Games like What Was That?!
If What Was That?! is your kind of game, the closest matches are ON&OFF, Tails & Talons and 天雨粟 — 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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ON&OFF
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Top pick for What Was That?! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with What Was That?!.
ON&OFF is a turn-based strategy game where you manipulate pieces on a grid to trigger explosive chain reactions. Toggle pieces ON to attack, defend, and heal. Read the enemy's telegraphed intents, unleash powerful skills, and master the board to survive!
Tails & Talons
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Second-strongest match for What Was That?! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with What Was That?!.
The tower gets stronger. So does your hand. Every card is an attack, a spell, or both. Chain the right combo and turn a scratch into a killing blow. Play as one of a crew of furry adventurers who descend into an eldritch tower, each with their own reasons, one shared goal: reach the bottom.
天雨粟
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Third-strongest match for What Was That?! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with What Was That?!.
Break glyphs into radicals, compose them into Chinese characters, and cast every word as a card. An ink-wash roguelike deckbuilder: five script styles, a three-act campaign, hanging characters that live between turns, and verse-linked combos against demons born from corrupted ink.
Pemkie Island
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Ranked #4 for What Was That?! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with What Was That?!.
Pemkie Island is a monster taming RPG adventure, in a roguelite format. Travel across the 5 different regions while discovering and taming unique creatures called Pemkies. Master their traits, choose the right skills and build the best team possible to restore balance!
Oneiron Expanse
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Ranked #5 for What Was That?! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with What Was That?!.
Your world is abruptly erased. Only the Oneiron Expanse remains; a Plane where your mental state evokes lethal potential. Embark on a deckbuilding odyssey where every card is a fragment of your will. Find the Dreamwright and dream your reality back into being... before your memories fade
Alegraz
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Ranked #6 for What Was That?! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with What Was That?!.
In this card game, you are the creator of your own deck. Alegraz is a roguelite strategy card game where you personally shape your cards in every run. Each run progresses with a deck built entirely from scratch, driven by the choices you make along the way.
Pirate Pillage and Plunder
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Ranked #7 for What Was That?! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with What Was That?!.
PIRATE PILLAGE & PLUNDER is the unique blend of card game and auto battler, wrapped together in a neat roguelike package. Choose your faction, amass an army from thousands of "willing" participants, and lead them to greatness! (or agonizing defeat)
Hunter's Moon: A Sovereign Syndicate Adventure
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Ranked #8 for What Was That?! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with What Was That?!.
A Victorian Steampunk Roguelite Deckbuilder. Choose from four characters with unique cards and abilities. Customize your deck and character as you investigate a mysterious plague. Battle corrupted beasts and bosses in turn-based combat to unlock powerful relics and enchanted tarot cards.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with What Was That?!.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with What Was That?!.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with What Was That?!.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with What Was That?!.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with What Was That?!.
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 What Was That?!.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about What Was That?!
- What games are most similar to What Was That?!?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside What Was That?! are ON&OFF, Tails & Talons, 天雨粟.
- Who developed What Was That?!?
- What Was That?! was developed by Oleksandra Dotsenko and published by TessaraOxygen.
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 What Was That?!.
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