Games like Estencel
If Estencel is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rivals' Duel, Rasen and Hell Above — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its parry windows feel satisfying, atmospheric and challenging. 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 Estencel: Atmospheric souls-like. Fight enemies and bosses and explore the gloomy city.
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Steam players who put hours into Estencel 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.
Rivals' Duel
WHY THIS
Top pick for Estencel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Estencel.
Act fast, duels are fierce. Opponents will not wait a second to defeat you, accelerate your mind and face them with your swords and guns
Rasen
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Estencel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Estencel.
Strike with precision, time your deflects and fight flawlessly to your own rhythm. Step into atmospheric PvP or PvE arena duels and fast-paced clashes with a variety of lethal characters. Featuring GGPO-style rollback netcode for responsive online matches.
Hell Above
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Estencel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Estencel.
Team up to hack, slash, fight, and DIE (... a lot). A merciless soulslike boss-rush trapped in a low-poly, PS1-era Dante poem... except this time you're venturing up the inferno...
Luminary
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Estencel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Estencel.
"Very Positive" Demo, Luminary is a solo or co-op OpenZone Action RPG that creates a balanced experience for everyone. Using a unique world and character progression system, explore vast hand-crafted lands together, uncover hidden treasures, level up your town, and push back the darkness with light.
LIZARDS MUST DIE
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Estencel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Estencel.
The great exploits of the Ancient Rus in the war with the lizards. Immerse yourself in the world of Hyperborea and defeat hordes of Lizards and other unholy who encroached on holy places Ancestors. Choose a blessed hero and go save the world from the green plague.
Parasited Will
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Estencel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Estencel.
Enter this story of survival against the new alien domain with the help of the warriors of the Anti-Chaos Brigade in intense, fast-paced Arcade-style combat.
Deliria
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Estencel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Estencel.
Build what should not exist. Fight what should never wake. Deliria is a nightmare where you sculpt infinite worlds with friends, master stylish sword combat, and survive blood moons, invasions, and Lovecraftian gods.
Tales Of Epitome
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Estencel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Estencel.
Arcade Horde-Killing Hack and Slash RPG with Platforming! Devour the hopes and dreams of foes for powerful new abilities. Acquire 7 allies, explore a stylized open world, collect crystals, and master real-time mid-combat character-switching combos. Play co-op or rise on the global leaderboards!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Estencel
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Arx Fatalis
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Estencel.
Reviewers of Estencel cross-mention this title as a similar play.
This critically acclaimed first-person RPG from Arkane Studios takes the player on an amazing journey into the fantasy world of Arx. Arx is wrought with turmoil, brought to the brink of destruction by a violent war.
Trine 2: Complete Story
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Estencel.
Reviewers of Estencel cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Estencel.
Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Estencel.
Reviewers of Estencel cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Estencel.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Estencel.
Reviewers of Estencel cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Estencel.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
Lies of P
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Estencel.
Reviewers of Estencel cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Estencel.
Lies of P is a thrilling soulslike that takes the story of Pinocchio, turns it on its head, and sets it against the darkly elegant backdrop of the Belle Epoque era.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Estencel at current Steam store prices.
Miss Neko
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Estencel on Steam right now. Shares Action with Estencel.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Estencel on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Estencel.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Estencel on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Estencel.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Estencel on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Estencel.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Estencel on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Estencel.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Estencel.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Massively Multiplayer with Estencel.
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?
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 Estencel.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Estencel.
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.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Estencel.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Estencel.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Estencel.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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Frequently asked about Estencel
- Is Estencel verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Estencel 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 Estencel cost?
- Estencel is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Estencel have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Estencel supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Estencel?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Estencel are Rivals' Duel, Rasen, Hell Above.
- Who developed Estencel?
- Estencel was developed by Rone Vine.
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 Estencel.
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