Games like Yora Emerald
If Yora Emerald is your kind of game, the closest matches are Among the Waves, KUTO: The Lock of Time and Koatl The Defender ULTIMATE — 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 Yora Emerald: Yora Emerald is a mature 2.5D sci-fi action-platformer and Metroidvania. Play as Yora, an operative tasked with rescuing her sister-clone, Hana, from a clandestine base. Stop the mad scientist from executing the "Emerald Ascension," a forced genetic transformation of humanity.
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Among the Waves
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Top pick for Yora Emerald fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Yora Emerald.
Carry the Divine Child. Bend the laws of physics and uncover the mystery of the Doors of Birth. The fate of a world where artificial intelligence has learned to believe lies in your hands.
KUTO: The Lock of Time
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Second-strongest match for Yora Emerald fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Yora Emerald.
A 2D action-platformer metroidvania built around rewinding time. Wield the Scythe of Kronos, chain dashes and strikes, and rewind death itself as you explore interconnected ancient sanctuaries and hunt down the pantheon that betrayed you.
Koatl The Defender ULTIMATE
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Third-strongest match for Yora Emerald fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Yora Emerald.
Descend into the hidden tunnels beneath San Luis Potosi, Mexico, in Koatl The Defender ULTIMATE, a cinematic action-adventure that blends 2.5D platforming with dynamic 3D combat. Uncover ancient secrets, wield powerful weapons, and face epic bosses in a world inspired by the Koatl comics.
Succubus Successor: Delilah's Juicy Journey
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Ranked #4 for Yora Emerald fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Yora Emerald.
Succubus Successor is a Metroidvania built around the power of seduction. Its unique Charm ability lets you seduce enemies and engage with them intimately. Playing as the succubus heroine, you set out to find the missing demon lord—leaping, battling, and solving puzzles across a vast world as you explore its most hidden corners.
Winds Of Arcana: Ruination
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Ranked #5 for Yora Emerald fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Yora Emerald.
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.
Timespinner
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Ranked #6 for Yora Emerald fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Yora Emerald.
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
Frontier Hunter: Erza’s Wheel of Fortune
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Ranked #7 for Yora Emerald fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Yora Emerald.
This is an anime-style Metroidvania game with an RPG progression system, numerous weapons for switching, and an emphasis on equipment building. It offers three switchable characters, smooth gameplay, impactful combat feedback, and anime-style story scenes.
Akatori
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Ranked #8 for Yora Emerald fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Yora Emerald.
A colorful action platformer with metroidvania elements and a staff that unlocks unique combat techniques and new ways to overcome obstacles. Explore beautiful worlds, fight monsters, and help Mako stop the amber storms that poison all living things.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Yora Emerald.
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.
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 Yora Emerald.
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 Yora Emerald.
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 Yora Emerald.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yora Emerald.
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.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Yora Emerald.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about Yora Emerald
- What games are most similar to Yora Emerald?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Yora Emerald are Among the Waves, KUTO: The Lock of Time, Koatl The Defender ULTIMATE.
- Who developed Yora Emerald?
- Yora Emerald was developed by Endlosoft Studios and published by Endlosoft.
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