Games like The Masked Mage
If The Masked Mage is your kind of game, the closest matches are Overture, Terraria and Celeste — 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.
Get personalized picks →About The Masked Mage: The Masked Mage is a slow paced, peaceful metroidvania game focusing on exploration, atmosphere and a story about friendship, mystery and of course magic. There are no bosses to fight. Think of this as a sort of 2D walking simulator.
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Steam players who put hours into The Masked Mage 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.
Overture
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Masked Mage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Masked Mage.
Overture is an action-adventure roguelike which draws heavy inspiration from hits such as Diablo, Realm of The Mad God, Zelda, and The Binding of Isaac. Explore vast randomly generated dungeons and slay hordes of cunning enemies!
Terraria
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Masked Mage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Masked Mage.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Celeste
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Masked Mage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Masked Mage.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
ANIMAL WELL
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Masked Mage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Masked Mage.
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
To the Moon
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Masked Mage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Masked Mage.
A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.
CrossCode
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Masked Mage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Masked Mage.
A retro-inspired 2D Action RPG set in the distant future. CrossCode combines 16-bit SNES-style graphics with butter-smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging puzzle mechanics, served with a gripping sci-fi story.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Masked Mage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Masked Mage.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
Blasphemous
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Masked Mage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Masked Mage.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Masked Mage at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Masked Mage on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Masked Mage.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Masked Mage on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Masked Mage.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Masked Mage on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Masked Mage.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Masked Mage on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Masked Mage.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under The Masked Mage on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Masked Mage.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under The Masked Mage on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Masked Mage.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Masked Mage on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Masked Mage.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Masked Mage on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Masked Mage.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
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 Masked Mage.
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 Adventure with The Masked Mage.
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.
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More from ERMedia
Other recommendable Steam games by ERMedia, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Citadale: The Legends Trilogy
WHY THIS
Another title from ERMedia, the studio behind The Masked Mage. Shares Indie with The Masked Mage.
Citadale: The Legends Trilogy is a retro action-platformer filled to the brim with vampires, zombies and other creatures of the night. Hope you brought some holy water!
Gravity Spin
WHY THIS
Another title from ERMedia, the studio behind The Masked Mage. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Masked Mage.
Gravity Spin is a tough as nails 8 bit retro metroidvania (retroidvania) with a literal spin - on gravity. Spin the world on its head and be careful not to get too confused.
Citadale - The Ancestral Strain
WHY THIS
Another title from ERMedia, the studio behind The Masked Mage. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Masked Mage.
The gravest Citadale adventure yet breaks new ground... and buries you in it!
Malevolence
WHY THIS
Another title from ERMedia, the studio behind The Masked Mage. Shares Adventure with The Masked Mage.
Malevolence is a 90s retro styled low-poly first person horror adventure
BioMech
WHY THIS
Another title from ERMedia, the studio behind The Masked Mage. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Masked Mage.
BioMech is a classic Metroid-like with carefully structured gameplay. No rogue elements, no random content, everything is handcrafted and deliberately designed. Backtracking is not a dirty word.
Arcade Attack Anthology
WHY THIS
Another title from ERMedia, the studio behind The Masked Mage. Shares Indie with The Masked Mage.
Arcade Attack Anthology is a 4-in-1 game collection with online leaderboards.
Pixel Pileup Party
WHY THIS
Another title from ERMedia, the studio behind The Masked Mage. Shares Indie with The Masked Mage.
A green on green 4-in-1 game collection styled after the most popular 90's handheld ever!
Two Bit Hero
WHY THIS
Another title from ERMedia, the studio behind The Masked Mage. Shares Indie with The Masked Mage.
A classic retro metroidvania - retroidvania if you will - with (mostly) black and white graphics. Handcrafted, fast-paced action with multiple endings.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Celeste
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Masked Mage.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
ANIMAL WELL
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Masked Mage.
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Masked Mage.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
Blasphemous
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Masked Mage.
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.
Frequently asked about The Masked Mage
- How much does The Masked Mage cost?
- The Masked Mage is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Masked Mage?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Masked Mage are Overture, Terraria, Celeste.
- Who developed The Masked Mage?
- The Masked Mage was developed by ERMedia and published by Plug In Digital.
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 Masked Mage.
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