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Games like Yuna and the Spirit Forest

If Yuna and the Spirit Forest is your kind of game, the closest matches are Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight, Laika: Aged Through Blood and Smelter — 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 Yuna and the Spirit Forest: A 2D pixel-art metroidvania where you fight using elemental spirits instead of basic attacks. Explore, collect, and solve puzzles in a magical forest.

2027ActionIndieAdventureWindowsby RavenRaiders
Yuna and the Spirit Forest — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Yuna and the Spirit Forest 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. Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight

    WHY THIS

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

    Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Laika: Aged Through Blood

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Yuna and the Spirit Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Yuna and the Spirit Forest.

    Laika: Aged Through Blood is an action-adventure Metroidvania set in a post-apocalyptic western world. Play as Laika, a coyote mother and fierce warrior, and carve your motorbike through a land ravaged by betrayal and loss as you uncover dark secrets in the pursuit of vengeance against oppression.

    2023ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Smelter

    WHY THIS

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

    You are Eve, fresh out of Eden and armed with a living suit of armor, Smelter. Explore a dangerous new world, battle its bizarre denizens and expand your empire in a desperate journey to find Adam.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Afterimage

    WHY THIS

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

    Afterimage is a hand-drawn 2D action adventure that emphasizes fast-paced combat with diversified character builds, non-linear levels, and a gripping story set in the ruins of a fantasy world.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. ITORAH

    WHY THIS

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

    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!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cyber Shadow

    WHY THIS

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

    The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.

    2021ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Rain World

    WHY THIS

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

    You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

    WHY THIS

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

    A legendary series returns with a grand new adventure! Enjoy a colorful action-adventure game made alongside Ryuichi Nishizawa, creator of the original Wonder Boy in Monster World series.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure9.89 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 Yuna and the Spirit Forest.

    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 Yuna and the Spirit Forest.

    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 Yuna and the Spirit Forest.

    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 Yuna and the Spirit Forest.

    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 Yuna and the Spirit Forest.

    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 Yuna and the Spirit Forest.

    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 Yuna and the Spirit Forest.

    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 Yuna and the Spirit Forest.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Laika: Aged Through Blood

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Yuna and the Spirit Forest.

    Laika: Aged Through Blood is an action-adventure Metroidvania set in a post-apocalyptic western world. Play as Laika, a coyote mother and fierce warrior, and carve your motorbike through a land ravaged by betrayal and loss as you uncover dark secrets in the pursuit of vengeance against oppression.

    2023ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Afterimage

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Yuna and the Spirit Forest.

    Afterimage is a hand-drawn 2D action adventure that emphasizes fast-paced combat with diversified character builds, non-linear levels, and a gripping story set in the ruins of a fantasy world.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cyber Shadow

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Yuna and the Spirit Forest.

    The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.

    2021ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Yuna and the Spirit Forest

What games are most similar to Yuna and the Spirit Forest?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Yuna and the Spirit Forest are Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight, Laika: Aged Through Blood, Smelter.
Who developed Yuna and the Spirit Forest?
Yuna and the Spirit Forest was developed by RavenRaiders.

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 Yuna and the Spirit Forest.

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