Games like Icy Tower
If Icy Tower is your kind of game, the closest matches are Downwell, Freedom Planet and Penarium — 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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Players who liked Icy Tower also play
Steam players who put hours into Icy Tower 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.
Downwell
WHY THIS
Top pick for Icy Tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
Freedom Planet
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Icy Tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.
Penarium
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Icy Tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
Penarium is a frantic 2D arena arcade game where you take on the role of Willy, trapped in a sinister circus show. Run, jump and avoid an array of killer death-traps while being cheered on by a sadistic crowd that’s out for blood.
Super Meat Boy
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Icy Tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
Slime-san: Superslime Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Icy Tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
Slime-san was minding his own business when suddenly… A giant worm appeared and gobbled him up! Deep within the worm’s belly, Slime-san has to face a decision: Be digested by the incoming wall of stomach acid... Or jump, slide and slime his way through the worm and back out its mouth!
Hell is Other Demons
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Icy Tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.
BZZZT
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Icy Tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
Become a tiny ZX8000 robot and begin your journey through a beautiful, pixel-art world inspired by games iconic to the platformer genre. Follow a cute story, upgrade your skills, beat challenging levels, and compete with other players for the fastest speedrun!
Super House of Dead Ninjas
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Icy Tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
Super House of Dead Ninjas is an action arcade game with roguelite elements. Race against a 30 second timer as you descend floor after foe-filled floor and attempt to unlock the secrets of this deadly tower!Play as the fearsome Crimson Ninja, wielding an arsenal of deadly ninja weapons and attacks.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
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.
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More from Johan Peitz
Other recommendable Steam games by Johan Peitz, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Cosmic Collapse
WHY THIS
Another title from Johan Peitz, the studio behind Icy Tower. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
Merge planets together in this puzzle game with soft physics. Can you make it to the sun? Can you merge two suns? Find out for science!
Hellgineers
WHY THIS
Another title from Johan Peitz, the studio behind Icy Tower. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
Help the minions of the underworld across bubbling pools of lava with rickety bridges and non-regulated constructions. Will you go for the easiest route, or test your skills and aim for the coveted skulls? Return to completed challenges to perfect your builds!
Shadow King
WHY THIS
Another title from Johan Peitz, the studio behind Icy Tower. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
Explore a mysterious castle in this pixel perfect metroidvania and take on the Shadow King! Upgrades, secrets, combat, and more!
Golf Monday
WHY THIS
Another title from Johan Peitz, the studio behind Icy Tower. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
Partake in what seems like a normal golf tournament. But watch out! Your competitors will stop at nothing to win.
Orb of Aeternum
WHY THIS
Another title from Johan Peitz, the studio behind Icy Tower. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
A bite sized dungeon manager game that requires new strategies every time you play! Mine, build, and fight your way to success.
Sunset Solitaire
WHY THIS
Another title from Johan Peitz, the studio behind Icy Tower. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
Classic Solitaire with pixel perfect graphics and soothing chip tunes. Four variants with separate difficulty modes and an addicting scoring mechanism for unlocking card backs.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Super Meat Boy
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
BZZZT
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
Become a tiny ZX8000 robot and begin your journey through a beautiful, pixel-art world inspired by games iconic to the platformer genre. Follow a cute story, upgrade your skills, beat challenging levels, and compete with other players for the fastest speedrun!
Frequently asked about Icy Tower
- What games are most similar to Icy Tower?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Icy Tower are Downwell, Freedom Planet, Penarium.
- Who developed Icy Tower?
- Icy Tower was developed by Johan Peitz, Anders Svensson and published by Apskeppet.
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 Icy Tower.
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