Games like Dorc
If Dorc is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bolt & Whalington, Echo Weaver and Amalu, Wells between worlds — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Dorc: In a world ruled by »them«, Dorc's grandpa has a plan: a time machine. But when a jump goes wrong, Dorc is stranded across time. Change the past to shape the future in this story-driven adventure platformer with cute characters and clever time mechanics.
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Steam players who put hours into Dorc 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.
Bolt & Whalington
WHY THIS
Top pick for Dorc fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dorc.
Bolt & Whalington is a Metroidvania game where you play as Bolt, a Siamese cat exploring the floating ruins of Whalington. Reshape abilities and rewrite world rules with the "Setting Machine," switch mecha forms to craft weapons, battle enemies, and uncover the secret of Whalington.
Echo Weaver
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Dorc fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dorc.
Time is your greatest resource and secrets are your only upgrades. Master an unraveling time loop in this knowledge-based Metroidvania. As the last Weaver, exploit time-altering anomalies and use what you learn to break the cycle. Explore what remains. Uncover the mystery. Perfect the loop.
Amalu, Wells between worlds
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Dorc fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dorc.
Amalu: Wells Between Worlds is a pixel-art 2D platformer, and Metroidvania blending Atmospheric exploration, Spell-casting puzzle mechanics, Amazigh/North African mythology and an emotional storytelling
Rodolfo Mascarpone y Ramón Cazanuecos: Amenaza en el Molinillo
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Dorc fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dorc.
¡Prepárate para vivir una emocionante aventura de acción en 3D sidescroll con nuestros queridos personajes Rodolfo Mascarpone y Ramón Cazanuecos, creados por Borja Pavón y The Catacroquer, quienes también han prestado sus voces para esta emocionante historia cooperativa para dos jugadores!
Constance
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Dorc fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dorc.
Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.
Planet of Lana II
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Dorc fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dorc.
As greed and power divide the tribes of their home planet, Lana and her little companion, Mui, must stand together against the forces reshaping their world – struggling not just for survival, but for the soul of their home.
The Messenger
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Dorc fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dorc.
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Dorc.
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.
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 Dorc.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Dorc.
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.
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 Dorc.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dorc.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dorc.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Constance
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dorc.
Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.
Planet of Lana II
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dorc.
As greed and power divide the tribes of their home planet, Lana and her little companion, Mui, must stand together against the forces reshaping their world – struggling not just for survival, but for the soul of their home.
The Messenger
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dorc.
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.
Frequently asked about Dorc
- What games are most similar to Dorc?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dorc are Bolt & Whalington, Echo Weaver, Amalu, Wells between worlds.
- Who developed Dorc?
- Dorc was developed by jump 'n' rogue.
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 Dorc.
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