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Games like Elusive World

If Elusive World is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Questing, Shroomveil and Maze Breaker — picked from the ranked list below. 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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About Elusive World: FEATURES: - Survive against wild animals, common bandits, and overpowering rulers. - Collect ingredients to craft from simple arrows for your bow to complex Ice Sword. - Rich coming-of-age adventure. Single-player, story-driven RPG.

2021ActionIndieAdventureRPG0.99 USDWindowsby PistolizedCannon
Elusive World — Steam game cover

Players who liked Elusive World also play

Steam players who put hours into Elusive World 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.

  1. The Questing

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Elusive World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Elusive World.

    The Questing is an action-RPG game set in the fantasy world. You can grow by hunting enemies using various weapons and skills that you like. Also, feel free to explore the wide world, discover new towns and cities, and take quests from NPCs around the world to solve them.

    2022ActionIndieRPG0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Shroomveil

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Elusive World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Elusive World.

    Shroomveil is a real-time combat, Action RPG, with character progression, skills, and gear upgrades. Set in a magical, mushroom-filled world full of danger and discovery, you'll explore a beautiful fantasy land, find and defend villages, equip warriors, clear dungeons, defeat bosses, and bring peace

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Maze Breaker

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Elusive World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Elusive World.

    An action roguelite where you find your way through an ever-changing maze, choose combat abilities, and grow stronger with each run. Break through a maze that shifts between day and night, and reach the Demon King after repeated challenges.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Seekers of the Ancient

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Elusive World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elusive World.

    Step into an open world full of ancient secrets, powerful artifacts, and untold legends. Become a Seeker, roam the land, fight deadly creatures, help the people you meet, and shape your own playstyle by the weapons you choose. Alone or alongside friends, forge your destiny.

    IndieAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  5. Roam

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Elusive World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Elusive World.

    "Roam" is a 2D Action-RPG platformer set in a procedurally generated world. Explore the surrounding lands and delve into the depths of mysterious caves that have lain hidden for centuries beneath the Azure Lake.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. MaskuLand Survival

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Elusive World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Elusive World.

    You are Masku, an explorer who crash-landed in an unknown world carrying a rare cure for your son! To breathe you need special Masks, each one grants you a unique ability! Repair your balloon and get supplies, fight you way back home! His life depends on you! You need to SURVIVE!

    2027ActionAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  7. Animal Rescuer

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Elusive World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Elusive World.

    Animal Rescuer is helping lovely animals through exploring an epic world with faster gameplay and increased quest and combat intensity.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Saleblazers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Elusive World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Elusive World.

    Fight. Sell. Survive. Live off the land, build your perfect shop, and defend against nightly horrors in this open world survival shop simulator for 1-8 players.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Elusive World at current Steam store prices.

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Elusive World on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Elusive World.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Elusive World on Steam right now. Shares Action with Elusive World.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Elusive World on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Elusive World.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Elusive World on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Elusive World.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Elusive World on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Elusive World.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Elusive World on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Elusive World.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Elusive World on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Elusive World.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Elusive World on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Elusive World.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Elusive World.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Elusive World.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Elusive World.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elusive World.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Elusive World.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Elusive World.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elusive World.

    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!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elusive World.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Elusive World

How much does Elusive World cost?
Elusive World is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Elusive World?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Elusive World are The Questing, Shroomveil, Maze Breaker.
Who developed Elusive World?
Elusive World was developed by PistolizedCannon.

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 Elusive World.

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