Games like Dead Rose
If Dead Rose is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cedric & Odious, 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.
Get personalized picks →About Dead Rose: 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. A story inspired by my father’s, to whom I pay tribute through this project.
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Cedric & Odious
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Top pick for Dead Rose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Rose.
Battle through a dark fantasy world as a resurrected warrior king. Once loyal friends, you now serve at the mercy of Odious, a brilliant but corrupt sorcerer. Master tactical combat and magical artifacts in this challenging action RPG.
Dark Queen of Samobor
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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.
Jrago III Requiem of the Night
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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!
Ignite the Depths
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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 PvE dungeon crawler set within a sprawling, hand-crafted labyrinth. Descend into the darkness alone or unite with up to 4 players in a co-op adventure. Will you conquer the Abyss?
Pathfinder: Abomination Vaults
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Ranked #5 for Dead Rose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Rose.
Pathfinder: Abomination Vaults is the first-ever co-op Hack and Slash ARPG based on the Adventure Path, in which players lead iconic Pathfinder heroes into the depths of Gauntlight Keep and battle deadly abominations to reach the evil sorceress Belcorra Haruvex and end her vile schemes.
Conatus - Forgotten Depths
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Ranked #6 for Dead Rose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Rose.
A dark fantasy dungeon crawler where every weapon defines a unique playstyle. Explore interconnected regions, uncover hidden secrets, craft powerful potions and unravel the mysteries of a world built from everything humanity chose to forget.
Tears of Vanfell
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Ranked #7 for Dead Rose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Rose.
Your life begins anew in front of an imposing mountain... Climb and explore it with a wide cast of characters in this dungeon crawler RPG with up to four player Co-op.
Bonehold
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Ranked #8 for Dead Rose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Rose.
Dungeon Crawler with elements of rogue-like and ARPG games. Kill hordes of enemies, duel mighty bosses, and acquire legendary loot!
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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 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.
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 Dead Rose.
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 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.
The Looker
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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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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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.
NGU IDLE
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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!
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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 Cedric & Odious, 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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