Games like Roses and Gems
If Roses and Gems is your kind of game, the closest matches are Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, Terraria and Hotline Miami — 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 Roses and Gems: Roses and Gems is a difficult sandbox platformer all about avoiding the inevitable, Death. Build constructs, traps and fight to keep the ancient machine safe. In the end, your home will be destroyed, and you'll die, but it just means you get to start a new dem... Adventure all over again!
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Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter
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Top pick for Roses and Gems fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Roses and Gems.
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Month!
Terraria
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Roses and Gems fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Roses and Gems.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Hotline Miami
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Roses and Gems fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Roses and Gems.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
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Ranked #4 for Roses and Gems fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Roses and Gems.
Guide two brothers on an epic fairy tale journey from visionary Swedish film director, Josef Fares and top-tier developer Starbreeze Studios. Control both brothers at once as you experience co-op play in single player mode, like never before.
Starbound
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Ranked #5 for Roses and Gems fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Roses and Gems.
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Torchlight II
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Roses and Gems fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Roses and Gems.
The adventure continues in Torchlight II! An Action RPG filled with epic battles, bountiful treasure, and a fully randomized world. Bring your friends along for the journey with online and LAN multiplayer.
The Binding of Isaac
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Ranked #7 for Roses and Gems fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Roses and Gems.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
Outlast
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Ranked #8 for Roses and Gems fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Roses and Gems.
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Roses and Gems at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Roses and Gems on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Roses and Gems.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Roses and Gems on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Roses and Gems.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~70% under Roses and Gems on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Roses and Gems.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Roses and Gems on Steam right now. Shares Action with Roses and Gems.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Roses and Gems on Steam right now. Shares Action with Roses and Gems.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Roses and Gems on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Roses and Gems.
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!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Roses and Gems on Steam right now. Shares Action with Roses and Gems.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Roses and Gems on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Roses and Gems.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
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 Roses and Gems.
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. Shares Action with Roses and Gems.
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.
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More from Pirate-Rob
Other recommendable Steam games by Pirate-Rob, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Dredgers
WHY THIS
Another title from Pirate-Rob, the studio behind Roses and Gems. Shares Indie with Roses and Gems.
Based on traditional rogue-likes, Dredgers is a real-time dungeon crawler where you can play as 30 different races, each having their own stats and skills. With the unique class system you can mix and match classes as you desire, anything from an Archer-Knight to a Berserker-Summoner-Priest is possible!
RICE - Repetitive Indie Combat Experience™
WHY THIS
Another title from Pirate-Rob, the studio behind Roses and Gems. Shares Action and Indie with Roses and Gems.
A rich paragraph of information which will try to charm and pique interest, trying to catch your eye in a sea of competition using a slew of buzzwords such as ‘bullet heaven’ and ‘in-depth meta-progression’, in a vain attempt to make you believe this game is any different from others in its genre.
Dry Sand Damp Steps
WHY THIS
Another title from Pirate-Rob, the studio behind Roses and Gems. Shares Indie with Roses and Gems.
A short story about a water spirit wandering the wastes of a dry world. As you travel, you'll interact with the inhabitants, accumulate and manage your water, collect trinkets, avoid danger and push forwards into the uncertain future.
Frequently asked about Roses and Gems
- How much does Roses and Gems cost?
- Roses and Gems is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Roses and Gems?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Roses and Gems are Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, Terraria, Hotline Miami.
- Who developed Roses and Gems?
- Roses and Gems was developed by Pirate-Rob.
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