Games like Underhero
If Underhero is your kind of game, the closest matches are DISHARMONY, Pixelot and Jacob's Quest Anniversary Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its caffeine addicted autistic protagonist, contemplative and dark. 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 Underhero: Underhero is an RPG-platformer where the chosen hero has failed, and an underling of the evil king takes his place as the new hero. Use timing-based combat to defeat enemies as you venture across the land, face off against quirky bosses, and save the kingdom from your own evil boss, Mr Stitches!
Players who liked Underhero also play
Steam players who put hours into Underhero 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.
DISHARMONY
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Underhero.
Top pick for Underhero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Underhero.
A dialogue-heavy turn-based RPG featuring a rhythm-based battle system, a world inspired by music, and a retro aesthetic. Explore the dreams of the game's characters, solve puzzles, and find cryptic secrets to uncover the true nature of this mysterious world. (Or don't. Most of it is optional!)
Pixelot
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Underhero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Underhero.
Defeat monsters, collect heroes, and solve puzzles in Pixelot, the single player turn based RPG that combines the combat of classic role playing games, the team building of monster collecting games, and the dungeons of adventure games.
Jacob's Quest Anniversary Edition
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Underhero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Underhero.
Become a Legend in Jacob's Quest Anniversary Edition, a JRPG that anyone can pick up and play. Save the four crystals of the world and prevent a vile plot from unfolding. With epic battles and world progression, Jacob's Quest is the RPG of choice. Now remade from the ground up for modern gaming!
Viola: The Heroine's Melody
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Underhero.
Ranked #4 for Underhero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Underhero.
Viola: The Heroine's Melody is the musical Platformer/RPG! After failing at violin practice for the hundredth time, Viola becomes trapped inside her instrument's fantastical world. Join her adventure to find her way back home, aided by the diverse ensemble of friends she meets along the way.
Order from Caos 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Underhero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Underhero.
Order from Caos 2 is an RPG with turn-based battles that tells the story of Thomas, a man who had his family murdered by the cruel Knight Asmodeus. Seek revenge in an epic adventure in Pixel Art. However, there's one detail that can change everything: your family may simply have never existed.
Order from Caos
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Underhero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Underhero.
An epic pixel art RPG full of twists and challenging turn-based battles. Fight as Dan, a young man touched by the power of darkness who needs to find the cure for his curse and also save the world from humanity itself and the force of CAOS.
Untitled Video Game
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Underhero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Underhero.
'Video game' parody game filled with funny cliches, stereotype characters and nonsense that we're used to seeing in games.
Detective Patch
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Underhero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Underhero.
Detective Patch is an adorable 2D turn-based RPG where you solve mysteries and interrogate enemies. Battle menacing foes, meet quirky characters, and solve the mystery of the stolen ruby.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Underhero at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Underhero on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Underhero.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Underhero on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Underhero.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Underhero on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Underhero.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Underhero on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Underhero.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Underhero on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Underhero.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Underhero on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Underhero.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Underhero on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Underhero.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Underhero on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Underhero.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
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 Underhero.
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 Adventure with Underhero.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Underhero.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Underhero.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Underhero.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Underhero.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Underhero.
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.
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Frequently asked about Underhero
- Does Underhero run on Steam Deck?
- Underhero is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Underhero cost?
- Underhero is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Underhero?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Underhero are DISHARMONY, Pixelot, Jacob's Quest Anniversary Edition.
- Who developed Underhero?
- Underhero was developed by Paper Castle Games.
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 Underhero.
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