Games like WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
If WRATH: Aeon of Ruin is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ion Fury, Dread Templar and CULTIC — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and complex map design. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →WRATH: Aeon of Ruin is a single-player boomer shooter released in 2024 by KillPixel Games and Slipgate Ironworks, published by 3D Realms and Fulqrum Publishing, available for $24.99. Set in a decaying realm, the game features complex maze-like level design, fast-paced shooting, and diverse weapon options. Players describe it as atmospheric and challenging, with reviewers highlighting the excellent movement and gunplay. Players note it evokes classic Quake aesthetics while offering more environmental interaction. The game is verified on Steam Deck and offers medium-length single sessions designed for focused sit-down play. It holds a 75% positive rating from 1,445 Steam reviews.
About WRATH: Aeon of Ruin: Blast, slice and shred through your enemies in this hardcore FPS inspired by the icons of the '90s, powered by the legendary Quake-1 Tech. Taking place in a realm left to rot, take up arms, unearth long-forgotten secrets and hunt down the Guardians of the Old World.
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Ion Fury
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Shares weapon variety and an atmospheric mood with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Top pick for WRATH: Aeon of Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!
Dread Templar
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Second-strongest match for WRATH: Aeon of Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Dread Templar is a fast-paced hardcore old-school FPS, combining classic 90s shooter and modern FPS elements. Unlock and combine dozens of weapon upgrades and skills, embrace the Dread Force and obliterate hordes of fiendish enemies. Become the scariest thing in hell and get your revenge!
CULTIC
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Third-strongest match for WRATH: Aeon of Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
Turbo Overkill
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Ranked #4 for WRATH: Aeon of Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Ranked #5 for WRATH: Aeon of Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.
DOOM 64
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Ranked #6 for WRATH: Aeon of Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Play the enhanced version of the original game released on the Nintendo 64 in 1997. Years have passed since you stopped Hell’s invasion of Earth. Quarantined for humanity’s safety, the UAC research facilities on Mars were abandoned and forgotten...until now.
HROT
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Ranked #7 for WRATH: Aeon of Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
HROT is a single-player retro FPS set in a small socialist country neighboring Soviet Union (Czechoslovakia) after an unspecified disaster in 1986. Those times were dark and terrifying and so is the game.
Blood: Refreshed Supply™
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Ranked #8 for WRATH: Aeon of Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Things are about to get… bloody! Soak up 42 pulse-pounding levels dripping with Lovecraftian atmosphere as you battle your way through armies of sycophantic cultists, zombies, gargoyles, hell hounds, and other insatiable horrors, in your quest to defeat the loathsome Tchernobog.
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Quake
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Shares an atmospheric mood with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
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Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
Quake II
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Shares fast paced shooting and a challenging mood with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
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You are humanity’s last hope to stop the Strogg, a hostile alien race waging war against Earth. Play this military sci-fi FPS, now upgraded for modern platforms with improved visuals, new campaign content, online multiplayer/co-op, and more.
QUAKE Mission Pack 1: Scourge of Armagon
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Shares an atmospheric mood with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
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After defeating Shub-Niggurath, you arrive back at your home base on Earth, but it's not all blue skies and butterflies. Apparently, not all QUAKE forces have been subdued. Chaos ensues as you blast your way through the QUAKE minions and toward the infested gateway. Your only choice is to find the source of evil and shut it down.
DUSK
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
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Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
Ion Fury
WHY THIS
Shares weapon variety and an atmospheric mood with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Reviewers of WRATH: Aeon of Ruin cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!
ULTRAKILL
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Reviewers of WRATH: Aeon of Ruin cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
ULTRAKILL is a fast-paced ultra-violent retro FPS that combines the skill-based style scoring of character action games with the unadulterated carnage inspired by the best shooters of the '90s. Rip apart your foes with varied destructive weaponry and shower in their blood to regain your health.
Turbo Overkill
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Reviewers of WRATH: Aeon of Ruin cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below WRATH: Aeon of Ruin at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~60% under WRATH: Aeon of Ruin on Steam right now. Shares Action with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~60% under WRATH: Aeon of Ruin on Steam right now. Shares Action with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
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Priced ~60% under WRATH: Aeon of Ruin on Steam right now. Shares Action with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~60% under WRATH: Aeon of Ruin on Steam right now. Shares Action with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~80% under WRATH: Aeon of Ruin on Steam right now. Shares Action with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
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Priced ~72% under WRATH: Aeon of Ruin on Steam right now. Shares Action with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Free alternatives
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
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Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
CULTIC
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
Turbo Overkill
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.
Frequently asked about WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
- Is WRATH: Aeon of Ruin verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — WRATH: Aeon of Ruin is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does WRATH: Aeon of Ruin cost?
- WRATH: Aeon of Ruin is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to WRATH: Aeon of Ruin?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside WRATH: Aeon of Ruin are Ion Fury, Dread Templar, CULTIC.
- Who developed WRATH: Aeon of Ruin?
- WRATH: Aeon of Ruin was developed by KillPixel Games, Slipgate Ironworks and published by 3D Realms, Fulqrum Publishing.
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