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Games like Owlboy
D-Pad Studio · 2016 · 83 % positive of 5,874
24 games that play like Owlboy and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Islets, Friendly Fire and Cave Story+.
Player tags
At a glance
What games like Owlboy have in common
- The tags they share most often with Owlboy: Platformer (20 of 24), Metroidvania (15) and Pixel Graphics (11).
- They came out between 2011 and 2026, 15 of them after Owlboy (2016).
- Best rated by Steam players: Islets (96 % positive of 1,674).
- Kingdom Shell both plays and looks like Owlboy.
By gameplay
Plays like Owlboy
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Islets
96 % positive of 1,674
Shared: Platformer · Metroidvania · Story Rich
Friendly Fire
94 % positive of 1,022
Shared: Pixel Graphics · Platformer · Metroidvania
Cave Story+
92 % positive of 7,644
Shared: Pixel Graphics · Platformer · Metroidvania
LostWinds
81 % positive of 708
Shared: Platformer · Metroidvania · Puzzle-Platformer
Oozi: Earth Adventure
86 % positive of 1,008
Shared: Platformer · Action-Adventure · 2D Platformer
Eagle Island Twist
79 % positive of 222
Shared: Pixel Graphics · Platformer · Story Rich
Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland
94 % positive of 131
Pankapu
65 % positive of 1,251
Shared: Platformer · Metroidvania · Story Rich
Ori and the Blind Forest
94 % positive of 57,412
Shared: Platformer · Metroidvania · Story Rich
One Dog Story
78 % positive of 514
Shared: Pixel Graphics · Platformer · Metroidvania
Toki Tori 2+
84 % positive of 1,046
Shared: Platformer · Metroidvania · Puzzle-Platformer
Kingdom Shell
88 % positive of 203
Shared: Pixel Graphics · Platformer · Metroidvania
More matches
- Wuppo: Definitive Edition94 % positive of 5,739Shared: Platformer · Metroidvania · Story Rich
- Phoenotopia: Awakening83 % positive of 2,517Shared: Pixel Graphics · Platformer · Metroidvania
- Dewdrop Dynasty78 % positive of 262
- Songbird Symphony89 % positive of 646Shared: Pixel Graphics · Platformer · Metroidvania
- Witcheye88 % positive of 194Shared: Pixel Graphics · Fantasy · Action-Adventure
- Promenade97 % positive of 611Shared: Platformer · Metroidvania · Puzzle-Platformer
- Vibrant Venture97 % positive of 652Shared: Pixel Graphics · Platformer · Fantasy
- Monsti71 % positive of 902Shared: Platformer · Puzzle-Platformer · Action-Adventure
- Isles of Sea and Sky93 % positive of 1,003Shared: Pixel Graphics · Metroidvania · Retro
- Fallen Leaf92 % positive of 224Shared: Pixel Graphics · Platformer · Fantasy
- Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition95 % positive of 66,979Shared: Platformer · Metroidvania · Story Rich
- Omno92 % positive of 2,473Shared: Platformer · Story Rich · Puzzle-Platformer
By look
Looks like Owlboy
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Smelter
71 % positive of 206
Tiny Barbarian DX
81 % positive of 247
Vernal Edge
78 % positive of 543
Tiny Thor
86 % positive of 215
La-Mulana 2
85 % positive of 986
Abathor
92 % positive of 270
Legend of Mana
78 % positive of 1,152
Camera Obscura
72 % positive of 1,531
Driven Out
83 % positive of 261
Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition
80 % positive of 1,171
Amazing Princess Sarah
67 % positive of 226
Freedom Planet 2
96 % positive of 1,572
More matches
- Timespinner85 % positive of 2,906
- Rise of the Third Power88 % positive of 528
- Ara Fell: Enhanced Edition94 % positive of 2,147
- Flynn: Son of Crimson85 % positive of 676
- Romancing SaGa 3™78 % positive of 483
- Aborigenus79 % positive of 159
- Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition89 % positive of 12,698
- Faeland93 % positive of 217
- FOX n FORESTS75 % positive of 181
- Elements: Soul of Fire47 % positive of 201
- Aegis Defenders78 % positive of 1,752
- Kingdom Shell88 % positive of 203
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.