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Games like Borealis
Conrad Nelson · 2014 · 58 % positive of 503
24 games that play like Borealis and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Soundodger+, Beat Hazard 2 and Symphony.
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At a glance
What games like Borealis have in common
- The tags they share most often with Borealis: Music (14 of 24), Music-Based Procedural Generation (13) and Bullet Hell (13).
- They came out between 2009 and 2024, 19 of them after Borealis (2014).
- Best rated by Steam players: Beat Hazard (94 % positive of 7,379).
- Will Glow the Wisp both plays and looks like Borealis.
By gameplay
Plays like Borealis
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Soundodger+
89 % positive of 810
Shared: Music-Based Procedural Generation · Bullet Hell · Psychedelic
Beat Hazard 2
86 % positive of 2,231
Shared: Music-Based Procedural Generation · Procedural Generation · Bullet Hell
Symphony
83 % positive of 1,492
Shared: Music-Based Procedural Generation · Procedural Generation · Bullet Hell
Beat Hazard 3
84 % positive of 607
Shared: Music-Based Procedural Generation · Bullet Hell · Music
Sound Shift
85 % positive of 171
Shared: Music-Based Procedural Generation · Music · Casual
Will Glow the Wisp
84 % positive of 1,107
Shared: Score Attack · Bullet Hell · Relaxing
Aaero
83 % positive of 915
Shared: Music · Indie · Action
Melody's Escape
92 % positive of 4,820
Shared: Music-Based Procedural Generation · Procedural Generation · Music
Linea, the Game
85 % positive of 989
Shared: Music-Based Procedural Generation · Psychedelic · Music
Soundodger 2
95 % positive of 190
Shared: Bullet Hell · Relaxing · Casual
Temp Zero
94 % positive of 163
Shared: Music-Based Procedural Generation · Bullet Hell · Music
Music Killer
69 % positive of 299
Shared: Music-Based Procedural Generation · Procedural Generation · Music
More matches
- Osmos85 % positive of 1,376Shared: Procedural Generation · Relaxing · Casual
- Beat Blast89 % positive of 412Shared: Procedural Generation · Bullet Hell · Music
- The Polynomial - Space of the music72 % positive of 494Shared: Score Attack · Music-Based Procedural Generation · Bullet Hell
- Onde92 % positive of 252Shared: Relaxing · Psychedelic · Music
- Rhythm Rush!69 % positive of 173Shared: Music-Based Procedural Generation · Music · Indie
- Vinyl59 % positive of 317Shared: Music · Casual · Indie
- Flow:The Sliding76 % positive of 303Shared: Music-Based Procedural Generation · Relaxing · Casual
- BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE90 % positive of 11,114Shared: Procedural Generation · Bullet Hell · Music
- Beat Hazard94 % positive of 7,379Shared: Music-Based Procedural Generation · Bullet Hell · Music
- Duet94 % positive of 814Shared: Casual · Indie · Action
- Himno91 % positive of 5,775Shared: Procedural Generation · Bullet Hell · Casual
- DubWars77 % positive of 294Shared: Bullet Hell · Music · Casual
By look
Looks like Borealis
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
The Vale: Shadow of the Crown
97 % positive of 333
projectM Music Visualizer
95 % positive of 403
gravilon
59 % positive of 1,248
Dark Echo
92 % positive of 893
Cosmic Sugar VR
93 % positive of 412
DMT: Dynamic Music Tesseract
91 % positive of 196
0°N 0°W
86 % positive of 355
Will Glow the Wisp
84 % positive of 1,107
Open Hexagon
96 % positive of 444
Sparkle ZERO
60 % positive of 434
The Catacombs of Solaris Revisited
93 % positive of 202
140
92 % positive of 4,604
More matches
- Energy Cycle68 % positive of 292
- Pixel Galaxy86 % positive of 184
- CALENDULA76 % positive of 359
- Gravity Wars56 % positive of 292
- DMT: Dream Dealer Trip54 % positive of 231
- Away62 % positive of 243
- Cyrano Story67 % positive of 1,065
- RFLEX91 % positive of 218
- TOMORROW DON'T COME - Puzzling Depression81 % positive of 194
- WAVESHAPER89 % positive of 1,716
- INK81 % positive of 1,576
- Ynglet97 % positive of 341
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.