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Games like Crown & Applause

If Crown & Applause is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rez Infinite, The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor and Holodance — 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 Crown & Applause: Perform as a royal mouse-jester in a kingdom ruled by silence. Crown & Applause is a narrative rhythm game with a medieval bardcore soundtrack. Read the crowd, work the court, and decide who your act really serves. One bad show and they reach for the tomatoes.

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Crown & Applause — Steam game cover

Players who liked Crown & Applause also play

Steam players who put hours into Crown & Applause 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. Rez Infinite

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Crown & Applause fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Crown & Applause.

    The legendary action-shooter finally comes to PC, and in style! Blast your way through mind-melting visuals and amazing beats, all in your quest through cyberspace to save a world on the verge of collapse. Playable on your desktop or in fully immersive VR.

    2017ActionIndieCasual24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Crown & Applause fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Crown & Applause.

    A Rhythm Role-Playing Game! Fight party crashing monsters with the power of music! Level your party and upgrade your gear while dancing to the beat of some groovin' tunes. Grab a friend and combine forces in all game modes in The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor!

    2016ActionIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Holodance

    WHY THIS

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

    Released into Early Access as one of the first two VR rhythm games April 5, 2016, Holodance constantly evolved and continues to evolve: Punch orbs with your hands, slice drops with laserblades, shoot drones with guns or dance with dragons, with lots of different kinds of beatmaps!

    2020SportsIndieCasual19.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Deep Dungeons of Doom

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Crown & Applause fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Crown & Applause.

    This game is only for the brave. Dungeons await, each one deeper, each one more perilous and each one more challenging than the last.

    2014AdventureRPGCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Touhou Danmaku Kagura Phantasia Lost

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Crown & Applause fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Crown & Applause.

    "The collapse of Gensokyo... it was all you - " To rebuild the now barren phantasia, Reimu's journey begins. A Touhou Project officially approved derivative rhythm action game.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Crown & Applause fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Crown & Applause.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Thumper

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Crown & Applause fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Crown & Applause.

    Thumper is rhythm violence: classic rhythm-action, blistering speed, and brutal physicality. You are a space beetle. Brave the hellish void and confront a maniacal giant head from the future.

    2016ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Rez Infinite

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Crown & Applause.

    The legendary action-shooter finally comes to PC, and in style! Blast your way through mind-melting visuals and amazing beats, all in your quest through cyberspace to save a world on the verge of collapse. Playable on your desktop or in fully immersive VR.

    2017ActionIndieCasual24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Crown & Applause.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Thumper

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Crown & Applause.

    Thumper is rhythm violence: classic rhythm-action, blistering speed, and brutal physicality. You are a space beetle. Brave the hellish void and confront a maniacal giant head from the future.

    2016ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Crown & Applause

What games are most similar to Crown & Applause?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Crown & Applause are Rez Infinite, The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor, Holodance.
Who developed Crown & Applause?
Crown & Applause was developed by Threeclipse.

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 Crown & Applause.

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