Games like The Pale City
If The Pale City is your kind of game, the closest matches are Slumberer's Universe, Nazralath: The Fallen World and クウルウ見聞録 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, bleak and dark. 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 →About The Pale City: The Pale City is a story-driven, dark fantasy RPG with an emphasis on characterization and atmosphere. Explore a dangerous, morally complex world where every detail is personal.
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Steam players who put hours into The Pale City 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.
Slumberer's Universe
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Pale City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pale City.
Slumberer’s Universe is a psychological horror JRPG about a grieving middle-schooler trapped in a fading world, having to confront buried memories, the parts of himself he's tried to escape, and the question of whether life is still worth living.
Nazralath: The Fallen World
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Pale City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Pale City.
Nazralath: The Fallen World is a story-driven, dark fantasy game inspired by the works of Zdzisław Beksiński; focusing on a compelling narrative and exploration through a rich, strong sense of atmosphere.
Mythic Mire
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Pale City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pale City.
A surreal RPG-adventure set in a world between dreams and nightmares. Explore strange environments with your trusty digital Pixie companions.
Secret of the Rendrasha Blade CH1&2
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Pale City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pale City.
A classic JRPG at heart, but with modern game design elements baked in, with a ton of secrets, hidden humor, easter eggs, and questionable / offensive choices to be made.
Red Genie: An Eidola Tale
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Pale City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pale City.
Red Genie is a turn-based adventure RPG with a focus on weapon and magic variety, with the ability to swap between any one of ten equipped Weapons. This challenging game has a fantastical aesthetic and a rich soundtrack with a story found through player exploration!
The Life of Arthur
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Ranked #7 for The Pale City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pale City.
The Life of Arthur is a story-based game with philosophical themes. No combat. Some puzzle-solving. Philosophical choices. For those interested in philosophical ideas, especially the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer.
In Vitra - JRPG Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Pale City.
Ranked #8 for The Pale City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Pale City.
Is there any truth to those rumours of a mysterious affliction spreading all over -In Vitra- ? The four heroes of this role-playing game with a turn-based combat system embark on an epic quest for a cure – and chance upon a far bigger mystery.
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The Age of Decadence
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with The Pale City.
Reviewers of The Pale City cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with The Pale City.
The Age of Decadence is a turn-based, hardcore role-playing game set in a low magic fantasy world. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple skill-based ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and extensive dialogue trees.
Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Pale City.
Reviewers of The Pale City cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Pale City.
Uncover secrets of past lives in this story-rich, tactical roleplaying game set in Sigil, a dark fantasy city at the heart of the Dungeons & Dragons multiverse. Explore the planes, survive combat alongside a party of bizarre companions, and solve puzzles unlike any ever seen in the genre.
Fear & Hunger
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Pale City.
Reviewers of The Pale City cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pale City.
Fear & Hunger is a horror dungeon crawler set in the dark and hopeless dungeons of fear and hunger. The game is a hybrid of survival horror and dungeon crawler genres with its influences ranging from Silent Hill to Nethack. There are roguelike elements to the game as well as a heavy foundation of a j-RPG.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Pale City at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under The Pale City on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pale City.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~63% under The Pale City on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Pale City.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
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Priced ~53% under The Pale City on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pale City.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
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Priced ~75% under The Pale City on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pale City.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~81% under The Pale City on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pale City.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under The Pale City on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Pale City.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under The Pale City on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with The Pale City.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Pale City on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pale City.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Pale City.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pale City.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pale City.
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.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pale City.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pale City.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pale City.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with The Pale City.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pale City.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
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Frequently asked about The Pale City
- Does The Pale City work on Steam Deck?
- The Pale City is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does The Pale City cost?
- The Pale City is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Pale City?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Pale City are Slumberer's Universe, Nazralath: The Fallen World, クウルウ見聞録.
- Who developed The Pale City?
- The Pale City was developed by Kyle Muntz.
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 The Pale City.
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