Games like Catmaze
If Catmaze is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fearmonium, Silver Axe - The Honest Elf and Deepening Fire — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, emotional and poignant. 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 Catmaze: Catmaze is a fairy metroidvania inspired by Slavic myths. Age-old tales will come to life in the unforgettable adventure of Alesta, a sorceress whose courage guides her through mysterious paths and dark forests in search of the lost road to Nav, the world of the dead.
Players who liked Catmaze also play
Steam players who put hours into Catmaze 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.
Fearmonium
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Catmaze.
Top pick for Catmaze fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Catmaze.
Fearmonium is a psychedelic metroidvania where suspense intertwines with humour. Beginning the game as an unpleasant memory, you must progress and become a true phobia by breaking through all boundaries to uncover the most hidden corners of Max's mind.
Silver Axe - The Honest Elf
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Catmaze fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Catmaze.
Classic 2D platformer, play as a nimble elf and dash through the ancient fairytale forest. Defeat powerful Insomniac creatures, cast spells by combining four elements to summon thunder and entangle flame. Collect the heart of the goddess, unleash the hidden power of your Silver Axe.
Deepening Fire
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Catmaze.
Third-strongest match for Catmaze fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Catmaze.
Deepening Fire is a side-scrolling action adventure game. Choose different classes, with appropriate equipment, explore hidden complex map, defeat powerful enemies, expose the conspiracy of the chaotic world, experience the souls-like battle
Vigil: The Longest Night
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Catmaze.
Ranked #4 for Catmaze fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Catmaze.
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.
Frontier Hunter: Erza’s Wheel of Fortune
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Catmaze fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Catmaze.
This is an anime-style Metroidvania game with an RPG progression system, numerous weapons for switching, and an emphasis on equipment building. It offers three switchable characters, smooth gameplay, impactful combat feedback, and anime-style story scenes.
Feudal Alloy
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Catmaze.
Ranked #6 for Catmaze fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Catmaze.
Feudal Alloy is an epic action adventure with fish-controlled medieval robots! Explore an unusual medieval world with a fish-controlled robot, Attu. Improve your combat techniques and skills by smashing many kinds of mechanical creatures in a beautiful hand-drawn world.
Glimmer in Mirror
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Catmaze.
Ranked #7 for Catmaze fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Catmaze.
Glimmer in Mirror is a 2D story-rich action shooting game. Play as Shiro in a collapsed world, to meet various unique NPCs and monsters, and gradually uncover the truth of the world through a gripping story.
Valdis Story: Abyssal City
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Catmaze.
Ranked #8 for Catmaze fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Catmaze.
Assume the role of Wyatt in this Action/Exploration Platformer as you explore the ruins of a holy city that was lost many years ago. Battle various types of demons, angels, and a new threat known only as the “Ferals”, using swordsmanship, martial arts, and sorcery.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Catmaze
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Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Catmaze.
Reviewers of Catmaze cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Catmaze.
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.
Fearmonium
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Catmaze.
Reviewers of Catmaze cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Catmaze.
Fearmonium is a psychedelic metroidvania where suspense intertwines with humour. Beginning the game as an unpleasant memory, you must progress and become a true phobia by breaking through all boundaries to uncover the most hidden corners of Max's mind.
Nine Sols
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Catmaze.
Reviewers of Catmaze cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Catmaze.
Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Catmaze at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Catmaze on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Catmaze.
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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Catmaze on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Catmaze.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Catmaze on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Catmaze.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Catmaze on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Catmaze.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Catmaze on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Catmaze.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Catmaze on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Catmaze.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Catmaze on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Catmaze.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
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 Catmaze.
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 Catmaze.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Catmaze.
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 Catmaze.
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 Action and Indie with Catmaze.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Catmaze.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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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.
Fearmonium
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Catmaze.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Catmaze.
Fearmonium is a psychedelic metroidvania where suspense intertwines with humour. Beginning the game as an unpleasant memory, you must progress and become a true phobia by breaking through all boundaries to uncover the most hidden corners of Max's mind.
Vigil: The Longest Night
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Catmaze.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Catmaze.
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.
Glimmer in Mirror
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Catmaze.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Catmaze.
Glimmer in Mirror is a 2D story-rich action shooting game. Play as Shiro in a collapsed world, to meet various unique NPCs and monsters, and gradually uncover the truth of the world through a gripping story.
Valdis Story: Abyssal City
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Catmaze.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Catmaze.
Assume the role of Wyatt in this Action/Exploration Platformer as you explore the ruins of a holy city that was lost many years ago. Battle various types of demons, angels, and a new threat known only as the “Ferals”, using swordsmanship, martial arts, and sorcery.
Frequently asked about Catmaze
- Is Catmaze verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Catmaze 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 Catmaze cost?
- Catmaze is listed on Steam at 2.09 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Catmaze?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Catmaze are Fearmonium, Silver Axe - The Honest Elf, Deepening Fire.
- Who developed Catmaze?
- Catmaze was developed by Redblack Spade.
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