Games like Ars Notoria
If Ars Notoria is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ecliptica, Whisper of the Swallows and Windrose — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Ars Notoria: Ars Notoria is an open-world survival crafting game set in a rich fantasy world. Learn six distinct schools of magic, gather resources, build your base, expand your influence, and stand against the ever-shifting threat of the Enthralled. You are the one destined to change the kingdom.
Players who liked Ars Notoria also play
Steam players who put hours into Ars Notoria 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.
Ecliptica
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Top pick for Ars Notoria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Ars Notoria.
Ecliptica is a first-person open-world colony survival simulator with a fully dynamic economy. Set on a hostile alien planet, you'll found corporations, fight for resources, and build a sustainable future—or be wiped out by ruthless nature, politics, and competition.
Whisper of the Swallows
WHY THIS
Shares skill progression, base building and an atmospheric mood with Ars Notoria.
Second-strongest match for Ars Notoria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Ars Notoria.
Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
Windrose
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with Ars Notoria.
Third-strongest match for Ars Notoria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Ars Notoria.
Embark on a PvE survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Fight on land and sea, solo or with friends. Build, craft and explore vast open world filled with dark secrets. Master soulslite combat and take on challenging bosses, command your ship and plunder unspoken treasures!
Shamania
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Shares base building with Ars Notoria.
Ranked #4 for Ars Notoria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Ars Notoria.
Shamania is an open world survival game where you can CRAFT, FIGHT, and EXPLORE a vibrant sandbox world with friends in CO-OP. Expand your base as a hub for survival, gather resources, and master professions to unlock new tools and opportunities!
The Forest
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with Ars Notoria.
Ranked #5 for Ars Notoria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Ars Notoria.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Nested Lands
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Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with Ars Notoria.
Ranked #6 for Ars Notoria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Ars Notoria.
Nested Lands is a ruthless medieval RPG game featuring in-depth village building, large-scale social management and combats. Gather survivors, build a settlement, craft, master your skills, survive, and endure alone or in online co-op.
VEIN
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Shares an immersive mood with Ars Notoria.
Ranked #7 for Ars Notoria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Ars Notoria.
VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.
Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ars Notoria.
Ranked #8 for Ars Notoria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Ars Notoria.
Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts is a Multiplayer Survival Horror game for up to 4 players. Set in the Middle of the Unknown, you can craft, build, explore and discover secrets in the exciting first chapter from EFNSOFT.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ars Notoria at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Ars Notoria.
Priced ~50% under Ars Notoria on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Ars Notoria.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Ars Notoria on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Ars Notoria.
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.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~50% under Ars Notoria on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Ars Notoria.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~50% under Ars Notoria on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ars Notoria.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
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Priced ~50% under Ars Notoria on Steam right now. Shares Action and Simulation with Ars Notoria.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ars Notoria on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Ars Notoria.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Ars Notoria.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Ars Notoria.
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!
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Ars Notoria.
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 with Ars Notoria.
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.
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and RPG with Ars Notoria.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
The Lab
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
DORONKO WANKO
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Simulation with Ars Notoria.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
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Frequently asked about Ars Notoria
- Does Ars Notoria work on Steam Deck?
- Ars Notoria is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Ars Notoria cost?
- Ars Notoria is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Ars Notoria have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Ars Notoria supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Ars Notoria?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ars Notoria are Ecliptica, Whisper of the Swallows, Windrose.
- Who developed Ars Notoria?
- Ars Notoria was developed by XRON Software and published by Lilith Games.
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