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Games like Alienhead

If Alienhead is your kind of game, the closest matches are Avencast: Rise of the Mage, 9th Dawn Remake and Echoes of Mystralia — 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 Alienhead: Alienhead is a linear narrative zelda-like dungeon adventure, inspired by Binding of Isaac & dripping with nerd references & 90s nostalgia.

2027ActionIndieAdventureRPGWindows · macOS · Linuxby Prime Material Games
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  1. Avencast: Rise of the Mage

    WHY THIS

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

    Play Avencast, the epic roguelike action-RPG with tons of combat moves, spells, and equipment. Fight against evil forces to save your academy and vanquish the darkness. As you progress, learn powerful spells and combos to increase your chances of victory.

    2010ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. 9th Dawn Remake

    WHY THIS

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

    Rediscover the magic of the 9th Dawn series with this complete re-imagining of the original game. Venture into a massive 2.5D open world. Explore 45 new dungeons in single-player or online/local co-op, craft weapons, raise pets, play a deck-building card game, and take down the Castle of Maltyr!

    2024ActionAdventureRPG15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Echoes of Mystralia

    WHY THIS

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

    Echoes of Mystralia is an action-heavy spellcrafting ARPG roguelite, where rapid combat meets deep customization. Craft your own spells, unlock new combinations, fight epic bosses, and discover a narrative-rich world that never plays the same twice.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. 9th Dawn III

    WHY THIS

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

    9th Dawn III: Shadow of Erthil is a massive open world RPG/dungeon crawler packed full of content – featuring more than 270 monsters to fight and capture, a fun card game with 180 cards to collect, and over 1,400 unique items to hoard!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Minecraft Dungeons

    WHY THIS

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

    Fight your way through an exciting action-adventure game, inspired by classic dungeon crawlers and set in the Minecraft universe!

    2021ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Moon Hunters

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Alienhead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alienhead.

    Play alone or with friends! A co-op personality test about exploring an ancient, occult world in 5 days. How will you be remembered?

    2016IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Death's Door

    WHY THIS

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

    Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Alienhead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Alienhead.

    Carve your path in this Hack’n’Slash free from class boundaries. Purify a world shattered by corruption, and uncover the grim secrets and forgotten horrors lurking in the shadows of this forsaken land as you rise in Power. Your Inner aspect beckons—will you answer?

    2020ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Alienhead.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeSteam ↗
  8. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

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

    Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Alienhead

What games are most similar to Alienhead?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Alienhead are Avencast: Rise of the Mage, 9th Dawn Remake, Echoes of Mystralia.
Who developed Alienhead?
Alienhead was developed by Prime Material Games.

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 Alienhead.

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