Games like Projection: First Light
If Projection: First Light is your kind of game, the closest matches are Storm Boy, YesterMorrow and Unravel — 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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Players who liked Projection: First Light also play
Steam players who put hours into Projection: First Light 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.
Storm Boy
WHY THIS
Top pick for Projection: First Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Projection: First Light.
Based on Colin Thiele's 1964 children’s book of the same name, Storm Boy takes place on the beaches of South Australia near the mouth of the Murray River, where the titular protagonist rescues orphaned pelican chicks, one of whom later becomes the child’s pet and faithful companion, Mr. Percival.
YesterMorrow
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Projection: First Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Projection: First Light.
YesterMorrow is a single-player time travelling 2D platformer, mixing action sequences with puzzle elements. Follow the engaging story of Yui, who travels back into the past to save her family and the remnants of a world now trapped in Never-ending Night.
Unravel
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Projection: First Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Projection: First Light.
Unravel is a physics-based puzzle platformer. Yarny, a character made from a single thread of yarn, must embark on a larger than life adventure.
Ever Forward
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Projection: First Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Projection: First Light.
A girl trapped in a strange world somewhere between reality and imagination. Help her find her way in this adventure puzzle game.
Semblance
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Projection: First Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Projection: First Light.
Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.
ABZU
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Projection: First Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Projection: First Light.
From the art director of Journey®, ABZÛ is a beautiful underwater adventure that evokes the dream of diving. Immerse yourself in a vibrant hidden world bursting with color and life as you descend into the heart of the ocean. But beware as you swim deeper as dangers lurk in the depths.
Hollow Knight: Silksong
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Projection: First Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Projection: First Light.
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
Wandersong
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Projection: First Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Projection: First Light.
A musical platforming adventure with an emotional story. Play as a silly bard and use music to interact with everything on a journey around the world. Along the way you'll explore, solve puzzles, and meet a huge cast of characters!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Projection: First Light at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Projection: First Light on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Projection: First Light.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Projection: First Light on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Projection: First Light.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Projection: First Light on Steam right now. Shares Action with Projection: First Light.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Projection: First Light on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Projection: First Light.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Projection: First Light on Steam right now. Shares Action with Projection: First Light.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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 and Casual with Projection: First Light.
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 Projection: First Light.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Projection: First Light.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Projection: First Light.
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 Projection: First Light.
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 Projection: First Light.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Projection: First Light.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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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.
Semblance
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Projection: First Light.
Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.
ABZU
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Projection: First Light.
From the art director of Journey®, ABZÛ is a beautiful underwater adventure that evokes the dream of diving. Immerse yourself in a vibrant hidden world bursting with color and life as you descend into the heart of the ocean. But beware as you swim deeper as dangers lurk in the depths.
Hollow Knight: Silksong
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Projection: First Light.
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
Frequently asked about Projection: First Light
- How much does Projection: First Light cost?
- Projection: First Light is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Projection: First Light?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Projection: First Light are Storm Boy, YesterMorrow, Unravel.
- Who developed Projection: First Light?
- Projection: First Light was developed by Shadowplay Studios, Sweaty Chair, Blowfish Studios and published by Blowfish Studios.
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