Games like Rovi's Diary
If Rovi's Diary is your kind of game, the closest matches are Herdles, Joe Adventure and Heavy Knight — 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 Rovi's Diary: Rovi's Diary – A 2D pixel-art adventure with anime storytelling. On planet Lumira, an ordinary girl Rovi is chosen by "Starlight." She grows from a passive observer into a protector, teaming up with Faye and Alice to uncover the mystery behind cosmic invaders.
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Steam players who put hours into Rovi's Diary 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.
Herdles
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Top pick for Rovi's Diary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rovi's Diary.
An adorable open world platformer where you play as a magical dog. Zoom around a vibrant landscape, using an evolving arsenal of abilities to explore, solve challenges and discover secrets – one bark at a time!
Joe Adventure
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Second-strongest match for Rovi's Diary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rovi's Diary.
Save Joe Mama and don’t explode any of your Joes by keeping them on the move. You can only control one at a time but they are all exploding at the same time. Throw them around to traverse deadly terrain in this rage-inducing speedrun-friendly platformer!
Heavy Knight
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Third-strongest match for Rovi's Diary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rovi's Diary.
Heavy Knight is a 2D puzzle platformer where armor and weight are key to the game's puzzles. The player's character is somewhat fragile, and can die from modest falls, falling objects and careless missteps!
Greetings from El Rey
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Ranked #4 for Rovi's Diary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rovi's Diary.
A noir 2.5D platformer in which Satrapo explores a sealed city through a rotating 2D perspective, engaged in an obsessive hunt for the mysterious R. A paranoid tale about desire, featuring eccentric characters and complex three-dimensional labyrinths.
One Neck Ahead
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Ranked #5 for Rovi's Diary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rovi's Diary.
A gimmick-based precision platformer where you carry your own ground. Place platforms mid-jump and combine them with a wide variety of movement-bending gimmicks.
Ruby's Realms
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Ranked #6 for Rovi's Diary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rovi's Diary.
Ruby's Realms is a platformer blending metroidvania exploration with level-based challenges in mysterious cursed realms. Leap across precarious platforms, blast cultists and possessed monsters with magic flames. Collect upgrade points and buy upgrades from your friend, Skully.
Moonlight Cow: Guardian of the Night
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Ranked #7 for Rovi's Diary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Rovi's Diary.
Restore a world trapped in eternal twilight by controlling Luna and her loyal cow companion Pipkin in a unique dual-character platforming adventure.
Prophecy of Vul
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Ranked #8 for Rovi's Diary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rovi's Diary.
Enter the queer forest of Inner Taiga! Wander through a whimsical pixel art world in a simple and engaging 2D platforming adventure. Join a cast of colourful animals on a journey of self-discovery and fellowship!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Rovi's Diary.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Rovi's Diary.
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 Rovi's Diary.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rovi's Diary.
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 Indie and Adventure with Rovi's Diary.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Rovi's Diary.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Rovi's Diary.
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.
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Frequently asked about Rovi's Diary
- What games are most similar to Rovi's Diary?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Rovi's Diary are Herdles, Joe Adventure, Heavy Knight.
- Who developed Rovi's Diary?
- Rovi's Diary was developed by 星薇Star and published by 星辰幻境工作室.
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