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Games like Gear Path

If Gear Path is your kind of game, the closest matches are Xanthiom 2, PSYCRON and Timespinner — 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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About Gear Path: Gear Path is a small platformer Metroidvania-like game with exploring and power-ups. It's perfect for playing while waiting for another game.

2017ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby GooDCrafter
Gear Path — Steam game cover

Players who liked Gear Path also play

Steam players who put hours into Gear Path 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.

  1. Xanthiom 2

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Gear Path fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Gear Path.

    Play through the next chapter in the Xanthiom saga, now bigger and better than before!

    2026ActionAdventureDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. PSYCRON

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Gear Path fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Gear Path.

    A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.

    2021ActionAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Timespinner

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Gear Path fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Gear Path.

    Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Axiom Verge 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Gear Path fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Gear Path.

    Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Ghost Song

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Gear Path fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Gear Path.

    On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Genopanic

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Gear Path fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Gear Path.

    Genopanic is a pixel-art, Metroidvania-inspired adventure-platformer. Explore corridors of the space station, teeming with secrets and dangers, and engage in boss fights. Solve puzzles and uncover hidden mysteries in the dark atmosphere of a sci-fi research complex. Discover the truth with each step

    2024ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Axiom Verge

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Gear Path fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Gear Path.

    Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Gato Roboto

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Gear Path fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Gear Path.

    Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Gear Path at current Steam store prices.

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Gear Path on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Gear Path.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Gear Path on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gear Path.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Gear Path on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Gear Path.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Gear Path on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gear Path.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Gear Path on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gear Path.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Gear Path on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Gear Path.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Gear Path on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Gear Path.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Gear Path on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Gear Path.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gear Path.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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 Gear Path.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gear Path.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gear Path.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 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 Gear Path.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 Gear Path.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Gear Path.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gear Path.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from GooDCrafter

Other recommendable Steam games by GooDCrafter, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Flat Path

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GooDCrafter, the studio behind Gear Path. Shares Indie with Gear Path.

    Relaxing puzzle game in a minimal style.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Brave Path

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GooDCrafter, the studio behind Gear Path. Shares Indie with Gear Path.

    Classical turn-based roguelike with crafting and base building.

    2017IndieRPG4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. OS:Path

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GooDCrafter, the studio behind Gear Path. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gear Path.

    Small but tricky indie game to spend your evening on playing. You'll have to determine the cause of a program's critical error and restore its modules by playing mini games and solving puzzles while using the console.

    2018IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Xanthiom 2

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Gear Path.

    Play through the next chapter in the Xanthiom saga, now bigger and better than before!

    2026ActionAdventureDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Timespinner

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Gear Path.

    Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Axiom Verge 2

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Gear Path.

    Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Ghost Song

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Gear Path.

    On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Genopanic

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Gear Path.

    Genopanic is a pixel-art, Metroidvania-inspired adventure-platformer. Explore corridors of the space station, teeming with secrets and dangers, and engage in boss fights. Solve puzzles and uncover hidden mysteries in the dark atmosphere of a sci-fi research complex. Discover the truth with each step

    2024ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Axiom Verge

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Gear Path.

    Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Gato Roboto

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Gear Path.

    Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Gear Path

How much does Gear Path cost?
Gear Path is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Gear Path?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Gear Path are Xanthiom 2, PSYCRON, Timespinner.
Who developed Gear Path?
Gear Path was developed by GooDCrafter.

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 Gear Path.

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