Games like Hylics
If Hylics is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hylics 2, COPPER ODYSSEY and 虚幻深渊 Dream Abyss — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its artstyle is unique, combat is entertaining and gameplay is addictive. 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 →Hylics is a surreal indie RPG developed and published by Mason Lindroth, released in 2015. Players navigate a bizarre world rendered in distinctive claymation style, with combat built around gesture-based actions and status-effect management. The game features equipment systems, dialogue choices, and a grinding loop that some players find compelling. Reviewers highlight the unique artstyle and trippy visual presentation as standout qualities, while players describe the overall experience as whimsical. The game holds Steam Deck verified compatibility and a 98% positive rating from over 5,500 Steam reviews, priced at $2.99.
About Hylics: Hylics is a recreational program with light JRPG elements.
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COPPER ODYSSEY
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Shares a whimsical mood with Hylics.
Second-strongest match for Hylics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Hylics.
In this surreal press turn-based JRPG, you will take on a variety of strange creatures based on printmaking materials. As the Monitor, you must gather strength and find your friends, Bad Girl, Miss Gun, and Mr. Woodcut. In this non-linear story, do your best to defeat the 4 bosses!
虚幻深渊 Dream Abyss
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Hylics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Hylics.
这是一款模拟了真实办公室白领的日常工作环境，又逐渐从现实环境慢慢走向奇幻的一个有趣故事。
Aphantasia
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Ranked #4 for Hylics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Hylics.
Aphantasia is an Indie RPG created in the RPG Maker engine with a surreal art style.
Entogious
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Ranked #5 for Hylics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Hylics.
Kill an angel in a real-time-turn-based combat style thats COMPLETELY UNFAIR and take it’s heart. Die 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 times who cares? Become the richest man alive. Hmmmm COWS?!?!!.
Anima Reprise
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Ranked #6 for Hylics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Hylics.
It has been one hundred years. One hundred years since you were captured and a plot (or rather a sickly joke) to take over the universe and overthrow the king was enacted. Now the world is run by literal clowns, and you must overthrow the overthrowee, and take back the honor of the king.
Mythic Mire
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Ranked #7 for Hylics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Hylics.
A surreal RPG-adventure set in a world between dreams and nightmares. Explore strange environments with your trusty digital Pixie companions.
A Fishy RPG
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Ranked #8 for Hylics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Hylics.
A Fishy RPG is a retro-style game about surviving, exploring and finding legendary fishes in a strange and procedurally generated universe. Find the truth about fish, the surface fishermen and also Satan in this unique role-playing game.
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Anodyne
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Reviewers of Hylics cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Hylics.
A 2D action-adventure through a surreal, subconscious world. Explore moody dungeons, buildings, and atmospheric lands, evoked by dreamy music and visuals. Help the human Young awaken from their dream!
Nubby's Number Factory
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Shares a whimsical mood with Hylics.
Reviewers of Hylics cross-mention this title as a similar play.
A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.
OMORI
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Reviewers of Hylics cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Hylics.
Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.
Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition
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Reviewers of Hylics cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Hylics.
KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway running through the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.
Pathologic 2
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Reviewers of Hylics cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Hylics.
Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.
Vanquish
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Reviewers of Hylics cross-mention this title as a similar play.
PlatinumGames’ revolutionary sci-fi action shooter slide-boosts onto PC. Battle legions of future-tech enemies using a vast arsenal of weapons, including all DLC. Fully unlocked framerate and gorgeous HD resolutions up to 4K. The definitive way to play: war has accelerated.
Cube Gothic
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Reviewers of Hylics cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Hylics.
Cube Gothic is a Story-driven Shoot 'em up Adventure. Shooting enemies and dodging projectiles while solving simple puzzles and trying to comprehend the surreal plot - these are the challenges you'll be facing in Cube Gothic.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hylics at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~67% under Hylics on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hylics.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~50% under Hylics on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hylics.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
shapez
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Priced ~67% under Hylics on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hylics.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~67% under Hylics on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hylics.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
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Priced ~67% under Hylics on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hylics.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
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Priced ~67% under Hylics on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hylics.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
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Priced ~67% under Hylics on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hylics.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
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 Hylics.
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.
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.
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hylics.
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. Shares Indie with Hylics.
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. Shares Indie with Hylics.
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 Indie with Hylics.
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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Frequently asked about Hylics
- Is Hylics verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Hylics 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 Hylics cost?
- Hylics is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Hylics?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hylics are Hylics 2, COPPER ODYSSEY, 虚幻深渊 Dream Abyss.
- Who developed Hylics?
- Hylics was developed by Mason Lindroth.
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