Games like The Isles of the Nine Crowns
If The Isles of the Nine Crowns is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Thandor, Crimson Moon and Ashbound: Crown of Sin — 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.
Get personalized picks →About The Isles of the Nine Crowns: A pixel-art Souls-like Metroidvania set in a broken empire built on two centuries of betrayal. Play Alaric Stoneheart and take back the throne your line lost — one keep, one knight, one funeral at a time. Every land you walk unlocks the history that made it.
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The Thandor
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Top pick for The Isles of the Nine Crowns fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Isles of the Nine Crowns.
The Thandor is a single-player, linear medieval action RPG that follows the story of the sole male heir to a great empire. As rival kingdoms and noble houses grow suspicious of his existence, the young heir is forced into a perilous journey to protect both his identity and his father's legacy.
Crimson Moon
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Second-strongest match for The Isles of the Nine Crowns fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Isles of the Nine Crowns.
You are Nephilim: a human-angel hybrid forged to defend humanity with supernatural powers. Fight solo or with a friend to annihilate demons and challenge brutal bosses in relentless melée combat. Rise, violent one. The prophecy is yours to fulfill.
Ashbound: Crown of Sin
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Third-strongest match for The Isles of the Nine Crowns fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Isles of the Nine Crowns.
An isometric action-adventure set in a dark, war-torn world, featuring intense, fluid combat built around player mastery. Master fast, demanding encounters, forge alliances, and defy the corruption consuming what remains of humanity.
Crimson Capes
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Ranked #4 for The Isles of the Nine Crowns fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Isles of the Nine Crowns.
Engage in fluid 2D pixel art swordplay, hunt down witches, fight monsters and experience the age of high adventure. Enter the guild of the Crimson Capes and explore a fantasy world of Sword and Sorcery.
The Shadow Cosmos
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Ranked #5 for The Isles of the Nine Crowns fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Isles of the Nine Crowns.
A 3D metroidvania with retro aesthetic. As master peacock, delve into a mysterious, dream-like world with non-linear exploration and progression, stylish and challenging fights with a powerful halberd, tricky parkour and puzzles. Collect shadows, unleash darkness.
ASHGARD: Infinity Mask
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Ranked #6 for The Isles of the Nine Crowns fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Isles of the Nine Crowns.
Step into the role of Embla, an android with a human consciousness, and experience a post-apocalyptic world inspired by Norse mythology. Solve puzzles, overcome platforming challenges, and face intense battles in a vast, exploration-driven open world.
Celestial Lumina
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Ranked #7 for The Isles of the Nine Crowns fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Isles of the Nine Crowns.
Celestial Lumina is a 2D Pixel-Art Metroidvania where Light clashes with the corrupted Darkness threatening to overtake the world. Ascend from the depths as Evan, heir of a fallen underworld, to awaken the radiant abilities within you & uncover the truth behind a world stripped of dawn.
BROKEN SOUL : Boss Rush
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Ranked #8 for The Isles of the Nine Crowns fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Isles of the Nine Crowns.
BROKEN SOUL : Boss Rush is a 2D Souls-like boss rush action game where you move across a 5x2 grid, dodge, parry, and strike with precise timing. With 20+ unique boss-type monsters and 2 playable classes, it delivers short, dense battles and rewarding retries.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Isles of the Nine Crowns.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Isles of the Nine Crowns.
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 The Isles of the Nine Crowns.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Isles of the Nine Crowns.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Isles of the Nine Crowns.
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.
NGU IDLE
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Isles of the Nine Crowns.
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!
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Isles of the Nine Crowns.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Isles of the Nine Crowns.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Isles of the Nine Crowns are The Thandor, Crimson Moon, Ashbound: Crown of Sin.
- Who developed The Isles of the Nine Crowns?
- The Isles of the Nine Crowns was developed by Nine Crown Games.
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