Games like When I Was Young
Games like When I Was Young include Hollow Knight, SANABI, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Celeste, and Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove. We matched them by the tags players give When I Was Young on Steam (Action, Adventure, Indie, 2D, and Pixel Graphics): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Hollow Knight
Shared: 2D · Indie · Adventure

SANABI
Shared: Action · Pixel Graphics · Adventure

Hollow Knight: Silksong
Shared: Indie · 2D · Difficult

Celeste
Shared: Indie · Pixel Graphics · Difficult

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Shared: Pixel Graphics · Indie · Adventure

Hyper Light Drifter
Shared: Pixel Graphics · Indie · Adventure

Katana ZERO
Shared: Action · Pixel Graphics · Indie

Skul: The Hero Slayer
Shared: Action · Indie · Pixel Graphics

Valiant Hearts: The Great War™ / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre™
Shared: Adventure · Historical · 2D

Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Shared: Action · Adventure · Great Soundtrack

Titan Souls
Shared: Indie · Adventure · Pixel Graphics

Axiom Verge
Shared: Indie · Action · Pixel Graphics

Jump King
Shared: Indie · Adventure · Pixel Graphics

Out There Somewhere
Shared: Indie · Adventure · Pixel Graphics

OneShot
Shared: Indie · Pixel Graphics · Adventure

Hotline Miami
Shared: Action · Indie · Pixel Graphics

Rain World
Shared: Indie · Pixel Graphics · 2D

To the Moon
Shared: Indie · Adventure · Pixel Graphics

MO:Astray
Shared: Action · Indie · Adventure

Super Meat Boy
Shared: Indie · Pixel Graphics · 2D

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Shared: Action · Pixel Graphics · Great Soundtrack

Dead Cells
Shared: Adventure · Pixel Graphics · 2D

Blasphemous
Shared: Pixel Graphics · 2D · Indie

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