Games like Otem's Defiance
Games like Otem's Defiance include Katana ZERO, SANABI, Hollow Knight, Dust: An Elysian Tail, and Skul: The Hero Slayer. We matched them by the tags players give Otem's Defiance on Steam (Indie, Action, Story Rich, Platformer, and Experimental): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Katana ZERO
Shared: Action · Story Rich · Platformer

SANABI
Shared: Action · Story Rich · Indie

Hollow Knight
Shared: Platformer · Indie · Story Rich

Dust: An Elysian Tail
Shared: Action · Indie · Platformer

Skul: The Hero Slayer
Shared: Indie · Action · Platformer

Nine Sols
Shared: Action · Platformer · Indie

Iconoclasts
Shared: Indie · Action · Story Rich

Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Shared: Platformer · Action · Story Rich

Bastion
Shared: Indie · Action · Story Rich

Hades
Shared: Indie · Action · Story Rich

Hollow Knight: Silksong
Shared: Indie · Platformer · Story Rich

Pumpkin Jack
Shared: Action · Indie · Colorful

Pyre
Shared: Indie · Story Rich · Action

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Shared: Action · Story Rich · Platformer

Celeste
Shared: Indie · Platformer · Story Rich

Rogue Legacy
Shared: Indie · Platformer · Action

Pizza Tower
Shared: Indie · Platformer · Action

Broforce
Shared: Action · Indie · Platformer

MO:Astray
Shared: Indie · Action · Platformer

OMORI
Shared: Indie · Story Rich · Colorful

Portal 2
Shared: Platformer · Story Rich · Action

Deadlight
Shared: Action · Indie · Platformer

Risk of Rain (2013)
Shared: Indie · Action · Platformer

My Friend Pedro
Shared: Indie · Action · Platformer