Games like Once Up
If Once Up is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dorc, Good Knight's Adventures and Teios Journey — 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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Players who liked Once Up also play
Steam players who put hours into Once Up 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.
Dorc
WHY THIS
Top pick for Once Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Once Up.
In a world ruled by »them«, Dorc's grandpa has a plan: a time machine. But when a jump goes wrong, Dorc is stranded across time. Change the past to shape the future in this story-driven adventure platformer with cute characters and clever time mechanics.
Good Knight's Adventures
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Once Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Once Up.
Walk into a land of adventure with Good Knight's Adventures! Save the kingdom from the wizard's rogue potions as Sir Knight in this laid-back yet challenging 2D pixel-art platformer. Will you help Sir Knight to save the kingdom, one platform at a time?
Teios Journey
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Once Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Once Up.
Embark on a thrilling adventure through a vibrant world teeming with challenges and mysteries. Traverse diverse landscapes, solve intricate puzzles, and engage in epic battles as you unravel the secrets hidden within the land.
Stack Mates
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Once Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Once Up.
Stack Mates is a co-op puzzle-platformer for 2-8 players built on teamwork and pure chaos. Shift your form between horizontal and vertical, climb on your friends, and reach the portal together. Remember, if even one person fails, everyone starts over!
Tyreman
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Once Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Once Up.
This physics co-op platformer has you roll as tire beings across a surreal world. Play solo or with friends online/local to clear obstacles, find easter eggs and hone skills via repeated attempts. Speed, teamwork and wit pave your way. Roll, fall, retry. Rise as TyreGod!
Get Up, Man!
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Once Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Once Up.
A ragdoll physics romp about Kolya, an exhausted engineer just trying to make it to work. A simple morning commute turns into a 400,000km odyssey! An ordinary guy on his not-so-ordinary route, Kolya, is accompanied by an all-knowing narrator. Embark on an unforgettable journey packed with absurdity!
Dead Lasso: Temple Of Shadows
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Once Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Once Up.
Dodge enemies, solve environmental puzzles, and chain your growing moveset in true Metroidvania style as you unravel the temple’s deadly mysteries.
Pizza of the Gods
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Once Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Once Up.
A humorous 2D hand-drawn platformer where you’re on a quest to deliver a pizza to Zeus and prove you’re worthy of marrying your boss’s daughter. Fight funny enemies, switch between two characters to solve puzzles, and explore a world drawn entirely on paper.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Once Up at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Once Up on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Once Up.
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 ~57% under Once Up on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Once Up.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Once Up on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Once Up.
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 ~72% under Once Up on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Once Up.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~79% under Once Up on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Once Up.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Once Up on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Once Up.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Once Up on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Once Up.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Once Up on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Once Up.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
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 with Once Up.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Once Up.
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. Shares Indie and Casual with Once Up.
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 Indie with Once Up.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Once Up.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Once Up.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Once Up.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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Frequently asked about Once Up
- How much does Once Up cost?
- Once Up is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Once Up?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Once Up are Dorc, Good Knight's Adventures, Teios Journey.
- Who developed Once Up?
- Once Up was developed by Rennsemmel81, Sculptyfix and published by Sculptyfix.
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 Once Up.
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