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Games like Spirit Knight

If Spirit Knight is your kind of game, the closest matches are FantasyJourney, Shikari Rising and DEAD DAYLIGHT — 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 Spirit Knight: A thrilling 2D action game! Defeat powerful bosses, collect soul shards, and unlock new skills! Gather the three souls and escape the soul world to break free from your chains!

2025ActionIndie3.99 USDWindowsby Li
Spirit Knight — Steam game cover

Players who liked Spirit Knight also play

Steam players who put hours into Spirit Knight 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. FantasyJourney

    WHY THIS

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

    The core combat gameplay is similar to Sekiro, emphasizing precise parrying, counterattacks, and dodging—players can even trigger powerful counters with regular attacks. The game features richly detailed environments and a vast, expansive world map.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Shikari Rising

    WHY THIS

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

    Join Novak as he fights his way through hordes of fearsome monsters and unravel the mystery of monster resurgence in his land . Inspired by Metroidvania-style and hack 'n slash action rpg, Shikari Rising will plunge you into action and will test your mettle against extremely tough enemies.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. DEAD DAYLIGHT

    WHY THIS

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

    "DEADDAYLIGHT" is a side-scrolling platform action-adventure game.Developed independently by a single person. It tells the dark story of a protagonist who wakes up from a nightmare about the plague during a plague after the gods abandoned the earth, and then return to the Cathedral of Holy Light.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Save My Human

    WHY THIS

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

    This is the story about a little girl who is taken to an evil world inside a video game, and her dog embarks on an adventure to save her. The dog will not be alone, he will encounter other pets who are also searching for their owners.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Blasphemous 2

    WHY THIS

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

    The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all. 

    2023ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Monkey King Simulator -- Chapter Huaguo Mountain

    WHY THIS

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

    Stories revised from Journey to the West. Souls-like combats; Powerful Bosses; Hundreds of different Weapon&Armors; Super big map to explore; Nothing special? You cut me!

    2021ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. 异世界生存指南

    WHY THIS

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

    【Real and authentic CRPG】 Online, a unique adventure game! Each character has a distinctive image and skills, with unique styles of movements. Players can work together to encircle powerful fantasy legendary creatures, obtain fantasy ingredients,

    2025ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Tails of Iron

    WHY THIS

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

    Tails of Iron is an epic RPG Adventure with punishingly brutal combat. As Redgi, heir to the throne, you must embark on a perilous quest to reclaim your Kingdom. Explore a deceivingly charming world. Assemble a band of brave companions. Banish the merciless Frog clan!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Spirit Knight on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Spirit Knight.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Spirit Knight on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spirit Knight.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Spirit Knight on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spirit Knight.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Spirit Knight on Steam right now. Shares Action with Spirit Knight.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Spirit Knight on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spirit Knight.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Spirit Knight on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spirit Knight.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Spirit Knight on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spirit Knight.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Spirit Knight on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Spirit Knight.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 Action with Spirit Knight.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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 Spirit Knight.

    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 ↗
  4. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Spirit Knight

How much does Spirit Knight cost?
Spirit Knight is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Spirit Knight?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Spirit Knight are FantasyJourney, Shikari Rising, DEAD DAYLIGHT.
Who developed Spirit Knight?
Spirit Knight was developed by Li and published by Icho Jinja.

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 Spirit Knight.

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