Games like Sockman
Below are 15 hand-picked alternatives to Sockman for fans of action, indie, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Sockman also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Sockman: Sockman is a single-screen platformer inspired by classics like Rick Dangerous, Jet Set Willy, Manic Miner, Jumpman, Prince of Persia… A hardcore platformer, very difficult, even more than suck your own elbow.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Hollow Knight
Top pick for Sockman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sockman.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
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Rogue Legacy 2
Second-strongest match for Sockman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sockman.
Rogue Legacy 2 is what you'd get if you mashed Rogue Legacy and a sequel together. Every time you die, your children will succeed you, and each child is unique. Your daughter might be a Colourblind Archer, and your son could be a Pacifistic Chef. Either way, one of them is getting conscripted.
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Skul: The Hero Slayer
Third-strongest match for Sockman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sockman.
Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.
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Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Ranked #4 for Sockman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sockman.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
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Blasphemous
Ranked #5 for Sockman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sockman.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
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NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
Ranked #6 for Sockman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sockman.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
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The End Is Nigh
Ranked #7 for Sockman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sockman.
The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.
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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.
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Hollow Knight
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Sockman.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
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Rogue Legacy 2
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Sockman.
Rogue Legacy 2 is what you'd get if you mashed Rogue Legacy and a sequel together. Every time you die, your children will succeed you, and each child is unique. Your daughter might be a Colourblind Archer, and your son could be a Pacifistic Chef. Either way, one of them is getting conscripted.
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Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Sockman.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
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Blasphemous
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Sockman.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
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NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Sockman.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
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The End Is Nigh
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Sockman.
The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.
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Frequently asked about Sockman
- How much does Sockman cost?
- Sockman is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Sockman?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sockman are Hollow Knight, Rogue Legacy 2, Skul: The Hero Slayer.
- Who developed Sockman?
- Sockman was developed by Sockware.
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 Sockman.
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