Games like Recompile
If Recompile is your kind of game, the closest matches are Maseylia : Echoes of the Past, The Solyani's Code and ReCore: Definitive Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its environmental storytelling through logs, atmospheric and contemplative. 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 Recompile: This atmospheric, Metroidvania hacking adventure lets you take control of a semi-sapient program struggling against deletion. In the sprawling 3D world of a Mainframe, Recompile features intense combat, tight 3D platforming, super-powered abilities and an environmental logic-based hacking mechanic.
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Steam players who put hours into Recompile 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.
Maseylia : Echoes of the Past
WHY THIS
Top pick for Recompile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recompile.
Explore a fully interconnected 3D world where every new ability dramatically expands your freedom. A true non-linear Metroidvania with breathtaking movement, atmospheric sci-fi beauty, and deep environmental storytelling.
The Solyani's Code
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Recompile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Recompile.
Help Elara tackle headaches that are way above her pay grade. Together with Luma, a mysterious floating companion, scout the moon Selene, face down ancient threats, crack environmental puzzles, and brave temples that no technical manual could have ever prepped her for.
ReCore: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Recompile.
Third-strongest match for Recompile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Recompile.
From creator Keiji Inafune and the makers of Metroid Prime comes the ReCore: Definitive Edition, an action-adventure crafted for a new generation. As one of the last humans, forge friendships with robotic companions and lead them on an epic adventure through a dynamic world.
Timothy vs the Aliens
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Recompile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Recompile.
An open-world game that combines platforms, puzzles and a lot of action in a large city that can be freely explored and is full of characters, stories and adventures.
Liminal City: Axiom of Maria - Chapter One
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Recompile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Recompile.
Liminal City: Axiom of Maria is a 3D Metroidvania set in Seoul — a ghost city run by AI after humanity's population collapse. Explore a twisted Seoul and discover new abilities.
Fe
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Recompile.
Ranked #6 for Recompile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Recompile.
Run, climb and glide your way through a dark Nordic forest and explore its living, breathing ecosystem filled with secrets and mystical creatures. Become Fe and discover a world that you will never want to leave.
Virballs
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Recompile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Recompile.
Six outlandish planets are overrun with Virballs - viral elemental creatures that consume each other to create exotic hybrids. Clean up this ecological disaster using Virball hybrids as devastating weapons!
Zombie Shooting Star: ARCADE
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Recompile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Recompile.
You become a beautiful combatant Rudy. On the planet XX full of mutants and zombies. Defeat zombies and mutants, find and destroy Mutant Core before it regains power!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Recompile at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Recompile on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Recompile.
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 ~50% under Recompile on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Recompile.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Recompile on Steam right now. Shares Action with Recompile.
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 ~50% under Recompile on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Recompile.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Recompile on Steam right now. Shares Action with Recompile.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Recompile.
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 Recompile.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recompile.
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 Action and Indie with Recompile.
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 Recompile.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recompile.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Recompile.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recompile.
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.
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Frequently asked about Recompile
- Is Recompile verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Recompile 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 Recompile cost?
- Recompile is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Recompile?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Recompile are Maseylia : Echoes of the Past, The Solyani's Code, ReCore: Definitive Edition.
- Who developed Recompile?
- Recompile was developed by Phigames and published by Dear Villagers.
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