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Games like Eventide Matter

If Eventide Matter is your kind of game, the closest matches are Unknown Planet, Moon Rocks and Slimes and Astro Combat — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric n64 style music, music enhances immersion subtly and atmospheric. 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 Eventide Matter: A 2D space mining adventure. Mine exotic resources, unlock powerful equipment, and fend off relentless enemies to build an inter-dimensional portal, the last hope of salvation for your civilization.

2025ActionIndieRPG5.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby Ottropi Games
Eventide Matter — Steam game cover
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Atmospheric n64 style musicMusic enhances immersion subtlyRetro 2d aesthetic fits atmosphere perfectlyAtmosphericChillContemplative

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Steam players who put hours into Eventide Matter 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. Unknown Planet

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource gathering, crafting and a chill mood with Eventide Matter.

    Top pick for Eventide Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Eventide Matter.

    Your spacecraft has crash landed on an alien planet. Explore this unknown world, mine the resources, build your base, grow farms, craft equipment, fight off the alien lifeforms and survive.

    2023IndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Moon Rocks and Slimes

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Eventide Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Eventide Matter.

    A sci-fi, base-building adventure where you build a 'ship' on an asteroid; explore space, battle slimes, raiders, space rhinos, and more. A story that includes following orders from a mysterious AI, shooting fish with a space grappling hook, invading space stations, fixing the exploded moon, etc.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Astro Combat

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Eventide Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Eventide Matter.

    Astro Combat is a Pixel Space Shooter, with Action-RPG elements.

    2024ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Survival RPG: The Lost Treasure

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Eventide Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Eventide Matter.

    Survival RPG: The Lost Treasure is a retro RPG game with a survival twist. Let the treasure hunt begin! A journey in a one-of-a-kind adventure that combines exploration, RPG and survival in a 2D pixel art universe is waiting for you.

    2021IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Gaia Beyond

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Eventide Matter.

    Ranked #5 for Eventide Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Eventide Matter.

    Gaia Beyond is a handcrafted 2D Action-RPG, an exploration mix built around the core features fighting, mining and trading. Your decisions are footprints within a vast non-linear solar system. Forge alliances among numerous factions and develop relations with hundreds of NPCs.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Fallen Kingdom

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Eventide Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Eventide Matter.

    You have received a mission from your king. Will you complete this task? Or will you decide your own path?

    2023ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. UDO

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Eventide Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Eventide Matter.

    A delicious arcade down-scroller roguelike where you dig into a creepy hole with an oversized drill!

    2024IndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Rockhopper

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Eventide Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Eventide Matter.

    Become a space mining astronaut in this chill rogue-lite mining game. Explore, mine and complete objectives while unlocking and upgrading your equipment along the way.

    2024ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~83% under Eventide Matter on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Eventide Matter.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Eventide Matter on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Eventide Matter.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Eventide Matter on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Eventide Matter.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Eventide Matter on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Eventide Matter.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~83% under Eventide Matter on Steam right now. Shares Action with Eventide Matter.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Eventide Matter on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Eventide Matter.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Super Hexagon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Eventide Matter on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Eventide Matter.

    Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

    2012ActionIndie2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Nodebuster

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Eventide Matter on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Eventide Matter.

    Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 with Eventide Matter.

    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 Indie with Eventide Matter.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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 Eventide Matter.

    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 ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Eventide Matter.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Eventide Matter.

    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 ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Eventide Matter.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Eventide Matter.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Eventide Matter

Is Eventide Matter verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Eventide Matter 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 Eventide Matter cost?
Eventide Matter is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Eventide Matter?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Eventide Matter are Unknown Planet, Moon Rocks and Slimes, Astro Combat.
Who developed Eventide Matter?
Eventide Matter was developed by Ottropi Games.

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 Eventide Matter.

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