Games like What A World
If What A World is your kind of game, the closest matches are Nevermore: The Chamber Door, Azaran: The Demon Bottle and Sword of Hokushin — 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 What A World: A top-down pixel-art boss-fighter with skill-based combat, I-frame dodging, instant retries, and weird characters. Explore a compact world mocking modern society with puzzles, vehicles, and secrets lurking between absurd battles.
Players who liked What A World also play
Steam players who put hours into What A World 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.
Nevermore: The Chamber Door
WHY THIS
Top pick for What A World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with What A World.
NEVERMORE: The Chamber Door is an indie game developed by just one person, with fluid combat in the style of hack n 'slash and lore inspired by the work of Edgar Allan Poe.
Azaran: The Demon Bottle
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for What A World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with What A World.
Explore cryptic puzzle dungeons in this short, retro, action-adventure!
Sword of Hokushin
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for What A World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with What A World.
A grand evil has cast the world into the Forever Night. Play as Renima, a celestial guardian awakened after millennia to hunt the demons who shattered the balance between realms. Explore the esoteric world of Azareth, uncover forgotten secrets, and restore light to a dying world.
The Malice Kingdom
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Ranked #4 for What A World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with What A World.
Explore an ancient world in The Malice Kingdom. Travel the rich and diverse landscape filled with ancient ruins, foreboding forests, and haunting mansions. Discover powerful weapons, befriend Whimsical characters, and uncover the dormant secret within the kingdom.
Scarlet City of Devils
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Ranked #5 for What A World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with What A World.
A demon punk hack and slash adventure game! Explore the city of Elovelle at your own discretion and take down the toughest thugs this game has to offer.
Q'Redux
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Ranked #6 for What A World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with What A World.
Play a Magician-Healer on a journey to rescue a mentor. Discover a world of unique Spirits & powerful Sorcery. Learn magic to Summon & Bind Daemons, change your shape, soar the skies, jump through shadows, or even control minds. Choose your own spell-style in this episodic adventure!
Leshy
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Ranked #7 for What A World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with What A World.
Leshy is a hack'n'slash game based in the near future, in which the player takes the role of a forest guardian from the Slavic mythology. Fight ruthless humans that invade your home - the primeval forest. Face the enemy's world fueled by modern technology and evil motivations.
KREIS AREN ashes of the uprising
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Ranked #8 for What A World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with What A World.
A 2.5D action RPG where you play as an inventor-hero, battling invaders, crafting unique gear, and exploring a mysterious world. Your decisions determine the fate of your people and the outcome of the uprising.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below What A World at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~80% under What A World on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with What A World.
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
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Priced ~60% under What A World on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with What A World.
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 What A World on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with What A World.
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
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Priced ~80% under What A World on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with What A World.
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™
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Priced ~50% under What A World on Steam right now. Shares Action with What A World.
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
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Priced ~80% under What A World on Steam right now. Shares Indie with What A World.
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™
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Priced ~50% under What A World on Steam right now. Shares Action with What A World.
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
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Priced ~60% under What A World on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with What A World.
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.
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 What A World.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with What A World.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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 What A World.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with What A World.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with What A World.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with What A World.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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Frequently asked about What A World
- How much does What A World cost?
- What A World is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to What A World?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside What A World are Nevermore: The Chamber Door, Azaran: The Demon Bottle, Sword of Hokushin.
- Who developed What A World?
- What A World was developed by Jesse Bensen.
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 What A World.
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