Games like Apotheon
If Apotheon is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dex, Rogue Legacy 2 and Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its methodical combat rewards patience, 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 →Apotheon is a side-scrolling action-adventure RPG developed by Alientrap, released in 2015 at a price of $14.99 USD. Set in the world of Ancient Greek Mythology, players ascend Mount Olympus to confront the gods in a game reviewers describe as atmospheric and epic, with a distinctive visual style inspired by Greek pottery. The challenging action gameplay incorporates exploration-based progression, stamina management, and weapon durability, requiring players to strategically rotate equipment as weapons break during combat. Reviewers highlight that each deity possesses unique vulnerabilities, creating diverse boss encounters where methodical combat rewards patience. Players note that victory against the gods feels earned through careful preparation and timing. Apotheon is verified for Steam Deck and supports solo play only, offering a medium-length campaign designed for focused, sit-down sessions. The game holds a 90% positive rating from recent Steam reviews.
About Apotheon: Apotheon is a heroic action game set within the vibrant world of Ancient Greek Mythology. Ascend Mount Olympus, wrestle the divine powers from the Pantheon of Gods, and save mankind.
Players who liked Apotheon also play
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Dex
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Apotheon.
Top pick for Apotheon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Apotheon.
Dex is a 2D, side-scrolling, open-world cyberpunk RPG with a focus on exploration and non-linear gameplay.
Rogue Legacy 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Apotheon.
Second-strongest match for Apotheon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Apotheon.
Rogue Legacy 2 is what you'd get if you mashed Rogue Legacy and a sequel together. Every time you die, your children will succeed you, and each child is unique. Your daughter might be a Colourblind Archer, and your son could be a Pacifistic Chef. Either way, one of them is getting conscripted.
Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Apotheon.
Third-strongest match for Apotheon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Apotheon.
Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.
Valdis Story: Abyssal City
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Apotheon.
Ranked #4 for Apotheon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Apotheon.
Assume the role of Wyatt in this Action/Exploration Platformer as you explore the ruins of a holy city that was lost many years ago. Battle various types of demons, angels, and a new threat known only as the “Ferals”, using swordsmanship, martial arts, and sorcery.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Apotheon.
Ranked #5 for Apotheon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Apotheon.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
Minoria
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Apotheon.
Ranked #6 for Apotheon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Apotheon.
Ink and blood stain the streets of Ramezia. Witches must burn and sins must be judged. Venture forth as Sister Semilla to burn down the pillars of heresy in Minoria, an action-platformer by Bombservice, creators of Momodora.
Rogue Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Apotheon.
Ranked #7 for Apotheon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Apotheon.
Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.
Vigil: The Longest Night
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Apotheon.
Ranked #8 for Apotheon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Apotheon.
Embark on a journey through the longest night with Leila, a valiant member of the Vigilant Order. Delve into the hidden truths shrouded in eternal darkness, unravel the mystery surrounding Leila's enigmatic sister, and confront the eldritch horrors lurking in a world that has lost the light of day.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Apotheon at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Apotheon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Apotheon.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Apotheon on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Apotheon.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Apotheon on Steam right now. Shares Action with Apotheon.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Apotheon on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Apotheon.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Apotheon on Steam right now. Shares Action with Apotheon.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Apotheon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Apotheon.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Apotheon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Apotheon.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Apotheon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Apotheon.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Apotheon.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Apotheon.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Apotheon.
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 with Apotheon.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Apotheon.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Apotheon.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Apotheon.
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.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Alientrap
Other recommendable Steam games by Alientrap, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Wytchwood
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Apotheon.
Another title from Alientrap, the studio behind Apotheon. Shares Indie and Adventure with Apotheon.
Wytchwood is a crafting adventure game set in a land of gothic fables and fairytales. As the old witch of the woods, explore a strange countryside, collect magic ingredients, brew sorcerous spells, and pass judgement upon a capricious cast of characters.
CRYPTARK
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Apotheon.
Another title from Alientrap, the studio behind Apotheon. Shares Action and Indie with Apotheon.
Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.
Capsized
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Apotheon.
Another title from Alientrap, the studio behind Apotheon. Shares Action and Indie with Apotheon.
Capsized is a fast paced 2D platformer focused on intense action and exploration. As a intrepid space traveler, your ship has crash landed on a mysterious alien planet. You must navigate through the perilous environment and fight off blood-thirsty creatures to save your crewmates and escape with your lives!
DuneCrawl
WHY THIS
Another title from Alientrap, the studio behind Apotheon. Shares Action and Indie with Apotheon.
DuneCrawl is an open world action-adventure game, where you take to the sandy seas atop a gigantic crustacean festooned with black powder cannons. Play as a solo Crab Keeper, or with a crew of up to three other friends in local and online coop.
Maximum Override
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Apotheon.
Another title from Alientrap, the studio behind Apotheon. Shares Action and Indie with Apotheon.
Maximum Override is a chaotic city destruction game where the machines come alive. Wreak havoc in a fully destructible randomly generated city with anything you can find.
Autocraft
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Apotheon.
Another title from Alientrap, the studio behind Apotheon. Shares Indie with Apotheon.
Create, Collect, and Crash in Autocraft, a physics destruction sandbox. Create your own cars, rockets, tanks, planes, boats, and more.
GUNHEAD
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Apotheon.
Another title from Alientrap, the studio behind Apotheon. Shares Action and Indie with Apotheon.
Gunhead is a fast paced strategic roguelike FPS where you take the role of a pirate mech with a gun for a head, looting derelict spaceships filled with monstrous drones made out of bone and steel. Sequel to the 2d roguelite Cryptark.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Rogue Legacy 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Apotheon.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Apotheon.
Rogue Legacy 2 is what you'd get if you mashed Rogue Legacy and a sequel together. Every time you die, your children will succeed you, and each child is unique. Your daughter might be a Colourblind Archer, and your son could be a Pacifistic Chef. Either way, one of them is getting conscripted.
Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Apotheon.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Apotheon.
Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.
Valdis Story: Abyssal City
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Apotheon.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Apotheon.
Assume the role of Wyatt in this Action/Exploration Platformer as you explore the ruins of a holy city that was lost many years ago. Battle various types of demons, angels, and a new threat known only as the “Ferals”, using swordsmanship, martial arts, and sorcery.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Apotheon.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Apotheon.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
Minoria
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Apotheon.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Apotheon.
Ink and blood stain the streets of Ramezia. Witches must burn and sins must be judged. Venture forth as Sister Semilla to burn down the pillars of heresy in Minoria, an action-platformer by Bombservice, creators of Momodora.
Rogue Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Apotheon.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Apotheon.
Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.
Vigil: The Longest Night
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Apotheon.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Apotheon.
Embark on a journey through the longest night with Leila, a valiant member of the Vigilant Order. Delve into the hidden truths shrouded in eternal darkness, unravel the mystery surrounding Leila's enigmatic sister, and confront the eldritch horrors lurking in a world that has lost the light of day.
Frequently asked about Apotheon
- Is Apotheon verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Apotheon 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 Apotheon cost?
- Apotheon is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Apotheon?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Apotheon are Dex, Rogue Legacy 2, Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU.
- Who developed Apotheon?
- Apotheon was developed by Alientrap.
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