Games like Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
If Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ori and the Blind Forest, Ori and the Will of the Wisps and Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its ability gating forces exploration, art style is unmatched and music elevates every moment. 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 →Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition is a 2016 action platformer developed by Moon Studios GmbH and published by Xbox Game Studios. Players explore a visually rich world using mechanics such as ability-gating, wall-clinging, and sequence-platforming, with dash-refunds and save-scumming providing tactical flexibility alongside light-based combat. The game holds a Metacritic score of 88 and a 94% positive rating from over 30,000 Steam reviews, with Steam Deck Verified status. Players and reviewers describe the experience as atmospheric, challenging, emotional, and melancholic, noting that the music elevates every moment and that the storytelling relies heavily on visuals and music rather than dialogue. The Definitive Edition is available for $19.99.
About Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition: “Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.
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Ori and the Blind Forest
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Top pick for Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer crafted by Moon Studios for PC.
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Second-strongest match for Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Play the critically acclaimed masterpiece. Embark on a new journey in a vast, exotic world where you’ll encounter towering enemies and challenging puzzles on your quest to unravel Ori’s destiny.
Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Third-strongest match for Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.
Unbound: Worlds Apart
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Ranked #4 for Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Summon portals to overcome vicious beasts, devious puzzles and fiendish platforming challenges. Master the unique powers of each portal to stop the collapse of reality, while exploring lush, hand-drawn worlds and unraveling a deep narrative full of mysteries.
Hollow Knight
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Ranked #5 for Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Blasphemous 2
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Ranked #6 for Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all.
Seasons after Fall
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Ranked #7 for Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Seasons After Fall is a 2D platform-puzzler game that will let you dive into a captivating universe and explore a land governed by magic and nature.
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Ranked #8 for Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
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.
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Hollow Knight
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Reviewers of Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Reviewers of Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Play the critically acclaimed masterpiece. Embark on a new journey in a vast, exotic world where you’ll encounter towering enemies and challenging puzzles on your quest to unravel Ori’s destiny.
Super Meat Boy
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Shares a challenging mood with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Reviewers of Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
Celeste
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Shares an emotional mood with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Reviewers of Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
A Short Hike
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Reviewers of Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Oxenfree
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Reviewers of Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
Metroidvania Maker
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Reviewers of Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.
No Rest for the Wicked
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Reviewers of Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
From Moon Studios, the award-winning creators of Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps, comes No Rest for the Wicked, a unique, visceral Action RPG set in a hand-crafted world with Souls-like combat. Featuring co-op for up to four players.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
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Priced ~50% under Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Lethal Company
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Priced ~50% under Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~50% under Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
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Priced ~50% under Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Portal 2
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Priced ~50% under Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~50% under Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~75% under Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
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Priced ~65% under Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
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.
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Other recommendable Steam games by Moon Studios GmbH, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Another title from Moon Studios GmbH, the studio behind Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Play the critically acclaimed masterpiece. Embark on a new journey in a vast, exotic world where you’ll encounter towering enemies and challenging puzzles on your quest to unravel Ori’s destiny.
No Rest for the Wicked
WHY THIS
Another title from Moon Studios GmbH, the studio behind Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
From Moon Studios, the award-winning creators of Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps, comes No Rest for the Wicked, a unique, visceral Action RPG set in a hand-crafted world with Souls-like combat. Featuring co-op for up to four players.
Ori and the Blind Forest
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Another title from Moon Studios GmbH, the studio behind Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer crafted by Moon Studios for PC.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Ori and the Blind Forest
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer crafted by Moon Studios for PC.
Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.
Unbound: Worlds Apart
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
Summon portals to overcome vicious beasts, devious puzzles and fiendish platforming challenges. Master the unique powers of each portal to stop the collapse of reality, while exploring lush, hand-drawn worlds and unraveling a deep narrative full of mysteries.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Blasphemous 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all.
Seasons after Fall
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
Seasons After Fall is a 2D platform-puzzler game that will let you dive into a captivating universe and explore a land governed by magic and nature.
Frequently asked about Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
- Is Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition cost?
- Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition are Ori and the Blind Forest, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU.
- Who developed Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition?
- Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition was developed by Moon Studios GmbH and published by Xbox Game Studios.
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