Games like Recursed
If Recursed is your kind of game, the closest matches are Camera Obscura, La-Mulana and Celeste — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and intense. 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 Recursed: A puzzle game where the rooms are items and the items are rooms. Get to the goal by moving, rearranging and duplicating rooms and altering the structure of the world.
Players who liked Recursed also play
Steam players who put hours into Recursed 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.
Camera Obscura
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Recursed.
Top pick for Recursed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recursed.
An ancient tower in a forgotten land. A lone photographer on a desperate search. Facing dangerous animals, crumbling architecture, and perilous pitfalls, can you reach the summit of the Tower, and perhaps, redemption?
La-Mulana
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Recursed.
Second-strongest match for Recursed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recursed.
LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.
Celeste
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Recursed.
Third-strongest match for Recursed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recursed.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
La-Mulana 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Recursed.
Ranked #4 for Recursed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recursed.
The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.
ibb & obb
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Recursed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recursed.
ibb & obb is a two player cooperative game set in a puzzle filled world where gravity goes both up and down. You can only succeed by working closely together. Find a friend for some true local co-op couch fun or match up online.
Offspring Fling!
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Recursed.
Ranked #6 for Recursed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recursed.
Offspring Fling is a game about a poor forest creature that has misplaced all of her children.
Munin
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Recursed.
Ranked #7 for Recursed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recursed.
Imagine you could move mountains - literally! With realistic physics, Norse runes, rotating platforms and a lot of gray cells you'll help Munin, Odin's messenger in her very own 2D-adventure, to reclaim her power on a journey through Yggdrasil.
BOOR
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Recursed.
Ranked #8 for Recursed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recursed.
BOOR is a 2D puzzle-platformer game, where you play as a girl with the ability to multiply herself, stranded on Eden, a beautiful but strange world, full of challenging puzzles with platforming elements and a refreshing gameplay.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Recursed
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Stephen's Sausage Roll
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Recursed.
Reviewers of Recursed cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Recursed.
A simple 3d puzzle game.
Patrick's Parabox
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Recursed.
Reviewers of Recursed cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Recursed.
A mind-bending recursive puzzle game about boxes within boxes within boxes within boxes. Learn to use infinity to your advantage as you explore a deep and elegant system.
The Stanley Parable
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Recursed.
Reviewers of Recursed cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recursed.
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
Baba Is You
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Recursed.
Reviewers of Recursed cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Recursed.
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!
Void Stranger
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Recursed cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recursed.
Place your faith and embrace the Void.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Recursed at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Recursed on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recursed.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Recursed on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Recursed.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Recursed on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recursed.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Recursed on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recursed.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~81% under Recursed on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recursed.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Recursed on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Recursed.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Recursed on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Recursed.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Recursed on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recursed.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Recursed.
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.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recursed.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recursed.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recursed.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recursed.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
La-Mulana
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Recursed.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recursed.
LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.
Celeste
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Recursed.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recursed.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
La-Mulana 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Recursed.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recursed.
The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.
ibb & obb
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recursed.
ibb & obb is a two player cooperative game set in a puzzle filled world where gravity goes both up and down. You can only succeed by working closely together. Find a friend for some true local co-op couch fun or match up online.
Munin
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Recursed.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recursed.
Imagine you could move mountains - literally! With realistic physics, Norse runes, rotating platforms and a lot of gray cells you'll help Munin, Odin's messenger in her very own 2D-adventure, to reclaim her power on a journey through Yggdrasil.
BOOR
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Recursed.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recursed.
BOOR is a 2D puzzle-platformer game, where you play as a girl with the ability to multiply herself, stranded on Eden, a beautiful but strange world, full of challenging puzzles with platforming elements and a refreshing gameplay.
Frequently asked about Recursed
- How much does Recursed cost?
- Recursed is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Recursed?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Recursed are Camera Obscura, La-Mulana, Celeste.
- Who developed Recursed?
- Recursed was developed by Portponky and published by Shambles Software.
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