Games like Kodama: Slumber of the Gods
If Kodama: Slumber of the Gods is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, Runnyk and The Pale Piper — 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 Kodama: Slumber of the Gods: 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.
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Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
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Top pick for Kodama: Slumber of the Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Kodama: Slumber of the Gods.
Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.
Runnyk
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Second-strongest match for Kodama: Slumber of the Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Kodama: Slumber of the Gods.
A 2D mini action RPG about Runnyk, a viking who goes on a journey for the Four Magical Runes to find a way to save his beloved.
The Pale Piper
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Third-strongest match for Kodama: Slumber of the Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Kodama: Slumber of the Gods.
Uncover the truth behind your death and your sibling’s in a story-driven precision platformer inspired by the Pied Piper myth. Navigate a decaying, interconnected world where movement is your only defense. No combat, only precision, consequence, and secrets hidden in the dark.
Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland
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Ranked #4 for Kodama: Slumber of the Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Kodama: Slumber of the Gods.
Explore a dream world as the iconic Little Nemo, armed with toys, candy, and stuffed animals in this cute & colorful Metroidvania adventure. Experience NES-era platformer gameplay in a vast, non-linear world that has been hand-animated frame-by-frame, as you unlock new abilities to progress.
Magical Delicacy
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Ranked #5 for Kodama: Slumber of the Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Kodama: Slumber of the Gods.
A magical pixel art platformer. Explore an unfamiliar town and deliver tasty treats to the townsfolk. Cook magical delicacies from your bought and gathered ingredients. Learn new ways to traverse, discover secrets, and figure out the intricacies of your orders.
MIO: Memories in Orbit
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Ranked #6 for Kodama: Slumber of the Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Kodama: Slumber of the Gods.
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.
Voidwrought
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Ranked #7 for Kodama: Slumber of the Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Kodama: Slumber of the Gods.
Voidwrought is a 2D action-platformer set in a hand-drawn world of cosmic horrors. Explore the thawing ruins of the First Civilisation and strike down the gods that dwell there. Grow your powers, uncover ancient artifacts, and expand your shrine amid the wreckage.
BIOMORPH
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Ranked #8 for Kodama: Slumber of the Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Kodama: Slumber of the Gods.
BIOMORPH is a dark metroidvania game where you become the creatures that you kill! Solve ingenious puzzles and navigate a stunning hand-drawn world. Meet quirky characters, rebuild a city, and uncover the secrets of a sprawling, fallen civilization… and of your own mysterious origins.
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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 Kodama: Slumber of the Gods.
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 Kodama: Slumber of the Gods.
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 Kodama: Slumber of the Gods.
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 Kodama: Slumber of the Gods.
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.
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Kodama: Slumber of the Gods.
Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.
The Pale Piper
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Kodama: Slumber of the Gods.
Uncover the truth behind your death and your sibling’s in a story-driven precision platformer inspired by the Pied Piper myth. Navigate a decaying, interconnected world where movement is your only defense. No combat, only precision, consequence, and secrets hidden in the dark.
Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Kodama: Slumber of the Gods.
Explore a dream world as the iconic Little Nemo, armed with toys, candy, and stuffed animals in this cute & colorful Metroidvania adventure. Experience NES-era platformer gameplay in a vast, non-linear world that has been hand-animated frame-by-frame, as you unlock new abilities to progress.
Magical Delicacy
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Kodama: Slumber of the Gods.
A magical pixel art platformer. Explore an unfamiliar town and deliver tasty treats to the townsfolk. Cook magical delicacies from your bought and gathered ingredients. Learn new ways to traverse, discover secrets, and figure out the intricacies of your orders.
MIO: Memories in Orbit
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Kodama: Slumber of the Gods.
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.
Voidwrought
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Kodama: Slumber of the Gods.
Voidwrought is a 2D action-platformer set in a hand-drawn world of cosmic horrors. Explore the thawing ruins of the First Civilisation and strike down the gods that dwell there. Grow your powers, uncover ancient artifacts, and expand your shrine amid the wreckage.
BIOMORPH
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Kodama: Slumber of the Gods.
BIOMORPH is a dark metroidvania game where you become the creatures that you kill! Solve ingenious puzzles and navigate a stunning hand-drawn world. Meet quirky characters, rebuild a city, and uncover the secrets of a sprawling, fallen civilization… and of your own mysterious origins.
Frequently asked about Kodama: Slumber of the Gods
- What games are most similar to Kodama: Slumber of the Gods?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Kodama: Slumber of the Gods are Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, Runnyk, The Pale Piper.
- Who developed Kodama: Slumber of the Gods?
- Kodama: Slumber of the Gods was developed by VP Games.
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