Games like Thymesia
If Thymesia is your kind of game, the closest matches are Blade of Darkness, Mortal Shell and DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging 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 →Thymesia is a challenging action RPG set in a plague-ravaged dark fantasy kingdom, released in 2022 by OverBorder Studio and published by Team17. Players control the masked protagonist Corvus in this solo experience, engaging in parry-focused combat where responsive timing rewards reflexes and aggression. Reviewers highlight that the build variety never becomes overwhelming, and the skill respec system allows experimentation without commitment. Combat revolves around a wound system that forces strategic enemy targeting alongside plague weapon upgrades. Players describe the experience as atmospheric, dark, and tense, with short but meaty content delivering consistent engagement. The game achieved 82% positive reviews from 3486 Steam reviews and runs in a playable state on Steam Deck.
About Thymesia: Thymesia is a gruelling action-RPG with fast-paced combat and an intricate plague weapon system. In a kingdom where death spreads, play as a mysterious character known by the code name "Corvus". Prey upon your enemies, wield the power of disease and find the truth in your own memories.
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Blade of Darkness
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Shares a dark mood with Thymesia.
Top pick for Thymesia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Thymesia.
Blade of Darkness is a hardcore fantasy action-adventure with unique combat mechanics and role-playing elements that pioneered the “soulsborne” genre. Pick one of four characters to hack and slash through a gory quest to save the world from the forces of Chaos.
Mortal Shell
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Thymesia.
Second-strongest match for Thymesia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Thymesia.
Their Flesh is Your Armor. Mortal Shell is a deep action-RPG that tests your sanity and resilience in a shattered world. Survival demands superior awareness, precision, and instincts. Possess lost warriors, track down hidden sanctums of the devout, and face formidable foes.
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin
WHY THIS
Shares build variety and a dark mood with Thymesia.
Third-strongest match for Thymesia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Thymesia.
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin brings the franchise’s renowned obscurity & gripping gameplay to a new level. Join the dark journey and experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical hazards, and unrelenting challenge.
WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Thymesia.
Ranked #4 for Thymesia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Thymesia.
WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers is a soulslike, action RPG set in the land of Shu during the dark and tumultuous late Ming Dynasty, plagued with warring factions and a mysterious illness spawning monstrous creatures.
Lords Of The Fallen™ 2014
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Shares a dark mood with Thymesia.
Ranked #5 for Thymesia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Thymesia.
Plunge into a dark fantasy Action-RPG, harnessing powerful magic alongside a satisfying combat system. When the tyrannical god, Adyr, invades the human realm seeking vengeance for his imprisonment, humanity calls upon an unlikely defender… a convicted sinner named Harkyn.
The First Berserker: Khazan
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Thymesia.
Ranked #6 for Thymesia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Thymesia.
The First Berserker: Khazan is a hardcore action role-playing game. The player will become Khazan, the great general of the Pell Los Empire, who overcame death, and sets out to reveal the incidents that led to his downfall and seek vengeance on his enemies.
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Thymesia.
Ranked #7 for Thymesia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Thymesia.
A new dark fantasy Three Kingdoms action RPG from Team NINJA, the developers of Nioh.
Salt and Sanctuary
WHY THIS
Shares build variety and an atmospheric mood with Thymesia.
Ranked #8 for Thymesia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Thymesia.
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
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Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
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Shares a challenging mood with Thymesia.
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Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
Mortal Shell
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Thymesia.
Reviewers of Thymesia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Thymesia.
Their Flesh is Your Armor. Mortal Shell is a deep action-RPG that tests your sanity and resilience in a shattered world. Survival demands superior awareness, precision, and instincts. Possess lost warriors, track down hidden sanctums of the devout, and face formidable foes.
Rise of the Ronin
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Thymesia.
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Embark on an epic journey across war-torn 19th-century Japan in this open-world action RPG from Team NINJA, the veteran studio behind "Nioh" and "NINJA GAIDEN."
Black Myth: Wukong
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Thymesia.
Reviewers of Thymesia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Thymesia.
Black Myth: Wukong is an action RPG rooted in Chinese mythology. You shall set out as the Destined One to venture into the challenges and marvels ahead, to uncover the obscured truth beneath the veil of a glorious legend from the past.
Nioh 3
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Shares a tense mood with Thymesia.
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In the third game in the dark samurai action RPG series Nioh, you will need to use both Samurai and Ninja combat styles in your battles against formidable yokai as you explore a thrilling open field.
Demon's Soulbound
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Sifu
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Shares a tense mood with Thymesia.
Reviewers of Thymesia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Thymesia.
Sifu is a realistic third-person brawler with tight Kung Fu combat mechanics and cinematic martial arts action embarking you on a path for revenge.
Nine Sols
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Shares a tense mood with Thymesia.
Reviewers of Thymesia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Thymesia.
Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Thymesia at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~60% under Thymesia on Steam right now. Shares Action with Thymesia.
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 Thymesia on Steam right now. Shares Action with Thymesia.
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 ~60% under Thymesia on Steam right now. Shares Action with Thymesia.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~60% under Thymesia on Steam right now. Shares Action with Thymesia.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Thymesia on Steam right now. Shares Action with Thymesia.
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 Thymesia on Steam right now. Shares Action with Thymesia.
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.
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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 Thymesia.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Thymesia.
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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 Thymesia.
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.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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 Thymesia.
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.
Blade of Darkness
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Thymesia.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Thymesia.
Blade of Darkness is a hardcore fantasy action-adventure with unique combat mechanics and role-playing elements that pioneered the “soulsborne” genre. Pick one of four characters to hack and slash through a gory quest to save the world from the forces of Chaos.
Mortal Shell
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Thymesia.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Thymesia.
Their Flesh is Your Armor. Mortal Shell is a deep action-RPG that tests your sanity and resilience in a shattered world. Survival demands superior awareness, precision, and instincts. Possess lost warriors, track down hidden sanctums of the devout, and face formidable foes.
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin
WHY THIS
Shares build variety and a dark mood with Thymesia.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Thymesia.
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin brings the franchise’s renowned obscurity & gripping gameplay to a new level. Join the dark journey and experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical hazards, and unrelenting challenge.
The First Berserker: Khazan
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Thymesia.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Thymesia.
The First Berserker: Khazan is a hardcore action role-playing game. The player will become Khazan, the great general of the Pell Los Empire, who overcame death, and sets out to reveal the incidents that led to his downfall and seek vengeance on his enemies.
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Thymesia.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Thymesia.
A new dark fantasy Three Kingdoms action RPG from Team NINJA, the developers of Nioh.
Salt and Sanctuary
WHY THIS
Shares build variety and an atmospheric mood with Thymesia.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Thymesia.
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
Frequently asked about Thymesia
- Does Thymesia run on Steam Deck?
- Thymesia is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Thymesia cost?
- Thymesia is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Thymesia?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Thymesia are Blade of Darkness, Mortal Shell, DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin.
- Who developed Thymesia?
- Thymesia was developed by OverBorder Studio and published by Team17.
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