Games like River City Saga: Journey to the West
If River City Saga: Journey to the West is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Final Flame, Rain of Awakening and Skeleton Punchers — 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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Players who liked River City Saga: Journey to the West also play
Steam players who put hours into River City Saga: Journey to the West 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.
The Final Flame
WHY THIS
Top pick for River City Saga: Journey to the West fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
Fight your way atop the Goddess' ever changing tower to stop the world's annihilation!
Rain of Awakening
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for River City Saga: Journey to the West fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
Dash and slash your way out of Lovecraftian horrors. Master momentum-based movement to reach seemingly impossible locations. Collect upgrades and shape your own fighting style. Can you save what is left of this doomed world or is it too late?
Skeleton Punchers
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for River City Saga: Journey to the West fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
Explosive 2D Pixel Art Action! Help the Skeleton Punchers defeat the Zerpian army of the night and recover the Patrician's Hoard before it's too late!
Mexican Ninja
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for River City Saga: Journey to the West fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
Become the Mexican Ninja and fight to take back Nuevo Tokyo, where Narcos and Yakuzas have fused into the ruthless Narkuzas. Master slick combos, unleash outrageous Mexican Jutsus and craft deadly builds in this fast, chaotic 2.5D roguelike beat ’em up.
Dash'n'Drops
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for River City Saga: Journey to the West fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
Blast your way through Dash'n'Drops, a platform-fighting inspired roguelite. Build your own moveset, max your stats, and defeat the 7 Eternals!
Dungeon Infinite
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for River City Saga: Journey to the West fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
Roguelike procedural, fast turn-based .
Swordformer
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for River City Saga: Journey to the West fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
Only two buttons for ultimate action: move and pick perks. Slash hordes, craft insane builds, and unleash wild weapons. Help Josh The Barbarian escape the Shadow Wizard Gang's video game prison!
Mad King Redemption
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for River City Saga: Journey to the West fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
Mad King Redemption is a unique blend of a traditional beat'em'up game with strong roguelite progression, mixed in a pixelated graphic style in a 2.5D world. Relieve the king from his madness while beating up corrupted enemies, in a fresh way at every run!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below River City Saga: Journey to the West at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under River City Saga: Journey to the West on Steam right now. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under River City Saga: Journey to the West on Steam right now. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under River City Saga: Journey to the West on Steam right now. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under River City Saga: Journey to the West on Steam right now. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Portal 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under River City Saga: Journey to the West on Steam right now. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under River City Saga: Journey to the West on Steam right now. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under River City Saga: Journey to the West on Steam right now. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under River City Saga: Journey to the West on Steam right now. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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More from Arc System Works
Other recommendable Steam games by Arc System Works, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
DRAGON BALL FighterZ
WHY THIS
Another title from Arc System Works, the studio behind River City Saga: Journey to the West. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
DRAGON BALL FighterZ is born from what makes the DRAGON BALL series so loved and famous: endless spectacular fights with its all-powerful fighters.
GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-
WHY THIS
Another title from Arc System Works, the studio behind River City Saga: Journey to the West. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
The cutting-edge 2D/3D hybrid graphics pioneered in the Guilty Gear series have been raised to the next level in “GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-“. The new artistic direction and improved character animations will go beyond anything you’ve seen before in a fighting game!
BlazBlue Centralfiction
WHY THIS
Another title from Arc System Works, the studio behind River City Saga: Journey to the West. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
Combining a 2D fighting game with a visual novel, the BlazBlue series continues on with massive fan support! The latest installation, BlazBlue: Centralfiction, serves as the ending to the Azure Saga, revealing the hidden truth of the world!
GUILTY GEAR Xrd REV 2
WHY THIS
Another title from Arc System Works, the studio behind River City Saga: Journey to the West. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
Astonishing 3D cell animations and overwhelming content volume, the next-generation fighting game "GUILTY GEAR Xrd REV 2" is now out on Steam! Total cast of 25 unique characters, and tons of game modes, get ready to ROCK!
Granblue Fantasy: Versus
WHY THIS
Another title from Arc System Works, the studio behind River City Saga: Journey to the West. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
A new game in the Granblue Fantasy universe, available on Steam! This fantasy game blends fighting game action and RPG-style adventure. Throw yourself into matches or enjoy powering up your characters!
Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
WHY THIS
Another title from Arc System Works, the studio behind River City Saga: Journey to the West. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
Rise to the challenge in Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising! This powered up, revamped sequel to GBVS is more enjoyable and accessible than ever before. With simplified input options, even newcomers can engage in thrilling and strategic matches!
GUILTY GEAR XX ACCENT CORE PLUS R
WHY THIS
Another title from Arc System Works, the studio behind River City Saga: Journey to the West. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
Ultimate battle action, and the epitome of the GUILTY GEAR XX series now on Steam! Bonus soundtracks included!
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
WHY THIS
Another title from Arc System Works, the studio behind River City Saga: Journey to the West. Shares Action with River City Saga: Journey to the West.
A Persona 4 Smackdown!
Frequently asked about River City Saga: Journey to the West
- How much does River City Saga: Journey to the West cost?
- River City Saga: Journey to the West is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to River City Saga: Journey to the West?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside River City Saga: Journey to the West are The Final Flame, Rain of Awakening, Skeleton Punchers.
- Who developed River City Saga: Journey to the West?
- River City Saga: Journey to the West was developed by Arc System Works, UnitePlus and published by Arc System Works.
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