Games like UnEpic
If UnEpic is your kind of game, the closest matches are Shadows Labyrinth, Valdis Story: Abyssal City and Timespinner — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its fast movement feels satisfying, humor keeps it engaging 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 →UnEpic is a 2014 retro platformer-RPG that blends action-platforming with metroidvania exploration. Players guide Daniel through a castle environment with skill-point allocation and build-optimization at its core, while multiplayer-map-editing adds collaborative potential. Reviewers highlight that fast-movement feels satisfying and varied-weapon-types encourage experimentation. The scroll-based-quest-assistance system addresses common metroidvania frustrations according to players. Dark humor runs through the experience, with players describing the tone as comedic and nostalgic. The game features online co-op and trap-avoidance mechanics alongside limited respecs that force strategic choices. UnEpic is priced at $12.99, runs as Playable on Steam Deck, and holds an 85% positive rating from 1759 Steam reviews.
About UnEpic: Daniel was just an average guy. He was a great videogame player, a big fan of sci-fi movies, and a novice RPG player. In the midst of an RPG, he was teleported to a castle. At first, Daniel believed that he was having a massive hallucination.
Players who liked UnEpic also play
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Shadows Labyrinth
WHY THIS
Top pick for UnEpic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with UnEpic.
Shadows Labyrinth – is a gloomy metroidvania with RPG mechanics. Chop, conjure and survive in a perpetual darkness filled with monsters, traps and betrayal.
Valdis Story: Abyssal City
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with UnEpic.
Second-strongest match for UnEpic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with UnEpic.
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.
Timespinner
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for UnEpic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with UnEpic.
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
Super Daryl Deluxe
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with UnEpic.
Ranked #4 for UnEpic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with UnEpic.
Shoot rubber ducky arrows, pound enemies with a rhino hammer, and help Beethoven get his groove back in the last totally normal high school themed RPGvania you’ll ever want.
Ghost 1.0
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for UnEpic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with UnEpic.
A mysterious agent, capable of becoming a digital ghost, sneaks aboard the Nakamura Space Station. This is where the fun begins: the station is well-protected with its heavy defences, never-ending arsenal of weapons, and mysterious artifacts. It will all have to be destroyed.
Rogue Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with UnEpic.
Ranked #6 for UnEpic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with UnEpic.
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.
Indivisible
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with UnEpic.
Ranked #7 for UnEpic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with UnEpic.
Indivisible is a hand drawn action RPG platformer from Lab Zero, creators of the critically acclaimed Skullgirls! Set in a huge fantasy world, Indivisible tells the story of Ajna, a fearless girl with a rebellious streak who sets out on a quest to save everything she knows from being destroyed.
Dragon Marked For Death
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with UnEpic.
Ranked #8 for UnEpic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with UnEpic.
Dragon Marked For Death is a 2D side-scrolling action RPG game where up to 4 players can play together in online multiplayer. The characters, known as the Dragonblood Clan, have forged a pact with the Astral Dragon, which granted them special new powers.
Reviewers mention these as similar to UnEpic
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RIFT
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with UnEpic.
Reviewers of UnEpic cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with UnEpic.
Dive into a world of epic adventure! Create your perfect hero thanks to a uniquely customizable class system. Collect, craft, and customize your gear. Go it alone or group up to challenge dungeons, raids, dynamic open-world content, and your fellow players.
Ghost 1.0
WHY THIS
Reviewers of UnEpic cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with UnEpic.
A mysterious agent, capable of becoming a digital ghost, sneaks aboard the Nakamura Space Station. This is where the fun begins: the station is well-protected with its heavy defences, never-ending arsenal of weapons, and mysterious artifacts. It will all have to be destroyed.
RuneScape ®
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with UnEpic.
Reviewers of UnEpic cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with UnEpic.
RuneScape is a high fantasy open world MMORPG. Explore an ever changing and evolving living world where new challenges, skills, and quests await. Featuring unprecedented player freedom, you choose how to play, adventure, and grow.
PlanetSide 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with UnEpic.
Reviewers of UnEpic cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with UnEpic.
PlanetSide 2 is an all-out planetary war, where thousands of players battle as one across enormous continents. Utilize infantry, ground and air vehicles, and teamwork to destroy your enemies in this revolutionary first-person shooter on a massive scale.
Warframe
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with UnEpic.
Reviewers of UnEpic cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with UnEpic.
Awaken as an unstoppable warrior and battle alongside your friends in this story-driven free-to-play online action game
Railroad Tycoon 3
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with UnEpic.
Reviewers of UnEpic cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Railroad Tycoon 3 features 25 scenarios challenging players to recreate magnificent feats of railroading history from around the world. Players can lay track (including tunnels and overpasses), pick from over 40 locomotives from early steams to modern bullets, choose to haul over 35 types of cargo in a dynamic economy, and participate in...
Idle Transport Tycoon
WHY THIS
Reviewers of UnEpic cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with UnEpic.
Enjoy fast, stress-free management! Build your service network, merge houses, and transport guests via train & ropeway. Upgrade facilities, hire staff, and climb the leaderboards in this bite-sized tycoon experience designed to be finished in one sitting; but still runs well in background.
Double Action: Boogaloo
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with UnEpic.
Reviewers of UnEpic cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with UnEpic.
Double Action is a free stylish multiplayer game about diving, flipping, and sliding your way into action movie mayhem.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below UnEpic at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under UnEpic on Steam right now. Shares Indie with UnEpic.
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 ~62% under UnEpic on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with UnEpic.
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 ~46% under UnEpic on Steam right now. Shares Action with UnEpic.
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.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under UnEpic on Steam right now. Shares Action with UnEpic.
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 ~52% under UnEpic on Steam right now. Shares Indie with UnEpic.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under UnEpic on Steam right now. Shares Indie with UnEpic.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under UnEpic on Steam right now. Shares Indie with UnEpic.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under UnEpic on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with UnEpic.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with UnEpic.
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 UnEpic.
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 UnEpic.
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 with UnEpic.
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 UnEpic.
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 UnEpic.
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 @unepic_fran
Other recommendable Steam games by @unepic_fran, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
UnMetal
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with UnEpic.
Another title from @unepic_fran, the studio behind UnEpic. Shares Action and Indie with UnEpic.
UnMetal is a 2D stealth action-adventure that pays homage to the classics with a healthy dose of humor and satire. You play as Jesse Fox, who is definitely NOT an elite commando, under arrest for a crime he didn't commit, and must escape a covert military base using his wits and fists.
Ghost 1.0
WHY THIS
Another title from @unepic_fran, the studio behind UnEpic. Shares Action and Indie with UnEpic.
A mysterious agent, capable of becoming a digital ghost, sneaks aboard the Nakamura Space Station. This is where the fun begins: the station is well-protected with its heavy defences, never-ending arsenal of weapons, and mysterious artifacts. It will all have to be destroyed.
Mini Ghost
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with UnEpic.
Another title from @unepic_fran, the studio behind UnEpic. Shares Action and Indie with UnEpic.
"Mini Ghost" is a mini metroidvania in the 80's MSX art style and gameplay. It's the mini prequel of Ghost 1.0.
Pampas & Selene: The Maze of Demons
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with UnEpic.
Another title from @unepic_fran, the studio behind UnEpic. Shares Action and Indie with UnEpic.
Join Pampas and Selene as they overcome monsters, demons, and the Dark Priest with the help of the gods themselves! Explore this co-opvania 8-bit platformer alone or with a friend. This retro game is a loving tribute to an MSX2 masterpiece from the creator of UnEpic, Ghost 1.0, and UnMetal.
Afraid Project
WHY THIS
Another title from @unepic_fran, the studio behind UnEpic. Shares Action with UnEpic.
What you do in the game becomes reality!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Valdis Story: Abyssal City
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with UnEpic.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with UnEpic.
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.
Timespinner
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with UnEpic.
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
Super Daryl Deluxe
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with UnEpic.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with UnEpic.
Shoot rubber ducky arrows, pound enemies with a rhino hammer, and help Beethoven get his groove back in the last totally normal high school themed RPGvania you’ll ever want.
Ghost 1.0
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with UnEpic.
A mysterious agent, capable of becoming a digital ghost, sneaks aboard the Nakamura Space Station. This is where the fun begins: the station is well-protected with its heavy defences, never-ending arsenal of weapons, and mysterious artifacts. It will all have to be destroyed.
Rogue Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with UnEpic.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with UnEpic.
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.
Indivisible
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with UnEpic.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with UnEpic.
Indivisible is a hand drawn action RPG platformer from Lab Zero, creators of the critically acclaimed Skullgirls! Set in a huge fantasy world, Indivisible tells the story of Ajna, a fearless girl with a rebellious streak who sets out on a quest to save everything she knows from being destroyed.
Frequently asked about UnEpic
- Does UnEpic run on Steam Deck?
- UnEpic is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does UnEpic cost?
- UnEpic is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does UnEpic have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — UnEpic supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to UnEpic?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside UnEpic are Shadows Labyrinth, Valdis Story: Abyssal City, Timespinner.
- Who developed UnEpic?
- UnEpic was developed by @unepic_fran and published by Unepic Games.
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