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Games like Dead Rose

If Dead Rose is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mystery of Prophecy, Dark Queen of Samobor and Jrago III Requiem of the Night — 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 Dead Rose: A story inspired by my father’s, to whom I pay tribute through this project. Hand-crafted 2D pixel art action-adventure. Play as Lucky, a skeleton lost in the world of spirits, and look for Rose through a dark and magical world that blends Metroidvania exploration with Zelda-like adventure.

2027ActionIndieAdventureRPGWindows · macOSby Human World Studio
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Steam players who put hours into Dead Rose 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. Mystery of Prophecy

    WHY THIS

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

    Myst of Proph is a pixel art Metroidvania based on biblical prophecies, health, and parkour.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Dark Queen of Samobor

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience a thrilling adventure through the dark and atmospheric world of medieval Croatia where an evil queen rules from the shadows and her haunted guardians await you. Venture into a dark fantasy tale wrapped in a cinematic action side-scroller with a unique 2.5D style.

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Jrago III Requiem of the Night

    WHY THIS

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

    JRAGO III Requiem of the Night is a gothic METROIDVANIA action RPG.  Play as JRAGO, a demon hunter in an epic battle of spiritual warfare.  Slay your way through hordes of demons and monsters to a heavy metal soundtrack! Overcome the forces of darkness to save the world and restore the light!

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Ignite the Depths

    WHY THIS

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

    Ignite the Depths is an atmospheric dark-fantasy dungeon crawler set within a sprawling, hand-crafted labyrinth. Descend into the darkness alone, or unite with up to four players in co-op. Will you conquer the Abyss?

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Monochrome Nemesis

    WHY THIS

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

    Monochrome Nemesis: A retro die and retry game in black and white pixel art. Face a powerful knight who grows stronger with each duel. For extreme challenge enthusiasts. Developed on Godot by an independent developer.

    2025ActionIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. The One Who Speaks Worm Tongue

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Dead Rose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Rose.

    Go on an adventure in a seemingly innocent fantasy world with a dark secret. Battle tricky foes, conquer powerful bosses, and make friends, on your quest to banish the One Who Speaks Worm Tongue, in this top down action adventure RPG.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Book of Demons

    WHY THIS

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

    Book of Demons is a Hack & Slash in which YOU decide the length of quests. Wield magic cards instead of weapons and slay the armies of darkness in the dungeons below the Old Cathedral. Save the terror-stricken Paperverse from the clutches of the Archdemon himself!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Hunt the Night

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Dead Rose.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  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 Dead Rose.

    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 Dead Rose.

    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. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 Dead Rose.

    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 ↗
  7. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    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!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Dead Rose

What games are most similar to Dead Rose?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dead Rose are Mystery of Prophecy, Dark Queen of Samobor, Jrago III Requiem of the Night.
Who developed Dead Rose?
Dead Rose was developed by Human World Studio and published by HumanWorld.

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 Dead Rose.

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