Games like Olija

If the colorful and emotional rhythm of Olija stuck with you, this helps. These games could fill that gap nicely.

OLI
OLI is a short 2D puzzle-platformer game, with a thriller atmosphere. In this game you play as a child who needs to escape from scary monsters while passing through different locations in an inhospitable city. This project is inspired by others games like Limbo and Little Nightmares.
Atmospheric
84% of 70 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
Ocean's Heart
A top-down action RPG about Tilia, a young woman searching the archipelago for her missing father. Explore a bright, detailed pixel world full of secrets, take on monster contracts, delve into ancient dungeons and unravel the mystery of Ocean's Heart. A loving nod to the classics, easy to pick up and hard to put down.
Colorful, Retro, Atmospheric
81% of 1,418 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$2.99
Phoenotopia: Awakening
A star ship abducts every adult in the village, and Gail, its oldest kid, sets out to get everyone back. A retro action-adventure with a warm, colorful world, over 50 enemies, 12 bosses, a flute that opens doors, fishing, cooking and secrets by the hundred. Big, heartfelt and slow to warm up, in the best way.
Colorful, Emotional, Retro
82% of 2,780 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$19.99
Wavetale
Wavetale is a story-driven adventure about Sigrid, a girl who can run across the sea thanks to a mysterious shadow beneath the waves. Surf a flooded archipelago, swing between rooftops with your net, meet its stubborn islanders and uncover what lies under the surface. Short, warm and easygoing, with a story about loss that lands.
Colorful, Emotional, Atmospheric
88% of 2,654 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$29.99
Arietta of Spirits
Arietta of Spirits is a story-driven action-adventure game, with easy to approach game mechanics. Follow Arietta on her journey to unveil the mysteries of the Spirit Realm and immerse yourself in a story filled with emotion and surprising turns.
Colorful, Emotional, Retro
86% of 529 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Hyper Light Drifter
A silent drifter with a deadly illness walks a ruined, vividly beautiful world. Hyper Light Drifter is a tough top-down action RPG where the story is told in images, not words, and every fight asks you to learn its rhythm. Explore, find secrets, upgrade, and piece together what happened here.
Colorful, Emotional, Retro
93% of 15,672 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 37$19.99
Under The Island
Embark on an epic adventure in Under the Island! A 2D action-adventure steeped in ‘90s charm, step into the shoes of Nia, and battle fierce monsters, solve clever puzzles, and explore a world alive with mystery as you race to save your new home before it’s too late.
Colorful, Emotional, Retro
92% of 470 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.99
Zefyr: A Thief's Melody
In a colorful archipelago, play as a young thief studying at the Guild. Investigate kidnappings, steer clear of roaming pirates or fight them. Sail the ocean on a cute turtle and climb every island. Cure sick animals, and find the truth during this feel-good journey. Made by a dreamer solo dev.
Colorful, Emotional, Retro
95% of 417 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$19.99
Eastward
Eastward is a pixel-art adventure about a quiet miner and a mysterious girl who escape their underground town and travel a collapsing world by rail. Fight with a frying pan, cook strange meals, meet odd people, and let a warm, funny, surprisingly touching story carry you across the continent.
Colorful, Emotional, Retro
83% of 14,464 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 38$12.49
Mina the Hollower
Mina the Hollower sends a mouse Hollower to a cursed island, whip in paw. Burrow under monsters, lash at them with an arsenal of strange weapons, and pick apart a vast dark world full of secrets, beastly bosses and a Victorian Gothic tale. Retro 8-bit looks, a cracking chiptune score, and combat that makes you earn it.
Colorful, Retro, Atmospheric
87% of 7,972 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 401$19.99
FAR: Changing Tides
A quiet, atmospheric voyage across a flooded world. You play Toe, a boy stranded after the waters rose, who finds a strange sailing ship and learns to captain it: raising the mast, catching the wind, stoking the furnace, diving to sunken ruins in search of a new home. No words, no rush, just you, the sea and a soundtrack that answers everything you do.
Emotional, Atmospheric, Hand-drawn
93% of 5,143 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$19.99
Nocturnal
Nocturnal is a short, sharp 2D action-platformer about keeping a flame alive. Ardeshir returns to his island home of Nahran, now swallowed by a lethal Mist, and carves through it with a flaming sword. Fire lights your way, powers mechanisms, burns enemies and heals you, if you dare spend it. Two to three hours, tightly built.
Retro, Atmospheric, Hand-drawn
90% of 542 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 31$16.99

Cheaper than Olija

Ocean's Heart

Chase a missing father across an island archipelago, sword in hand, secrets everywhere.

$2.99

Eastward

Travel the rails with an unlikely pair, brawl with a frying pan, cook odd meals and meet the strange souls left behind.

$12.49

Treasure Adventure World

Set sail for adventure with a paper hat on your head and a magical shrinking boat in your pocket, in search of legendary treasures!

$9.99

Qora

A mysterious trip to gorgeous and surreal lands, players explore the unknown and harness mystical powers which have been hidden in the valley for…

$0.99

Saviorless

Embark on a journey to The Smiling Islands, the realm of the Saviors, where an enigmatic guide beckons.

$12.99

Oliver's Adventures in the Fairyland

A small adventure metroidvania game, where you playing as our-time teenager, who was summoned by wizard in fantasy world!

$4.99

Forward to the Sky

A small princess, a sky tower full of traps and puzzles, and a story told in crystal pieces.

$7.99

Northern Journey

Wander a strange Norwegian wilderness, shoot bugs and dragons, and let the mood swing from dread to dark humor on the way to the cold mountains.

$11.99

Tchia

A tropical open-world adventure with a trick up its sleeve: Tchia can throw her soul into any animal or object she finds.

$3.49

Little Orpheus

A technicolor side-scrolling narrative adventure game inspired by classic movies including Flash Gordon, Sinbad, and The Land that Time Forgot.

$4.99

Owlboy

A pixel art adventure about a mute owl who flies through open skies, carrying his friends into battle against sky pirates.

$1.99

Aquaria

Aquaria is an award-winning action-adventure game set in a massive underwater world teeming with life and filled with ancient secrets.

$9.99

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Angeline Era

Explore a secret-filled land in this 3D Action-Adventure, where every level is hidden in plain sight!

$24.99

Under The Island

Embark on an epic adventure in Under the Island! A 2D action-adventure steeped in ‘90s charm, step into the shoes of Nia, and battle fierce…

$14.99

Zefyr: A Thief's Melody

In a colorful archipelago, play as a young thief studying at the Guild. Investigate kidnappings, steer clear of roaming pirates or fight them.

$19.99

Mina the Hollower

Mina the Hollower sends a mouse Hollower to a cursed island, whip in paw.

$19.99

Tchia

A tropical open-world adventure with a trick up its sleeve: Tchia can throw her soul into any animal or object she finds.

$3.49

Nocturnal

Fight through a fog-choked island, spending your flame on every swing, light and healing before it runs dry.

$16.99

Saviorless

Embark on a journey to The Smiling Islands, the realm of the Saviors, where an enigmatic guide beckons.

$12.99

Possessor(s)

Luca and a demon named Rhem share one body and one goal: survive a flooded, quarantined city torn apart by an interdimensional disaster.

$1.49

Solar Ash

You play Rei, a Voidrunner racing through a dreamlike void to save her home planet, one giant beast at a time.

$39.99

Return

Return to your home planet after 200 years of space travel in this atmospheric, art-driven adventure.

$15.99

Wavetale

Glide across the waves of a drowned archipelago, swing from rooftops and help Sigrid save the islanders from the darkness below.

$29.99

After Us

Explore the corners of a surrealistic post-human world to give life on Earth a second chance in this touching story about sacrifice and hope.

$29.99

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