Games like Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1
If Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1 is your kind of game, the closest matches are All-Front Assault, YGGDRA REFRAIN and TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children — 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 →About Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1: Live the adventures of Vesper, the comic book heroine, through a video game mixing role-playing, tactical and card game features, with graphics mingling traditional watercolor drawings and pixel art. Come and discover the world imagined by Jérémy.

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All-Front Assault
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Top pick for Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
When the sky is filled with warplanes, it's time to make these alien bugs tremble! Commander, welcome to Planet Thernas. We look forward to defending our planetary outpost under your command.
YGGDRA REFRAIN
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
Second-strongest match for Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
*Genre girl collectible turn RPG *High-quality cel-animation with over 50 beautiful girls that will make you feel the charm of beautiful girls *A variety of mechanics and fun to capture content for turn-based RPGs *Sub-stories that allow you to feel the hidden charm of alliances and characters
TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
Third-strongest match for Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children is the first season of a turn-based strategy SRPG that takes place in the world of Troubleshooter.
Guild Saga: Vanished Worlds
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
Ranked #4 for Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
On your maiden voyage with the Heroes Guild, your ship was capsized by an enigmatic maelstrom, stranding your party on Respite Island. Navigate your way through pirates, ferocious beasts, and shady alchemists as you unravel its mysteries.
Those Who Rule
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
Ranked #5 for Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
Join three fresh recruits caught in a web of betrayal as war looms over the land. Lead your band of heroes through tactical turn-based battles, master unique abilities, and forge powerful gear to turn the tide of battle. Will you unravel the conspiracy driving the conflict—or be consumed by it?
The Iron Oath
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Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
Ranked #6 for Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
Command, endure, and prosper in The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. Customize your roster, build your renown, and discover the secrets that await in the medieval fantasy realm of Caelum.
Wildermyth
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
Ranked #7 for Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.
Crimson Tactics: The Rise of The White Banner
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
Ranked #8 for Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
Crimson Tactics: The Rise of The White Banner brings you an epic adventure in the form of a turn-based tactical RPG. Set in a medieval high fantasy world, witness a massive political disruption through the lives of different characters and fight for the fate of Wendalle.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1 at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
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Priced ~44% under Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~72% under Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
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 ~44% under Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~44% under Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1 on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~72% under Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
Wheelchair Wizards
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
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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.
Guild Saga: Vanished Worlds
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
On your maiden voyage with the Heroes Guild, your ship was capsized by an enigmatic maelstrom, stranding your party on Respite Island. Navigate your way through pirates, ferocious beasts, and shady alchemists as you unravel its mysteries.
Those Who Rule
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
Join three fresh recruits caught in a web of betrayal as war looms over the land. Lead your band of heroes through tactical turn-based battles, master unique abilities, and forge powerful gear to turn the tide of battle. Will you unravel the conspiracy driving the conflict—or be consumed by it?
Wildermyth
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1.
Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.
Frequently asked about Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1
- Does Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1 run on Steam Deck?
- Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1 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 Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1 cost?
- Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1 is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1 are All-Front Assault, YGGDRA REFRAIN, TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children.
- Who developed Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1?
- Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1 was developed by Sylvain Harlaut, Jeremy and published by Sylvain Harlaut.
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