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Games like Souls of Chronos

If Souls of Chronos is your kind of game, the closest matches are SoulSide, Fate/Samurai Remnant and Heart of Gaia — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging 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.

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About Souls of Chronos: The Apocalypse shattered a world in disarray. Facing his impending death, a young boy named Sid crossed paths with Torii, a girl who feeds on the energy of time. In the harbour town of Astella, a mysterious adventure is about to unfold along with the investigation of an unusual crime...

2023ActionIndieAdventureRPG15.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby FUTU Studio
Souls of Chronos — Steam game cover
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Steam players who put hours into Souls of Chronos 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. SoulSide

    WHY THIS

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

    SoulSide is a silly turn-based RPG. In battle, you attack and dodge through small minigames. Outside of combat, you explore a strange world and meet a lot of different characters. Bit by bit, you uncover what's really going on.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Fate/Samurai Remnant

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Souls of Chronos.

    Second-strongest match for Souls of Chronos fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Souls of Chronos.

    “Your wish shall perish...” A Holy Grail War begins in Edo Japan. A brand new Fate action RPG presented by TYPE-MOON and KOEI TECMO GAMES.

    2023ActionRPG27.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Heart of Gaia

    WHY THIS

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

    Lead the resistance against an ancient dark order that seeks to awaken an ancient evil and plunge Gaia into chaos. Explore a vast steampunk fantasy world and face formidable opponents in this action RPG, featuring real-time character switching and dynamic combat.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. The Tale of Galariel

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Souls of Chronos.

    Ranked #4 for Souls of Chronos fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Souls of Chronos.

    You play as an orc wishing to conquer the land and make it your own, you may make allies such as Goblins, Kobolds, Dragonkin, and More. Be warned Humans and Heroes are on their way. Are you ready to conquer the land?

    2023ActionAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Lunar Eclipse ~ Vol. 0

    WHY THIS

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

    Tread lightly or perish! In this pixel style Action RPG, slash and dodge through grueling foes as a dreary elven swordsman and a conniving feline assassin, discover hidden secrets in expansive environments, and survive in a world healing from war.

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. DragonSword : Awakening

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore the anime-style open world of the Continent of Orbis, brought to life with Unreal Engine 5! Recruit unique companions, unleash spectacular Status Ailment tag-team action, and embark on an epic journey to save the world from the threat of a Dragon reawakened after 60 years.

    2026ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. 勇者屠龙 之 永恒幻想

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Souls of Chronos fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Souls of Chronos.

    A turn based RPG game! Players will use the traditional RPG game mode to play two major scripts and three additional content. Players will follow the plot to encounter various events, defeat various bosses, explore different worlds, and welcome friends who love traditional RPGs to play!

    2023AdventureRPGCasual11.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Souls of Chronos.

    Ranked #8 for Souls of Chronos fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Souls of Chronos.

    A choice-rich, fantasy adventure visual novel in a steampunk victorian alternate reality, where coffee is all that matters.

    2020IndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Souls of Chronos at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Souls of Chronos on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Souls of Chronos.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Souls of Chronos on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Souls of Chronos.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Souls of Chronos on Steam right now. Shares Action with Souls of Chronos.

    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.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Souls of Chronos on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Souls of Chronos.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Souls of Chronos on Steam right now. Shares Action with Souls of Chronos.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~61% under Souls of Chronos on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Souls of Chronos.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Souls of Chronos on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Souls of Chronos.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Souls of Chronos on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Souls of Chronos.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Souls of Chronos.

    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 Souls of Chronos.

    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. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Souls of Chronos.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  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 Souls of Chronos.

    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. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Souls of Chronos.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Souls of Chronos.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from FUTU Studio

Other recommendable Steam games by FUTU Studio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Shanghai Summer

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Souls of Chronos.

    Another title from FUTU Studio, the studio behind Souls of Chronos. Shares Indie and Adventure with Souls of Chronos.

    Shanghai Summer is an adventure game set in the millennium. Our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of "anomalies" over the length of twelve days. In his pursuit of the truth, he found that his hopes and regrets from the past finally seem to converge. Will he be able to "fix" it for good?

    2024IndieAdventureRPG12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Songs of Yummy

    WHY THIS

    Another title from FUTU Studio, the studio behind Souls of Chronos. Shares Indie with Souls of Chronos.

    Songs of Yummy is a cozy and idle game. Food is scarce in the army, and you play Jia Xu and Cheng Yu, ordered to prepare for our army supplies. You will use every means to make everything in the world into military food.

    2025IndieCasual3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. GUGUGAGA

    WHY THIS

    Another title from FUTU Studio, the studio behind Souls of Chronos. Shares Indie with Souls of Chronos.

    GUGUGAGA! Sudoku! Minesweeper! Combined gameplay!! Plus, you can play online with friends!!!

    IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Fate/Samurai Remnant

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Souls of Chronos.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Souls of Chronos.

    “Your wish shall perish...” A Holy Grail War begins in Edo Japan. A brand new Fate action RPG presented by TYPE-MOON and KOEI TECMO GAMES.

    2023ActionRPG27.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Tale of Galariel

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Souls of Chronos.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Souls of Chronos.

    You play as an orc wishing to conquer the land and make it your own, you may make allies such as Goblins, Kobolds, Dragonkin, and More. Be warned Humans and Heroes are on their way. Are you ready to conquer the land?

    2023ActionAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Souls of Chronos.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Souls of Chronos.

    A choice-rich, fantasy adventure visual novel in a steampunk victorian alternate reality, where coffee is all that matters.

    2020IndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Souls of Chronos

Is Souls of Chronos verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Souls of Chronos 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 Souls of Chronos cost?
Souls of Chronos is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Souls of Chronos?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Souls of Chronos are SoulSide, Fate/Samurai Remnant, Heart of Gaia.
Who developed Souls of Chronos?
Souls of Chronos was developed by FUTU Studio and published by Astrolabe Games.

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 Souls of Chronos.

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