Okami HD similar games & best alternatives

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Okami HD

PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2017

Should you play it?

Experience the critically acclaimed masterpiece with its renowned Sumi-e ink art style in breathtaking high resolution.

What works

  • Unique celestial brush mechanic
  • Beautiful and timeless art style
  • Rich story and mythology
  • Engaging exploration and puzzles
  • High replayability and emotional impact

Things to keep in mind

  • Slow pacing and lengthy dialogue
  • Some frustrating camera and control issues
  • Combat can be repetitive and simple
  • Annoying voice sounds and lewd companion character
  • 30 fps cap and dated technical aspects

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Mr. Sleepy Man

  • Psychonauts

  • Super Daryl Deluxe

  • Visions of Mana

  • YIIK: A Postmodern RPG

  • Chained Echoes

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Okami HD but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Hades II

  • There Is No Light: Enhanced Edition

  • Sands of Aura

  • Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter

  • Tails of Iron

  • Verho - Curse of Faces

More leadership-focused

Games that feels like Okami HD but with more leadership over others

  • FINAL FANTASY IX

  • GRANDIA II HD Remaster

  • Summoner

  • Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™

  • The Nameless: Slay Dragon

  • Digimon Story Time Stranger

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Monster Hunter Stories

  • Breath of Fire IV

  • Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection

  • Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy

  • Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Okami HD. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Okami HD. These titles are not in What to play next.

Okami HD: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Survival, Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026