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Games like Pelican Empyrean

If Pelican Empyrean is your kind of game, the closest matches are Faryloopa, Handmancers and Relief — 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 Pelican Empyrean: Food is love! In this fantastical roguelike card game share the magic of abundance by cooking delicious meals for all who come to Pelican's kitchen.

2026StrategyIndieWindows · macOS · Linuxby Orchid of Redemption
Pelican Empyrean — Steam game cover

Players who liked Pelican Empyrean also play

Steam players who put hours into Pelican Empyrean 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. Faryloopa

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Pelican Empyrean fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pelican Empyrean.

    Build the board. Play the cards. Roll the dice. Faryloopa is a roguelike deckbuilder meets boardbuilder where every run is a new layout, new synergies, and bigger scores to chase.

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  2. Handmancers

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Pelican Empyrean fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pelican Empyrean.

    Handmancers is a Rock, Paper, Scissors Roguelite deckbuilder with a first-person twist where clear tactical choices meet deck-building depth. Craft your deck, enhance your cards, equip tricky artifacts and face powerful enemies in strategic fights

    2026StrategyIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Relief

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Pelican Empyrean fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pelican Empyrean.

    Relief is a deckbuilding roguelike featuring a post-Journey to the West urban legend setting! In a bizarre world of corrupted deities, harness overpowered tech to enhance your deck and forge custom affixes onto your cards. Combine over 1,000 cards and 300 artifacts to create your ultimate OP build!

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  4. The Royal Writ

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Pelican Empyrean fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Pelican Empyrean.

    Sacrifice creates stories in this medieval roguelike deckbuilder. Watch your cards march to glory or permanent death as they battle toward the enemy. Each fallen hero becomes part of your kingdom's legend. Command wisely... some sacrifices are necessary.

    2025Strategy7.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Become the Moon

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Pelican Empyrean fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pelican Empyrean.

    Become the Moon is a challenging, deckbuilding auto battler. Choose from 10 unique characters, each with their own distinct playstyles. Assemble a team of powerful minions & cast cosmic spells where every run takes you one step closer to the moon.

    2025StrategyIndie10.19 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Replicat

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Pelican Empyrean fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pelican Empyrean.

    A roguelike memory deckbuilder where you bend the rules of card matching with wild combos, strategy-defining items and cards featuring some personality-packed cats.

    2025StrategyIndieCasual7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Neon Village

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Pelican Empyrean fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pelican Empyrean.

    This game is a fusion of a "roguelike deck-builder" and "match-3 puzzle". Collect unique residents to create explosive synergies and develop a village glittering with neon!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Pelican Empyrean fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pelican Empyrean.

    A coin-pushing dopamine machine. RACCOIN is a roguelike deckbuilder where you combine special coins with powerful items to trigger wildly satisfying combos. Stack shiny towers, spin the lucky wheel, and shake the machine until all the coins drop.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

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

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  5. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

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

    Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

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

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  7. Hello Neighbor Alpha 2

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.

    2019StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  8. Samorost 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore the beginnings of the Samorost series in the space gnome’s original bite-sized adventure, formerly released in 2003. Now with remastered sounds, enhanced graphics, and new music by Floex.

    2021IndieAdventureCasualFreeSteam ↗

More from Orchid of Redemption

Other recommendable Steam games by Orchid of Redemption, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Joon Shining

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Orchid of Redemption, the studio behind Pelican Empyrean. Shares Indie with Pelican Empyrean.

    Master the elements. Explore mystical worlds. Harness ancient powers. Joon Shining is an enchanted golf-like platformer with a fantasy twist. Use magic to bend physics, influence environments, and make impossible shots, as you puzzle your way through a strange & mythic multiverse

    2023ActionSportsIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. After Light Fades

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Orchid of Redemption, the studio behind Pelican Empyrean. Shares Indie with Pelican Empyrean.

    Solve, evolve, and let go. In this mystical, magical sokoban puzzle journey, each artefact you master must eventually be left behind. Explore seven emotionally resonant fantasy worlds, casting away artefacts tied to grief, memory, and transformation.

    2025IndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Dream of the Star Haven

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Orchid of Redemption, the studio behind Pelican Empyrean. Shares Indie with Pelican Empyrean.

    A giant-leap 1st person platforming journey through islands in the sky! Recover your stolen body parts, gaining new powers for each part you find. Delve into the strange gilded-cage secrets of the conscious place known as Star Haven

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Pelican Empyrean

What games are most similar to Pelican Empyrean?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pelican Empyrean are Faryloopa, Handmancers, Relief.
Who developed Pelican Empyrean?
Pelican Empyrean was developed by Orchid of Redemption and published by Lamplight Forest.

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 Pelican Empyrean.

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