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Games like Child of Ash

If Child of Ash is your kind of game, the closest matches are Eternal Affairs, Kint and Wizard Confidential — 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 Child of Ash: The hero who stopped a world-eating calamity was branded a demon by history. Centuries later, an orphan carrying his last fragment pieces the truth together from rumor and record. No combat — only Ashen Flame, a power that costs you with every use. Two loops. One truth.

AdventureRPGWindowsby Imoyokan
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Players who liked Child of Ash also play

Steam players who put hours into Child of Ash 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. Eternal Affairs

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Child of Ash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Child of Ash.

    Recover a stolen artifact and lose your heart as a secret magical agent! Can you uncover an arcane conspiracy before the clock runs out? An interactive, text-based magical romance novel.

    2025IndieRPG4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Kint

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Child of Ash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Child of Ash.

    A text-based fantasy multiplayer RPG where all players must decide what lore is true. Explore the world of Seram, learn everything you can. Resolve conflicts between lore by voting each week. Can you solve the mystery behind the Kilns?

    2027Massively MultiplayerRPGFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Wizard Confidential

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Child of Ash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Child of Ash.

    Sling spells and crack the case in a city full of bootleggers, corrupt cops, and vampires. Can you save your partner before a wizard dooms Seattle? A text-based interactive urban fantasy noir novel.

    2026IndieRPG5.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Roadwarden

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Child of Ash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Child of Ash.

    Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.

    2022IndieAdventureRPG10.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Spire, Surge, and Sea

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Child of Ash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Child of Ash.

    The King lies. Your memories are a weapon. In humanity's last city, floating in a worldwide seascape, will you fight for truth or defend the crown? A 380,000-word text-based interactive post-apocalyptic science fantasy novel.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Legends of Murder Collection

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Child of Ash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Child of Ash.

    When a murder is committed under mysterious and supernatural circumstances, the Inspector arrives on the scene, ready to interrogate witnesses, decipher riddles, and fend off attackers seeking their next victim. Ready your spyglass and sword as you take on these two murder mystery RPGs.

    2021AdventureRPG6.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Child of Ash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Child of Ash.

    A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Sarawak

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Child of Ash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Child of Ash.

    A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo

    2021IndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Child of Ash.

    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 ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Child of Ash.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Child of Ash.

    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 ↗
  6. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Child of Ash.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

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

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and RPG with Child of Ash.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Child of Ash

What games are most similar to Child of Ash?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Child of Ash are Eternal Affairs, Kint, Wizard Confidential.
Who developed Child of Ash?
Child of Ash was developed by Imoyokan.

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 Child of Ash.

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