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Games like Unworthy

If Unworthy is your kind of game, the closest matches are Salt and Sanctuary, Death's Gambit: Afterlife and Minoria — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its bosses require unique handling, monochromatic minimalist aesthetic and atmospheric. 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 Unworthy: UNWORTHY is a hardcore combat-focused metroidvania without jumping. Explore a grim universe, discover new weapons and abilities, and defeat the vile creatures that plague the land.

2018ActionIndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby Aleksandar Kuzmanovic Games Inc.
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Steam players who put hours into Unworthy 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. Salt and Sanctuary

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unworthy.

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

    Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.

    2016ActionIndieRPG17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Death's Gambit: Afterlife

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unworthy.

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

    Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Minoria

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unworthy.

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

    Ink and blood stain the streets of Ramezia. Witches must burn and sins must be judged. Venture forth as Sister Semilla to burn down the pillars of heresy in Minoria, an action-platformer by Bombservice, creators of Momodora.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Dark Devotion

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unworthy.

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

    Explore the secrets of a mysterious fallen temple and put your Templar faith to the test in Dark Devotion, where no sacrifice is too great in praise of your God.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. GRIME

    WHY THIS

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

    Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.

    2021ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Vigil: The Longest Night

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unworthy.

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

    Embark on a journey through the longest night with Leila, a valiant member of the Vigilant Order. Delve into the hidden truths shrouded in eternal darkness, unravel the mystery surrounding Leila's enigmatic sister, and confront the eldritch horrors lurking in a world that has lost the light of day.

    2020ActionIndieRPG21.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unworthy.

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

    ENDER LILIES is a dark fantasy 2D action RPG about unraveling the mysteries of a destroyed kingdom. On this sorrowful journey, encounter horrific enemies against whom a moment of inattention could be fatal. Overcome these hardships and seek the truth with the help of fallen knights.

    2021ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Immortal Planet

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unworthy.

    Ranked #8 for Unworthy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Unworthy.

    Immortal Planet is an action RPG with challenging combat that rewards patience and punishes recklessness. Explore the crumbling remains of a society of immortals trapped in endless cycles of rebirth. Fight your way to discover the planet's mystery and escape its curse.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Unworthy

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. The Last Faith

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unworthy.

    Reviewers of Unworthy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Unworthy.

    Dive into the latest evolution of The Last Faith: a dark and gothic fusion of metroidvania and soulslike. Engage in merciless and precise combat with a huge range of weapons, firearms, and custom executions. Let nothing stand in the way of your journey to salvation.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure27.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Salt and Sanctuary

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unworthy.

    Reviewers of Unworthy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Unworthy.

    Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.

    2016ActionIndieRPG17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unworthy.

    Reviewers of Unworthy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Unworthy.

    Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an exploration-focused, side-scroller action RPG by Koji Igarashi. Play as Miriam, an orphan scarred by an alchemist's curse that slowly crystallizes her body. Battle through a demon-infested castle and defeat its master to save yourself, and all of humanity!

    2019ActionAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blasphemous

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Unworthy.

    Reviewers of Unworthy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Unworthy.

    Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. GRIME

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Unworthy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Unworthy.

    Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.

    2021ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. DARK SOULS™ II

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unworthy.

    Reviewers of Unworthy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Unworthy.

    Developed by FROM SOFTWARE, DARK SOULS™ II is the highly anticipated sequel to the gruelling 2011 breakout hit Dark Souls. The unique old-school action RPG experience captivated imaginations of gamers worldwide with incredible challenge and intense emotional reward.

    2014ActionRPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Blasphemous 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unworthy.

    Reviewers of Unworthy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Unworthy.

    The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all. 

    2023ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Hollow Knight

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unworthy.

    Reviewers of Unworthy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Unworthy.

    Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Unworthy at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Unworthy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Unworthy.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Unworthy on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Unworthy.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Unworthy on Steam right now. Shares Action with Unworthy.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Unworthy on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Unworthy.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Unworthy on Steam right now. Shares Action with Unworthy.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Unworthy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Unworthy.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Unworthy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unworthy.

    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...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Unworthy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Unworthy.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unworthy.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unworthy.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Unworthy.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Salt and Sanctuary

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unworthy.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Unworthy.

    Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.

    2016ActionIndieRPG17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Death's Gambit: Afterlife

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unworthy.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Unworthy.

    Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Minoria

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unworthy.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Unworthy.

    Ink and blood stain the streets of Ramezia. Witches must burn and sins must be judged. Venture forth as Sister Semilla to burn down the pillars of heresy in Minoria, an action-platformer by Bombservice, creators of Momodora.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. GRIME

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Unworthy.

    Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.

    2021ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Vigil: The Longest Night

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unworthy.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Unworthy.

    Embark on a journey through the longest night with Leila, a valiant member of the Vigilant Order. Delve into the hidden truths shrouded in eternal darkness, unravel the mystery surrounding Leila's enigmatic sister, and confront the eldritch horrors lurking in a world that has lost the light of day.

    2020ActionIndieRPG21.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unworthy.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Unworthy.

    ENDER LILIES is a dark fantasy 2D action RPG about unraveling the mysteries of a destroyed kingdom. On this sorrowful journey, encounter horrific enemies against whom a moment of inattention could be fatal. Overcome these hardships and seek the truth with the help of fallen knights.

    2021ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Immortal Planet

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unworthy.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Unworthy.

    Immortal Planet is an action RPG with challenging combat that rewards patience and punishes recklessness. Explore the crumbling remains of a society of immortals trapped in endless cycles of rebirth. Fight your way to discover the planet's mystery and escape its curse.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Unworthy

Is Unworthy verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Unworthy is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Unworthy cost?
Unworthy is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Unworthy?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Unworthy are Salt and Sanctuary, Death's Gambit: Afterlife, Minoria.
Who developed Unworthy?
Unworthy was developed by Aleksandar Kuzmanovic Games Inc..

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 Unworthy.

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