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Games like A Butterfly

If A Butterfly is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fractal Fly, American Eristics and MARK'S LIFE — 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 A Butterfly: The abyss called your name. You followed it here. Now you are its prisoner. A Butterfly is part horror, part interactive poem about overcoming and bittersweet surrender

2025IndieAdventure0.99 USDWindowsby alienmelon
A Butterfly — Steam game cover

Players who liked A Butterfly also play

Steam players who put hours into A Butterfly 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. Fractal Fly

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for A Butterfly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with A Butterfly.

    Explore imaginary landscapes, like you're flying in another world. Observe and dive into those chaotic shapes all around you. And even transform them! You're totally free to move where you want, you will discover a tremendous variety of shapes and colors!

    2022AdventureFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  2. American Eristics

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for A Butterfly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with A Butterfly.

    Would you believe one of your friends is a killer? Return home in this 2.5D horror story.

    2023Adventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. MARK'S LIFE

    WHY THIS

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

    This is the story of Mark's life...

    2021IndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Peerless Heart

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for A Butterfly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    A 5 minute experience that could save your life. A short walking simulator. You will speak with creatures and move towards a large landmark with a mysterious prize inside. 

    2026Simulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Sunlight

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for A Butterfly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Butterfly.

    Traverse a harmonious hand painted forest in this first person hike. ☀️The trees guide you with gentle whispers, as you explore a philosophical story.

    2021IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. This Is Not Your House

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for A Butterfly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Butterfly.

    Crush someone's skull, Suffer from Hypothermia, Transcend your Mortal Frame, Find all 10 Endings. GET YOUR HOUSE BACK.

    2024IndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. stikir

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for A Butterfly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Butterfly.

    This game is about making this game.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Dreaming Sarah

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for A Butterfly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Butterfly.

    Dreaming Sarah is an adventure platformer where you play as Sarah, a girl who is in a coma. Explore the world around her and help her wake up!

    2015IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below A Butterfly at current Steam store prices.

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under A Butterfly on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Butterfly.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under A Butterfly on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Butterfly.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under A Butterfly on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Butterfly.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under A Butterfly on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Butterfly.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under A Butterfly on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Butterfly.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under A Butterfly on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Butterfly.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under A Butterfly on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Butterfly.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. Shotgun Legend

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under A Butterfly on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Butterfly.

    Eugene must battle aliens and the undead in search of a truck rim, as it seems to be his ticket home.

    2018ActionIndieRPG0.49 USDSteam ↗

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 A Butterfly.

    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 Adventure with A Butterfly.

    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 Indie with A Butterfly.

    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 A Butterfly.

    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 Indie and Adventure with A Butterfly.

    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. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree 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. Sunlight

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Butterfly.

    Traverse a harmonious hand painted forest in this first person hike. ☀️The trees guide you with gentle whispers, as you explore a philosophical story.

    2021IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. stikir

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Butterfly.

    This game is about making this game.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Dreaming Sarah

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Butterfly.

    Dreaming Sarah is an adventure platformer where you play as Sarah, a girl who is in a coma. Explore the world around her and help her wake up!

    2015IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about A Butterfly

How much does A Butterfly cost?
A Butterfly is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to A Butterfly?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside A Butterfly are Fractal Fly, American Eristics, MARK'S LIFE.
Who developed A Butterfly?
A Butterfly was developed by alienmelon.

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 A Butterfly.

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