Games like Mini Ninjas
If Mini Ninjas is your kind of game, the closest matches are LUNA'S TALE, The LEGO® NINJAGO® Movie Video Game and Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its exploration rewards new spells, kuji magic powers and atmospheric. 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 →Mini Ninjas is a 2009 action-adventure game from IO Interactive, published by Square Enix. Players navigate a vibrant world as ninjas, switching between characters and using animal possession to defeat enemies, which transform into woodland creatures when defeated. Environmental stealth, potion crafting, and kuji-magic purification spells reward exploration and varied approaches to challenges. The third-person perspective and 3D platforming mechanics support a medium-length, chill experience designed for solo play. Reviewers and players describe the living-painting art style as atmospheric and whimsical, noting its nostalgic charm for both kids and adults. The game runs verified on Steam Deck and carries an 88% positive rating from 1433 Steam reviews, priced at $9.99.
About Mini Ninjas: Mini Ninjas is a game that combines furious action with stealth and exploration for an experience that appeals to a wide audience across age groups and preferences. It’s an action-adventure with a strong focus on allowing the player freedom to explore the world and has the depth to allow for very varied gameplay and approaches to getting...
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LUNA'S TALE
WHY THIS
Top pick for Mini Ninjas fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
Help Luna in collecting coins, defeating enemies, overcoming hurdles and exploring huge worlds in saving her forest from the evil forces in this classic 3d platformer.
The LEGO® NINJAGO® Movie Video Game
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Mini Ninjas.
Second-strongest match for Mini Ninjas fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Mini Ninjas.
Find your inner ninja with the all-new LEGO NINJAGO Movie Video Game! Play as your favorite ninjas to defend Ninjago from the evil Lord Garmadon. Master the art of Ninjagility by wall-running and high-jumping, and battle foes to rank up and upgrade the ninja's combat skills.
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Mini Ninjas fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
IndependANT
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Mini Ninjas fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
Explore the vast Living Room to find food for your struggling ant colony in this cute and casual collectathon!
Demon Tides
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Mini Ninjas.
Ranked #5 for Mini Ninjas fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
Race across open oceans and uncover a kingdom’s dark secrets. Expressively platform your way across dozens of locales, upgrading your gear and modifying your move-set every step of the way!
Mark of the Ninja
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Mini Ninjas fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
Ghost of a Tale
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Mini Ninjas.
Ranked #7 for Mini Ninjas fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
Ghost of a Tale is an action-RPG game in which you play as Tilo, a mouse and minstrel thrown into a perilous adventure. Through stealth and cunning you’ll be able to explore the secrets of Dwindling Heights Keep and navigate its dangers.
Grow Up
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Mini Ninjas.
Ranked #8 for Mini Ninjas fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
Leaping from mind-boggling heights, bouncing off Champolines, soaring inches from floating islands, BUD can do it all - that look of mild terror, that’s his daredevil face. Help the adorable little robot collect MOM’s scattered ship parts and return them to the moon.
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Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Mini Ninjas cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
Assassin's Creed™: Director's Cut Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Mini Ninjas.
Reviewers of Mini Ninjas cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
Assassin's Creed™ is the next-gen game developed by Ubisoft Montreal that redefines the action genre. While other games claim to be next-gen with impressive graphics and physics, Assassin's Creed merges technology, game design, theme and emotions into a world where you instigate chaos and become a vulnerable, yet powerful, agent of...
HITMAN™
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Mini Ninjas cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Mini Ninjas.
There is a world beyond ours. Beyond nations, justice, ethics. It never sleeps. It exists everywhere. And once you enter....there is no going back. Welcome to the World of Assassination. You are Agent 47, the world's ultimate assassin.
Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Mini Ninjas.
Reviewers of Mini Ninjas cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
Same sick burns, same smoldering attitude, now all scaled up in stunning HD, Spyro is back in the Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy! Rekindle the fire with remastered versions of the original three games, Spyro™ the Dragon, Spyro™ 2: Ripto's Rage! and Spyro™: Year of the Dragon.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Mini Ninjas at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Mini Ninjas on Steam right now. Shares Action with Mini Ninjas.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Mini Ninjas on Steam right now. Shares Action with Mini Ninjas.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Mini Ninjas on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Mini Ninjas on Steam right now. Shares Action with Mini Ninjas.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Mini Ninjas on Steam right now. Shares Action with Mini Ninjas.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Mini Ninjas on Steam right now. Shares Action with Mini Ninjas.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Mini Ninjas on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Mini Ninjas on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
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.
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 Mini Ninjas.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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 Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
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.
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 Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Mini Ninjas.
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.
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More from IO Interactive
Other recommendable Steam games by IO Interactive, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
WHY THIS
Another title from IO Interactive, the studio behind Mini Ninjas. Shares Action with Mini Ninjas.
Pure adrenaline of non-stop action in Single Player, Online Co-op and Multiplayer. Double the pleasure and mayhem with new multiplayer DLCs! (click for details)
Kane and Lynch: Dead Men™
WHY THIS
Another title from IO Interactive, the studio behind Mini Ninjas. Shares Action with Mini Ninjas.
Kane and Lynch: Dead Men is the new action shooter franchise by Io-Interactive, creators of the multi-million selling Hitman series. Kane & Lynch: Dead Men follows the violent and chaotic journey of two men - a flawed mercenary and a medicated psychopath - and their brutal attitude towards right and wrong.
HITMAN Classic Trilogy Remastered
WHY THIS
Another title from IO Interactive, the studio behind Mini Ninjas. Shares Action and Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
Step into the origins of the world’s deadliest assassin, faithfully remastered for modern platforms. Follow the evolution of Agent 47 from his creation to his most dangerous assignments across a world defined by deception, power, and consequence.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The LEGO® NINJAGO® Movie Video Game
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Mini Ninjas.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Mini Ninjas.
Find your inner ninja with the all-new LEGO NINJAGO Movie Video Game! Play as your favorite ninjas to defend Ninjago from the evil Lord Garmadon. Master the art of Ninjagility by wall-running and high-jumping, and battle foes to rank up and upgrade the ninja's combat skills.
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
Demon Tides
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Mini Ninjas.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
Race across open oceans and uncover a kingdom’s dark secrets. Expressively platform your way across dozens of locales, upgrading your gear and modifying your move-set every step of the way!
Mark of the Ninja
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
Grow Up
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Mini Ninjas.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Mini Ninjas.
Leaping from mind-boggling heights, bouncing off Champolines, soaring inches from floating islands, BUD can do it all - that look of mild terror, that’s his daredevil face. Help the adorable little robot collect MOM’s scattered ship parts and return them to the moon.
Frequently asked about Mini Ninjas
- Is Mini Ninjas verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Mini Ninjas is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Mini Ninjas cost?
- Mini Ninjas is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Mini Ninjas?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mini Ninjas are LUNA'S TALE, The LEGO® NINJAGO® Movie Video Game, Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition.
- Who developed Mini Ninjas?
- Mini Ninjas was developed by IO Interactive and published by Square Enix.
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