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Games like Bloodthorn

If Bloodthorn is your kind of game, the closest matches are Scavenge Protocol, Hell and Back and Labyrinth Of The Demon King — 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 Bloodthorn: A first-person dark fantasy dungeon crawler where death is not the end. Climb a cursed castle floor by floor, craft gear between runs, and manage your loot through a brutal save system. Complete a floor to keep it. Die in Limbo, and lose everything.

ActionIndieAdventureRPGWindowsby Apel Studios
Bloodthorn — Steam game cover

Players who liked Bloodthorn also play

Steam players who put hours into Bloodthorn 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. Scavenge Protocol

    WHY THIS

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

    Land on strange planets, loot valuable junk, dodge deadly creatures, convert scrap into energy, and desperately attempt to survive with your friends in this co-op horror adventure.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Hell and Back

    WHY THIS

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

    Climb up the layers of hell, bring chaos by disturbing each one.

    ActionIndieSteam ↗
  3. Labyrinth Of The Demon King

    WHY THIS

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

    Venture through the Labyrinth Of The Demon King, solving puzzles and fighting fearsome monsters in an epic quest to track down the demon who betrayed your lord and end its life.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Grim Dawn

    WHY THIS

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

    Enter an apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, iron is valued above gold and trust is hard earned. This ARPG features complex character development, hundreds of unique items, crafting and quests with choice & consequence.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Death's Door

    WHY THIS

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

    Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Tower of Mask

    WHY THIS

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

    Tower of Mask is a thrilling survival horror in the spirit of the 80's dungeon crawlers. The most claustrophobic dungeon in modern times is yours to venture through alone. Hero, face the ancient tower where eerie masked humans prowl.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure10.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Bleakest Keep

    WHY THIS

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

    The Bleakest Keep is a challenging action horror roguelike. Survive the horrors of the Keep, upgrade your gear, and earn ranks as you ascend the tower and save the world!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Mortal Sin

    WHY THIS

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

    Mortal Sin is a chaotic, blood-soaked roguelike where skill is power, and overconfidence is death. Carve through procedurally generated nightmares with brutal melee and flashy, satisfying combos.

    2025ActionIndieRPG24.99 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 Bloodthorn.

    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. 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 Bloodthorn.

    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 ↗
  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 Bloodthorn.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Bloodthorn.

    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 ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 Bloodthorn.

    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 ↗
  8. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Bloodthorn.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree 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. Death's Door

    WHY THIS

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

    Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Bleakest Keep

    WHY THIS

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

    The Bleakest Keep is a challenging action horror roguelike. Survive the horrors of the Keep, upgrade your gear, and earn ranks as you ascend the tower and save the world!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Mortal Sin

    WHY THIS

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

    Mortal Sin is a chaotic, blood-soaked roguelike where skill is power, and overconfidence is death. Carve through procedurally generated nightmares with brutal melee and flashy, satisfying combos.

    2025ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Bloodthorn

What games are most similar to Bloodthorn?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Bloodthorn are Scavenge Protocol, Hell and Back, Labyrinth Of The Demon King.
Who developed Bloodthorn?
Bloodthorn was developed by Apel Studios.

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 Bloodthorn.

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