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Games like Kentum

If Kentum is your kind of game, the closest matches are Blossom: The Seed of Life, Ecliptica and MISERY — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its automation feels deeply 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.

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About Kentum: Crafting, cloning, and comedy await in this survival-infused metroidvania adventure. Wake up as the last human alive on a wondrous and weird future Earth. Seek out supplies, build machines, platform through mysterious biomes, unceremoniously die, and reclone on your mission to rebuild civilization.

2025ActionAdventureSimulation17.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby Tlön Industries
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Steam players who put hours into Kentum 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. Blossom: The Seed of Life

    WHY THIS

    Shares tech tree progression and an atmospheric mood with Kentum.

    Top pick for Kentum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Kentum.

    Terraform a dead planet back to life in this open world survival crafting game. Explore ruins, gather resources, print machines, drive modular vehicles, grow forests, biomes, and ecosystems. Create life and make it thrive with your own hands.

    2026IndieAdventure13.59 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Ecliptica

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Kentum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Kentum.

    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.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. MISERY

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Kentum.

    Third-strongest match for Kentum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Kentum.

    MISERY is a 1–5 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Shamania

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Kentum.

    Ranked #4 for Kentum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Kentum.

    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!

    2026ActionAdventureRPG11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Zeverland

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Kentum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Kentum.

    Welcome to Zeverland. Common sense is your best weapon against the Zeds. After figuring out the "not dying" part, grab some friends to save the world. Find a cure, build a rocket, or a tower too high for Zeds to climb. Nothing's off limits. You're here at the very start of the apocalypse. Go wild!

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. Frostrail

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Kentum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Kentum.

    Through the frost, death follows the tracks. Dive into a ruthless survival FPS, solo or co-op. Explore, scavenge, craft and fight to endure a frozen, corrupted world. Operate and upgrade your steam-powered train through an unforgiving wasteland, where every choice is a matter of survival.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. StarRupture

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Kentum.

    Ranked #7 for Kentum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Kentum.

    StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Last Caretaker

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Kentum.

    Ranked #8 for Kentum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Kentum.

    Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure34.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Kentum

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. Subnautica

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Kentum.

    Reviewers of Kentum cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Kentum.

    Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.

    2018IndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Metroidvania Maker

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Kentum cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Kentum.

    Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Factorio

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Kentum.

    Reviewers of Kentum cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Kentum.

    Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation35.00 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Castle of Vania

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Kentum cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Kentum.

    Invade the castle of the powerful Vampire Vania, face several difficult, exciting and sensual challenges to end this reign of horror and orgies.

    2025ActionAdventure10.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Kentum.

    Priced ~44% under Kentum on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Kentum.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Kentum on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Kentum.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Kentum on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Kentum.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Kentum on Steam right now. Shares Action with Kentum.

    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.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Kentum on Steam right now. Shares Action and Simulation with Kentum.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Kentum on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Kentum.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Kentum on Steam right now. Shares Action with Kentum.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Kentum on Steam right now. Shares Action with Kentum.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 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 Action and Adventure with Kentum.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

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

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

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    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.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Kentum

Is Kentum verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Kentum 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 Kentum cost?
Kentum is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Kentum?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Kentum are Blossom: The Seed of Life, Ecliptica, MISERY.
Who developed Kentum?
Kentum was developed by Tlön Industries and published by indienova, V Publishing.

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 Kentum.

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