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Games like Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen

If Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen is your kind of game, the closest matches are Astropods: Dreamlayer Dragon, Pain-T and Aeterna Lucis — 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 Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen: Wake up on Hart Island, dazed and amnesiac, holding a mysterious magic pencil... that you're accused of stealing ? In this hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania, your creativity is your weapon: sketch your tools to survive the dangers and piece together your memories.

ActionIndieAdventureWindows · macOS · Linuxby Gentle Turtle
Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen 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. Astropods: Dreamlayer Dragon

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen.

    “A magical Cave has just been found! We need explorers... now!” Team up in co-op, or play solo as Hemi & Acro! Adventure into a new world full of friends, mysteries & treasure! After all, no one knows what lies within this Cave... yet!

    2028ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Pain-T

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen.

    Pain-T is an exploration-driven metroidvania where color is your greatest weapon. Restore a world drained of paint, overcome hostile creatures, unlock colorfull powers, reveal hidden paths, and paint your own destiny.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Aeterna Lucis

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen.

    Aeterna Lucis is the highly anticipated sequel to Aeterna Noctis. Following the gameplay steps of the first entry in the series, Aeterna Lucis is a Metroidvania that combines fast-paced combat, a large interconnected map, secret hunting, optional challenges, and a rich and deep story.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Runic Curse Remastered

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen.

    Runic Curse Remastered is a thrilling action RPG Metroidvania that transports you to a cursed island. Explore dark and diverse locations, battle hordes of enemies and mighty bosses. Forge your own playstyle by combining various weapons with magical runes to overcome all challenges.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure7.64 USDSteam ↗
  5. Chasing the Sky

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen.

    Chasing the Sky is an epic adventure set on a vast flying island filled with terrifying monsters and mysteries. Explore its world, overcome deadly challenges, and gather a team to survive – all brought to life with classic hand-drawn art.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. Winds Of Arcana: Ruination

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen.

    Discover the secrets of a sundered world as you help Aryn save his comrades in this story-rich, fully-voiced, 2.5D action-platformer. Fight terrible dangers and explore ancient mysteries as Aryn uncovers the forces that forge his destiny.

    2025ActionAdventureRPG12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Eternal Life of Goldman

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen.

    In this breathtaking platformer adventure, explore a vast hand-drawn Archipelago, inspired by ancient fables and depicted in classic frame-by-frame animation, and defeat a mysterious Deity.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  8. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen.

    Shantae embarks on her first full HD adventure! When a mysterious crime wave sweeps Sequin Land, it’s up to Half-Genie Hero Shantae to save the day! Use Shantae’s devastating Hair-Whip Attack to send monsters flying, or Belly Dance to transform her into more powerful forms!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure19.99 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 with Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen.

    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. Shares Action and Adventure with Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen.

    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 and Adventure with Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen.

    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 Action and Indie with Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen.

    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 Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen.

    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. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen

What games are most similar to Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen are Astropods: Dreamlayer Dragon, Pain-T, Aeterna Lucis.
Who developed Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen?
Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen was developed by Gentle Turtle.

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 Crossed Worlds: The Magic Pen.

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