Games like Enlightenment
If Enlightenment is your kind of game, the closest matches are Soulblight, Devil Slayer - Raksasi and The Binding of Isaac — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its grim post apocalyptic atmosphere, bleak 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 Enlightenment: In Enlightenment, you play in a roguelike action-shooter with a fast-paced challenging journey deep into a underground complex called "the Ark". Players will be tested by large varieties of enemies in a procedurally-generated dungeon, and become stronger by learning from the inevitable deaths.
Players who liked Enlightenment also play
Steam players who put hours into Enlightenment 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.
Soulblight
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Enlightenment.
Top pick for Enlightenment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Enlightenment.
Soulblight is a dark, unforgiving, top-down action roguelike luring you to cross the thin line between good and evil. Embrace your flaws to survive a journey through an unforgiving Sanctuary. Gluttony, Lust, Cannibalism - how far are you willing to go?
Devil Slayer - Raksasi
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Enlightenment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Enlightenment.
Devil Slayer - Raksasi is a top-down action game with procedurally generated dungeons, profound roguelike elements, and intuitive soul-like fighting. It's a fair and challenging game, dodging, timing, striking, you need to master them all to fight your way out of this cursed world.
The Binding of Isaac
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with Enlightenment.
Third-strongest match for Enlightenment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Enlightenment.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
Our Darker Purpose
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Enlightenment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Enlightenment.
Journey to the dark heart of the Edgewood Home for Lost Children in this fiendishly difficult action RPG!When her teacher stepped out of the classroom a month ago, Cordy never imagined he would be gone for good. Now her fellow students have turned on each other as the school descends into chaos.
Teleglitch: Die More Edition
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with Enlightenment.
Ranked #5 for Enlightenment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Enlightenment.
In a cold, dark future dominated by mega-corporations, a small lonely planet on the edge of habitable space is the site of a shadowy research facility specializing in necrotic tissue reactivation. You are a scientist who has suddenly awoken to the realization that you are the lone survivor.
Monstrum
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with Enlightenment.
Ranked #6 for Enlightenment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Enlightenment.
Monstrum takes the traditional survival horror formula and remixes it completely with procedurally generated levels, permadeath, and AI driven predators, ensuring that nowhere on its derelict cargo ship is ever truly safe.
Ravenswatch
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Enlightenment.
Ranked #7 for Enlightenment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Enlightenment.
Fallen heroes of old folk tales and legends: you are on the verge of a crucial battle against the Nightmare invading and corrupting your world. A roguelike action game from the creators of Curse of the Dead Gods©, playable solo or in online co-op.
Legend of Dungeon
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Enlightenment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Enlightenment.
Legend of Dungeon is a randomly generated action RPG Beat'em'up with heavy Rogue-like elements, striking visuals, and dynamic music.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Enlightenment
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Enlightenment cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Enlightenment.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl tells a story about survival in the Zone – a very dangerous place, where you fear not only the radiation, anomalies and deadly creatures, but other S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s, who have their own goals and wishes.
The Binding of Isaac
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with Enlightenment.
Reviewers of Enlightenment cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Enlightenment.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
The Red Solstice
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Enlightenment cross-mention this title as a similar play.
2280 A.D. The last few survivors of a ruined Earth seek a new home: Mars, a planet whose inhabitants didn't take too kindly to outsiders. The Red Solstice is a tense, tactical, squad-based action game. Fight to survive with up to 8 players in co-op, or lead your own squad in single-player mode.
Enter the Gungeon
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an intense mood with Enlightenment.
Reviewers of Enlightenment cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Enlightenment.
Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.
Re-Loaded
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Enlightenment cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Enlightenment.
Introducing the roll call of shame as Mamma, Bounca, Butch, Cap'n Hands, Sister Magpie and The Consumer blast their way through six huge blood soaked worlds to inflict brutal revenge on the supremely evil C.H.E.B.
H.E.N.T.A.L.K.E.R.
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Enlightenment cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Enlightenment.
Forget about the rules, there are none here. Just you, your weapon and the endless, ominous wastelands waiting for you to plunge into them. So, are you ready to become a predator among predators? Then welcome to H.E.N.T.A.L.K.E.R.. It will hurt, but damn it will be fun!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Enlightenment at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Enlightenment on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Enlightenment.
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 Enlightenment on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Enlightenment.
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 Enlightenment on Steam right now. Shares Action with Enlightenment.
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 Enlightenment on Steam right now. Shares Action with Enlightenment.
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 Enlightenment on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Enlightenment.
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 Enlightenment on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Enlightenment.
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 Enlightenment on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Enlightenment.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Enlightenment on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Enlightenment.
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.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Enlightenment.
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 with Enlightenment.
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 Action and Indie with Enlightenment.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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 Enlightenment.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Enlightenment.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Enlightenment.
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 Enlightenment.
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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Frequently asked about Enlightenment
- How much does Enlightenment cost?
- Enlightenment is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Enlightenment?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Enlightenment are Soulblight, Devil Slayer - Raksasi, The Binding of Isaac.
- Who developed Enlightenment?
- Enlightenment was developed by LizardKing.
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 Enlightenment.
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