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Games like Rising Runner

If Rising Runner is your kind of game, the closest matches are Slime Research, Offspring Fling! and Themes of Dark and Light — 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 Rising Runner: Rising Runner is a puzzle-action game, your aim is to guide Anette Harper through Purgatory to reclaim her soul! Features a level editor to make your own levels!

2016IndieCasualWindows · Linuxby Magicbane
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Players who liked Rising Runner also play

Steam players who put hours into Rising Runner 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. Slime Research

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Rising Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Rising Runner.

    Slimy Puzzle Platforming

    2019IndieEarly Access1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Offspring Fling!

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Rising Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Rising Runner.

    Offspring Fling is a game about a poor forest creature that has misplaced all of her children.

    2012IndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Themes of Dark and Light

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Rising Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Rising Runner.

    Themes of Dark and Light is a 2D puzzle platformer where changing the colour theme will alter the environment.

    2021IndieCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Water: Transformer

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Rising Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Rising Runner.

    This is a platform jumping game, you can obtain different abilities by transforming between solid, liquid, and steam three forms, thus crossing obstacles and solving puzzles. The workshop allows you design and share their own created maps with the players all around the world.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Rocket Shipment

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Rising Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Rising Runner.

    A tricky physics based rocketship delivery game with an integrated level editor.

    2023IndieCasual8.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Ailin: Traps and Treasures

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Rising Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Rising Runner.

    Help Ailin to collect treasures in this block-pushing puzzle game inspired by classics like Sokoban and Minesweeper. Navigate through traps and mines and retrieve treasure chests. Create and share challenging levels with a built-in level editor.

    2022IndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Yafti

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Rising Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Rising Runner.

    A run, jump, and dodge platform game where you escape a castle full of evil and save the kingdom from wicked monsters and wizards.

    2018ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Bloxitivity

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Rising Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Rising Runner.

    Bloxitivity is a puzzle/platformer with a powerful twist - you get to create the puzzles and then share them with friends and fans using the Steam Workshop or the XML files used by the game! What will you create?

    2016IndieCasual11.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Cat Burglar: A Tail of Purrsuit

    WHY THIS

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

    Cat Burglar is a short, light-hearted, stealth, puzzle platformer with a pet charity awareness campaign. Help Kat find her way into the Dogo Corps base to discover Major Bulls' master plan.

    2019IndieAdventureCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Find You

    WHY THIS

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

    Play every character simultaneously and reunite them in mind boggling 100 levels

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  3. Counter Agents

    WHY THIS

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

    Counter Agents is a spy-themed, head-to-head multiplayer game where your objective is to sneak around guards, steal the briefcase, and make it to an exit point before your opponent!

    2016ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  4. Unless

    WHY THIS

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

    Challenge yourself and master 4 Distinct worlds with 66 finely tuned level screens and climb to the top of the Steam Leaderboards in this retro pixel art speedrunning platformer!

    2025ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Moo Moo Move

    WHY THIS

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

    Enter an adorable world where you and your chubby steed are tasked with herding cows to safety. Gallop through beautifully hand crafted environments and a host of hazards in this relaxing casual arcade game!

    2019StrategyIndieCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. A Wonder

    WHY THIS

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

    A WONDER is a 3rd person stealth/puzzle game set in a sunken city. Stuck in the depths of the sea, Alana will have to explore this dormant world in order to reactivate it. In doing so, she must remain hidden from lurking creatures, hostile to any outsider who dares to venture in this derelict place.

    2017IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. reD:起始的旋转之音(The beginning of the Melody)

    WHY THIS

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

    The main character, Mika, in order to recall her parents’ self-consciousness, signed in a project called reD. The reD official claimed that completing the tasks assigned by the organization could realize her dreams. But the detailed tasks were fairly questionable.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeSteam ↗
  8. Squaretrail: Lines of The Frame

    WHY THIS

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

    Squaretrail: Lines of The Frame is a puzzle and adventure game where you progress by rotating square-shaped worlds. Your main character is a cube and you have to overcome different challenges in each level.

    2024IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Rising Runner

What games are most similar to Rising Runner?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Rising Runner are Slime Research, Offspring Fling!, Themes of Dark and Light.
Who developed Rising Runner?
Rising Runner was developed by Magicbane.

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 Rising Runner.

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