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Games like Abyss

If Abyss is your kind of game, the closest matches are Clash of Adventurers, Spawn World and Pax Dei — 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.

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About Abyss: Abyss Online is the newest PVP MMORPG of 2025. Explore an open world, engage in intense battles, and influence a player-driven economy. Your adventure awaits.

2024ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerRPGCasualEarly Access24.95 USDWindowsby Old World Labs
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Steam players who put hours into Abyss 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. Clash of Adventurers

    WHY THIS

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

    Open World MMORPG, Free to Play, PvP, PvE, Craft, Trade, Quests, One class perform only one role (Attack, Defend or Support)

    ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  2. Spawn World

    WHY THIS

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

    A world without limits. Strive for your own ambitions, achieve them in any way you deem fit. Go out and embark on an adventure, set out to build an empire, settle and hone your craft - it's up to you. Your new life is a legend waiting to be written...Spawn in a new world.

    ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  3. Pax Dei

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Abyss fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Massively Multiplayer and RPG with Abyss.

    Welcome to a vast, social sandbox MMO inspired by the legends of the medieval era. Here, myths are real, ghosts exist, and magic is unquestioned. Join thousands of players as you explore the land, build your home, forge your reputation, and craft your own stories. What world will you make?

    2025Massively MultiplayerRPG29.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. QUEST TOGETHER

    WHY THIS

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

    Take up your sword and shield and go on a quest with your friends in QUEST TOGETHER, the VR MMORPG. Rise up the ranks in the adventurers guild, hang out with your fellow questers, make new friends, team up together for adventure, or partake in some PVP matches!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Leafling Reborn

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Abyss fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Massively Multiplayer with Abyss.

    2D Pixel Art MMORPG passion project reboot of Leafling Online. Fight, craft, socialize, and explore a beautiful and deep open world. Free-to-play now and forever with NO pay-to-win.

    ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerFreeSteam ↗
  6. Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Abyss.

    Ranked #6 for Abyss fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Massively Multiplayer with Abyss.

    SHROUD OF THE AVATAR: FORSAKEN VIRTUES is a multiplayer fantasy RPG that sets the player on a path filled with peril and tough choices as they explore a persistent realm that can be shared with other Avatars. It is the spiritual successor to Richard Garriott’s Ultima games.

    2018AdventureMassively MultiplayerRPGFreeSteam ↗
  7. The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom

    WHY THIS

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

    Traverse the Telvanni Peninsula in Morrowind and preserve secrets ascribed to the unfathomable realms of Apocrypha. Unlock the runic power of a brand-new class - the Arcanist - and fight to uphold reality itself.

    2023ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerSteam ↗
  8. Black Desert

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Abyss.

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

    Played by over 20 million Adventurers - Black Desert Online is an open-world, action MMORPG. Experience intense, action-packed combat, battle massive world bosses, fight alongside friends to siege and conquer castles, and train in professions such as fishing, trading, crafting, cooking, and more!

    2017ActionStrategyAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Abyss on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Abyss.

    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 ~80% under Abyss on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Abyss.

    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 ~60% under Abyss on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Abyss.

    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 ~60% under Abyss on Steam right now. Shares Action with Abyss.

    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 ~60% under Abyss on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Abyss.

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

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Abyss on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Abyss.

    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 ~60% under Abyss on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Abyss.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Abyss on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Abyss.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. 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 ↗
  2. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

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

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.

    2021IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

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

    The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...

    2017IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

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

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Abyss

How much does Abyss cost?
Abyss is listed on Steam at 24.95 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Abyss have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Abyss supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to Abyss?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Abyss are Clash of Adventurers, Spawn World, Pax Dei.
Who developed Abyss?
Abyss was developed by Old World Labs.

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 Abyss.

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