Games like The Way
Closest overall match: The Deer God (★ 2.6). Highest rated: Iconoclasts at ★ 3.8. Quickest to finish: Ball laB at about 1 hours.
These 12 games score highest on our similarity model for The Way — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. What ties them together most: Singleplayer, Pixel Graphics and 2D.
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75%
1. The Deer God
Shares Pixel Graphics, Partial Controller Support, 2D, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.8 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 2.6
- Metacritic
- 59
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 23%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
69%
2. Yury
Shares Pixel Graphics, Partial Controller Support, 2D, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 1.7 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 1.7
- Playtime
- 3h
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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66%
3. Cataegis: The White Wind
Shares Pixel Graphics, Partial Controller Support, 2D, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 1.7 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 1.7
- Playtime
- 5h
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie
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64%
4. Ball laB
Shares Pixel Graphics, Partial Controller Support, 2D, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 1.6 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 1.8
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 29%
- Shared genres
- Indie
-
64%
5. Jet Gunner
Shares Pixel Graphics, Partial Controller Support, 2D, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 1.5 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 1.9
- Playtime
- 2h
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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63%
6. Fork Parker's Holiday Profit Hike
Shares Pixel Graphics, Partial Controller Support, 2D, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 1.4 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.0
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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62%
7. Iconoclasts
Shares Pixel Graphics, 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
-
62%
8. Minoria
Shares Partial Controller Support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
-
62%
9. Pathway
Shares Pixel Graphics, 2D and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 25%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
61%
10. The End Is Nigh
Shares Pixel Graphics, 2D, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
-
60%
11. Crossing Souls
Shares Pixel Graphics, 2D, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 51%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
-
60%
12. Coloring Game
Shares Pixel Graphics, 2D, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like The Way?
On our similarity model, The Deer God is the closest match to The Way — shares Pixel Graphics, Partial Controller Support, 2D, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.8 lower; released within 1 year.
Which game like The Way is rated highest?
Iconoclasts holds the highest player rating in this list at 3.8/5 from 383 players.
Are there games like The Way on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 6 games like The Way on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against The Way on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.