Games like Altered
If Altered is your kind of game, the closest matches are Jelly Is Sticky, Syzygy and Alephant — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its four unique character abilities, multiple routes to progress and atmospheric. 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 Altered: Solve difficult puzzles in a soothing atmosphere by altering your characters in multiple ways, forcing you to think outside the box.
Players who liked Altered also play
Steam players who put hours into Altered 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.
Jelly Is Sticky
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Altered.
Top pick for Altered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Altered.
Explore a world of colorful jelly blocks that can be deformed and stuck together. Use them in surprising, unexpected ways to build clever contraptions and solve delightful puzzles.
Syzygy
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Altered.
Second-strongest match for Altered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Altered.
Syzygy is an enigmatic game focused on the ability of morphing at will a square world into triangles and hexagons
Sokobond
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Altered.
Ranked #4 for Altered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Altered.
Sokobond is an elegantly designed puzzle game about chemistry. It's logical, minimalist, and beautiful - crafted with love and science.
Manifold Garden
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Altered.
Ranked #5 for Altered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Altered.
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
Puddle Knights
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Altered.
Ranked #6 for Altered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Altered.
Protecting nobles from mud may look simple on the surface, but the intricate cape arranging puzzle mechanics ensure steadily increasing difficulty. Join the Knights on their quest to preserve dignity, and mindmuck is practically guaranteed! Playtime 10-35h.
Bonfire Peaks
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Altered.
Ranked #7 for Altered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Altered.
Set your belongings on fire on a beautiful voxel art puzzle island.
Pipe Push Paradise
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Altered.
Ranked #8 for Altered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Altered.
A difficult open world puzzle game about plumbing.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Altered at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Altered on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Altered.
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 ~63% under Altered on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Altered.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Altered on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Altered.
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.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Altered on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Altered.
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 ~81% under Altered on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Altered.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Altered on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Altered.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Altered on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Altered.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Altered on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Altered.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Altered.
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 Altered.
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 Altered.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Altered.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Altered.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Altered.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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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.
Manifold Garden
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Altered.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Altered.
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
Puddle Knights
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Altered.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Altered.
Protecting nobles from mud may look simple on the surface, but the intricate cape arranging puzzle mechanics ensure steadily increasing difficulty. Join the Knights on their quest to preserve dignity, and mindmuck is practically guaranteed! Playtime 10-35h.
Bonfire Peaks
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Altered.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Altered.
Set your belongings on fire on a beautiful voxel art puzzle island.
Frequently asked about Altered
- Is Altered verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Altered 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 Altered cost?
- Altered is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Altered?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Altered are Jelly Is Sticky, Syzygy, Alephant.
- Who developed Altered?
- Altered was developed by Glitchheart and published by Rooftop Panda.
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 Altered.
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