Games like Peripeteia
If Peripeteia is your kind of game, the closest matches are Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition, Cruelty Squad and GunFu Fighter — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and immersive. 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 →Peripeteia is a challenging first-person immersive sim set in an alternate-history cyberpunk Poland, developed and published by Ninth Exodus. Players control Marie, a cyborg mercenary navigating a post-Soviet city of corruption and opportunity. The game combines shooter, stealth, and RPG mechanics with a hacking minigame, inventory management, and weapon customization including field stripping. Moral choices drive the branching narrative, while parkour-based movement and physics-based interaction allow traversal of vast vertical environments. Reviewers highlight the atmospheric world and contemplative tone, with players noting the soundtrack creates a distinctive vibe. The challenging solo experience has received 84% positive reviews from 1719 Steam users, is playable on Steam Deck, and offers medium-length sessions.
About Peripeteia: You are Marie, a cyborg mercenary dropped into the rot of a post-Soviet city of corruption and opportunity. Shoot, sneak, hack, climb or talk your way through alt-history cyberpunk Poland in an immersive sim where every problem has multiple solutions and every rooftop is reachable.
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Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Peripeteia.
Top pick for Peripeteia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Peripeteia.
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Cruelty Squad
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Second-strongest match for Peripeteia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Peripeteia.
An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world
GunFu Fighter
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Third-strongest match for Peripeteia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Peripeteia.
The first person shooter game with bullet time twist! Using the bullet time effect, the geometric distribution position of the enemy is analyzed and prejudged, and the order of planned attacks gives the opponent a fatal blow.
E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy
WHY THIS
Shares hacking minigame and an atmospheric mood with Peripeteia.
Ranked #4 for Peripeteia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Peripeteia.
In a dark Cyberpunk world, you (and up to 3 friends) wage war against the all-powerful Federation in this Source-powered FPS/RPG.
Beast Agenda 2030
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Ranked #5 for Peripeteia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Peripeteia.
Inspired by Escape From New York, Shadowrun SNES and Genesis, Deus Ex and H.P. Lovecraft, Beast Agenda 2030 is a Stealth, Gadgets and Hacking focused Action RPG with optional permadeath that encourages you to use your brain to complete missions in procedurally generated city districts.
CHROME SWEAT
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Ranked #6 for Peripeteia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Peripeteia.
A semi-open world RPG set in a cyberpunk universe. Inspired by games like Deus Ex, CHROME SWEAT grants players a wide degree of class customization options and in-game choices. Your decisions will impact the fate of this city and its denizens.
RPGSteam ↗Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Peripeteia.
Ranked #7 for Peripeteia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Peripeteia.
Embody the ultimate cybernetic corporate agent. Master deadly gunplay, time manipulation, and supernatural abilities. Hack computers, people, even the individual bullets flying at you. Confront the future, and die trying.
Deus Ex: Invisible War
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Peripeteia.
Ranked #8 for Peripeteia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Peripeteia.
Approximately 20 years after Deus Ex, the world is only beginning to recover from a catastrophic worldwide depression. In this techno-nightmare, take part in the dark struggle to raise the world from its own ashes.
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Stalker
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Reviewers of Peripeteia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Peripeteia.
The background story of "Stalker" is that a teenager encounters various events on the road following a young girl. The teenager(player) can selectively interact and give repairs / help due to these events. How you will lead to different ending. The game was developed during the Global Game Jam 2020.
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Peripeteia.
Reviewers of Peripeteia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Peripeteia.
The year is 2052 and the world is a dangerous and chaotic place. Terrorists operate openly - killing thousands; drugs, disease and pollution kill even more. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider.
E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy
WHY THIS
Shares hacking minigame and an atmospheric mood with Peripeteia.
Reviewers of Peripeteia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Peripeteia.
In a dark Cyberpunk world, you (and up to 3 friends) wage war against the all-powerful Federation in this Source-powered FPS/RPG.
Half-Life 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Peripeteia.
Reviewers of Peripeteia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Peripeteia.
Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.
Cruelty Squad
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Reviewers of Peripeteia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Peripeteia.
An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world
Psycho Patrol R
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Shares an immersive mood with Peripeteia.
Reviewers of Peripeteia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Peripeteia.
FPS/mecha hybrid europolice sim with emphasis on interacting with NPCs and different gameplay systems.
RUINER
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Peripeteia.
Reviewers of Peripeteia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Peripeteia.
RUINER is a brutal action shooter set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis Rengkok. A wired psychopath lashes out against a corrupt system to uncover the truth and retrieve his kidnapped brother under the guidance of a secretive hacker friend.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Peripeteia at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~80% under Peripeteia on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Peripeteia.
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
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Priced ~60% under Peripeteia on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Peripeteia.
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 Peripeteia on Steam right now. Shares Action with Peripeteia.
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 Peripeteia on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Peripeteia.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Peripeteia on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Peripeteia.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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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 Peripeteia.
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 and Indie with Peripeteia.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Peripeteia.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Peripeteia.
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.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Peripeteia.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Peripeteia.
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 Peripeteia.
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.).
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Peripeteia.
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.
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Frequently asked about Peripeteia
- Does Peripeteia run on Steam Deck?
- Peripeteia 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 Peripeteia cost?
- Peripeteia is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Peripeteia?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Peripeteia are Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition, Cruelty Squad, GunFu Fighter.
- Who developed Peripeteia?
- Peripeteia was developed by Ninth Exodus.
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