Games like Young Souls
If Young Souls is your kind of game, the closest matches are Absolum, ECHO //syntax and Knights of Braveland — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and funny. 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 Young Souls: Young Souls is a gorgeous 2D brawler meets story-rich action RPG. Fight hordes of belligerent goblins, level up with hundreds of weapons and accessories, explore, and journey between worlds, as rebellious twins battle their way to save their foster father.
Players who liked Young Souls also play
Steam players who put hours into Young Souls 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.
Absolum
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Young Souls.
Top pick for Young Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Young Souls.
Fight as the outcast heroes of Talamh in a fierce battle to retake magic from Sun King Azra’s grasp in Absolum, an original roguelite beat ‘em up by Dotemu.
ECHO //syntax
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Young Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Young Souls.
Awaken. Scavenge. Survive.ECHO//syntax is a beat-em-up scrapper game set in a far future robotic world.
Knights of Braveland
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Young Souls.
Third-strongest match for Young Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Young Souls.
Knights of Braveland is a cooperative beat'em up action game with a generated story. You will hack, slash, and smash your way to victory. And with your friends it is much more fun. Play local or online.
Pulling No Punches
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Young Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Young Souls.
A classic 2D arcade action game animated frame by frame. Survive a fictional pandemic in a city filled with madness and denial.
Warhammer: Chaosbane
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Young Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Young Souls.
In a world ravaged by war and dominated by magic, you must rise up to face the Chaos hordes. Playing solo or with up to four players in local or online co-op, choose a hero from four character classes and prepare for epic battles wielding some of the most powerful artefacts of the Old World.
Lost Castle / 失落城堡
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Young Souls.
Ranked #6 for Young Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Young Souls.
Lost Castle is an action RPG beat'em up with roguelike elements and randomized dungeons for up to four players online and local!
Shing!
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Young Souls.
Ranked #7 for Young Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Young Souls.
Experience the most exciting and immersive beat-em-up combat system ever – become a kickass ninja and slice some demons in style!
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Young Souls.
Ranked #8 for Young Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Young Souls.
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds! Enjoy fast and frantic arcade-style beat 'em up gameplay with cute characters. Beat up hordes of weird enemies with awesome special attacks. Local co-op and PVP supported for up to 4 players!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Young Souls
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Resident Evil 5
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Young Souls.
Reviewers of Young Souls cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Young Souls.
This game is a port of the Games for Windows - Live version that was released in 2009. If you buy the Untold Stories Bundle here on Steam, it will be the same as upgrading to Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition.
Castle Crashers®
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Young Souls.
Reviewers of Young Souls cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Young Souls.
Hack, slash, and smash your way to victory in this award winning 2D arcade adventure from The Behemoth!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Young Souls at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Young Souls on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Young Souls.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Young Souls on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Young Souls.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Young Souls on Steam right now. Shares Action with Young Souls.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Young Souls on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Young Souls.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Young Souls on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Young Souls.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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 Action and Indie with Young Souls.
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 Young Souls.
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?
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Young Souls.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Young Souls.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Young Souls.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Young Souls.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Young Souls.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Young Souls.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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Frequently asked about Young Souls
- Is Young Souls verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Young Souls 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 Young Souls cost?
- Young Souls is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Young Souls have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Young Souls supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Young Souls?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Young Souls are Absolum, ECHO //syntax, Knights of Braveland.
- Who developed Young Souls?
- Young Souls was developed by 1P2P and published by The Arcade Crew.
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 Young Souls.
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