Games like Rift Protocol
If Rift Protocol is your kind of game, the closest matches are Gauntleteer, Knight Story and Whispers Of The Crypt — 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 Rift Protocol: *Rift Protocol* is a side-scrolling shooter built around the core mechanic of switching between time and space. In the near future, you will explore the crumbling "Arcadia" cyber world, using your ability to shift dimensions to evade enemies and defeat powerful data entities.
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Gauntleteer
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Top pick for Rift Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rift Protocol.
Blast through the world of Aurelia as Kirborbie! Meet colorful characters and face 2D platformer skill-heavy bullet-hell battles. The RPG where every enemy is a boss!
Knight Story
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Second-strongest match for Rift Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rift Protocol.
Black and white 2D platformer about a knight's journey.
Whispers Of The Crypt
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Third-strongest match for Rift Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rift Protocol.
Whispers of the Crypt is a dark atmospheric RPG set deep beneath a world that’s forgotten its heroes. The Starbound have vanished, yet the forge still burns. You awaken in a lost tomb with no memory, guided by whispers that seem to know your name and your destiny.
Halved
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Ranked #4 for Rift Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rift Protocol.
Halved is a roguelike action RPG game with only 5 levels and 3 game modes, but innumerable possibilities for each run. Play as one of 5 characters and traverse the dangerous parts of the world with the help of the mysterious Father of all Machines against his rebel/tyrant son, S.A.N.E.D..
Rockthesea
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Ranked #5 for Rift Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rift Protocol.
It's an adventure RPG with turn-based arcade battles, quests, team building, character customization, and travel. It also has a strong storytelling base. Currently, it has basic mechanics and gameplay options. It should be easy to play and have a nice view with an element of surprise.
Tia:weird hunter
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Ranked #6 for Rift Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rift Protocol.
Welcome to Tia: Weird Hunter, a hand-drawn 2D action RPG. Unleash fast, fluid combos, and take on fierce boss battles that will test your reflexes and skills. Play as the mysterious Scythe Maiden as you explore the vivid, fantastical city known as the Faceless City.
Setsuna
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Ranked #7 for Rift Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rift Protocol.
Play as "Setsuna," an android assassin. In this cyberpunk-themed 2D action-adventure game, traverse a futuristic metropolis ruled by a super-corp alongside your accompanying AI, clash with powerful enemies, collect abilities to explore the unknown, and search for the meaning of your existence.
捜査官の試練INVESTIGATOR TRIALS
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Ranked #8 for Rift Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rift Protocol.
In the game, you will play the role of an intern examiner and participate in a trial to become an official examiner. Strive to defeat one mechanical guard after another and powerful enemies through trial and error, in order to unleash one's true strength and transform into various combat postures.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Rift Protocol.
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.
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 Rift Protocol.
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 Indie with Rift Protocol.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rift Protocol.
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.
NGU IDLE
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rift Protocol.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rift Protocol.
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.
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Frequently asked about Rift Protocol
- What games are most similar to Rift Protocol?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Rift Protocol are Gauntleteer, Knight Story, Whispers Of The Crypt.
- Who developed Rift Protocol?
- Rift Protocol was developed by Infinite Pixel.
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 Rift Protocol.
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