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Games like Iliad

If Iliad is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tails of Fate, Setsuna 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 Iliad: Iliad is an adventure Metroidvania that borrows new powers and area unlocks from it's retro origins and weave classic map design mechanic in the gameplay. Travel through two worlds tightly linked together each growing as you discover new secrets and defeat bosses towards one of the two endings.

2026ActionIndieAdventureRPGWindows · Linuxby Jean-Sébastien Payette
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Steam players who put hours into Iliad 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. Tails of Fate

    WHY THIS

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

    Fulfill this tale, as darkness swarms the fantasy lands of Fauna. Venture epic kingdoms and treacherous dungeons in a 2D action platformer, with Metroidvania elements in a hand-crafted pixel art world filled with souls-like boss fights, dungeon platforming, and dynamic enemy combat design.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Setsuna

    WHY THIS

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

    Play as "Setsuna," an android assassin. In this cyberpunk-themed 2D action-adventure game, traverse a futuristic metropolis ruled by a super-corp alongside your accompanying AI, clash with powerful enemies, collect abilities to explore the unknown, and search for the meaning of your existence.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Jrago III Requiem of the Night

    WHY THIS

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

    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. 史莱狗(Slimg)

    WHY THIS

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

    Slimg is a Metroidvania game. Slimg left this mysterious planet to repair the crashed spaceship and embark on a magical adventure

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Castlevania: Belmont's Curse

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Iliad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Iliad.

    Crimson Curse —Will Your Fate Bloom in Despair or Salvation Set 23 years after Castlevania Dracula's Curse - follow Rose Belmont's journey in an all new 2D Action-Exploration title from KONAMI, Evil Empire and Motion Twin.

    2026ActionRPG29.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Quarion

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Iliad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Iliad.

    A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets. Inspired by games such as You Have to Win the Game and VVVVVV.

    2025IndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Shattered Divinities

    WHY THIS

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

    Begin your adventure in Shattered Divinities to reveal the truth! Traverse the land where deities have perished, explore abandoned divine realms, battle mutated monsters, gather divine power to awaken your strength, and unveil the truth behind the deities’ fall.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores

    WHY THIS

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

    Embark on a heartfelt Mushroomvania adventure through a vast and dense interconnected world! It's like a mix of retro and modern classics!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 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 Iliad.

    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. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. 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 Iliad.

    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 ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Iliad.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    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 Iliad.

    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. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Iliad

What games are most similar to Iliad?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Iliad are Tails of Fate, Setsuna, Jrago III Requiem of the Night.
Who developed Iliad?
Iliad was developed by Jean-Sébastien Payette and published by XXIst Century Digital Boy.

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 Iliad.

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