Games like Hollow Moon
If Hollow Moon is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, Curse Crackers: For Whom the Belle Toils and Gal Guardians: Demon Purge — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Hollow Moon: Hollow Moon is a gothic retro styled side scrolling 2D platformer where you play as Nightshade, a princess with death after her heart, and her world too, in this 8-bit Game Boy inspired adventure.
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Steam players who put hours into Hollow Moon 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.
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
WHY THIS
Top pick for Hollow Moon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hollow Moon.
Battle with swords and whips in this retro-style action game brought to you by game creator Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates! Play as Zangetsu, a demon slayer bearing a deep grudge, who must travel through perilous lands to defeat a powerful demon lurking in a dark castle.
Curse Crackers: For Whom the Belle Toils
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Hollow Moon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Hollow Moon.
Bounce, vault, and fight your way through a whimsical world with the help of your loyal companion. Eat snacks, collect artifacts, and travel the world to stop Bonnie and her boney band of troublemakers!
Gal Guardians: Demon Purge
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Hollow Moon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Hollow Moon.
In order to save their school after it turns into a massive demonic castle, two "Demon Hunter" sisters slash and shoot their way through this 2D action adventure. Players can swap between control of both characters on the fly, each with entirely different skillsets.
Timespinner
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Hollow Moon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hollow Moon.
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
Aeon Drive
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Hollow Moon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hollow Moon.
Rush through the cyberpunk landscapes of Neo Barcelona in Aeon Drive, an action-platformer with a speedrunning twist! Whether solo or in up to 4 player co-op, sprint and dash through many areas of the neon-infused city - and use your time and space-bending abilities to get ahead.
Alwa's Legacy
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Hollow Moon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hollow Moon.
Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.
Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX)
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Hollow Moon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hollow Moon.
Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX) is an arcade action platformer full of creatures from medieval myths from Spain and the rest of Europe, as well as from chivalric romances. The extended version of the classic Maldita Castilla, originally created by the indie Locomalito.
Olija
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Hollow Moon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hollow Moon.
Olija is a game about Faraday's quest, a man shipwrecked then trapped in the mysterious country of Terraphage. Armed with a legendary harpoon, he and other castaways try to leave this hostile country to return to their homelands.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Hollow Moon.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Hollow Moon.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hollow Moon.
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 Indie and Adventure with Hollow Moon.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Hollow Moon.
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 Hollow Moon.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hollow Moon.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Timespinner
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Hollow Moon.
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
Alwa's Legacy
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Hollow Moon.
Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.
Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX)
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Hollow Moon.
Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX) is an arcade action platformer full of creatures from medieval myths from Spain and the rest of Europe, as well as from chivalric romances. The extended version of the classic Maldita Castilla, originally created by the indie Locomalito.
Olija
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Hollow Moon.
Olija is a game about Faraday's quest, a man shipwrecked then trapped in the mysterious country of Terraphage. Armed with a legendary harpoon, he and other castaways try to leave this hostile country to return to their homelands.
Frequently asked about Hollow Moon
- What games are most similar to Hollow Moon?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hollow Moon are Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, Curse Crackers: For Whom the Belle Toils, Gal Guardians: Demon Purge.
- Who developed Hollow Moon?
- Hollow Moon was developed by OnlySmiles.
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 Hollow Moon.
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