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Games like THE LONG FORGETTING

If THE LONG FORGETTING is your kind of game, the closest matches are Throughspire, Run for Office and Parkour Legends — 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 THE LONG FORGETTING: The Forgetting is eating the world behind you. Run. An ink-and-gouache chase platformer through a dying mind: four movement keys to earn, lost memories to steal back from the dark, and a wall of ink that never, ever stops.

2027ActionIndieWindowsby Quiet Machine
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Players who liked THE LONG FORGETTING also play

Steam players who put hours into THE LONG FORGETTING 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. Throughspire

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for THE LONG FORGETTING fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with THE LONG FORGETTING.

    Reach the depths and heights of a world-piercing Spire, and uncover the truth behind the Spire and the broken world through tense runs.

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  2. Run for Office

    WHY THIS

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

    Dash through chaotic political satire in this fast-paced arcade runner. Collect power-ups, dodge curses, and outrun accountability itself.

    2026ActionIndieCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Parkour Legends

    WHY THIS

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

    Complete time-trial courses in this fast-paced side-scrolling parkour platformer. Gain speed boosts and build momentum as you vault over obstacles, slide under objects, run on walls, and rebound over impossible gaps. Collect hard-to-reach gear. Style your runner. Climb leaderboards. Become a legend!

    2024ActionSportsIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. War of the Watchers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for THE LONG FORGETTING fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with THE LONG FORGETTING.

    A dark-fantasy metroidvania across ten realms and a hundred roads. Every keeper you face is sealed rather than slain. Voiced, hand-built, and made for players who like a road that does not tell them where it ends.

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Beat Boy

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for THE LONG FORGETTING fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with THE LONG FORGETTING.

    Beat Boy is a fast paced musical obstacle course full of collisions and flailing bodies. Jump, slide, and kick your way through increasingly difficult levels while trying to take back your stolen cookie jar.

    2021ActionIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Hardcore Soldier

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for THE LONG FORGETTING fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with THE LONG FORGETTING.

    Vengeance or Die in this no mercy, bullet hell, run and gun shooter that requires player skill, with only one life and one hit death, game over. You just can't get hit.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Worlds of Colors

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for THE LONG FORGETTING fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with THE LONG FORGETTING.

    Worlds of Colors takes place in a completely different universe from ours. Explore the different worlds, created by god-like beings known as the Overseers. You play as an inhabitant of these worlds called Nivu, guided by one of the Overseers trying to save the universe from collapsing.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  8. FEATHERED RUN

    WHY THIS

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

    FEATHERED RUN is a 4-button precision platformer-runner with 2D graphics. Embark on an exciting escape through Antarctica. Playing as one of the seemingly helpless penguins.

    2022IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with THE LONG FORGETTING.

    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 ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about THE LONG FORGETTING

What games are most similar to THE LONG FORGETTING?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside THE LONG FORGETTING are Throughspire, Run for Office, Parkour Legends.
Who developed THE LONG FORGETTING?
THE LONG FORGETTING was developed by Quiet Machine.

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 THE LONG FORGETTING.

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