Games like YumeCore
If YumeCore is your kind of game, the closest matches are ADEN, FightBit and Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its mysterious, retro and unsettling. 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 YumeCore: "YumeCore" is a new type of game combining side-scrolling beat-’em-up action with adventure-style investigation that puts the “aii” in “kawaii.” Fight your way through the waking dreams of the sickly girl Soboko to escape the hospital.
Players who liked YumeCore also play
Steam players who put hours into YumeCore 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.
ADEN
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with YumeCore.
Top pick for YumeCore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with YumeCore.
Dance, dance, and dance some more! A kawaii side-scrolling dance battle for the new age! Control the mysterious girl Toaka and save the world from destruction!
FightBit
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for YumeCore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with YumeCore.
FightBit is a side-scrolling beat-em-up with pseudo 8-bit graphics and rudimentary gameplay influenced by contemporary melee focused combat games. Defeat the Dragon Queen and her army!
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for YumeCore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with YumeCore.
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds! Enjoy fast and frantic arcade-style beat 'em up gameplay with cute characters. Beat up hordes of weird enemies with awesome special attacks. Local co-op and PVP supported for up to 4 players!
Tribal Hunter
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with YumeCore.
Ranked #4 for YumeCore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with YumeCore.
An action platformer with size-changing mechanics. Be quick and nimble or large and in-charge!
Ogre Tale
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with YumeCore.
Ranked #5 for YumeCore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with YumeCore.
Join ogre sisters Ran, Hana, and Yume, and their feline mentor, Iroha, in a battle against fairytale folkheroes-turned-villains via this action-packed tongue-in-cheek 2D beat-em-up romp set in modern-day Japan!
Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth-
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for YumeCore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with YumeCore.
A 2D Metroidvania-style game developed under the supervision of Ryo Mizuno, depicting the story of Deedlit and the events leading up to Record of Lodoss War: Diadem of the Covenant. Use a variety of weapons and spirit powers to unravel the mystery of the labyrinth.
Nitro Express
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with YumeCore.
Ranked #7 for YumeCore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with YumeCore.
Nitro Express is a 2D side-view gun action game where cute pixel-art girls shoot assault weapons with 360° free aiming in the streets of Japan!
Internet Generation
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with YumeCore.
Ranked #8 for YumeCore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with YumeCore.
A story about a dying chat server. Moderators are abusing their power, the owner has neglected the server, and the lives of members are miserable. And you, as a newcomer, will pick up your keyboard, and overthrow the owner and moderators' tyranny!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below YumeCore at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under YumeCore on Steam right now. Shares Action with YumeCore.
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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under YumeCore on Steam right now. Shares Action with YumeCore.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under YumeCore on Steam right now. Shares Action with YumeCore.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under YumeCore on Steam right now. Shares Action with YumeCore.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under YumeCore on Steam right now. Shares Action with YumeCore.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Orbt XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under YumeCore on Steam right now. Shares Action with YumeCore.
Defy gravity in Orbt XL! A fast-paced, addictive, 'just-one-more-round' arcade score chaser. Stay in orbit, dodge obstacles, and rack up points, the closer you are to the black hole, the higher your score! Easy to learn, tough to master, and perfect for quick play sessions while waiting in queue.
Toree 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under YumeCore on Steam right now. Shares Action with YumeCore.
A bite-sized 3D Platformer sequel with more focus on the things people enjoyed in the first game like fast gameplay, flow focused levels and cute costumes (two this time).
UBERMOSH Vol.5
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under YumeCore on Steam right now. Shares Action with YumeCore.
The fifth volume of the arcade series UBERMOSH.
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.
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.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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 with YumeCore.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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 with YumeCore.
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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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
ADEN
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with YumeCore.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with YumeCore.
Dance, dance, and dance some more! A kawaii side-scrolling dance battle for the new age! Control the mysterious girl Toaka and save the world from destruction!
Ogre Tale
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with YumeCore.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with YumeCore.
Join ogre sisters Ran, Hana, and Yume, and their feline mentor, Iroha, in a battle against fairytale folkheroes-turned-villains via this action-packed tongue-in-cheek 2D beat-em-up romp set in modern-day Japan!
Nitro Express
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with YumeCore.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with YumeCore.
Nitro Express is a 2D side-view gun action game where cute pixel-art girls shoot assault weapons with 360° free aiming in the streets of Japan!
Frequently asked about YumeCore
- How much does YumeCore cost?
- YumeCore is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to YumeCore?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside YumeCore are ADEN, FightBit, Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic.
- Who developed YumeCore?
- YumeCore was developed by takayakata.
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 YumeCore.
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