Games like Project Absentia
If Project Absentia is your kind of game, the closest matches are Viscerafest, Zortch and Blood High! — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, retro and aerial arena combat. 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 Project Absentia: Play as an angel known as Abby in this retro shooter based on flash cartoons and sprite comics of days gone by focused on interactivity, verticality and cool weapons.
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Viscerafest
WHY THIS
Top pick for Project Absentia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Absentia.
Viscerafest is a Sci-Fi Fantasy Singleplayer Arena FPS with minor Collectathon elements. Fight through hordes of aliens and eldritch monstrosities wielding a slew of powerful weapons, juggling your resources, and exploring over 23 intricately designed hand-crafted levels.
Zortch
WHY THIS
Shares weapon switching, secret hunting and a retro mood with Project Absentia.
Second-strongest match for Project Absentia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Absentia.
Meet Zortch Maxinum: short order cook, amateur engineer and professional slacker; Bored and tired of her day job she decides to go on a holiday but alas she picks a cheap option: turns out it's a scheme by aliens who capture humans to eat their brains! also this game is a sci-fi horror comedy fps
Blood High!
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Project Absentia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Project Absentia.
A vampire cursed to live with head and body separated. Shoot blood as ammo, execute enemies with your flying head, and survive. Overflow your HP to unleash Blood High Mode! Dive into hardcore, over-the-top boomer shooter action soaked in blood.
Forgive Me Father
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Project Absentia.
Ranked #4 for Project Absentia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Absentia.
Forgive Me Father is a dark retro horror FPS set in a comic book style world inspired by the novels of H.P. Lovecraft. As the only one left with full senses, you begin a journey in search of answers and relief. How long can you last?
REVEREND
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Project Absentia.
Ranked #5 for Project Absentia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Project Absentia.
A retro first-person shooter inspired by Blood, Duke Nukem 3D, and Rise of the Triad. REVEREND is a dark, twisted tale with religious undertones, terrifying creature designs and one hell of a personality.
MOUSE: P.I. For Hire
WHY THIS
Shares secret hunting and an atmospheric mood with Project Absentia.
Ranked #6 for Project Absentia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Absentia.
Join private investigator Jack Pepper on a guns blazing, jazz-fueled adventure in MOUSE: P.I. For Hire. MOUSE combines the charm of hand-drawn rubber hose animation inspired by the classic cartoons of the 1930’s with the adrenaline and action of an explosive first person shooter.
CARNAL
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Project Absentia.
Ranked #7 for Project Absentia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Absentia.
CARNAL is a fast and challenging retro FPS straight from the mid '90s. The Sons of Anak are opening portals to extract Dark Matter from the "other side". Combat the possessed soldiers, the manifested demons helping them, and any inanimate objects standing in your way!
WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Project Absentia.
Ranked #8 for Project Absentia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Project Absentia.
Blast, slice and shred through your enemies in this hardcore FPS inspired by the icons of the '90s, powered by the legendary Quake-1 Tech. Taking place in a realm left to rot, take up arms, unearth long-forgotten secrets and hunt down the Guardians of the Old World.
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Rise of the Triad
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Project Absentia.
Reviewers of Project Absentia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Project Absentia.
Apogee Software and Interceptor Entertainment proudly present the rebirth of the cult-classic first-person shooter, “Rise of the Triad”. Bigger, better and more ludicrous than ever before.
Marathon
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Project Absentia.
Reviewers of Project Absentia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Project Absentia.
Scavenge the lost colony of Tau Ceti IV as a bio-cybernetic Runner in a PvPvE survival extraction FPS from the creators of Halo and Destiny.
DOOM
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Project Absentia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Project Absentia.
Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Project Absentia at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Project Absentia on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Project Absentia.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Project Absentia on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Project Absentia.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Project Absentia on Steam right now. Shares Action with Project Absentia.
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.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Project Absentia on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Project Absentia.
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?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Project Absentia on Steam right now. Shares Action with Project Absentia.
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.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Project Absentia on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Project Absentia.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Project Absentia on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Project Absentia.
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...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Project Absentia on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Project Absentia.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Project Absentia.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Project Absentia.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Project Absentia.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Project Absentia.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Project Absentia.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Project Absentia.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Project Absentia.
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.).
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Project Absentia.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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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.
Forgive Me Father
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Project Absentia.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Project Absentia.
Forgive Me Father is a dark retro horror FPS set in a comic book style world inspired by the novels of H.P. Lovecraft. As the only one left with full senses, you begin a journey in search of answers and relief. How long can you last?
MOUSE: P.I. For Hire
WHY THIS
Shares secret hunting and an atmospheric mood with Project Absentia.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Project Absentia.
Join private investigator Jack Pepper on a guns blazing, jazz-fueled adventure in MOUSE: P.I. For Hire. MOUSE combines the charm of hand-drawn rubber hose animation inspired by the classic cartoons of the 1930’s with the adrenaline and action of an explosive first person shooter.
WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Project Absentia.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Project Absentia.
Blast, slice and shred through your enemies in this hardcore FPS inspired by the icons of the '90s, powered by the legendary Quake-1 Tech. Taking place in a realm left to rot, take up arms, unearth long-forgotten secrets and hunt down the Guardians of the Old World.
Frequently asked about Project Absentia
- How much does Project Absentia cost?
- Project Absentia is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Project Absentia?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Project Absentia are Viscerafest, Zortch, Blood High!.
- Who developed Project Absentia?
- Project Absentia was developed by Waffle Iron Studios and published by Waffle Iron Studios, Hellforge Studios.
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