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Games like Palingenesia

If Palingenesia is your kind of game, the closest matches are Isekai Rift, Adventure in Hender´s Castle and Blightened — 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.

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About Palingenesia: Explore the ruins of a mysterious castle filled with deep magic, brutal monsters, and ancient secrets. Fight your way through the dark castle to find the king's son.

ActionIndieAdventureWindowsby Cozy fox
Palingenesia — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Palingenesia 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.

  1. Isekai Rift

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Palingenesia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Palingenesia.

    You control a dimensional energy that allows you to create portals, teleport, capture the souls of your enemies, and turn them into allies. A 3D action-adventure platformer where exploration meets combat.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Adventure in Hender´s Castle

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Palingenesia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Palingenesia.

    Explore Hender’s Castle in a quest for a forbidden spell in this 3D action-adventure. Draw magic circles, brew potions, invoke spirits, bargain with ghosts and above all else: don't lose your cauldron!

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Blightened

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Palingenesia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Palingenesia.

    Blightened is a dark fantasy 2.5D Metroidvania platformer where corruption fuels both survival and power. Explore fractured timelines, channel volatile blight into abilities, and battle monstrous guardians across collapsing realms.

    ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  4. Noctheria

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Palingenesia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Palingenesia.

    A retro horror action-adventure. Explore cursed dungeons, solve their puzzles, and find the tools that open each new path. All while uncovering the truth of ancient gods.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Dust to Dust

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Palingenesia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Palingenesia.

    Fight for your afterlife in this colorful, action-packed 3D top-down Metroidvania-style game! As a ghost on the run in a specter research facility, sneak around interconnected levels, unlock new powers and team up with the local psychic to turn gigantic foes into dust.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. Winds Of Arcana: Ruination

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Palingenesia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Palingenesia.

    Discover the secrets of a sundered world as you help Aryn save his comrades in this story-rich, fully-voiced, 2.5D action-platformer. Fight terrible dangers and explore ancient mysteries as Aryn uncovers the forces that forge his destiny.

    2025ActionAdventureRPG12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Blue Fire

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Palingenesia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Palingenesia.

    Explore the fallen world of Penumbra in this precision 3D metroidvania platformer. Slash fierce enemies, conquer deadly traps, uncover ancient temples, and master fast, fluid movement across challenging platforming gauntlets in your quest to restore a fallen kingdom.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Forsaken Realms: Vahrin's Call

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Palingenesia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Palingenesia.

    Adventure awaits in this narrative driven fantasy action-RPG. The war-torn city of Vahrin stands before you on the brink of collapse and in desperate need of aid. As a mercenary in search of your next…opportunity, will you answer Vahrin’s Call?

    2026ActionIndieAdventure34.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Palingenesia.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Palingenesia.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Palingenesia.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. 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 Palingenesia.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Palingenesia.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Palingenesia.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 Palingenesia.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Palingenesia.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Palingenesia

What games are most similar to Palingenesia?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Palingenesia are Isekai Rift, Adventure in Hender´s Castle, Blightened.
Who developed Palingenesia?
Palingenesia was developed by Cozy fox and published by Sailing Fox.

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 Palingenesia.

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