Games like Onset
If Onset is your kind of game, the closest matches are BadLads, Ancient Siberia and Identity — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its endless modding potential, atmospheric and challenging. 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.
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Steam players who put hours into Onset also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
BadLads
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Onset.
Top pick for Onset fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Onset.
BadLads is a neo-noir multiplayer roleplay game centered around each player having their own job. Cities are ruled by President. Civilians are assaulted by Gangs and protected by Police. Adventure, collect, craft, base build, gamble, socialize, overthrow, customize yourself and your belongings.
Ancient Siberia
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Onset.
Second-strongest match for Onset fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Onset.
Survival Sandbox MMO RPG which tells you about survival in Ancient Siberia. Users will have to fight with monsters, to build their own castles, to use magic, to participate in naval battles and tournaments, to join guilds and create their own clans. In Ancient Siberia only strongest survive.
Identity
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Onset fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Massively Multiplayer with Onset.
Identity is a new breed of massively multiplayer online role-playing game where hundreds of players interact in a world of absolute freedom. It's the actions of players which determine your fate and the fate of the world you live in.
ATLAS
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Onset fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Massively Multiplayer with Onset.
Set sail for the ultimate pirate experience! Embark on a grand adventure alongside thousands of other players in one of the largest game worlds ever built (and even claim a piece of it to call your own). Build your ship, assemble your crew, sail the high seas, and become a pirate legend!
Last Oasis
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Onset fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Onset.
Nomadic Survival MMO. Build wooden walking machines to travel to new lands. Create clans and fight for territory. Resources deplete fast, so take your sword and scavenge, pirate, and trade to stay alive.
Lost Region
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Onset.
Ranked #6 for Onset fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Onset.
Join one of the factions, build your base, explore 64sq/km. Create your own world where you can be proud loner, or create a group with your friends. The entire subsequent history of the world depends on you.
The Isle
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Onset.
Ranked #7 for Onset fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Onset.
Experience fierce open world survival gameplay as you attempt to stay alive on an unforgiving island inhabited by dinosaurs! Hunt. Grow. Survive.
Fear the Night - 恐惧之夜
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Onset.
Ranked #8 for Onset fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Onset.
In Fear the Night, you are a survivor in a world plagued with zombies. Team up with other survivors and work together to rebuild society from its ashes or choose to trust no one and go your own way in a lawless world.
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RAGE
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Onset.
Reviewers of Onset cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Onset.
Powered by id’s revolutionary id Tech® 5 technology, RAGE is an intense first-person shooter with breakneck vehicle combat, an expansive world to explore, and jaw-dropping graphics!
SAMPO
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Onset cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Onset.
Sampo is a Kalevala-inspired roguelite deckbuilder rooted in Finnish mythology, where you forge powerful rune combos, battle mythical creatures, and quest through a world of ancient magic to claim the legendary Sampo.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Onset.
Reviewers of Onset cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Onset.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Onset at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Onset.
Priced ~74% under Onset on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Onset.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Onset on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Onset.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Onset on Steam right now. Shares Action with Onset.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Onset on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Onset.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Onset on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Onset.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Onset.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Onset.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Onset.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Onset.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Onset.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Onset.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
Dota 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Onset.
Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.
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Frequently asked about Onset
- How much does Onset cost?
- Onset is listed on Steam at 18.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Onset have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Onset supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to Onset?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Onset are BadLads, Ancient Siberia, Identity.
- Who developed Onset?
- Onset was developed by Blue Mountains.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Onset.
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