Games like Sylv and the Ancient Tree
If Sylv and the Ancient Tree is your kind of game, the closest matches are ITORAH, 末代侠客 and Rogue Legacy 2 — 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 Sylv and the Ancient Tree: The balance of Sunroot Island is fading. Join Sylv, guardian of the Ancestral Tree, in a vibrant platforming RPG adventure. Reclaim the elemental energy stolen by the egocentric Umbra before the biomes collapse and the corrupted wildlife takes full control.
Players who liked Sylv and the Ancient Tree also play
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ITORAH
WHY THIS
Top pick for Sylv and the Ancient Tree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sylv and the Ancient Tree.
Discover the world of Nahucan in this 2D action platformer. You are Itorah, the only human in this strange place. Explore, fight and survive to uncover your past and save Nahucan from its biggest threat, a mysterious plague!
末代侠客
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Sylv and the Ancient Tree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sylv and the Ancient Tree.
个人独立开发的像素武侠风横版动作游戏，以电子游戏的形式为大家展示在南宋末年蒙古入侵中原、江湖没落、大侠绝迹的背景下，怀有侠义之心的剑客贯彻心中理念的故事。
Rogue Legacy 2
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Sylv and the Ancient Tree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sylv and the Ancient Tree.
Rogue Legacy 2 is what you'd get if you mashed Rogue Legacy and a sequel together. Every time you die, your children will succeed you, and each child is unique. Your daughter might be a Colourblind Archer, and your son could be a Pacifistic Chef. Either way, one of them is getting conscripted.
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
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Ranked #4 for Sylv and the Ancient Tree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sylv and the Ancient Tree.
A legendary series returns with a grand new adventure! Enjoy a colorful action-adventure game made alongside Ryuichi Nishizawa, creator of the original Wonder Boy in Monster World series.
Smelter
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Ranked #5 for Sylv and the Ancient Tree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sylv and the Ancient Tree.
You are Eve, fresh out of Eden and armed with a living suit of armor, Smelter. Explore a dangerous new world, battle its bizarre denizens and expand your empire in a desperate journey to find Adam.
Glimmer in Mirror
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Ranked #6 for Sylv and the Ancient Tree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sylv and the Ancient Tree.
Glimmer in Mirror is a 2D story-rich action shooting game. Play as Shiro in a collapsed world, to meet various unique NPCs and monsters, and gradually uncover the truth of the world through a gripping story.
Pronty
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Ranked #7 for Sylv and the Ancient Tree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sylv and the Ancient Tree.
Guide Pronty and its Javelin partner Bront as it defends the once great city of Royla. Explore the deep sea, fight mutant sea creatures, and discover the secrets behind this new Atlantis in this beautiful action-packed adventure.
Kotama and Academy Citadel
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Ranked #8 for Sylv and the Ancient Tree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sylv and the Ancient Tree.
In the Academy Citadel, strength reigns supreme: only the most powerful survive and thrive. Fight your way through the high-tech Academy in your quest to get the highest of honors for a student, and uncover secrets that can save it in its direst crisis in this 2.5D side-scrolling Metroidvania.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sylv and the Ancient Tree.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sylv and the Ancient Tree.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylv and the Ancient Tree.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sylv and the Ancient Tree.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Sylv and the Ancient Tree.
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. Shares Indie with Sylv and the Ancient Tree.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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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.
Rogue Legacy 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Sylv and the Ancient Tree.
Rogue Legacy 2 is what you'd get if you mashed Rogue Legacy and a sequel together. Every time you die, your children will succeed you, and each child is unique. Your daughter might be a Colourblind Archer, and your son could be a Pacifistic Chef. Either way, one of them is getting conscripted.
Glimmer in Mirror
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Sylv and the Ancient Tree.
Glimmer in Mirror is a 2D story-rich action shooting game. Play as Shiro in a collapsed world, to meet various unique NPCs and monsters, and gradually uncover the truth of the world through a gripping story.
Pronty
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Sylv and the Ancient Tree.
Guide Pronty and its Javelin partner Bront as it defends the once great city of Royla. Explore the deep sea, fight mutant sea creatures, and discover the secrets behind this new Atlantis in this beautiful action-packed adventure.
Kotama and Academy Citadel
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Sylv and the Ancient Tree.
In the Academy Citadel, strength reigns supreme: only the most powerful survive and thrive. Fight your way through the high-tech Academy in your quest to get the highest of honors for a student, and uncover secrets that can save it in its direst crisis in this 2.5D side-scrolling Metroidvania.
Frequently asked about Sylv and the Ancient Tree
- What games are most similar to Sylv and the Ancient Tree?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sylv and the Ancient Tree are ITORAH, 末代侠客, Rogue Legacy 2.
- Who developed Sylv and the Ancient Tree?
- Sylv and the Ancient Tree was developed by Kelkorne.
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