Games like Ling
If Ling is your kind of game, the closest matches are Feral Fury, Apocryph: an old-school shooter and Gachimuchi Reloaded — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 Ling: Following the call of inner heart, the young man starts another journey of adventure. Faced with tough enemies and fierce fights, it is not certain whether the young man can reach the “final”. The only choice is moving forward with determination and clenched fists swinging great sword.
Players who liked Ling also play
Steam players who put hours into Ling 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.
Feral Fury
WHY THIS
Shares dodge roll and an intense mood with Ling.
Top pick for Ling fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ling.
Fast-paced twin stick shooter rogue-lite action
Apocryph: an old-school shooter
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ling.
Second-strongest match for Ling fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ling.
Apocryph is an old-school fantasy shooter inspired by Hexen, Heretic, Painkiller and Strife.
Gachimuchi Reloaded
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Ling fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ling.
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Dogolrax
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ling.
Ranked #4 for Ling fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ling.
You awake on an unknown planet with amnesia. What are those horrific monsters? Who are these mysterious priestesses? Inspired by cult classics such as "Another World", "Flashback" and others, Dogolrax aims to surprise you in ways few games have.
Darkness Assault
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ling.
Ranked #5 for Ling fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ling.
The number of missing in the city increased. People talk about the experiments on human beings. And now, only you can figure out if it was true. Especially because you have no choice. Mysteriously, you find yourself in a terrible location 40 meters underground. Your name is Katrine, and you do not remember anything about your past.
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Ling.
Ranked #6 for Ling fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ling.
Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour is an all-new action-adventure in the legendary Serious Sam saga from Hammerwatch developer Crackshell.
Blasphemous
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Ling.
Ranked #7 for Ling fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ling.
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.
CARRION
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Ling.
Ranked #8 for Ling fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ling.
CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Ling
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Street Fighter V
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Ling.
Reviewers of Ling cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Ling.
Experience the intensity of head-to-head battles with Street Fighter® V! Choose from 16 iconic characters, then battle against friends online or offline with a robust variety of match options.
Exanima
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ling.
Reviewers of Ling cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Ling.
Explore, fight, survive and unravel mysteries in this unique and unforgiving 3D isometric RPG set in an original dark, low fantasy world. Exanima's exceptional attention to detail and realistic simulation of all things aim to provide a deeply immersive and dynamic gameplay experience.
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ling.
Reviewers of Ling cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Ling.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
MONSTER HUNTER RISE
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Ling.
Reviewers of Ling cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Ling.
Rise to the challenge and join the hunt! In Monster Hunter Rise, the latest installment in the award-winning and top-selling Monster Hunter series, you’ll become a hunter, explore brand new maps and use a variety of weapons to take down fearsome monsters as part of an all-new storyline.
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ling.
Reviewers of Ling cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Ling.
The third entry in the Monster Hunter Stories RPG series is here! Twin Rathalos, born in a twist of fate. Monster Hunter Stories is an RPG series set in the Monster Hunter world, where you can become a Rider, raising and bonding with your favorite monsters.
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 with Ling.
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.
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 Ling.
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.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Ling.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Ling.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Ling.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Realm of the Mad God Exalt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Ling.
Embark on an exhilarating journey into the pixelated Realm of the Mad God! Join, an action-packed, free-to-play MMO bullet hell game. Discover a world with danger, challenges, and hidden treasures as you battle through waves of enemies. Team up with players and conquer dungeons to become a legend!
NARAKA: BLADEPOINT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Ling.
Dive into the legends of the Far East in NARAKA: BLADEPOINT; team up with friends in fast-paced melee fights for a Battle Royale experience unlike any other. Find your playstyle with a varied cast of heroes with unique skills. More than 40 million players have already joined the fray, play free now!
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Frequently asked about Ling
- What games are most similar to Ling?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ling are Feral Fury, Apocryph: an old-school shooter, Gachimuchi Reloaded.
- Who developed Ling?
- Ling was developed by Chautauqua Software.
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 Ling.
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