Games like Well Dweller
If Well Dweller is your kind of game, the closest matches are Jrago III Requiem of the Night, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and Ghost Song — 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 Well Dweller: Well Dweller is a dark fairy-tale metroidvania, full of charming characters living in a wretched kingdom. Play as Glimmer - a tiny bird armed with a matchstick - who must burn the wicked queen to save his family.
Players who liked Well Dweller also play
Steam players who put hours into Well Dweller 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.
Jrago III Requiem of the Night
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Top pick for Well Dweller fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Well Dweller.
JRAGO III Requiem of the Night is a gothic METROIDVANIA action RPG. Play as JRAGO, a demon hunter in an epic battle of spiritual warfare. Slay your way through hordes of demons and monsters to a heavy metal soundtrack! Overcome the forces of darkness to save the world and restore the light!
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Well Dweller fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Well Dweller.
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an exploration-focused, side-scroller action RPG by Koji Igarashi. Play as Miriam, an orphan scarred by an alchemist's curse that slowly crystallizes her body. Battle through a demon-infested castle and defeat its master to save yourself, and all of humanity!
Ghost Song
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Well Dweller fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Well Dweller.
On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.
MIO: Memories in Orbit
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Well Dweller fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Well Dweller.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Voidwrought
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Well Dweller fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Well Dweller.
Voidwrought is a 2D action-platformer set in a hand-drawn world of cosmic horrors. Explore the thawing ruins of the First Civilisation and strike down the gods that dwell there. Grow your powers, uncover ancient artifacts, and expand your shrine amid the wreckage.
The Darkest Tales
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Well Dweller fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Well Dweller.
When a nightmare creeps into reality, the only ones that can help are those whose magical powers we’ve believed in since childhood. A brave teddy bear heads to the far side of “happily ever after” to rescue his owner, Alicia.
Primal Planet
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Well Dweller fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Well Dweller.
Unveil a heartfelt story of family, dinosaurs, and UFOs! Craft, upgrade, and survive in a realm of primeval predators, savage tribes and... ancient aliens. Rise from a humble cave dweller to the planet’s last hope — alone or in local co-op. Welcome to the dinovania!
ITORAH
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Well Dweller fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Well Dweller.
Discover the world of Nahucan in this 2D action platformer. You are Itorah, the only human in this strange place. Explore, fight and survive to uncover your past and save Nahucan from its biggest threat, a mysterious plague!
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. Shares Indie with Well Dweller.
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 Well Dweller.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Well Dweller.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Well Dweller.
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 with Well Dweller.
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 Well Dweller.
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 Well Dweller.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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More from Kyle Thompson
Other recommendable Steam games by Kyle Thompson, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Crypt Custodian
WHY THIS
Another title from Kyle Thompson, the studio behind Well Dweller. Shares Adventure with Well Dweller.
Crypt Custodian is a charming metroidvania about cleaning up the afterlife. Play as Pluto - a mischievous cat who has died, and is sentenced to be the afterworld's janitor... FOREVER! Hang out with other doomed ghosts, battle beasts, and explore a vastly expansive landscape.
Islets
WHY THIS
Another title from Kyle Thompson, the studio behind Well Dweller. Shares Action and Adventure with Well Dweller.
Take to the sky and reunite a fragmented world in this surprisingly wholesome metroidvania! Help Iko adventure across beautiful hand-painted islands, receive letters from a quirky cast of characters, and face powerful monstrous adversaries.
SHEEPO
WHY THIS
Another title from Kyle Thompson, the studio behind Well Dweller. Shares Action and Indie with Well Dweller.
Explore a strange planet, collect the creatures you find, and then shape-shift into them to expand your world. Build your own path, chat with the locals, and discover the planets sprawling secrets in this quirky metroidvania platformer.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Ghost Song
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Well Dweller.
On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.
MIO: Memories in Orbit
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Well Dweller.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Voidwrought
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Well Dweller.
Voidwrought is a 2D action-platformer set in a hand-drawn world of cosmic horrors. Explore the thawing ruins of the First Civilisation and strike down the gods that dwell there. Grow your powers, uncover ancient artifacts, and expand your shrine amid the wreckage.
The Darkest Tales
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Well Dweller.
When a nightmare creeps into reality, the only ones that can help are those whose magical powers we’ve believed in since childhood. A brave teddy bear heads to the far side of “happily ever after” to rescue his owner, Alicia.
Primal Planet
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Well Dweller.
Unveil a heartfelt story of family, dinosaurs, and UFOs! Craft, upgrade, and survive in a realm of primeval predators, savage tribes and... ancient aliens. Rise from a humble cave dweller to the planet’s last hope — alone or in local co-op. Welcome to the dinovania!
Frequently asked about Well Dweller
- What games are most similar to Well Dweller?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Well Dweller are Jrago III Requiem of the Night, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Ghost Song.
- Who developed Well Dweller?
- Well Dweller was developed by Kyle Thompson and published by Kyle Thompson, Top Hat Studios, Inc..
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