Games like Sword of Hokushin
If Sword of Hokushin is your kind of game, the closest matches are Blasphemous, Tearscape and Kalinur — 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 Sword of Hokushin: A grand evil has cast the world into the Forever Night. Play as Renima, a celestial guardian awakened after millennia to hunt the demons who shattered the balance between realms. Explore the esoteric world of Azareth, uncover forgotten secrets, and restore light to a dying world.
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Blasphemous
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Top pick for Sword of Hokushin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sword of Hokushin.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
Tearscape
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Second-strongest match for Sword of Hokushin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sword of Hokushin.
As a hunter, you explore a dark, interconnected world filled with dungeons, relying on precise combat to survive. Battle grotesque monsters, expand your arsenal, and uncover hidden paths in a non-linear, pixel art journey.
Kalinur
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Third-strongest match for Sword of Hokushin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sword of Hokushin.
Defeat the mage Kalinur and bring peace back to the kingdom in this mini metroidvania with a lot of action.
The Devil Within: Satgat
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Ranked #4 for Sword of Hokushin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sword of Hokushin.
Join Kim Rip, a Royal Guard whose humanity is gradually slipping away, on a thrilling 2.5D action-adventure platforming journey in 'The Devil Within: Satgat'. Uncover the mysteries of a desolate realm as you engage in stylish battles against formidable foes.
Legacy of Kain: Ascendance
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Ranked #5 for Sword of Hokushin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Sword of Hokushin.
Enter the dark world of Nosgoth – Ascendance is a fast paced, 2D action platformer built around fluid combat, vertical movement, vampiric powers, and skill-driven play.
The Last Faith
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Ranked #6 for Sword of Hokushin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sword of Hokushin.
Dive into the latest evolution of The Last Faith: a dark and gothic fusion of metroidvania and soulslike. Engage in merciless and precise combat with a huge range of weapons, firearms, and custom executions. Let nothing stand in the way of your journey to salvation.
Foregone
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Ranked #7 for Sword of Hokushin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sword of Hokushin.
Foregone is a fast and fluid 2D action-platformer packed with legendary loot and stunning pixel art. Collect an arsenal of powerful weapons and unravel a compelling story of regret and conspiracy as you slice your way through hordes of enemies to save Calagan.
Hunt the Night
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Ranked #8 for Sword of Hokushin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sword of Hokushin.
Hunt the Night is a retro-style action-RPG that blends fast, skillful combat with dark fantasy lore. Play as Vesper, a member of the Stalkers, and traverse the ruined world of Medhram on a mission to save humanity from a deadly cycle of annihilation.
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 Sword of Hokushin.
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 Sword of Hokushin.
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 Sword of Hokushin.
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.
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 Sword of Hokushin.
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.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Sword of Hokushin.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Sword of Hokushin.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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Blasphemous
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Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Sword of Hokushin.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
Tearscape
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Sword of Hokushin.
As a hunter, you explore a dark, interconnected world filled with dungeons, relying on precise combat to survive. Battle grotesque monsters, expand your arsenal, and uncover hidden paths in a non-linear, pixel art journey.
The Devil Within: Satgat
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Sword of Hokushin.
Join Kim Rip, a Royal Guard whose humanity is gradually slipping away, on a thrilling 2.5D action-adventure platforming journey in 'The Devil Within: Satgat'. Uncover the mysteries of a desolate realm as you engage in stylish battles against formidable foes.
Legacy of Kain: Ascendance
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Sword of Hokushin.
Enter the dark world of Nosgoth – Ascendance is a fast paced, 2D action platformer built around fluid combat, vertical movement, vampiric powers, and skill-driven play.
Foregone
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Sword of Hokushin.
Foregone is a fast and fluid 2D action-platformer packed with legendary loot and stunning pixel art. Collect an arsenal of powerful weapons and unravel a compelling story of regret and conspiracy as you slice your way through hordes of enemies to save Calagan.
Frequently asked about Sword of Hokushin
- What games are most similar to Sword of Hokushin?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sword of Hokushin are Blasphemous, Tearscape, Kalinur.
- Who developed Sword of Hokushin?
- Sword of Hokushin was developed by Crystal Portal Studio LLC.
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 Sword of Hokushin.
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