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Games like Goldstained

If Goldstained is your kind of game, the closest matches are Magical Blush, The Knight Witch and Tormenta do Tempo — 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 Goldstained: Explore a dangerous, fantastical world and slay the divine being that corrupted it. Goldstained is a top-down 2D action-adventure where unlocking new weapons with new movesets is your way forward through boss fights, puzzles, and combat!

ActionIndieAdventureWindows · macOS · Linuxby Lantern Jump
Goldstained — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Goldstained 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. Magical Blush

    WHY THIS

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

    Magical Blush is a top-down action-adventure where fast-paced elemental combat meets Metroidvania-style exploration. Chain spell combos, exploit elemental weaknesses, rescue survivors, and battle the powerful Elemental Lords as you explore the wondrous world of Wyn.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. The Knight Witch

    WHY THIS

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

    The Knight Witch is a metroidvania adventure game with fast-paced, shoot 'em up combat set in a beautifully hand-drawn world. Cast devastating card-based spells, forge close bonds, and make moral choices all in your quest to save your home and discover who's behind the War Golem invasion.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Tormenta do Tempo

    WHY THIS

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

    Tormenta do Tempo is an Hack N Slash Action RPG about Time Travel. Find out all about the origin of time travel, annihilate hordes of enemies, choose from 3 types of classes, grow your talent tree, loots, and try to save the Past, Present and Future, from a cruel fate.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Infinitevania

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore different worlds, defeat enemies and challenging bosses, in search of power to destroy the core of infinitevania.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Lila’s Sky Ark

    WHY THIS

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

    Protect a psychedelic world from bizarre beasts and punishing bosses in this poetic mystery filled with secrets, puzzles and music.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Resolutiion

    WHY THIS

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

    Resolutiion is a zelda-like action-adventure, where an old killer and his AI explore a vast, mysterious world, full of mighty weapons, surreal abilities and gruesome bossfights.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Songbringer

    WHY THIS

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

    Imagine if the original Zelda game was set in a science-fiction galaxy. Explore this open-world, action RPG with roguelike and metroidvania elements. Mighty bosses lurk deep within procedurally-generated dungeons. Wield, vanquish, unearth, collect, craft, progress, trip, adventure.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo

    WHY THIS

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

    Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 Goldstained.

    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 ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. 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 Goldstained.

    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 ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck 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. The Knight Witch

    WHY THIS

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

    The Knight Witch is a metroidvania adventure game with fast-paced, shoot 'em up combat set in a beautifully hand-drawn world. Cast devastating card-based spells, forge close bonds, and make moral choices all in your quest to save your home and discover who's behind the War Golem invasion.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lila’s Sky Ark

    WHY THIS

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

    Protect a psychedelic world from bizarre beasts and punishing bosses in this poetic mystery filled with secrets, puzzles and music.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Resolutiion

    WHY THIS

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

    Resolutiion is a zelda-like action-adventure, where an old killer and his AI explore a vast, mysterious world, full of mighty weapons, surreal abilities and gruesome bossfights.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Songbringer

    WHY THIS

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

    Imagine if the original Zelda game was set in a science-fiction galaxy. Explore this open-world, action RPG with roguelike and metroidvania elements. Mighty bosses lurk deep within procedurally-generated dungeons. Wield, vanquish, unearth, collect, craft, progress, trip, adventure.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo

    WHY THIS

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

    Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Goldstained

What games are most similar to Goldstained?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Goldstained are Magical Blush, The Knight Witch, Tormenta do Tempo.
Who developed Goldstained?
Goldstained was developed by Lantern Jump.

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 Goldstained.

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