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Games like Battle Knights

If Battle Knights is your kind of game, the closest matches are Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, Blazing Chrome and UFO 50 — 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 Battle Knights: Play as the blue knight, Wonder, who is on a quest to unite the colored realms. Battle Knights is the kind of game you remember playing back in the days of the NES and SNES. It's an easy to play yet challenging platformer.

2016ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDWindows · Linuxby Mire Studios
Battle Knights — Steam game cover

Players who liked Battle Knights also play

Steam players who put hours into Battle Knights 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. Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

    WHY THIS

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

    Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.

    2014ActionIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Blazing Chrome

    WHY THIS

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

    In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!

    2019ActionIndie16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. UFO 50

    WHY THIS

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

    UFO 50 is a collection of 50 single and multiplayer games that span a variety of genres, from platformers and shoot 'em ups to puzzle games, roguelites, and RPGs. Our goal is to combine a familiar 8-bit aesthetic with new ideas and modern game design.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Aeon Drive

    WHY THIS

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

    Rush through the cyberpunk landscapes of Neo Barcelona in Aeon Drive, an action-platformer with a speedrunning twist! Whether solo or in up to 4 player co-op, sprint and dash through many areas of the neon-infused city - and use your time and space-bending abilities to get ahead.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Broforce

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Battle Knights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Knights.

    Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Slime-san: Superslime Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Battle Knights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Knights.

    Slime-san was minding his own business when suddenly… A giant worm appeared and gobbled him up! Deep within the worm’s belly, Slime-san has to face a decision: Be digested by the incoming wall of stomach acid... Or jump, slide and slime his way through the worm and back out its mouth!

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Sonic Mania

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Battle Knights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Battle Knights.

    Sonic Mania is an all-new adventure with Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles full of unique bosses, rolling 2D landscapes, and fun classic gameplay.

    2017ActionAdventureCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Jamestown

    WHY THIS

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

    Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.

    2011ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Battle Knights at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Battle Knights on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Knights.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Battle Knights on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Battle Knights.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Battle Knights on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Battle Knights.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Battle Knights on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Battle Knights.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Battle Knights on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Knights.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Battle Knights on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Battle Knights.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Battle Knights on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Knights.

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Battle Knights on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Battle Knights.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

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

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015

    WHY THIS

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

    A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Knights.

    Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.

    2014ActionIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Blazing Chrome

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Knights.

    In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!

    2019ActionIndie16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. UFO 50

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Knights.

    UFO 50 is a collection of 50 single and multiplayer games that span a variety of genres, from platformers and shoot 'em ups to puzzle games, roguelites, and RPGs. Our goal is to combine a familiar 8-bit aesthetic with new ideas and modern game design.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Sonic Mania

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Battle Knights.

    Sonic Mania is an all-new adventure with Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles full of unique bosses, rolling 2D landscapes, and fun classic gameplay.

    2017ActionAdventureCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Jamestown

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Knights.

    Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.

    2011ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Battle Knights

How much does Battle Knights cost?
Battle Knights is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Battle Knights have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Battle Knights supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
What games are most similar to Battle Knights?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Battle Knights are Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, Blazing Chrome, UFO 50.
Who developed Battle Knights?
Battle Knights was developed by Mire Studios.

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 Battle Knights.

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