Games like Absentis
If Absentis is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dragon's Dogma 2, Sword Hero and Wytchsun: Elleros Origins — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Absentis: Survive in a world consumed by darkness! Explore the desolated lands, battle monsters and powerful bosses, upgrade your shelter, and grow stronger with every expedition. Melee combat only—pure hardcore!
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Dragon's Dogma 2
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Top pick for Absentis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Absentis.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is a single player, narrative driven action-RPG that challenges the players to choose their own experience – from the appearance of their Arisen, their vocation, their party, how to approach different situations and more - in a truly immersive fantasy world.
Sword Hero
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Second-strongest match for Absentis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Absentis.
A truly interactive open-world RPG, packed with dozens of dynamic systems like NPCs with Daily Routines and memory system, Crime and Reputation, a limb-based Directional Combat system and many more. Become a well-known Hero, a feared Villain or anything in-between.
Wytchsun: Elleros Origins
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Absentis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Absentis.
Experience the land of Elleros, a complete open world for you to explore in any way you choose. From exploring ancient caves to battling corrupted necromancers, Elleros enables you to play the way you choose. Every 400 years a cataclysm wipes out nearly all life. The last cataclysm was 399 years ago.
The Violets of Amicus™
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Ranked #4 for Absentis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Absentis.
Attack, dodge, and counter the monsters invading the land of Velare in The Violets of Amicus, a 2D action-adventure inspired by classic dungeon crawlers and modern combat games alike. The ferocious Violets are waking from their ancient gardens. Can a lowly courier save the kingdom?
Tale of Dark Lands
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Ranked #5 for Absentis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Absentis.
Tale of Dark Lands is a fantasy action RPG in a charming low-poly style with the spirit of an old fairy tale. A brave mercenary gets drawn into an ancient dark story that threatens the entire land. Develop your hero and fight dangerous enemies! Become a legend and stop the approaching darkness!
Lord of Undead
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Ranked #6 for Absentis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Absentis.
Destroy the castle on the hill in this grim RPG where you play as the Dark Lord. Collect souls, summon an undead army, master dark abilities, craft powerful gear, build your base, and desecrate the lands of a vast open world.
Alchemist Adventure
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Ranked #7 for Absentis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Absentis.
Explore a world full of adventure in this action RPG that tells the story of Mya, a powerful alchemist who travels across the dangerous lands of mythical Isur trying to recall the lost memories of her past.
Sich
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Ranked #8 for Absentis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Absentis.
Experience 100+ player tactical battle in a 17th-century Eastern Europe historical shooter. Master directional melee, authentic period firearms and heavy artillery. Fight for survival across war-torn steppes and fortified villages. Form a squad, stand your ground, and experience early modern warfare
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Absentis at current Steam store prices.
Miss Neko
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Priced ~51% under Absentis on Steam right now. Shares Action with Absentis.
Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)
QUICKERFLAK
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Priced ~51% under Absentis on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Absentis.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
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Priced ~51% under Absentis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Absentis.
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
Gachi Heroes
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Priced ~51% under Absentis on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Absentis.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
Trip to Vinelands
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Priced ~51% under Absentis on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Absentis.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Absentis.
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.
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 and Adventure with Absentis.
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 Absentis.
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 and Adventure with Absentis.
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 Absentis.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Absentis.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Absentis.
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.
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Frequently asked about Absentis
- How much does Absentis cost?
- Absentis is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Absentis?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Absentis are Dragon's Dogma 2, Sword Hero, Wytchsun: Elleros Origins.
- Who developed Absentis?
- Absentis was developed by storkyproduct.
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 Absentis.
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