Games like Painted Legend
If Painted Legend is your kind of game, the closest matches are UFO 50, Absolum and Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove — 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 Painted Legend: Imagine that one day, all the worlds that you have created on paper - live. Brave knights, fearsome dragons and terrible monsters, they all live on the page of your notebook.
Players who liked Painted Legend also play
Steam players who put hours into Painted Legend 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.
UFO 50
WHY THIS
Top pick for Painted Legend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Painted Legend.
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.
Absolum
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Painted Legend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Painted Legend.
Fight as the outcast heroes of Talamh in a fierce battle to retake magic from Sun King Azra’s grasp in Absolum, an original roguelite beat ‘em up by Dotemu.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Painted Legend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Painted Legend.
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.
Trine 2: Complete Story
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Painted Legend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Painted Legend.
Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.
Wizard of Legend
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Painted Legend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Painted Legend.
Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!
Infernax
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Painted Legend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Painted Legend.
Infernax is the adventures of a great knight who returns to his homeland only to find it plagued with unholy magic. Uncover the mysteries of the curse and face the consequences of your actions.
Trine Enchanted Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Painted Legend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Painted Legend.
Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world of great castles and strange machinery, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.
Heavenly Bodies
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Painted Legend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Painted Legend.
Wrangle the hands and arms of a 1970s space cosmonaut and push, pull and twist your way through an increasingly precarious range of physically simulated stellar scenarios, where without gravity, nothing is still, nothing is secure, and nothing is simple.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Painted Legend at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Painted Legend on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Painted Legend.
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?
The Test
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Priced ~60% under Painted Legend on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Painted Legend.
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
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Priced ~70% under Painted Legend on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Painted Legend.
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 ~80% under Painted Legend on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Painted Legend.
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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
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Priced ~50% under Painted Legend on Steam right now. Shares Action with Painted Legend.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Painted Legend on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Painted Legend.
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!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Painted Legend on Steam right now. Shares Action with Painted Legend.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~60% under Painted Legend on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Painted Legend.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Painted Legend.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Painted Legend.
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.
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More from Storyan teaM
Other recommendable Steam games by Storyan teaM, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Cetetorius
WHY THIS
Another title from Storyan teaM, the studio behind Painted Legend. Shares Action and Adventure with Painted Legend.
This is a first-person action RPG where you are free to do whatever you want. Turn off the road, start the adventure! The world is open to exploration. Explore the lands of the kingdom, look for unique artifacts, create many objects with a simple crafting system and become part of an amazing world!
Painted Legend 2
WHY THIS
Another title from Storyan teaM, the studio behind Painted Legend. Shares Indie and Adventure with Painted Legend.
Painted Legend 2 is an atmospheric platformer crafted in a unique grid notebook style. It continues the story begun in Painted Legend, as the player once again steps into a hand-drawn world filled with adventure, danger, and mystery.
The Game of Squids: Ultimate Parody Game
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Another title from Storyan teaM, the studio behind Painted Legend. Shares Action and Adventure with Painted Legend.
A crazy and colorful runner in a cartoon style, where the player has to go through many rooms with various trials and try to survive. The game contains a huge number of references, parodies and memes to make fun!
Painted Legend: Knights of Ink & Paper
WHY THIS
Another title from Storyan teaM, the studio behind Painted Legend. Shares Action and Indie with Painted Legend.
An action-adventure platformer in the metroidvania subgenre. The graphics are made in the style of a checkered notebook and blue ink. Defeat crowds of monsters, overcome traps, explore the game world, unlock new characters and find secrets! And all this to the accompaniment of driving music!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
UFO 50
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Painted Legend.
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.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Painted Legend.
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.
Wizard of Legend
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Painted Legend.
Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!
Infernax
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Painted Legend.
Infernax is the adventures of a great knight who returns to his homeland only to find it plagued with unholy magic. Uncover the mysteries of the curse and face the consequences of your actions.
Heavenly Bodies
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Painted Legend.
Wrangle the hands and arms of a 1970s space cosmonaut and push, pull and twist your way through an increasingly precarious range of physically simulated stellar scenarios, where without gravity, nothing is still, nothing is secure, and nothing is simple.
Frequently asked about Painted Legend
- How much does Painted Legend cost?
- Painted Legend is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Painted Legend have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Painted Legend supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Painted Legend?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Painted Legend are UFO 50, Absolum, Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
- Who developed Painted Legend?
- Painted Legend was developed by Storyan teaM.
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