Games like Original Journey
If Original Journey is your kind of game, the closest matches are Under The Ghost Mountain, Burning Knight and Poetry of Blood: Eclipse — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 Original Journey: Original Journey is a 2D hand drawn, sci-fi action-adventure with a bold hand drawn art style. Join the Ato as they embark on a mission to save their home world. Only a mysterious power source discovered on a distant planet can save them but how far will the Ato go save themselves?
Players who liked Original Journey also play
Steam players who put hours into Original Journey 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.
Under The Ghost Mountain
WHY THIS
Top pick for Original Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Original Journey.
Under the ghost mountain is a platform shooting Roguelike game. Random terrain, permanent death, platform jumping, shooting, chain reaction, destructible terrain, and plot creation are the features of this game. Inspire by Spelunky and Downwell
Burning Knight
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Original Journey.
Second-strongest match for Original Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Original Journey.
Steal everything you can and flee from the Burning Knight's castle in this action-packed roguelike! The game features tight bullet hell, tons of items, characters to meet... and secrets!
Poetry of Blood: Eclipse
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Original Journey.
Third-strongest match for Original Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Original Journey.
Blood Poem: Eclipse of the Moon is a 2D Rogue Lite hyper-speed action-adventure game. In the game, you play as the heroine code-named Ishtar, also known as "Moon" exploring a post-apocalyptic world. Your mission is to defeat beautiful bosses and bring them back to your lab.
Neon Abyss
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with Original Journey.
Ranked #4 for Original Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Original Journey.
Neon Abyss is a frantic, roguelite action-platformer where you run ‘n’ gun your way into the Abyss. Featuring unlimited item synergies and a unique dungeon evolution system, each run diversifies the experience and every choice alters the ruleset.
DunHero
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a whimsical mood with Original Journey.
Ranked #5 for Original Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Original Journey.
DunHero is an Action Roguelike. Choose your class, level up and collect powerful items. Defeat bosses and free the world from evil in unique adventures. Play solo or with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
Hell is Other Demons
WHY THIS
Shares twin stick shooting, procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Original Journey.
Ranked #6 for Original Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Original Journey.
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.
Nuclear Throne
WHY THIS
Shares twin stick shooting with Original Journey.
Ranked #7 for Original Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Original Journey.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
Duck Paradox
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Original Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Original Journey.
Shoot bouncing bullets in this roguelike precision platformer killing corrupted ducks while searching for Dr. Paraducks’ beloved pet throughout the multiverse! To return to safety you’ll need to tackle difficult-to-master trials, run after run, earning upgrades, while maintaining your sanity!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Original Journey at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Original Journey on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Original Journey.
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 ~58% under Original Journey on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Original Journey.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~42% under Original Journey on Steam right now. Shares Action with Original Journey.
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.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Original Journey on Steam right now. Shares Action with Original Journey.
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.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under Original Journey on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Original Journey.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Original Journey on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Original Journey.
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 ~58% under Original Journey on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Original Journey.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Original Journey on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Original Journey.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Original Journey.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Original Journey.
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 Original Journey.
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 Original Journey.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Original Journey.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Original Journey.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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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.
Neon Abyss
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with Original Journey.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Original Journey.
Neon Abyss is a frantic, roguelite action-platformer where you run ‘n’ gun your way into the Abyss. Featuring unlimited item synergies and a unique dungeon evolution system, each run diversifies the experience and every choice alters the ruleset.
DunHero
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a whimsical mood with Original Journey.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Original Journey.
DunHero is an Action Roguelike. Choose your class, level up and collect powerful items. Defeat bosses and free the world from evil in unique adventures. Play solo or with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
Nuclear Throne
WHY THIS
Shares twin stick shooting with Original Journey.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Original Journey.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
Duck Paradox
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Original Journey.
Shoot bouncing bullets in this roguelike precision platformer killing corrupted ducks while searching for Dr. Paraducks’ beloved pet throughout the multiverse! To return to safety you’ll need to tackle difficult-to-master trials, run after run, earning upgrades, while maintaining your sanity!
Frequently asked about Original Journey
- How much does Original Journey cost?
- Original Journey is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Original Journey?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Original Journey are Under The Ghost Mountain, Burning Knight, Poetry of Blood: Eclipse.
- Who developed Original Journey?
- Original Journey was developed by Bonfire Entertainment and published by Another Indie.
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 Original Journey.
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