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Games like AETHERIS

If AETHERIS is your kind of game, the closest matches are Wildermyth, For The King II and Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 AETHERIS: Aetheris is a tactical RPG with challenging turn-based battles set in an immersive and vibrant environment. Make the right choices and find the best strategy to survive in the unforgiving Wilderness. Journey alone or as a party of four—the adventure awaits!

2023StrategyIndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDWindows · macOSby WILD WITS
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Ability combinations feel powerful and uniqueArtistic visuals and animation stand outCo op play is easy and rewardingAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

Players who liked AETHERIS also play

Steam players who put hours into AETHERIS 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. Wildermyth

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with AETHERIS.

    Top pick for AETHERIS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with AETHERIS.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. For The King II

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with AETHERIS.

    Second-strongest match for AETHERIS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with AETHERIS.

    Battle against Fahrul's tyrannical Queen alone or as a party of four players in the sequel to For The King, the massively popular turn-based roguelite tabletop RPG. Will you unravel the once beloved Queen's terrible secret?

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure8.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with AETHERIS.

    Third-strongest match for AETHERIS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with AETHERIS.

    Veil of the Witch is a roguelite strategy RPG with turn-based combat and branching progression. Set in the world of “Lost Eidolons,” build a nimble squad of five, pick your skills as you level, and adapt to each unique run. May the gods favor the bold and the wise.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Demeo

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with AETHERIS.

    Ranked #4 for AETHERIS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with AETHERIS.

    Adventurers, it’s time to unite! Gather your friends and battle the dark forces that have overtaken the world of Resolution Games' award-winning RPG dungeon crawler, Demeo. The next generation of tabletop adventure has arrived!

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Demeo: PC Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with AETHERIS.

    Ranked #5 for AETHERIS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with AETHERIS.

    It’s dangerous to go alone! Grab your friends and assemble a party, because plumbing the depths of Demeo requires strategy, cunning, and teamwork. An award-winning cooperative tabletop adventure for up to four players.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventureDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. For The King

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with AETHERIS.

    Ranked #6 for AETHERIS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with AETHERIS.

    For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 封神榜2022

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with AETHERIS.

    Ranked #7 for AETHERIS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with AETHERIS.

    This game takes Nezha, Xiaolongnv, Yang Jian and Jiang Taigong as the protagonists. It tells the legendary story of the protagonists going to various places to adventure, and finally to Chaoge City to destroy the three demons and defeat King Zhou.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Fort Triumph

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with AETHERIS.

    Ranked #8 for AETHERIS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with AETHERIS.

    A strategy game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with the world exploration of HOMM. Build towns, collect artifacts, improve your heroes, and influence your tactical surroundings using physics!

    2020StrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to AETHERIS

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with AETHERIS.

    Reviewers of AETHERIS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with AETHERIS.

    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 ↗
  2. The Bureau: XCOM Declassified

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of AETHERIS cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear.  A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.

    2013Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Darkest Dungeon®

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of AETHERIS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with AETHERIS.

    Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?

    2016StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under AETHERIS on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with AETHERIS.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under AETHERIS on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with AETHERIS.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under AETHERIS on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with AETHERIS.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under AETHERIS on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with AETHERIS.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under AETHERIS on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with AETHERIS.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under AETHERIS on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with AETHERIS.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Test: Final Revelation

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under AETHERIS on Steam right now. Shares RPG with AETHERIS.

    The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?

    2020SimulationRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under AETHERIS on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with AETHERIS.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with AETHERIS.

    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 ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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 AETHERIS.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Wildermyth

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with AETHERIS.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with AETHERIS.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. For The King II

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with AETHERIS.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with AETHERIS.

    Battle against Fahrul's tyrannical Queen alone or as a party of four players in the sequel to For The King, the massively popular turn-based roguelite tabletop RPG. Will you unravel the once beloved Queen's terrible secret?

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure8.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with AETHERIS.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with AETHERIS.

    Veil of the Witch is a roguelite strategy RPG with turn-based combat and branching progression. Set in the world of “Lost Eidolons,” build a nimble squad of five, pick your skills as you level, and adapt to each unique run. May the gods favor the bold and the wise.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Demeo

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with AETHERIS.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with AETHERIS.

    Adventurers, it’s time to unite! Gather your friends and battle the dark forces that have overtaken the world of Resolution Games' award-winning RPG dungeon crawler, Demeo. The next generation of tabletop adventure has arrived!

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Demeo: PC Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with AETHERIS.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with AETHERIS.

    It’s dangerous to go alone! Grab your friends and assemble a party, because plumbing the depths of Demeo requires strategy, cunning, and teamwork. An award-winning cooperative tabletop adventure for up to four players.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventureDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Fort Triumph

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with AETHERIS.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with AETHERIS.

    A strategy game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with the world exploration of HOMM. Build towns, collect artifacts, improve your heroes, and influence your tactical surroundings using physics!

    2020StrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about AETHERIS

How much does AETHERIS cost?
AETHERIS is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does AETHERIS have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — AETHERIS supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to AETHERIS?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside AETHERIS are Wildermyth, For The King II, Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch.
Who developed AETHERIS?
AETHERIS was developed by WILD WITS and published by WILD WITS, Hawthorn 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 AETHERIS.

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