Games like The King's Bird
If The King's Bird is your kind of game, the closest matches are 10 Seconds to Win!, Heads Run and Dark Runner — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and hypnotic. 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 The King's Bird: Escape into a world kept secret by a tyrant, and discover the truth about your freedom. Run, jump, and fly through forgotten lost kingdoms with a uniquely momentum-based flying mechanic.
Players who liked The King's Bird also play
Steam players who put hours into The King's Bird 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.
10 Seconds to Win!
WHY THIS
Top pick for The King's Bird fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
10 seconds to win! is a platform game where you only have 10 seconds to complete each stage, be agile and skillful to complete all levels.
Heads Run
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The King's Bird fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
HeadsRun is a platformer starring a green circular fellow who must make his way through some stages increasingly dangerous environments and monsters as quickly as possible.
Dark Runner
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The King's Bird fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
Parkour, speedrun and darkness. This combination is quite a challenge. Unique lighting mechanics like you've never seen before are the main reason you'll want this game to never end.
DualVerse86
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The King's Bird fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
DualVerse86 is a fast-paced 2D precision platformer where mastering switching between two worlds is the only way to survive deadly traps and race against the clock.
Cyber Hook
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with The King's Bird.
Ranked #5 for The King's Bird fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
Speed through a gorgeous retrowave world using parkour skills and a grappling hook to scale and ride walls in this fast-paced, 3D platformer. Blast enemies, manipulate time and abuse physics to avoid falling to your death.
BZZZT
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The King's Bird.
Ranked #6 for The King's Bird fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
Become a tiny ZX8000 robot and begin your journey through a beautiful, pixel-art world inspired by games iconic to the platformer genre. Follow a cute story, upgrade your skills, beat challenging levels, and compete with other players for the fastest speedrun!
Hot Lava
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with The King's Bird.
Ranked #7 for The King's Bird fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
The Floor is Hot Lava! Run, jump, climb, and surf across nostalgia-packed environments flooded with hot molten lava. Explore alone, or join your friends. And whatever you do, don’t touch the floor.
Dustforce DX
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with The King's Bird.
Ranked #8 for The King's Bird fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
Take control of a nimble janitor to rid the world of dust and debris.
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Super Meat Boy
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with The King's Bird.
Reviewers of The King's Bird cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with The King's Bird.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
SpeedRunners
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The King's Bird cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
Cut-throat multiplayer running game that pits 4 players against each other, locally and/or online. Run, jump, swing around, and use devious weapons and pick-ups to knock opponents off-screen! One of the most competitive games you'll ever play.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The King's Bird.
Reviewers of The King's Bird cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
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.
Super Fancy Pants Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with The King's Bird.
Reviewers of The King's Bird cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
Super Fancy Pants Adventure is a wild free-running adventure with buttery smooth platforming and a slick fountain pen!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The King's Bird cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with The King's Bird.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The King's Bird at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The King's Bird on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The King's Bird on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The King's Bird.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under The King's Bird on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The King's Bird.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The King's Bird on Steam right now. Shares Action with The King's Bird.
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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The King's Bird on Steam right now. Shares Action with The King's Bird.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The King's Bird on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The King's Bird.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The King's Bird on Steam right now. Shares Action with The King's Bird.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The King's Bird on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The King's Bird.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
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 The King's Bird.
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 with The King's Bird.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The King's Bird.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The King's Bird.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 The King's Bird.
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 The King's Bird.
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.
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More from Serenity Forge
Other recommendable Steam games by Serenity Forge, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Lifeless Planet Premier Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The King's Bird.
Another title from Serenity Forge, the studio behind The King's Bird. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
PREMIER EDITION - While seeking life on a distant planet, an astronaut discovers an abandoned Russian town. He suspects his mission is a hoax until a mysterious young woman saves him from a strange and deadly phenomenon...
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The King's Bird.
Another title from Serenity Forge, the studio behind The King's Bird. Shares Indie with The King's Bird.
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is a Narrative-Adventure game about traveling, sharing stories, and surviving manifest destiny.
Neversong
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The King's Bird.
Another title from Serenity Forge, the studio behind The King's Bird. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
Help little Peet hack-and-slash his way through a beautifully haunting coma. A hand-drawn action-adventure through a dreamy world filled with fleshy monsters, insane grown-ups, and sad children looking for their mommies.
Lifeless Moon
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The King's Bird.
Another title from Serenity Forge, the studio behind The King's Bird. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
During an expedition to the Moon, two astronauts find themselves in a familiar town back on Earth. They soon discover the town is the beginning of a strange and mysterious journey...
Half Past Fate
WHY THIS
Another title from Serenity Forge, the studio behind The King's Bird. Shares Indie with The King's Bird.
Love is in the air, but work, life, and spicy Ramen keep getting in the way! From 8 hours to 8 years, this time-jumping saga will change the way you feel about fate forever.
Land of Screens
WHY THIS
Another title from Serenity Forge, the studio behind The King's Bird. Shares Indie with The King's Bird.
When Holland’s social media is lit ablaze by a recent breakup, she embarks on a new mission to ditch the social media saturation and discover some real-world relationships among a Land of Screens.
Pixel Galaxy
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with The King's Bird.
Another title from Serenity Forge, the studio behind The King's Bird. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
A non-shooting shoot 'em up where you must grow, make friends, and survive together.
Return to Ash
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The King's Bird.
Another title from Serenity Forge, the studio behind The King's Bird.
“The hospital was empty. Quiet, and brighter than usual... like waking up on a snow day. But I didn't feel cold. I didn't feel much of anything.”
Frequently asked about The King's Bird
- Is The King's Bird verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — The King's Bird is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does The King's Bird cost?
- The King's Bird is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The King's Bird?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The King's Bird are 10 Seconds to Win!, Heads Run, Dark Runner.
- Who developed The King's Bird?
- The King's Bird was developed by Serenity Forge.
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 The King's Bird.
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