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Games like Sumiban

If Sumiban is your kind of game, the closest matches are Slide & Magic, Rogue Reigns and Lexomancer — 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 Sumiban: A Shinto-inspired Sokoban puzzle adventure where you use a magical brush to paint paths, activate mechanisms, and uncover the secrets of forgotten divine ruins.

IndieWindowsby Cerise Pomme
Sumiban — Steam game cover

Players who liked Sumiban also play

Steam players who put hours into Sumiban 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. Slide & Magic

    WHY THIS

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

    An old wizard needs your help to gather all the crystals hidden deep within magical dungeons. Slide every object at once, outwit magical chambers, and crack 200+ puzzles inspired by Sokoban and 2048.

    IndieCasualSteam ↗
  2. Rogue Reigns

    WHY THIS

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

    Rogue Reigns is a dark fantasy roguelike deckbuilder about trust and sacrifice. Lead selfish antiheroes through a world where death is no more, and something still hunts them. Build synergies that bind them or rivalries that break them. Nobody dies, some are sacrificed, but everybody is condemned.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Lexomancer

    WHY THIS

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

    A word-battler roguelite: spell words to cast spells, exploit each monster's elemental weakness, and build a run from talents named Verbose, Loquacious and Archsage

    StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  4. Origin of Storms

    WHY THIS

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

    Dive into Origin of Storms, a visually striking fighting game where elemental warriors clash in epic one-on-one battles. Unleash primal transformations, master distinct elemental powers, and compete globally for supremacy in this electrifying arena. Are you ready for the storm?

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. WyrmWorm

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Sumiban fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Sumiban.

    WyrmWorm is a head-scratching, line-drawing puzzler where branching serpents wind their way across the grid, restoring life to a faded world. Wiggle through challenging puzzles and clever mechanics, from the bottom of the sea to the depths of space.

    IndieCasualSteam ↗
  6. Folk Souls

    WHY THIS

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

    An unknown metal strikes Earth, awakening the dark magic of the witch Cuca. As once-protective spirits now threaten the ecosystem, you are chosen to face mutated creatures and challenging bosses in this dark fantasy action RPG Soulslike.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Deer & Boy

    WHY THIS

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

    In this poetic cinematic platformer, a runaway boy meets a fawn. As their bond grows, so do their abilities and the emotional weight of their journey, where silence speaks louder than words.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Isles of Sea and Sky

    WHY THIS

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

    A fantastic, oceanic, open world puzzle adventure. Solve innovative block puzzles while unearthing a mystifying story, gaining new friends that change the puzzle landscape, and unlocking powers that provide more options for how you choose to progress through the enigmatic Isles of Sea and Sky.

    2024IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    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 with Sumiban.

    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. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Sumiban

What games are most similar to Sumiban?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sumiban are Slide & Magic, Rogue Reigns, Lexomancer.
Who developed Sumiban?
Sumiban was developed by Cerise Pomme.

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 Sumiban.

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