Games like Lament
Below are 14 hand-picked alternatives to Lament for fans of action, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Lament also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Lament: Lament, an NES styled Action-Platformer about a wolf with a buster sword!
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Cuphead
Top pick for Lament fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Lament.
Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
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Broforce
Second-strongest match for Lament fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Lament.
Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.
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Sonic Mania
Third-strongest match for Lament fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Lament.
Sonic Mania is an all-new adventure with Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles full of unique bosses, rolling 2D landscapes, and fun classic gameplay.
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Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Ranked #4 for Lament fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Lament.
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.
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Duck Game
Ranked #5 for Lament fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Lament.
Enter the futuristic year of 1984, an age where ducks run wild in a frantic battle for glory. Blast your friends with Shotguns, Net Guns, Mind Control Rays, Saxophones, Magnet Guns, and much, much more. This is DUCK GAME. Don't blink.
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The Messenger
Ranked #6 for Lament fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Lament.
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.
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Gravity Circuit
Ranked #7 for Lament fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Lament.
Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.
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Owlboy
Ranked #8 for Lament fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Lament.
Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
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Cuphead
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Lament.
Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
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Sonic Mania
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Lament.
Sonic Mania is an all-new adventure with Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles full of unique bosses, rolling 2D landscapes, and fun classic gameplay.
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Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Lament.
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.
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The Messenger
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Lament.
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.
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Gravity Circuit
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Lament.
Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.
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Owlboy
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Lament.
Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.
Frequently asked about Lament
- How much does Lament cost?
- Lament is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Lament?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lament are Cuphead, Broforce, Sonic Mania.
- Who developed Lament?
- Lament was developed by Radcroc.
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 Lament.
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