Games like Dread Delusion
If Dread Delusion is your kind of game, the closest matches are Requiem, Forsaken Realms: Vahrin's Call and Erimos: Blood and Dust — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, immersive and mysterious. 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 →Dread Delusion is an open-world action RPG set across floating sky islands and shattered continents. Developed by Lovely Hellplace and published by DreadXP, it released in 2024 and runs verified on Steam Deck. The game features airship exploration, moral-choice-driven storytelling, and non-combat progression options including viable pacifist playthroughs. Players describe it as atmospheric and immersive, with worldbuilding that blends classic fantasy with surreal dreamlike aesthetics. Reviewers highlight that exploration rewards curiosity over combat, moral choices feel personal and irreversible, and shortcut puzzle design and skill-based interactions add meaningful depth. The title holds a 91% positive rating from over 3900 Steam reviews.
About Dread Delusion: Dread Delusion is an open world RPG brimming with strange places and dark perils. Carve your own path through the flying continents of a shattered land. Discover curious towns, unearth occult secrets, master powerful magic - and change the world through your choices.
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Forsaken Realms: Vahrin's Call
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Second-strongest match for Dread Delusion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Delusion.
Adventure awaits in this narrative driven fantasy action-RPG. The war-torn city of Vahrin stands before you on the brink of collapse and in desperate need of aid. As a mercenary in search of your next…opportunity, will you answer Vahrin’s Call?
Erimos: Blood and Dust
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Third-strongest match for Dread Delusion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Delusion.
A dark fantasy soulslike set in a cursed underworld where no soul rests. Recover your shattered soul, master brutal combat, and face the truth of who you were.
Witch Rise
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Ranked #4 for Dread Delusion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Delusion.
Defeat the evil Fallen Witch and be free from the curse in this first-person shooter set in a magical kingdom.
Kingdoms And Slaves
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Ranked #5 for Dread Delusion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Delusion.
Even with the slavery of the weak green-skinned, the kingdom couldn't resist to the curse of the crystals and began to fall, driving them madness, death, and leading the Kingdom to the catastrophe.
Code of The Savage
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Ranked #6 for Dread Delusion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Delusion.
Inspired by the classics from the 80s and 90s - Code of the Savage is a western RPG with a heavy emphasis on exploration and NPC interaction. It features a large, seamless open world to explore. There is a focus on player freedom and the consequences that go along with that.
Aldebaran Legend
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Ranked #7 for Dread Delusion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Delusion.
In a village located to the south, there is one of the twelve guardians, the warrior of Leo, known for his determination in combat and number of victories. Our hero will be responsible for finding the mystical artifacts, to prevent the kingdom from being bathed in blood and darkness.
Painted Legend: Knights of Ink & Paper
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Ranked #8 for Dread Delusion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Delusion.
An action-adventure platformer in the metroidvania subgenre. The graphics are made in the style of a checkered notebook and blue ink. Defeat crowds of monsters, overcome traps, explore the game world, unlock new characters and find secrets! And all this to the accompaniment of driving music!
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The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Dread Delusion.
Reviewers of Dread Delusion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Dread Delusion.
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Labyrinth Of The Demon King
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Dread Delusion.
Reviewers of Dread Delusion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Delusion.
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Lunacid
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Dread Delusion.
Reviewers of Dread Delusion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Dread Delusion.
Cast into the Great Well, unwanted by the world above. You delve the dark in search of the Old One, your last salvation. Lunacid is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler inspired by Shadow Tower and King’s Field.
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Dread Delusion.
Reviewers of Dread Delusion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Delusion.
Trapped in a dark, Victorian city consumed by an ancient curse, you must plan your survival and daring escape using nothing but stealth, an arsenal of eccentric weapons, and your wit in this haunting adventure inspired by the immersive sims and survival horror greats of the late 90s and early 2000s.
Northern Journey
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A norwegian happysad game set in a northern land! Adventure through a beautiful and very varied wilderness. Dive, fly, use ziplines and find different weapons to aid your journey to reach the cold mountains and below. Encounter over 50 unique bosses and enemy types!
Underspace
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Dread Delusion.
Reviewers of Dread Delusion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Delusion.
The spiritual successor to Freelancer with a Lovecraftian, sandbox RPG twist. Explore a vast handmade universe with Day 1 mod support and a planned PvP/co-op multiplayer on the Early Access roadmap. You're going to need a bigger ship.
Headlander
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Dread Delusion.
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Launch into the ultimate head trip as you blast through psychotic robots in a retro 70's sci-fi action adventure from Double Fine Productions. It is a world of automation, a utopia gone wrong in which all of humanity have transferred their minds into robotic imposter bodies and are ruled by a computer.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dread Delusion at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~75% under Dread Delusion on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dread Delusion.
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Lethal Company
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Priced ~50% under Dread Delusion on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Delusion.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~50% under Dread Delusion on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dread Delusion.
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
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Priced ~50% under Dread Delusion on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Delusion.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~50% under Dread Delusion on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Dread Delusion.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Delusion.
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The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dread Delusion.
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Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dread Delusion.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Dread Delusion.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Delusion.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dread Delusion.
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Frequently asked about Dread Delusion
- Is Dread Delusion verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Dread Delusion is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Dread Delusion cost?
- Dread Delusion is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Dread Delusion?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dread Delusion are Requiem, Forsaken Realms: Vahrin's Call, Erimos: Blood and Dust.
- Who developed Dread Delusion?
- Dread Delusion was developed by Lovely Hellplace and published by DreadXP.
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