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Shares crafting with Malus.
- $14.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
- Deck Playable
- 2025
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- Updated May 4, 2026
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- Released: 2020
- Developer: Rahman Abdul
- 51% of 186 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure, RPG, Early Access
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Blends diablo and dark souls well
- Crafting and enchantment matter
- Dark and sad atmosphere
- Atmospheric
- Bleak
- Dark
About Malus
The closest matches to Malus: Tower of Kalemonvo, Heretical, Hellpoint, Sands of Aura, and Anima : The Reign of Darkness. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Malus is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tower of Kalemonvo, Heretical and Hellpoint — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, bleak and dark, and single out its active skills and crafting. 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.
About Malus: Malus is an Isometric Action RPG game aiming to bring back the nostalgic feeling of Diablo 1 but with a unique combat system.
Is Malus worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 50% of 186 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Early Access: unfinished, and it can change a lot before release.
- Not supported on Steam Deck.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Blends diablo and dark souls well
- Crafting and enchantment matter
- Dark and sad atmosphere
- Dynamic movement and combat
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“This game is abandoned and not received any new updates since October 2021. Has massive game play issues things as simple as getting stuck on the environment constantly. Loosing progress and even loosing your entire save file. For a game…”
“Unfortunately this Demo has been shelved or was intended as a rugpull. there has been no updates or communication with the Developer in 2 years and 6 months as of writing this review. don't by this game as it is not a game it is a Demo of…”
People who play it also play: Tower of Kalemonvo, Heretical, Hellpoint
Frequently asked about Malus
Can I run it?
Does Malus work on Steam Deck?
Malus is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
What games are most similar to Malus?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Malus are Tower of Kalemonvo, Heretical, Hellpoint.
Who developed Malus?
Malus was developed by Rahman Abdul and published by team ramen.