Games like Dirtlight
If Dirtlight is your kind of game, the closest matches are Kodama: Slumber of the Gods, Croakspire and Asili Forest — 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 Dirtlight: Dig through an odd world full of dangerous creatures. Uncover hidden paths and long-buried secrets. Dirtlight is a metroidvania where the journey runs deep, and offers unexpected ways to explore.
Players who liked Dirtlight also play
Steam players who put hours into Dirtlight 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.
Kodama: Slumber of the Gods
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Top pick for Dirtlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dirtlight.
Kodama is a 2D hand-drawn action-adventure set in the world of Japanese folklore. Experience fast-paced platforming, fluid combat, and a mystical journey through a colorful, spirit-filled land.
Croakspire
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Second-strongest match for Dirtlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dirtlight.
Dive into a fortress labyrinth crawling with monsters, defending yourself with your... tongue? As a frog, it's your best bet to traverse this retro-inspired 2D metroidvania title. Collect treasures to gain permanent upgrades, discovering new areas of the massive interconnected map with them!
Asili Forest
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Third-strongest match for Dirtlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dirtlight.
You mission in Asili Forest is simple, search and destroy all rogue robots and save Asili Forest.
CONVERGENCE: A League of Legends Story™
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Ranked #4 for Dirtlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dirtlight.
Traverse the sprawling city of Zaun as Ekko, a young inventor with a device to manipulate time, in this story-driven action platformer. Collect parts, craft gadgets, and unlock abilities—then rewind time to adapt your approach to every new challenge.
Akatori
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Ranked #5 for Dirtlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dirtlight.
A colorful action platformer with metroidvania elements and a staff that unlocks unique combat techniques and new ways to overcome obstacles. Explore beautiful worlds, fight monsters, and help Mako stop the amber storms that poison all living things.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
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Ranked #6 for Dirtlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dirtlight.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is a Metroidvania action game featuring exploration, intense combat and challenging platforming.
MIO: Memories in Orbit
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Ranked #7 for Dirtlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dirtlight.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Primal Planet
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Ranked #8 for Dirtlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dirtlight.
Unveil a heartfelt story of family, dinosaurs, and UFOs! Craft, upgrade, and survive in a realm of primeval predators, savage tribes and... ancient aliens. Rise from a humble cave dweller to the planet’s last hope — alone or in local co-op. Welcome to the dinovania!
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 Dirtlight.
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.
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 Adventure with Dirtlight.
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 Adventure with Dirtlight.
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.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Dirtlight.
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.
Travellin Cats in Paris
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
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Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Dirtlight.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is a Metroidvania action game featuring exploration, intense combat and challenging platforming.
MIO: Memories in Orbit
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Dirtlight.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Primal Planet
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Dirtlight.
Unveil a heartfelt story of family, dinosaurs, and UFOs! Craft, upgrade, and survive in a realm of primeval predators, savage tribes and... ancient aliens. Rise from a humble cave dweller to the planet’s last hope — alone or in local co-op. Welcome to the dinovania!
Frequently asked about Dirtlight
- What games are most similar to Dirtlight?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dirtlight are Kodama: Slumber of the Gods, Croakspire, Asili Forest.
- Who developed Dirtlight?
- Dirtlight was developed by Applava.
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 Dirtlight.
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