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Games like Chronicles of Childhood

If Chronicles of Childhood is your kind of game, the closest matches are Angel Essence, Winds Of Arcana: Ruination and Deer & Boy — 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 Chronicles of Childhood: A story-rich, platform, side-scroller in the coming of age genre. Travel around the Fantasy World of "Chronicles of Childhood", with your slingshot at hand. Fight and avoid imaginative creations, to finish all the levels and discover what does it really mean to grow up.

ActionIndieAdventureWindowsby Georgios Gyftopoulos
Chronicles of Childhood — Steam game cover

Players who liked Chronicles of Childhood also play

Steam players who put hours into Chronicles of Childhood 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. Angel Essence

    WHY THIS

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

    Ascend to a heavenly realm as the treasure hunter Angelique. Weave together fast, fluid combos as you unlock a deep movement system. Battle surreal foes and uncover secrets in the expansive world of Angel Essence, a retro-inspired 3D platformer.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Winds Of Arcana: Ruination

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Chronicles of Childhood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Chronicles of Childhood.

    Discover the secrets of a sundered world as you help Aryn save his comrades in this story-rich, fully-voiced, 2.5D action-platformer. Fight terrible dangers and explore ancient mysteries as Aryn uncovers the forces that forge his destiny.

    2025ActionAdventureRPG12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Deer & Boy

    WHY THIS

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

    In this poetic cinematic platformer, a runaway boy meets a fawn. As their bond grows, so do their abilities and the emotional weight of their journey, where silence speaks louder than words.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. REZ PLZ

    WHY THIS

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

    A puzzle platformer with a new twist on co-op and single player gameplay. Solve puzzles, platforming challenges, and encounter dangerous monsters and traps that require you to KILL and resurrect your brother to advance! Death is just part of the adventure.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Disney's Chicken Little

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Chronicles of Childhood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Chronicles of Childhood.

    Based on Walt Disney’s feature 3D animation film Chicken Little, Chicken Little the action-packed video game catapults you into the hair-raising adventures of the movie and beyond.

    2015ActionAdventureDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. UnEpic

    WHY THIS

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

    Daniel was just an average guy. He was a great videogame player, a big fan of sci-fi movies, and a novice RPG player. In the midst of an RPG, he was teleported to a castle. At first, Daniel believed that he was having a massive hallucination.

    2014ActionIndieRPG12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Corgi Warlock

    WHY THIS

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

    Corgi Warlock is a 1-4 player side-scrolling fantasy action game, where one brave Corgi will take on the Skeleton Bunny King's army! Against the power of Narwhals, Fencing Bears, and Crazed Unicorns, it takes more than your average Corgi to survive the King's onslaught... it takes a CORGI WARLOCK.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Wandersong

    WHY THIS

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

    A musical platforming adventure with an emotional story. Play as a silly bard and use music to interact with everything on a journey around the world. Along the way you'll explore, solve puzzles, and meet a huge cast of characters!

    2018IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Chronicles of Childhood.

    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 Action and Adventure with Chronicles of Childhood.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chronicles of Childhood.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chronicles of Childhood.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Chronicles of Childhood.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 Chronicles of Childhood.

    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 ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Chronicles of Childhood.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Chronicles of Childhood

What games are most similar to Chronicles of Childhood?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Chronicles of Childhood are Angel Essence, Winds Of Arcana: Ruination, Deer & Boy.
Who developed Chronicles of Childhood?
Chronicles of Childhood was developed by Georgios Gyftopoulos.

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 Chronicles of Childhood.

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