Games like Uplands Motel
If Uplands Motel is your kind of game, the closest matches are Downwell, Cave Story+ and Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom — picked from the ranked list below. 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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Steam players who put hours into Uplands Motel 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.
Downwell
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Top pick for Uplands Motel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Uplands Motel.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
Cave Story+
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Second-strongest match for Uplands Motel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Uplands Motel.
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
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Third-strongest match for Uplands Motel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Uplands Motel.
A legendary series returns with a grand new adventure! Enjoy a colorful action-adventure game made alongside Ryuichi Nishizawa, creator of the original Wonder Boy in Monster World series.
Pikuniku
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Ranked #4 for Uplands Motel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Uplands Motel.
Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!
Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem
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Ranked #5 for Uplands Motel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Uplands Motel.
Carve your path in this Hack’n’Slash free from class boundaries. Purify a world shattered by corruption, and uncover the grim secrets and forgotten horrors lurking in the shadows of this forsaken land as you rise in Power. Your Inner aspect beckons—will you answer?
Tadpole Treble
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Ranked #6 for Uplands Motel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Uplands Motel.
Embark on a thrilling adventure through sheet music in Tadpole Treble! Escape predatory piranhas, flirtatious tadpoles and more as you make your way back home. Shoot for the top of the leaderboards, or create your own stages and music in Composition Mode!
The Magic Circle
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Ranked #7 for Uplands Motel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Uplands Motel.
In this darkly comedic story, you are the hero of an unfinished fantasy game, and your designers have failed you. Steal the power of a game god - trap their creations, swap behaviors and body parts, crafting your own unique solutions to free-form puzzles. Can you release a game ...from the inside?
Castle In The Darkness
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Ranked #8 for Uplands Motel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Uplands Motel.
Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Uplands Motel.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Uplands Motel.
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.
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RideOp - Thrill Ride Simulator
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Another title from GuraShop, the studio behind Uplands Motel.
RideOp puts you in control of some of the biggest and most thrilling theme park rides in the world. Give all your guests the most unforgettable experience! With full control of the ride's motion, you can offer a unique journey every ride. Now it's your turn to create thrilling experiences!
Behind the Memory
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Another title from GuraShop, the studio behind Uplands Motel. Shares Indie and Adventure with Uplands Motel.
“Behind the Memory” is a mystery first-person exploration game set in a deserted world. You play as a man named Hector, who returns home after several years trying to escape his past. Every step will submerge you in a journey to discover Hector´s darkest secrets as he gets closer to the place that haunts him…
Uplands Motel: VR Thriller
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Another title from GuraShop, the studio behind Uplands Motel. Shares Action and Indie with Uplands Motel.
Trapped in a lonely motel, after your car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, you'll have to do everything you can to get out of there before it's too late. Be the protagonist of your own action thriller in virtual reality.
RideOp - VR Thrill Ride Experience
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Another title from GuraShop, the studio behind Uplands Motel.
Leave your fear of heights outside and get ready to experience thrills like never before. RideOp – VR Thrill Ride Experience brings you the ultimate ride experience. Explore an immersive 360 degree view while riding some of the world’s most impressive attractions.
Only After
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Another title from GuraShop, the studio behind Uplands Motel. Shares Indie and Adventure with Uplands Motel.
After a teenage girl goes missing, psychiatrist Judy Williams and detective Michael Grady try to piece together the strange circumstances of her disappearance. Their only clue is David, Julie's boyfriend, who's been found in a nearby forest.
Rinlo
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Another title from GuraShop, the studio behind Uplands Motel. Shares Action and Indie with Uplands Motel.
Rinlo is an immersive third person puzzle adventure game designed for VR. Follow Agatha in her epic quest. Guide her through dioramas of this steam-powered city, and unlock the truth hiding behind its familiar, winding streets.
Frequently asked about Uplands Motel
- What games are most similar to Uplands Motel?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Uplands Motel are Downwell, Cave Story+, Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom.
- Who developed Uplands Motel?
- Uplands Motel was developed by GuraShop.
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 Uplands Motel.
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