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Cacareco Games · 2026 · Windows, macOS, Linux

Steam: 97 % positive of 248 reviews, as of Oct 28

Sneak away from your boring family vacation and delve into ANCIENT RUINS! Borrow equipment from dead explorers and uncover the secrets of a lost civilization as you leave your parents worried sick. WARNING: The Ruby Chest may contain traces of an ancient curse (and gluten).

24 games that play like Raider Kid and the Ruby Chest and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Cave Story+, Quarion and You Have to Win the Game.

Player tags

  • Indie
  • Metroidvania
  • Action
  • Pixel Graphics
  • Exploration
  • 2D Platformer
  • Platformer
  • Controller
Map region: Metroidvania Caves
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Plays and looks like Raider Kid and the Ruby Chest

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By gameplay

Plays like Raider Kid and the Ruby Chest

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

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  1. Öoo98 % positive of 6,776Shared: Metroidvania · Pixel Graphics · Exploration
  2. Alwa's Legacy87 % positive of 494Shared: Metroidvania · Pixel Graphics · Exploration
  3. Chasm75 % positive of 1,448Shared: Metroidvania · Pixel Graphics · Platformer
  4. Castaway73 % positive of 275Shared: Metroidvania · Pixel Graphics · Controller
  5. Curse Crackers: For Whom the Belle Toils95 % positive of 389Shared: Pixel Graphics · Exploration · 2D Platformer
  6. EMUUROM88 % positive of 323Shared: Metroidvania · Pixel Graphics · Exploration
  7. Super Blue Boy Planet91 % positive of 2,714Shared: Pixel Graphics · Platformer · Controller
  8. Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap86 % positive of 1,989Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Platformer
  9. Narita Boy78 % positive of 1,170Shared: Pixel Graphics · Exploration · 2D Platformer
  10. Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores93 % positive of 203Shared: Metroidvania · Pixel Graphics · Exploration
  11. Mago92 % positive of 942Shared: Pixel Graphics · Platformer · Retro
  12. Tinykin96 % positive of 2,920Shared: Exploration · Platformer · Retro

By look

Looks like Raider Kid and the Ruby Chest

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Coromon84 % positive of 6,378
  2. Quest Master98 % positive of 359
  3. Cave Story+92 % positive of 5,268
  4. Fretless - The Wrath of Riffson98 % positive of 1,424
  5. Super Raft Boat Classic92 % positive of 937
  6. Under The Island92 % positive of 465
  7. MotionRec99 % positive of 442
  8. Instant Dungeon!87 % positive of 178
  9. Paquerette Down the Bunburrows96 % positive of 1,126
  10. Kingdoms of the Dump93 % positive of 1,035
  11. Toodee and Topdee93 % positive of 672
  12. Old School Musical92 % positive of 725

At a glance

What games like Raider Kid and the Ruby Chest have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Raider Kid and the Ruby Chest: Pixel Graphics (20 of 24), Metroidvania (16) and Exploration (16).
  • They came out between 2011 and 2026, none of them after Raider Kid and the Ruby Chest (2026).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Öoo (98 % positive of 6,776).

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.

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