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Games like Onikura

If Onikura is your kind of game, the closest matches are Towertale, ABYSSAL BLADE and Dragon Knight — 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 Onikura: A frantic and challenging boss rush with options to customize your play style as you progress. Defeat all enemies in your path with attacks, specials, parries, and unique abilities.

ActionStrategyIndieAdventureRPGCasualWindowsby Too Dark Studios
Onikura — Steam game cover

Players who liked Onikura also play

Steam players who put hours into Onikura 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. Towertale

    WHY THIS

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

    Fight your way up a Tower of bosses and unveil the mystery that lies up in its peak. Play four intertwined storylines and unlock multiple endings. Now with co-op up to 4 players!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. ABYSSAL BLADE

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Onikura fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Onikura.

    ABYSSAL BLADE is a pixel-art boss rush inspired by MMO raid mechanics. With only 1 HP, take up your blade and challenge the five stages of grief.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Dragon Knight

    WHY THIS

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

    Dragon Knight is a soulslike parody in which you play as the worst knight in the kingdom sent on the classic quest- Take the magic sword, save the monster, slay the girl... err, no, was it…

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Eldest Souls

    WHY THIS

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

    Fast-paced and brutally challenging, Eldest Souls is a unique Soulslike experience. In a final act of vengeance, the Old Gods have unleashed a great Desolation upon the world. Mankind's only hope lies with a lone warrior… and his greatsword of pure Obsydian.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Devil Within: Satgat

    WHY THIS

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

    Join Kim Rip, a Royal Guard whose humanity is gradually slipping away, on a thrilling 2.5D action-adventure platforming journey in 'The Devil Within: Satgat'. Uncover the mysteries of a desolate realm as you engage in stylish battles against formidable foes.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Titan Souls

    WHY THIS

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

    Between our world and the world beyond lie the Titan Souls, the spiritual source of all living things. Scattered amongst the ruins and guarded by the idle titans charged with their care, a solitary hero armed with a single arrow is assembling shards of the Titan Soul in a quest for truth and power.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Perennial Order

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Onikura fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Onikura.

    Perennial Order is a 2D plant horror boss rush with challenging one-hit-death combat. Set in an atmospheric Dark Age world plagued by nature-infested horrors, explore a lore-filled and eldritch land alone or in two player co-op, all in a realistic painterly style.

    2024ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Aeterna Noctis

    WHY THIS

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

    Aeterna Noctis is a challenging metroidvania that majestically combines action, exploration and adventure. With 2 game modes and difficulty based on action or the exclusive Noctis mode where a level of difficulty is added in precision platforming never seen in the metroidvania genre.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure29.99 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 Onikura.

    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 Onikura.

    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 Onikura.

    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 Onikura.

    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 Onikura.

    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 Onikura.

    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 Onikura.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 Onikura.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree 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. ABYSSAL BLADE

    WHY THIS

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

    ABYSSAL BLADE is a pixel-art boss rush inspired by MMO raid mechanics. With only 1 HP, take up your blade and challenge the five stages of grief.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Eldest Souls

    WHY THIS

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

    Fast-paced and brutally challenging, Eldest Souls is a unique Soulslike experience. In a final act of vengeance, the Old Gods have unleashed a great Desolation upon the world. Mankind's only hope lies with a lone warrior… and his greatsword of pure Obsydian.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Devil Within: Satgat

    WHY THIS

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

    Join Kim Rip, a Royal Guard whose humanity is gradually slipping away, on a thrilling 2.5D action-adventure platforming journey in 'The Devil Within: Satgat'. Uncover the mysteries of a desolate realm as you engage in stylish battles against formidable foes.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Perennial Order

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Onikura.

    Perennial Order is a 2D plant horror boss rush with challenging one-hit-death combat. Set in an atmospheric Dark Age world plagued by nature-infested horrors, explore a lore-filled and eldritch land alone or in two player co-op, all in a realistic painterly style.

    2024ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Aeterna Noctis

    WHY THIS

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

    Aeterna Noctis is a challenging metroidvania that majestically combines action, exploration and adventure. With 2 game modes and difficulty based on action or the exclusive Noctis mode where a level of difficulty is added in precision platforming never seen in the metroidvania genre.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Onikura

What games are most similar to Onikura?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Onikura are Towertale, ABYSSAL BLADE, Dragon Knight.
Who developed Onikura?
Onikura was developed by Too Dark Studios and published by Astrolabe 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 Onikura.

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