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Games like Outland

  • 13 games
  • Updated May 4, 2026

Players who liked Outland also play

The closest matches to Outland: Unbound: Worlds Apart, BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition, Blasphemous 2, Oblitus, and OUTBUDDIES DX. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 01

    Why this

    Shares checkpoint based progression with Outland.

    • $19.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
    • 2021
  2. Rank 03

    Why this

    Shares boss fight design with Outland.

    • $12.91 (Price checked Nov 6)
    • 2023
  1. Rank 04

    Oblitus

    • $14.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
    • 2015
  2. Rank 05

    OUTBUDDIES DX

    • $1.25 (Price checked Oct 31)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2019
  3. Rank 06

    Castle In The Darkness

    Why this: Shares power up collection with Outland.

    • $9.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2015
  4. Rank 07

    Hollow Knight

    • $14.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2017

The full ranked list: top 24 games like Outland

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    Unbound: Worlds Apart

    Shares checkpoint based progression with Outland.

    • 84% of 600 reviews
  2. 2
    BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition

    Same atmospheric mood as Outland.

    • 81% of 651 reviews
  3. 3
    Blasphemous 2

    Shares boss fight design with Outland.

    • 90% of 5,085 reviews
  4. 4
    Oblitus

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 54% of 70 reviews
  5. 5
    OUTBUDDIES DX

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 66% of 112 reviews
  6. 6
    Castle In The Darkness

    Shares power up collection with Outland.

    • 74% of 801 reviews
  7. 7
    Hollow Knight

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 97% of 176,306 reviews
  8. 8
    Hell is Other Demons

    Genres: Action, Indie

    • 92% of 212 reviews
  9. 9
    Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

    Genres: Action

    • 94% of 30,254 reviews
  10. 10
    Valdis Story: Abyssal City

    Genres: Action, Indie, RPG

    • 82% of 1,648 reviews
  11. 11
    Oozi: Earth Adventure

    Genres: Indie, Casual

    • 86% of 324 reviews
  12. 12
    Axiom Verge

    Shares puzzle solving with Outland.

    • 90% of 4,057 reviews
  13. 13
    Pinball Spire

    Shares power up collection and checkpoint based progression with Outland.

    • 85% of 294 reviews
  14. 14
    Salt and Sanctuary

    Genres: Action, Indie, RPG

    • 88% of 7,119 reviews
  15. 15
    LIMBO

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 92% of 12,690 reviews
  16. 16
    Teslagrad

    Genres: Indie

    • 79% of 780 reviews
  17. 17
    Death's Gambit: Afterlife

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 80% of 2,088 reviews
  18. 18
    Cyber Shadow

    Genres: Action, Indie

    • 87% of 637 reviews
  19. 19
    Owlboy

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 86% of 2,379 reviews
  20. 20
    ScourgeBringer

    Also Metroidvania and Bullet Hell, like Outland.

    • 89% of 1,214 reviews
  21. 21
    Dead Cells

    Same challenging mood as Outland.

    • 96% of 43,598 reviews
  22. 22
    ANIMAL WELL

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 95% of 12,616 reviews
  23. 23
    Rogue Legacy 2

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 91% of 7,605 reviews
  24. 24
    Monster Sanctuary

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 93% of 4,878 reviews
Outland — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2014
  • Developer: Housemarque
  • 73% of 485 reviews
  • Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure
  • Metacritic 79
  • Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux

Players highlight

  • Boss fights are tough but fair
  • Color switching mechanics matter
  • Minimalist art style is striking
  • Atmospheric
  • Challenging
  • Contemplative

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Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  • Unbound: Worlds Apart

    Why this: Shares checkpoint based progression with Outland.

    • $19.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2021
  • Blasphemous 2

    Why this: Shares boss fight design with Outland.

    • $12.91 (Price checked Nov 6)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2023

About Outland

The closest matches to Outland: Unbound: Worlds Apart, BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition, Blasphemous 2, Oblitus, and OUTBUDDIES DX. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Outland is your kind of game, the closest matches are Unbound: Worlds Apart, BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition and Blasphemous 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and contemplative, and single out its boss fight design and checkpoint based progression. 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.

About Outland: Outland is a fast-paced, dynamic platformer where the player uses powers of light and dark in an epic journey to save the world from forces of chaos.

Is Outland worth buying?

  • 73% of 485 Steam reviews are positive.
  • We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 9 h when they wrote their review.
  • Critics had played a median of 7 h before their negative review.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

People who play it also play: Unbound: Worlds Apart, BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition, Blasphemous 2

How this verdict works →

Frequently asked about Outland

Can I run it?

Does Outland have multiplayer or co-op?

Yes — Outland supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Co-op).

What games are most similar to Outland?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Outland are Unbound: Worlds Apart, BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition, Blasphemous 2.

Who developed Outland?

Outland was developed by Housemarque.