Games like Rain World
If Rain World is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Pale Piper, Echoes of Nox and Dr. Atominus — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, bleak and hypnotic. 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 →Rain World is a survival platformer set in a fractured post-apocalyptic ecosystem where players guide a nomadic slugcat through industrial wastes, navigating as both predator and prey. The game combines creature AI interaction with ecosystem simulation, rewarding players who observe and understand creature behaviors to survive. Environmental storytelling unfolds through exploration and environmental clues, while procedural world generation ensures varied experiences across playthroughs. Movement mastery and platforming depth serve as core hooks, with relentless rain creating constant adaptation demands. Players describe the atmosphere as bleak, hypnotic, and immersive, praising how the ecosystem feels alive and reactive. Released in 2017 by Videocult and published by Akupara Games, the game holds a 95% positive rating from over 28,000 Steam reviews and is marked playable on Steam Deck at a price of $24.99.
About Rain World: You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.
Players who liked Rain World also play
Steam players who put hours into Rain World 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.
The Pale Piper
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Rain World.
Top pick for Rain World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rain World.
Uncover the truth behind your death and your sibling’s in a story-driven precision platformer inspired by the Pied Piper myth. Navigate a decaying, interconnected world where movement is your only defense. No combat, only precision, consequence, and secrets hidden in the dark.
Echoes of Nox
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Rain World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rain World.
Explore the Echoes of Nox amongst the war between 3 factions of robots. Uncover new tools and take territory as the dynamically changing rooms switch hands between the different AIs and yourself. Reveal the secrets of the past and discover why you alone were left in this station.
Dr. Atominus
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Rain World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rain World.
Dr. Atominus is a short platformer with metroidvania elements and a cool sci-fi story.
Don't Starve Together
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Rain World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rain World.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
MIO: Memories in Orbit
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Rain World.
Ranked #5 for Rain World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rain World.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Haiku, the Robot
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Rain World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rain World.
Delve into the depths of a mechanical world in this cute, adventure-exploration game. Explore and fight in a land full of corrupt robots and machinery. All while seeking answers to the mysteries around you.
The Devil Within: Satgat
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Rain World.
Ranked #7 for Rain World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rain World.
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.
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with Rain World.
Ranked #8 for Rain World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rain World.
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Rain World
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Caves of Qud
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Rain World.
Reviewers of Rain World cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rain World.
Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.
Outer Wilds
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Rain World.
Reviewers of Rain World cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Rain World.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
Noita
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Rain World.
Reviewers of Rain World cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Rain World.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Dwarf Fortress
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Rain World.
Reviewers of Rain World cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Rain World.
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED]
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with Rain World.
Reviewers of Rain World cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Rain World.
The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED] is a remake of the original "ETERNAL CASTLE" from 1987, with additional game mechanics, sophisticated sound design, polished 2-bit CGA animated graphics, and modernized game design.
Lorn's Lure
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with Rain World.
Reviewers of Rain World cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Rain World.
An android is led through a vast structure by a glitch in his visual system. Lorn's Lure is an atmospheric narrative first-person platformer with novel climb-anything mechanics and modernized retro 3D graphics.
the another world
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Rain World cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Rain World.
The Another World is a fantasy-themed adventure game where you have to defeat the monster king, but before that, you have to find a key to open each door to reach the monster king, and every time you look for the key, there will be monsters in your way! Be careful
MO:Astray
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Rain World.
Reviewers of Rain World cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Rain World.
MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.
![The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/963450/header.jpg?t=1667004057)
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Rain World at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Rain World.
Priced ~60% under Rain World on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Rain World.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Rain World on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rain World.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Rain World on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Rain World.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Rain World on Steam right now. Shares Action with Rain World.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Rain World on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Rain World.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Rain World on Steam right now. Shares Action with Rain World.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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 Rain World.
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. Shares Action and Adventure with Rain World.
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 Action and Indie with Rain World.
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 Rain World.
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 and Adventure with Rain World.
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 Rain World.
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 Action and Indie with Rain World.
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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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Pale Piper
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Rain World.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Rain World.
Uncover the truth behind your death and your sibling’s in a story-driven precision platformer inspired by the Pied Piper myth. Navigate a decaying, interconnected world where movement is your only defense. No combat, only precision, consequence, and secrets hidden in the dark.
Don't Starve Together
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Rain World.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
MIO: Memories in Orbit
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Rain World.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Rain World.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Haiku, the Robot
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Rain World.
Delve into the depths of a mechanical world in this cute, adventure-exploration game. Explore and fight in a land full of corrupt robots and machinery. All while seeking answers to the mysteries around you.
The Devil Within: Satgat
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Rain World.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Rain World.
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.
Frequently asked about Rain World
- Does Rain World run on Steam Deck?
- Rain World is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Rain World cost?
- Rain World is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Rain World have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Rain World supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to Rain World?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Rain World are The Pale Piper, Echoes of Nox, Dr. Atominus.
- Who developed Rain World?
- Rain World was developed by Videocult and published by Akupara 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 Rain World.
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