Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Aseprite (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Aseprite on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Blender, which both survival and horror.
- Aseprite is tagged Pixel Graphics, Design & Illustration, Animation & Modeling, Software, Game Development, 2D, Utilities, Indie by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 6 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Blender
Why it matched: both survival and horror; shares 7 player tags including Animation & Modeling, Software and Design & Illustration; released around the same time (2015).
Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. Free to use for everyone, for any purpose.
Blender at a glance Released 2015 Studio Blender Foundation Player sentiment 96% positive of 90,936 Price Free Animation & ModelingSoftwareDesign & IllustrationGame DevelopmentUtilities2DSurvival Horror
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VTube Studio
Why it matched: both survival and horror; shares 7 player tags including Indie, Animation & Modeling and Software.
VTube Studio is all you'll ever need to become a Live2D VTuber, with innovative features such as pinning props to your model and many more still to come.
VTube Studio at a glance Released 2021 Studio DenchiSoft Player sentiment 93% positive of 7,285 Price Free IndieAnimation & ModelingSoftwareCute2DUtilitiesSurvival Horror
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Changed
Why it matched: both survival and horror; shares 5 player tags including Cute, Pixel Graphics and Indie; released around the same time (2018).
You are trapped in an experiment, trying to find ways to make you still "yourself" , persevere, and survive.
Changed at a glance Released 2018 Studio DragonSnow Player sentiment 86% positive of 18,545 Price $4.99 CutePixel GraphicsIndie2DSurvival Horror
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Crosshair X
Why it matched: both survival; shares 6 player tags including Indie, Utilities and Software; released around the same time (2020).
Improve your aim and accuracy in every shooter you play. Crosshair X overlays a custom crosshair on top of any game, even games that do not include one. Choose from thousands of community designs or build your own with the designer.
Crosshair X at a glance Released 2020 Studio CenterPoint Gaming Player sentiment 93% positive of 45,253 Price $9.99 IndieUtilitiesSoftwareGame DevelopmentDesign & IllustrationAnimation & Modeling
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YoloMouse - Cursor Changer
Why it matched: both horror; shares 6 player tags including Utilities, Design & Illustration and Animation & Modeling; released around the same time (2020).
Use YoloMouse to change those obscure game or app cursors. Replace, resize, add effects and style. Never lose your cursor in a heated battle again!
YoloMouse - Cursor Changer at a glance Released 2020 Studio Dragonrise Games Player sentiment 92% positive of 3,002 Price $4.99 UtilitiesDesign & IllustrationAnimation & ModelingSoftwareIndieGame Development
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Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator
Why it matched: both survival and horror; shares 4 player tags including Survival Horror, Indie and Pixel Graphics; released around the same time (2017).
Start your own Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria with Freddy Fazbear Pizzeria Simulator!
Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator at a glance Released 2017 Studio Scott Cawthon Player sentiment 94% positive of 33,261 Price Free Survival HorrorIndiePixel GraphicsRetro
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100% Orange Juice
Why it matched: both survival and horror; shares 4 player tags including Cute, Indie and 2D; released around the same time (2014).
100% Orange Juice is a digital multiplayer board game populated by developer Orange Juice's all-star cast. Characters from Flying Red Barrel, QP Shooting, Suguri and Sora come together with all-new characters to duke it out... with dice.
100% Orange Juice at a glance Released 2014 Studio Orange_Juice Player sentiment 91% positive of 30,159 Price $6.99 CuteIndie2DSurvival Horror
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Undertale
Why it matched: both horror; shares 5 player tags including Pixel Graphics, Indie and 2D; released around the same time (2015).
UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.
Undertale at a glance Released 2015 Studio 8-4 Player sentiment 96% positive of 338,731 Price $9.99 Pixel GraphicsIndie2DCuteRetro
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Don't Starve
Why it matched: both survival and horror; shares 3 player tags including Indie, 2D and Survival Horror; released around the same time (2013).
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Don't Starve at a glance Released 2013 Studio Klei Entertainment Player sentiment 97% positive of 113,392 Price $9.99 Indie2DSurvival Horror
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Project Zomboid
Why it matched: both survival and horror; shares 3 player tags including Indie, Survival Horror and 2D; released around the same time (2013).
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Project Zomboid at a glance Released 2013 Studio The Indie Stone Player sentiment 94% positive of 476,732 Price $24.99 IndieSurvival Horror2D
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Five Nights at Freddy's 4
Why it matched: both survival and horror; shares 3 player tags including Survival Horror, Indie and Animation & Modeling; released around the same time (2015).
In this last chapter of the Five Nights at Freddy's original story, you must once again defend yourself against Freddy Fazbear, Chica, Bonnie, Foxy, and even worse things that lurk in the shadows.
Five Nights at Freddy's 4 at a glance Released 2015 Studio Scott Cawthon Player sentiment 93% positive of 16,924 Price $7.99 Survival HorrorIndieAnimation & Modeling
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Source Filmmaker
Why it matched: both survival and horror; shares 3 player tags including Animation & Modeling, Software and Survival Horror; released around the same time (2012).
The Source Filmmaker (SFM) is the movie-making tool built and used by us here at Valve to make movies inside the Source game engine. Because the SFM uses the same assets as the game, anything that exists in the game can be used in the movie, and vice versa.
Source Filmmaker at a glance Released 2012 Studio Valve Player sentiment 93% positive of 43,896 Price Free Animation & ModelingSoftwareSurvival Horror
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Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion
Why it matched: both survival and horror; shares 3 player tags including Cute, Indie and Survival Horror; released around the same time (2015).
Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.
Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion at a glance Released 2015 Studio Lag Studios Player sentiment 93% positive of 15,535 Price Free CuteIndieSurvival Horror
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Chinese Parents
Why it matched: both survival and horror; shares 3 player tags including Indie, Cute and Survival Horror; released around the same time (2018).
In this casual sim set in China, you step into the shoes of an average kid from birth towards the end of your high school. Study hard, have fun, make friends and face your ultimate challenge, the “Gaokao”. What will your life be after that? And when you have a child, will you be a Tiger Parent?
Chinese Parents at a glance Released 2018 Studio 墨鱼玩游戏 Player sentiment 91% positive of 27,000 Price $9.99 IndieCuteSurvival Horror
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Five Nights at Freddy's 3
Why it matched: both survival and horror; shares 3 player tags including Survival Horror, Indie and 2D; released around the same time (2015).
Thirty years after Freddy Fazbear's Pizza closed it's doors, the events that took place there have become nothing more than a rumor and a childhood memory, but the owners of "Fazbear's Fright: The Horror Attraction" are determined to revive the legend and make the experience as authentic as possible for patrons, going to great l
Five Nights at Freddy's 3 at a glance Released 2015 Studio Scott Cawthon Player sentiment 90% positive of 11,334 Price $7.99 Survival HorrorIndie2D
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Bendy and the Ink Machine
Why it matched: both survival and horror; shares 3 player tags including Survival Horror, Indie and Cute; released around the same time (2017).
Bendy and the Ink Machine® is the first person puzzle action horror game that will forever ruin your childhood love of cartoons.
Bendy and the Ink Machine at a glance Released 2017 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 89% positive of 36,934 Price $5.99 Survival HorrorIndieCute
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PICO PARK
Why it matched: both horror; shares 5 player tags including Cute, 2D and Pixel Graphics.
PICO PARK is a cooperative local/online multiplay action puzzle game for 2-8 players.
PICO PARK at a glance Released 2021 Studio TECOPARK Player sentiment 91% positive of 29,932 Price $4.99 Cute2DPixel GraphicsIndieRetro
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OneShot
Why it matched: both horror; shares 4 player tags including Pixel Graphics, Indie and Cute; released around the same time (2016).
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
OneShot at a glance Released 2016 Studio Future Cat LLC Player sentiment 98% positive of 64,849 Price $9.99 Pixel GraphicsIndieCute2D
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Pony Island
Why it matched: both horror; shares 4 player tags including Indie, Pixel Graphics and 2D; released around the same time (2016).
Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.
Pony Island at a glance Released 2016 Studio Daniel Mullins Games Player sentiment 95% positive of 18,104 Price $4.99 IndiePixel Graphics2DCute
- 20
Yume Nikki
Why it matched: both horror; shares 4 player tags including Indie, Pixel Graphics and 2D; released around the same time (2018).
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
Yume Nikki at a glance Released 2018 Studio kikiyama Player sentiment 94% positive of 10,566 Price Free IndiePixel Graphics2DCute
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Jump King
Why it matched: both horror; shares 4 player tags including Indie, Pixel Graphics and 2D; released around the same time (2019).
Take up the challenge and face true high-stakes platforming in Jump King! Struggle upwards in search of the Smoking Hot Babe of legend, but explore with care; a single missed jump could lead to a long fall back down...
Jump King at a glance Released 2019 Studio Nexile Player sentiment 90% positive of 13,391 Price $12.99 IndiePixel Graphics2DRetro
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ZERO Sievert
Why it matched: both survival and horror; shares 3 player tags including Pixel Graphics, Indie and Survival Horror.
Now with over 600,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...
ZERO Sievert at a glance Released 2024 Studio CABO Studio Player sentiment 85% positive of 15,428 Price $19.99 Pixel GraphicsIndieSurvival Horror
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Baba Is You
Why it matched: shares 5 player tags including Indie, Pixel Graphics and Cute; released around the same time (2019).
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!
Baba Is You at a glance Released 2019 Studio Hempuli Oy Player sentiment 98% positive of 24,536 Price $14.99 IndiePixel GraphicsCute2DRetro
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Celeste
Why it matched: shares 5 player tags including Pixel Graphics, Indie and 2D; released around the same time (2018).
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.
Celeste at a glance Released 2018 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 97% positive of 146,352 Price $4.99 Pixel GraphicsIndie2DCuteRetro
Common questions
What game is most like Aseprite?
Blender, on the evidence we have. It both survival and horror. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Aseprite" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Aseprite. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.