Games like Golden Self
If Golden Self is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fully Automated, Tears of Vanfell and Deflector: Specimen Zero — 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 Golden Self: A fast paced action roguelike focused on precision combat and punishing boss fights. Embark on a mythic journey to discover your Golden Self.

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Steam players who put hours into Golden Self 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.
Fully Automated
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Top pick for Golden Self fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Golden Self.
Fully Automated is a fast paced action roguelite. Destroy or demoralize your foes, and shape the future of your world ! Face relentless waves of enemies and choose from a variety of upgrades and traits to create the perfect style. Will you be a force for peace or a demon of war?
Tears of Vanfell
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Second-strongest match for Golden Self fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Golden Self.
Your life begins anew in front of an imposing mountain... Climb and explore it with a wide cast of characters in this dungeon crawler RPG with up to four player Co-op.
Deflector: Specimen Zero
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Golden Self fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Golden Self.
Wield Eradicator’s boomerang in high-octane bullet hell roguelite action. Enter the trial for the cure to a deadly virus in the hostile microcosm of Deflector. Repel enemy projectiles, evolve with collected DNA and strike down all opposition.
Don't Die, Collect Loot
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Ranked #4 for Golden Self fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Golden Self.
It's time to become ridiculously powerful in an arcade roguelite RPG with no limits on your power! Guide your hero through infinite retro fantasy worlds, get loot, gain upgrades, and keep growing their power as you rip through hordes of enemies in the ultimate power fantasy!
The Bleakest Keep
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Ranked #5 for Golden Self fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Golden Self.
The Bleakest Keep is a challenging action horror roguelike. Survive the horrors of the Keep, upgrade your gear, and earn ranks as you ascend the tower and save the world!
Netherworld Covenant
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Ranked #6 for Golden Self fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Golden Self.
In the abyss where the mortal realm and netherworld intertwine, become a warrior wielding the power of the Nether Lantern to fight along with the fallen souls. With hardcore, soulslike action and intriguing roguelike builds, shatter the cursed barriers and unveil the truth woven from blood and soul.
Cinderia
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Ranked #7 for Golden Self fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Golden Self.
A fast, brutal action roguelite with razor-sharp controls and insane build freedom. Fuse embers, skill cards, and gear into wildly overpowered combat styles — and break each run in a world consumed by the Ash Witch.
Skull Horde
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Ranked #8 for Golden Self fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Golden Self.
Skull Horde is an auto battler dungeon crawler where you play as a flying skull necromancer. Find powerful loot and create overpowered builds. Summon a horde of skeletons in a battle of bone versus flesh!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 and Adventure with Golden Self.
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 and Indie with Golden Self.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Golden Self.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Golden Self.
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.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Golden Self.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Golden Self.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Golden Self.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about Golden Self
- What games are most similar to Golden Self?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Golden Self are Fully Automated, Tears of Vanfell, Deflector: Specimen Zero.
- Who developed Golden Self?
- Golden Self was developed by Lightning Oath.
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 Golden Self.
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