Games like Ethereal Rift
If Ethereal Rift is your kind of game, the closest matches are Striving for Light, Pathfinder: Gallowspire Survivors and Bravery and Greed — 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 Ethereal Rift: Ethereal Rift is a procedurally generated ARPG based around crafting builds, gathering items and hack and slash combat. Play with up to 4 players in this dark fantasy adventure, slaying huge creatures and dark spirits to bring peace to the middle worlds.
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Striving for Light
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Top pick for Ethereal Rift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ethereal Rift.
Blending deep Action RPG buildcrafting with roguelite action, Striving for Light lets you shape and customize an infinite skilltree. Hunt for powerful loot, craft and upgrade weapons to legendary power, slay hordes of enemies and challenging bosses in ever-changing dark worlds.
Pathfinder: Gallowspire Survivors
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Second-strongest match for Ethereal Rift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ethereal Rift.
A roguelite survivor game set in the beloved world of Pathfinder. Enter Gallowspire, Pathfinder’s legendary tower of darkness, alongside your fearless companion. Slay hordes of enemies, upgrade your arsenal, and overcome deadly bosses to seal away the ancient king of undeath Tar-Baphon!
Bravery and Greed
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Third-strongest match for Ethereal Rift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ethereal Rift.
Bravery and Greed is a beat 'em up, roguelite, dungeon brawler for up to four players. Choose from four classic fantasy classes, engage in a deep robust combat system, and play a variety of co-operative and competitive game modes with friends via local, online or both. Get rich, or die trying!
Dungeon Souls
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Ranked #4 for Ethereal Rift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ethereal Rift.
Dungeon Souls is an action-adventure roguelike dungeon crawler which draws heavy inspiration from Nuclear Throne, Risk of Rain, and Overture. Explore vast procedurally generated dungeons, collect loot, and slay hordes of challenging enemies!
Legend of Dungeon
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Ranked #5 for Ethereal Rift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ethereal Rift.
Legend of Dungeon is a randomly generated action RPG Beat'em'up with heavy Rogue-like elements, striking visuals, and dynamic music.
Striving for Light: Survival
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Ranked #6 for Ethereal Rift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ethereal Rift.
Striving for Light: Survival brings the exploration of infinite expanding skill trees to the arena survival roguelite genre. Unlock new characters, weapons, skills and maps, slay hordes of monsters and take on massive boss fights.
Skeletal Avenger
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Ranked #7 for Ethereal Rift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ethereal Rift.
Embark on a bone-chilling quest for vengeance as a skull-hurling skeletal warrior in Skeletal Avenger! This captivating roguelite dungeon crawler melds hack'n'slash mayhem with endlessly replayable gameplay, offering a thrilling, ever-evolving experience that keeps you coming back for more.
Heroes of Hammerwatch II
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Ranked #8 for Ethereal Rift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ethereal Rift.
A rogue-lite action-rpg that offers extensive persistent progression. Build your town, upgrade and equip your heroes, before taking on the ever-changing Dark Citadel - either solo or with a team of friends.
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Striving for Light
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Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ethereal Rift.
Blending deep Action RPG buildcrafting with roguelite action, Striving for Light lets you shape and customize an infinite skilltree. Hunt for powerful loot, craft and upgrade weapons to legendary power, slay hordes of enemies and challenging bosses in ever-changing dark worlds.
Pathfinder: Gallowspire Survivors
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ethereal Rift.
A roguelite survivor game set in the beloved world of Pathfinder. Enter Gallowspire, Pathfinder’s legendary tower of darkness, alongside your fearless companion. Slay hordes of enemies, upgrade your arsenal, and overcome deadly bosses to seal away the ancient king of undeath Tar-Baphon!
Striving for Light: Survival
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ethereal Rift.
Striving for Light: Survival brings the exploration of infinite expanding skill trees to the arena survival roguelite genre. Unlock new characters, weapons, skills and maps, slay hordes of monsters and take on massive boss fights.
Skeletal Avenger
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ethereal Rift.
Embark on a bone-chilling quest for vengeance as a skull-hurling skeletal warrior in Skeletal Avenger! This captivating roguelite dungeon crawler melds hack'n'slash mayhem with endlessly replayable gameplay, offering a thrilling, ever-evolving experience that keeps you coming back for more.
Frequently asked about Ethereal Rift
- Does Ethereal Rift run on Steam Deck?
- Ethereal Rift is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- Is Ethereal Rift free to play?
- Yes — Ethereal Rift is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- Does Ethereal Rift have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Ethereal Rift supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Ethereal Rift?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ethereal Rift are Striving for Light, Pathfinder: Gallowspire Survivors, Bravery and Greed.
- Who developed Ethereal Rift?
- Ethereal Rift was developed by Jack Vanderkolk.
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