Games like Rain World
Looking for games like Rain World? indielist surfaces 12 similar indie games by shared genre and Steam tags, ranked by review count. Rain World is a action game from 2017; the closest matches share its tags and audience. The top match by reviews is Hollow Knight with 487,212 Steam reviews. Each game links to a white-box sales estimate you can audit. Matches are computed from tracked Steam data, not editorial opinion.
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Hollow Knight
2017 · Action
487,212 reviews · 97% positive
MetroidvaniaSouls-likePlatformer
Same: shares Metroidvania and Souls-like. Different: leans more into great soundtrack.
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Ori and the Will of the Wisps
2020 · Action
134,118 reviews · 97% positive
MetroidvaniaPlatformerSingleplayer
Same: shares Metroidvania and Platformer. Different: leans more into beautiful.
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Momodora: Moonlit Farewell
2024 · Action
3,142 reviews · 92% positive
MetroidvaniaPixel Graphics2D
Same: shares Metroidvania and Pixel Graphics. Different: leans more into anime.
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Celeste
2018 · Action
126,910 reviews · 97% positive
DifficultPixel GraphicsIndie
Same: shares Difficult and Pixel Graphics. Different: leans more into precision platformer.
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Ori and the Blind Forest
2015 · Action
50,522 reviews · 94% positive
AtmosphericPlatformerAdventure
Same: shares Atmospheric and Platformer. Different: leans more into great soundtrack.
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Hyper Light Drifter
2016 · Action
15,118 reviews · 93% positive
Pixel GraphicsAtmosphericAdventure
Same: shares Pixel Graphics and Atmospheric. Different: leans more into great soundtrack.
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ZERO Sievert
2024 · Action
14,893 reviews · 85% positive
SurvivalPost-apocalypticPixel Graphics
Same: shares Survival and Post-apocalyptic. Different: leans more into extraction shooter.
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La-Mulana 2
2018 · Action
1,056 reviews · 86% positive
MetroidvaniaSouls-likeDifficult
Same: shares Metroidvania and Souls-like. Different: leans more into action-adventure.
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Terraria
2011 · Action
1,216,936 reviews · 97% positive
Survival2DAdventure
Same: shares Survival and 2D. Different: leans more into open world survival craft.
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Dead Cells
2018 · Action
153,662 reviews · 97% positive
AdventureMetroidvaniaPixel Graphics
Same: shares Adventure and Metroidvania. Different: leans more into action roguelike.
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ANIMAL WELL
2024 · Action
22,255 reviews · 96% positive
MetroidvaniaExplorationPixel Graphics
Same: shares Metroidvania and Exploration. Different: leans more into puzzle.
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Axiom Verge
2015 · Action
6,516 reviews · 90% positive
MetroidvaniaIndiePixel Graphics
Same: shares Metroidvania and Indie. Different: leans more into great soundtrack.
Frequently asked questions
- What games are like Rain World?
- indielist matches 12 indie games to Rain World by shared genre and Steam tags, led by Hollow Knight (487,212 reviews). The list is ranked by review count.
- How are "games like Rain World" chosen?
- By overlap of Steam tags and primary genre with Rain World, weighted by review count as a popularity signal. It is computed from tracked data, not hand-picked, and updates as the catalog grows.