, the closest matches are Monarch: The Tainted Kingdom, Amiko Legends and Mython Island — 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 Pelago: Pelago is a creature-catching adventure game! Explore the islands of Pelago and befriend the creatures that live there. Build your perfect team to overcome any challenge and unravel the mysteries of the islands.
Players who liked Pelago also play
Steam players who put hours into Pelago 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.
Monarch: The Tainted Kingdom
WHY THIS
Top pick for Pelago fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Pelago.
Monarch: TTK is an Action Monster Taming RPG where strategy dictates the flow of combat. Capture monsters, gather their loot to build custom skillsets, and master an engaging Timeline-based combat system. Uncover the secrets of the Archs and break through the corruption plaguing the Continent!
Amiko Legends
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Pelago fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pelago.
Charm - Risk - Extract. Only what you extract is yours to keep! Team up with Amiko and venture into an untamed world shaped by your actions and those of other players.
Mython Island
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Pelago fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pelago.
A monster catching RPG featuring an Open Island Adventure mode and dedicated Survival Modes! Story based level scaling and difficulty settings allows you to build a team of Mython, grow stronger, and take on the game in the way you wish!
Temtem
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Pelago fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pelago.
Temtem is an online creature-collection adventure. Tame 165 unique creatures across 7 vibrant islands, battle other tamers, tackle mythical Lairs, chase Luma & Umbra variants, and breed your favorite Tems - with friends by your side! Dive into a colorful monster catching adventure, so Temtem up!
8-Bit Adventures 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Pelago fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pelago.
Pilot your Airship, prepare your party, and explore a vast World Map in 8-Bit Adventures 2 – an exciting, emotional tribute to the Golden Age of JRPGs. Dynamic turn-based battles & pixels with personality!
Siralim Ultimate
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Pelago fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Pelago.
Siralim Ultimate is a monster-catching, dungeon-crawling RPG with a ridiculous amount of depth. Summon over 1200 different creatures and travel through randomly generated dungeons to acquire resources, new creatures, and loot.
Siralim 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Pelago fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Pelago.
Siralim 2 is an old-school monster catching RPG. Summon and customize hundreds of creatures to fight for you as you battle your way through endless dungeons. Find rare treasure and use it to upgrade your castle, empower your creatures, craft powerful artifacts, learn new spells, and much more.
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Pelago fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pelago.
Embark on a journey to a realm overrun by demons in a new epic RPG from the creators of the critically acclaimed Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Explore the nature of good and evil, learn the true cost of power, and rise as a Mythic Hero capable of deeds beyond mortal expectations.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Pelago at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Pelago on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pelago.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Pelago on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pelago.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Pelago on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pelago.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Pelago on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Pelago.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Pelago on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pelago.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Pelago on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pelago.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The Test: Final Revelation
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Pelago on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Pelago.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Pelago on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pelago.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Pelago.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pelago.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pelago.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pelago.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pelago.
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.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pelago.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pelago.
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!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pelago.
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 Pelago
- How much does Pelago cost?
- Pelago is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Pelago?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pelago are Monarch: The Tainted Kingdom, Amiko Legends, Mython Island.
- Who developed Pelago?
- Pelago was developed by PelagoGameDev.
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 Pelago.
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