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Games like KIN

If KIN is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ziggy's Chase, Kumoon : Ballistic Physics Puzzle and Trover Saves the Universe — 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 KIN: KIN is a puzzle platformer game with combat elements that will have the player traverse the remnants of an ancient civilization on a distant planet. Throughout your journey through alien landscapes, a story will unfold. KIN also supports virtual reality

2019ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDWindowsby House of Secrets
KIN — Steam game cover

Players who liked KIN also play

Steam players who put hours into KIN 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. Ziggy's Chase

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for KIN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with KIN.

    Never mind the plumber, the hedgehog is coming to Steam! THE GAME FEATURES CLASSIC GAMEPLAY, AND VR MODE AS WELL.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Kumoon : Ballistic Physics Puzzle

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for KIN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with KIN.

    A unique puzzle game : a nonviolent trickshooting challenge with gamepad VR option.

    2015ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Trover Saves the Universe

    WHY THIS

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

    From Squanch Games comes Trover Saves the Universe. Your pups are missing. The cosmos is at stake. Only you and Trover can save everything in this bizarre comedy adventure!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. 'n Verlore Verstand

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for KIN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with KIN.

    Be prepared to be transported to a reality of dreams and nightmares. What will you discover about yourself in this journey through the subconscious?

    2016IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for KIN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with KIN.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. ENSLAVED™: Odyssey to the West™ Premium Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for KIN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with KIN.

    Follow a gripping, surprise-filled journey as two dissimilar characters form an uneasy partnership in order to survive through a perilous, post-apocalyptic America. 150 years in the future, war and destruction have left the world in ruins with few humans remaining and nature having reclaimed the world.

    2013ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Omno

    WHY THIS

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

    A single-player journey of discovery through an ancient world of wonders, created by solo developer Jonas Manke.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure18.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Planet of the Eyes

    WHY THIS

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

    An atmospheric narrative-platformer about a service robot stranded on a mysterious planet, Planet of the Eyes features a stunning visual mix of puzzle and platforming challenges, an original musical score, and fully voiced audio logs left by another survivor. Explore the mystery of an unknown world.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under KIN on Steam right now. Shares Indie with KIN.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under KIN on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with KIN.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under KIN on Steam right now. Shares Action with KIN.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under KIN on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with KIN.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under KIN on Steam right now. Shares Action with KIN.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under KIN on Steam right now. Shares Indie with KIN.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under KIN on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with KIN.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under KIN on Steam right now. Shares Indie with KIN.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 KIN.

    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 ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. 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 KIN.

    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 ↗
  4. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It

    WHY THIS

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

    USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.

    2025IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Ziggy's Chase

    WHY THIS

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

    Never mind the plumber, the hedgehog is coming to Steam! THE GAME FEATURES CLASSIC GAMEPLAY, AND VR MODE AS WELL.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

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

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. ENSLAVED™: Odyssey to the West™ Premium Edition

    WHY THIS

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

    Follow a gripping, surprise-filled journey as two dissimilar characters form an uneasy partnership in order to survive through a perilous, post-apocalyptic America. 150 years in the future, war and destruction have left the world in ruins with few humans remaining and nature having reclaimed the world.

    2013ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Planet of the Eyes

    WHY THIS

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

    An atmospheric narrative-platformer about a service robot stranded on a mysterious planet, Planet of the Eyes features a stunning visual mix of puzzle and platforming challenges, an original musical score, and fully voiced audio logs left by another survivor. Explore the mystery of an unknown world.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about KIN

How much does KIN cost?
KIN is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to KIN?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside KIN are Ziggy's Chase, Kumoon : Ballistic Physics Puzzle, Trover Saves the Universe.
Who developed KIN?
KIN was developed by House of Secrets.

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 KIN.

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