Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Deepest Sword (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Deepest Sword 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: Webbed, which both fantasy and puzzle.
- Deepest Sword is tagged Pixel Graphics, 2D Platformer, Side Scroller, Puzzle-Platformer, Platformer, 2D, Free to Play, Precision Platformer 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.
- 4 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
- 1
Webbed
Why it matched: both fantasy and puzzle; shares 9 player tags including 2D Platformer, Pixel Graphics and Physics; released around the same time (2021).
Swing through the trees, spin sticky webs, and make friends with bugs! Be the adorable spider you've always wanted to be.
Webbed at a glance Released 2021 Studio Sbug Games Player sentiment 98% positive of 15,267 Price $9.99 2D PlatformerPixel GraphicsPhysicsPuzzle-Platformer2DPlatformerIndiePuzzle
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Jump King
Why it matched: both fantasy; shares 9 player tags including Precision Platformer, Indie and Pixel Graphics; 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 Precision PlatformerIndiePixel GraphicsPlatformer2DMedievalFunnyFantasy
- 3
Trine 2: Complete Story
Why it matched: both fantasy and puzzle; shares 8 player tags including Puzzle-Platformer, Platformer and 2D Platformer.
Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.
Trine 2: Complete Story at a glance Released 2013 Studio Frozenbyte Player sentiment 95% positive of 22,041 Price $19.99 Puzzle-PlatformerPlatformer2D PlatformerPuzzleFantasyIndiePhysics2D
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DDraceNetwork
Why it matched: both puzzle; shares 8 player tags including Free to Play, 2D Platformer and Precision Platformer; released around the same time (2020).
Want to play the hardest cooperative 2D platformer ever? Want to finish no map ever? Want to be in pain for hours and cry, getting nothing in return? Come play DDNet with a large community of other sufferers!
DDraceNetwork at a glance Released 2020 Studio DDNet Team Player sentiment 88% positive of 46,424 Price Free Free to Play2D PlatformerPrecision Platformer2DPuzzle-PlatformerPlatformerPuzzleIndie
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Trine Enchanted Edition
Why it matched: both fantasy and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Puzzle-Platformer, Fantasy and Platformer.
Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world of great castles and strange machinery, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.
Trine Enchanted Edition at a glance Released 2009 Studio Frozenbyte Player sentiment 96% positive of 15,942 Price $14.99 Puzzle-PlatformerFantasyPlatformerPhysicsPuzzleIndie2D
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Shift Happens
Why it matched: both puzzle; shares 8 player tags including Puzzle-Platformer, Puzzle and Indie; released around the same time (2017).
Shift Happens is a cooperative platformer for two. You and a friend shift your mass, throw each other and puzzle your way through four stages of stylized imaginary worlds. Including the occasional backstabbing and taunting. Play with a friend on a couch, online or even special singleplayer levels.
Shift Happens at a glance Released 2017 Studio Klonk Games Player sentiment 77% positive of 4,383 Price $1.59 Puzzle-PlatformerPuzzleIndie2D PlatformerPlatformerFunnySide Scroller2D
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Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Why it matched: both fantasy and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Platformer, Puzzle and 2D.
Selected by the fickle finger of fate, Abe™, floor-waxer first class for RuptureFarms, was catapulted into a life of adventure when he overheard plans by his boss, Molluck the Glukkon™, to turn Abe and his fellow Mudokons into Tasty Treats as part of a last-ditch effort to rescue Molluck's failing meat-packing empire.
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee at a glance Released 1997 Studio Oddworld Inhabitants Player sentiment 85% positive of 4,534 Price $2.99 PlatformerPuzzle2DFunnyPuzzle-PlatformerFantasyIndie
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Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Why it matched: both fantasy; shares 8 player tags including Platformer, Pixel Graphics and Indie.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove at a glance Released 2014 Studio Yacht Club Games Player sentiment 96% positive of 16,898 Price $39.99 PlatformerPixel GraphicsIndie2DSide ScrollerFantasyMedievalFunny
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Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms
Why it matched: both fantasy and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Free to Play, Fantasy and Indie; released around the same time (2020).
Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms is a Dungeons & Dragons strategy management game uniting Champions from throughout the D&D multiverse into a grand adventure.
Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms at a glance Released 2020 Studio Codename Entertainment Inc. Player sentiment 77% positive of 15,028 Price Free Free to PlayFantasyIndie2DPuzzleFunny
- 10
Owlboy
Why it matched: both fantasy; shares 8 player tags including Pixel Graphics, Indie and Platformer.
Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.
Owlboy at a glance Released 2016 Studio D-Pad Studio Player sentiment 84% positive of 6,122 Price $4.99 Pixel GraphicsIndiePlatformer2DFantasyPuzzle-PlatformerFunny2D Platformer
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PICO PARK
Why it matched: both puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Puzzle-Platformer, Platformer and 2D; released around the same time (2021).
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 Puzzle-PlatformerPlatformer2DFunnyPixel GraphicsPuzzleIndie
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Eternal Senia
Why it matched: both fantasy and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Free to Play, Indie and 2D.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Eternal Senia at a glance Released 2015 Studio Sanctum Games Player sentiment 97% positive of 12,057 Price Free Free to PlayIndie2DPixel GraphicsFantasyPuzzle
- 13
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both fantasy and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Platformer, Fantasy and 2D.
“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition at a glance Released 2016 Studio Moon Studios GmbH Player sentiment 95% positive of 71,430 Price $19.99 PlatformerFantasy2DIndiePuzzleSide Scroller
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Scribblenauts Unlimited
Why it matched: both fantasy and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Puzzle, 2D and Funny.
The best-selling, award-winning franchise is back – on your home PC in gorgeous HD for the first time.
Scribblenauts Unlimited at a glance Released 2012 Studio 5th Cell Media Player sentiment 94% positive of 12,381 Price $19.99 Puzzle2DFunnyFantasyPlatformerIndie
- 15
Grimm
Why it matched: both fantasy and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Indie, Free to Play and Funny.
The true meaning of the word fear... Once upon a time, fairy tales were valuable cautionary yarns filled with dire warnings and sage advice. However, over time, the stories have become so watered down with cute woodland creatures and happy endings that they have lost their true meaning and purpose. No more!
Grimm at a glance Released 2014 Studio Spicyhorse Games Player sentiment 92% positive of 11,292 Price Not listed IndieFree to PlayFunnyFantasyPuzzlePlatformer
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King Arthur's Gold
Why it matched: shares 9 player tags including 2D, Pixel Graphics and Indie.
Would you enjoy building CASTLES, traps and siege machines in MULTIPLAYER? And then undermine your opponents castle and collapse it with 2D PHYSICS & DESTRUCTION?
King Arthur's Gold at a glance Released 2013 Studio Transhuman Design Player sentiment 84% positive of 5,228 Price Free 2DPixel GraphicsIndieMedievalPlatformerFree to PlaySide ScrollerFunny
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Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power
Why it matched: both fantasy and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Puzzle-Platformer, Fantasy and Puzzle.
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power is a platforming game of action, puzzles and adventure, and the sequel to the award winning Trine and Trine 2. Reunite with the three heroes in an all-new adventure, now for the first time in full 3D!
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power at a glance Released 2015 Studio Frozenbyte Player sentiment 63% positive of 9,197 Price $21.99 Puzzle-PlatformerFantasyPuzzlePlatformerIndiePhysics
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Celeste
Why it matched: shares 8 player tags including Precision Platformer, Pixel Graphics and Indie; 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 Precision PlatformerPixel GraphicsIndiePlatformer2D Platformer2DPuzzle-PlatformerSide Scroller
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Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Why it matched: both fantasy and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Platformer, Puzzle and 2D; released around the same time (2020).
Play the critically acclaimed masterpiece. Embark on a new journey in a vast, exotic world where you’ll encounter towering enemies and challenging puzzles on your quest to unravel Ori’s destiny.
Ori and the Will of the Wisps at a glance Released 2020 Studio Moon Studios Player sentiment 97% positive of 146,084 Price $29.99 PlatformerPuzzle2DIndieFantasy
- 20
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
Why it matched: both fantasy and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Puzzle-Platformer, Fantasy and Puzzle; released around the same time (2019).
The best-selling Trine series returns to the magic of 2.5D! Join three iconic heroes as they set off on a quest through fantastical fairytale landscapes to save the world from the Nightmare Prince’s shadows.
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince at a glance Released 2019 Studio Frozenbyte Player sentiment 89% positive of 14,312 Price $29.99 Puzzle-PlatformerFantasyPuzzlePlatformerIndie
- 21
VVVVVV
Why it matched: both puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Pixel Graphics, Precision Platformer and Platformer.
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
VVVVVV at a glance Released 2010 Studio Terry Cavanagh Player sentiment 96% positive of 10,540 Price $4.99 Pixel GraphicsPrecision PlatformerPlatformerIndie2D Platformer2DPuzzle
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Braid
Why it matched: both puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Puzzle-Platformer, Puzzle and 2D Platformer.
This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.
Braid at a glance Released 2008 Studio Jonathan Blow Player sentiment 93% positive of 9,957 Price $14.99 Puzzle-PlatformerPuzzle2D PlatformerPlatformerIndie2DSide Scroller
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Limbo
Why it matched: both puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Puzzle-Platformer, Indie and Puzzle.
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
Limbo at a glance Released 2010 Studio Playdead Player sentiment 92% positive of 62,016 Price $12.49 Puzzle-PlatformerIndiePuzzlePlatformer2DSide ScrollerPhysics
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Defy Gravity Extended
Why it matched: both puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Puzzle-Platformer, Platformer and Indie.
Defy Gravity is an action platformer that is a mix between classic platforming and gravity based puzzle solving.
Defy Gravity Extended at a glance Released 2016 Studio Paul Fisch Player sentiment 86% positive of 8,531 Price $0.55 Puzzle-PlatformerPlatformerIndiePuzzle2DPhysicsFunny
Common questions
What game is most like Deepest Sword?
Webbed, on the evidence we have. It both fantasy and puzzle. 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 Deepest Sword" 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 Deepest Sword. 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.