Games like The Return
If The Return is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Legend of Heaven-Earth God Hunt, face the immortal and 黄天逆途 — 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 The Return: The Return is a side-scrolling action roguelite set in a Chinese underworld. Choose a mortal hero, build skills and artifacts, fight through the Eighteen Hells, and uncover the truth behind a realm that turns the living into spiritual essence.
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The Legend of Heaven-Earth God Hunt
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Return fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Return.
The Chaos Fiend Cataclysm breaches the celestial barrier. Wield the Scroll of Divine Summons to rally heroes through the ages and stand against surging hordes of demons and beasts. As a mere mortal cultivator, you shall claim all deities of eternity.
face the immortal
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Return fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Return.
This is a 2D platform ARPG game rooted in a Taoist mystical cosmology, blending Diablo-style equipment affixes, Metroidvania exploration elements, and light Rogue-like mechanics.
黄天逆途
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Return fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Return.
Downfall of Yellow Sky is a top-down action game,set in a cultivation-themed world.This is a world where the Sky Dao has fallen. You will play as "Outer Sky Demon" Lu Chen, embarking on an extremely perilous path to prove the Dao across the chaotic and disorderly Shenbeixing Continent.
Stickman Cultivating Immortality
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Return fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Return.
A pixel-art Xianxia action game. Play as a stickman cultivator soaring through floating realms, battling demons with sword and dao skills, pets, and magic treasures. Master combos, dodge fierce attacks, and rise through cultivation realms to immortality.
Don't Stop
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Ranked #5 for The Return fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Return.
This is an adventure game, you will use modern firearms to fight against strange alien creatures, collect various props and skills to survive.
Rogue Planet
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Return fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Return.
Veloria is the only world Reva and her friends have ever known. Is escaping the village's walls a good idea? Play as Reva and explore both the horrors and beauty of the outside world in Rogue. And most importantly, never, ever let the bad guys win.
ENDURA
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Return fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Return.
Follow the journey of ex-convict, Jack Jr as he traverse the broken realm of Yagra to finish vital deliveries by utilizing grappling mechanics akin to Spiderman but with guns and swords, and hunting down titans reminisce to Monster Hunter.
Immortal Rebirth
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Return fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Return.
Say goodbye to traditional equipment slots — your backpack is the battlefield! Freely arrange your items to trigger synergies, then craft and enhance your gear to create your own unique build. An action game that blends loot hunting, backpack-building, and light roguelite elements.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Return at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The Return on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Return.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
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Priced ~60% under The Return on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Return.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under The Return on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Return.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The Return on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Return.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The Return on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Return.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Return on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Return.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The Test: Final Revelation
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Return on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Return.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Return on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Return.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Return.
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.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Return.
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.
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 The Return.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Return.
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!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Return.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Return.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Return.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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Frequently asked about The Return
- How much does The Return cost?
- The Return is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Return?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Return are The Legend of Heaven-Earth God Hunt, face the immortal, 黄天逆途.
- Who developed The Return?
- The Return was developed by YIN WEN CE.
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 The Return.
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