Bastion
Fight through hand-painted floating ruins, rebuild what the Calamity destroyed and let the story carry you.
95% of 28,260 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$14.99
Games like Transistor
Still thinking about Transistor and its atmospheric and emotional tone? These games are a good place to start.
Bastion
The world has shattered into floating pieces, and a narrator comments on everything you do about it. Bastion is an action RPG where you fight through lush hand-painted lands, rebuild a refuge and uncover what caused the Calamity, all set to a soundtrack people still put on their playlists. Short, beautiful and surprisingly moving.
Atmospheric, Emotional, Hand-drawn
95% of 28,260 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$14.99CrossCode
A 2D action RPG with 16-bit pixel art, fast combat and clever puzzles, set inside a fictional MMO. A gripping sci-fi story, a charming cast and 30 to 80 hours of secrets, bosses and treasure hunting. Bring patience: the dungeons are long, and the puzzles mean it.
Atmospheric, Emotional, Story-driven
91% of 16,505 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 133$19.99Hyper 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.
Atmospheric, Emotional, Hand-drawn
93% of 15,669 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 37$19.99RESONANCE OF FATE™/END OF ETERNITY™ 4K/HD EDITION
A turn-based RPG where the guns do the talking. Three mercenaries leap through the air in slow motion, trading fire in battles that play out like an action film you direct. Set in Basel, a machine-world where every life is tied to a quartz crystal, it pairs a strange, fateful story with a combat system unlike anything else, and a soundtrack worth sitting still for.
Atmospheric, Emotional, Hand-drawn
79% of 1,017 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 38$34.99Lithium City
Lithium City is a stylized isometric action game set in a neon-drenched world of electricity and violence.
Atmospheric
92% of 286 Steam reviews are positive$7.99NieR:Automata™
Androids 2B, 9S and A2 fight to take back a ruined Earth from machine lifeforms. Expect fast melee and shooting, a quiet broken open world, and a story about memory and purpose that keeps unfolding. The music carries a lot of it.
Atmospheric, Emotional, Cinematic
88% of 116,191 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 630$39.99Resolutiion
Resolutiion is a zelda-like action-adventure, where an old killer and his AI explore a vast, mysterious world, full of mighty weapons, surreal abilities and gruesome bossfights.
Atmospheric, Emotional, Cinematic
66% of 113 Steam reviews are positive$19.99RUINER
A brutal top-down action shooter set in 2091, in the cyber metropolis Rengkok. Tear through crowds with stolen weapons, slow time to pick your targets, and hack enemies onto your side while a secretive hacker friend guides you through a corrupt system to find your kidnapped brother. Fast, violent and dripping with neon.
Atmospheric, Cinematic, Story-driven
88% of 10,415 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$19.99Gestalt: Steam & Cinder
A handcrafted steampunk metroidvania: play Aletheia, a mercenary with a sword and pistol, as she uncovers the buried secrets of the Steam City of Canaan. Gorgeous pixel art, a twist-laden story and fast platforming through furnaces, black markets and the depths of the Scrap Sea.
Atmospheric, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
79% of 1,928 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$19.99Katana ZERO
A neo-noir action platformer where one hit kills, and that is fine, because you can rewind time and try again. Slash through guards, deflect bullets back, and unravel a story that twists harder than the combat. Short, sharp and unforgettable.
Atmospheric, Emotional, Cinematic
97% of 66,672 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 88$14.99SteamWorld Heist
A turn-based tactics game with a twist: you aim every shot yourself. Board enemy spaceships with a crew of steam-powered robot pirates, bounce bullets around corners, upgrade your recruits with weapons, abilities and stylish hats, and hunt for water across a hand-drawn frontier. Funny, colorful and kind to newcomers.
Hand-drawn
93% of 4,382 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$14.99SANABI
A retired veteran with a chain-hook arm climbs a mega-city gone dark. Swing over skyscrapers, dash through bullets, and chase a mystery called SANABI through a story that hits harder than the platforming suggests.
Atmospheric, Emotional, Cinematic
97% of 42,133 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 40$9.74
Cheaper than Transistor
Lithium City
Lithium City is a stylized isometric action game set in a neon-drenched world of electricity and violence.
92% of 286 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Katana ZERO
Slice through a neon city as a samurai assassin, where every death teaches you and the story cuts as deep as the blade.
97% of 66,672 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 88$14.99
SANABI
A precision platformer where a chain-hook arm carries you through a dark mega-city and a story with real weight.
97% of 42,133 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 40$9.74
SteamWorld Heist
Lead a crew of robot pirates on spaceship heists, where turn-based gunfights hinge on your own aim and ricochets.
93% of 4,382 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$14.99
Nocturne
Humanity is gone and only the Digital Afterlife remains, silent for a thousand years.
98% of 704 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 37$15.99
Keylocker | Turn Based Cyberpunk Action
In a silent world where music is outlawed, play as a singer to shatter the strings of fate and sing the melody of freedom in this unforgiving Turn…
84% of 229 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$11.99
Dust: An Elysian Tail
An amnesiac warrior wakes with a talking sword and a flying sidekick, in a hand-painted world that looks like an animated film.
95% of 14,288 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$14.99
Before the Echo
Hit arrows in time with the music to cast spells, block attacks and gather mana as you fight your way up a mysterious tower.
88% of 1,060 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
The Vagrant
Chase a lost father's trail as a sellsword, cutting through monsters and bosses in fast side-scrolling combat with multiple endings.
89% of 8,323 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$3.99
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.
74% of 787 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$9.99
REPLACED
R.E.A.C.H. is an AI waking up in a human body, in an alternate 1980s America where organs are currency.
85% of 9,908 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 158$14.99
Hidden gems like Transistor
Nocturne
Humanity is gone and only the Digital Afterlife remains, silent for a thousand years.
98% of 704 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 37$15.99
Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum
Embody the ultimate cybernetic corporate agent. Master deadly gunplay, time manipulation, and supernatural abilities.
98% of 848 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$12.99
Void of Lilly
Void of Lilly is an adventure in the world of the near future with JRPG elements and Bullet Hell battles!
89% of 248 Steam reviews are positiveFree
OFF
You are the Batter, sent to purify a dying world of specters, one industrial zone at a time.
95% of 3,203 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 35$9.89
Aether & Iron
Run contraband through a floating 1930s New York as smuggler Gia Randazzo, where dice rolls and choices shape a hand-drawn noir story and its endings.
83% of 559 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$24.99
Worldless
Trade blows with stick-figure beings in a newborn universe, absorbing rivals to gain their skills and exploring dreamlike realms full of secrets.
94% of 1,598 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$19.99
Peripeteia
A cyborg mercenary works the grimy streets and rooftops of a decaying post-Soviet city, where shooting, sneaking, hacking or talking each get you…
86% of 3,214 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 54$18.49
Keylocker | Turn Based Cyberpunk Action
In a silent world where music is outlawed, play as a singer to shatter the strings of fate and sing the melody of freedom in this unforgiving Turn…
84% of 229 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$11.99
REPLACED
R.E.A.C.H. is an AI waking up in a human body, in an alternate 1980s America where organs are currency.
85% of 9,908 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 158$14.99
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.
74% of 787 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$9.99
Solar Ash
You play Rei, a Voidrunner racing through a dreamlike void to save her home planet, one giant beast at a time.
90% of 1,370 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$39.99
Steel Seed
Steel Seed is a stealth-action adventure set in a dark sci-fi world on the brink of extinction.
78% of 345 Steam reviews are positive$39.99
Newest games like Transistor
Nocturne
Humanity is gone and only the Digital Afterlife remains, silent for a thousand years.
98% of 704 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 37$15.99
REPLACED
R.E.A.C.H. is an AI waking up in a human body, in an alternate 1980s America where organs are currency.
85% of 9,908 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 158$14.99
Aether & Iron
Run contraband through a floating 1930s New York as smuggler Gia Randazzo, where dice rolls and choices shape a hand-drawn noir story and its endings.
83% of 559 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$24.99
Void of Lilly
Void of Lilly is an adventure in the world of the near future with JRPG elements and Bullet Hell battles!
89% of 248 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Punishing: Gray Raven
Command android soldiers in fast hack-and-slash fights while a dark story unfolds chapter by chapter.
74% of 1,824 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 340Free
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.
74% of 787 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$9.99
Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum
Embody the ultimate cybernetic corporate agent. Master deadly gunplay, time manipulation, and supernatural abilities.
98% of 848 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$12.99
OFF
You are the Batter, sent to purify a dying world of specters, one industrial zone at a time.
95% of 3,203 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 35$9.89
Steel Seed
Steel Seed is a stealth-action adventure set in a dark sci-fi world on the brink of extinction.
78% of 345 Steam reviews are positive$39.99
Augmented Empire
Step into New Savannah, 2058 - a city divided by class and corruption, where your tactical choices spark a cyberpunk revolution.
88% of 25 Steam reviews are positive$3.59
Peripeteia
A cyborg mercenary works the grimy streets and rooftops of a decaying post-Soviet city, where shooting, sneaking, hacking or talking each get you…
86% of 3,214 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 54$18.49
Keylocker | Turn Based Cyberpunk Action
In a silent world where music is outlawed, play as a singer to shatter the strings of fate and sing the melody of freedom in this unforgiving Turn…
84% of 229 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$11.99