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Games like Ascend The Well

If Ascend The Well is your kind of game, the closest matches are Kitten Lost Her Box, Voltorometer Recharged + and Silicon Path — 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 Ascend The Well: Use your grappling hook to make precise jumps and make your way up the well! Try not to fall, it might be a long way down...

2024IndieAdventure3.99 USDWindowsby EagleEye Games
Ascend The Well — Steam game cover

Players who liked Ascend The Well also play

Steam players who put hours into Ascend The Well 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. Kitten Lost Her Box

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Ascend The Well fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ascend The Well.

    Help tiny Kitten get back her favorite paper box only with her agile actions. In this tight platformer kitten brave hand-crafted challenges, meet cute creatures and finally fight with her old enemy!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Voltorometer Recharged +

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Ascend The Well fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Ascend The Well.

    A remake of a Flash game you've never heard of! Escape from the factories that want to harvest your electrical energy and platform your way through over 30 levels across many worlds. Unlock new modes, challenges and more in this remade version of the original.

    2023ActionAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Silicon Path

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Ascend The Well fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ascend The Well.

    Play as a silicon atom inside a carbon-based lifeform in a 2D precision platformer. The demo covers the approachable first chapter, while the full game builds toward tougher movement challenges.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. GravNewton

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Ascend The Well fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Ascend The Well.

    Challenge all your skill and quick thinking ability in this precision platform game, where you are a bitrom who controller over gravity called Newton, who is trying to escape from a deformed creature that relentlessly follows him in subspace.

    2017ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 1 Screen Platformer

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Ascend The Well fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ascend The Well.

    This is a SHORT, 2D PLATFORMER with TIGHT CONTROLS about exploring a single level to get past a bunch of TRAPS. There is an EASY mode and a HARD mode depending on your skill level.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Aureole - Wings of Hope

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Ascend The Well fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ascend The Well.

    At sonic speeds, Aureole - Wings of Hope takes platforming to the literal skies! Join Ramila and Ryleth on their crusade to reclaim their home from demonic forces in this unique physics-based side-scrolling game.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Sword of Destiny

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Ascend The Well fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ascend The Well.

    Fight to restore the peace and justice in the world by thwarting the treacherous plans of the King, who turns the innocent into mindless skeletons to conquer the world.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Symphonia

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Ascend The Well fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ascend The Well.

    Awaken an expansive musical realm in this non-violent and poetic platformer. In Symphonia, you'll use the power of your violin coupled with your platforming skills to gather an orchestra to bring the musical machinery of the world back to life.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ascend The Well at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Ascend The Well on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ascend The Well.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Ascend The Well on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ascend The Well.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Ascend The Well on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ascend The Well.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Ascend The Well on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Ascend The Well.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Ascend The Well on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ascend The Well.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Ascend The Well on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ascend The Well.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Ascend The Well on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ascend The Well.

    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".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Ascend The Well on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ascend The Well.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ascend The Well.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    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 Indie with Ascend The Well.

    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 Ascend The Well.

    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 Ascend The Well.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ascend The Well.

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from EagleEye Games

Other recommendable Steam games by EagleEye Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Keep on Mining!

    WHY THIS

    Another title from EagleEye Games, the studio behind Ascend The Well. Shares Indie with Ascend The Well.

    Keep on Mining! is a short incremental mining game. Mine rocks, gather materials, find artifacts, craft pickaxes and spend your materials on permanent upgrades inside the big skill tree!

    2025IndieCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Keep on Mining! - Worlds

    WHY THIS

    Another title from EagleEye Games, the studio behind Ascend The Well. Shares Indie with Ascend The Well.

    Keep on Mining! – Worlds is an incremental mining game where you mine rocks, collect resources, and travel through many unique worlds, finding artifacts, crafting pickaxes, and purchasing many permanent upgrades!

    2026IndieCasual6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. PegIdle

    WHY THIS

    Another title from EagleEye Games, the studio behind Ascend The Well. Shares Indie with Ascend The Well.

    PegIdle is a Pachinko idle game! Aim and shoot your balls to clear all the pegs on the board. Recieve gold by hitting the golden pegs or by landing balls into the moving bucket. Purchasing auto ball drop will automaticly drop balls onto the board. Spend your gold on new balls and ball upgrades!

    2024IndieCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Clicker Clicker Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Another title from EagleEye Games, the studio behind Ascend The Well. Shares Indie with Ascend The Well.

    Click on the cursor to receive clicker gold. Upgrade your clicks with your clicker gold. Click on the falling cursors to receive more clicker gold! Purchase projectiles in the shop that will clean out the falling cursors for you.

    2024IndieSimulationCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slime Squisher

    WHY THIS

    Another title from EagleEye Games, the studio behind Ascend The Well. Shares Indie with Ascend The Well.

    Slime Squisher is a game where you need to protect a strawberry by squishing slimes with your cursor. Choose upgrades, get more powerful and survive waves of deadly slimes!

    2025ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Ascend The Well

How much does Ascend The Well cost?
Ascend The Well is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Ascend The Well?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ascend The Well are Kitten Lost Her Box, Voltorometer Recharged +, Silicon Path.
Who developed Ascend The Well?
Ascend The Well was developed by EagleEye 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 Ascend The Well.

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