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Games like Athos

If Athos is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dead Event, Xsyon - Prelude and Goblin.Life — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its detailed dinosaur models shine, 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 Athos: Welcome to a captivating journey into the world of Athos. Build a formidable base to protect yourself from the wild and unpredictable environment, and master the art of taming mighty dinosaurs to be your loyal companions. Welcome to a world where survival is not just a choice but a way of life!

2023ActionIndieAdventureMassively MultiplayerRPGEarly Access24.99 USDWindowsby Neojac Entertainment Inc.
Athos — Steam game cover
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Active developer communication and regular updatesBase building and resource managementDetailed dinosaur models shineAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

Players who liked Athos also play

Steam players who put hours into Athos 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. Dead Event

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Athos.

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

    Dead Event is a indie RPG survival game in which the player grows up as a creature. The creature will grow bigger overtime and with interactions in-game also lose some growth on death. Form a colony or hunt alone, become part of a player-created ecosystem. Survive, eat or be eaten...

    2023ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Xsyon - Prelude

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Athos.

    Second-strongest match for Athos fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Massively Multiplayer with Athos.

    Xsyon is a player driven apocalyptic fantasy sandbox MMORPG, set in a living and evolving environment. Players create the world they want to live in as they form tribes, construct towns, shape landscapes, create quests, hunt, farm, gather, build societies and develop a New World.

    2014IndieMassively MultiplayerRPG29.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Goblin.Life

    WHY THIS

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

    IMAGINATION WITH FRIENDS Forge playable 3D worlds in real time, script them with astral Glyphs, and fill them with adorable Goblins.

    2021IndieAdventureSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  4. Never Wither

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience unprecedented creature collection gameplay—Transform into almost any creature you see! Collect and raise fantastical creatures, and command them to farm, build, and craft. In this vast multiplayer online open-world game, become the last hope against the Corruption.

    ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerSteam ↗
  5. Ashes of Creation

    WHY THIS

    Shares open world exploration, real time combat, grindy and a tense mood with Athos.

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

    Ashes of Creation is an old-school take on the modern MMORPG set in a living, reactive world where your choices shape civilization. In this PvX open world sandbox, players will build cities, forge empires, and lay siege to foes. Uncover the Ancients as you fight to reclaim the fallen world of Verra.

    2025ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  6. ARK: Survival Ascended

    WHY THIS

    Shares dino taming, dinosaur taming, survival and an atmospheric mood with Athos.

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

    ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure44.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. ARK: Survival Evolved

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Athos.

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

    Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Guild Wars® Reforged

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Athos.

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

    Step into Guild Wars Reforged, the award-winning online roleplaying game enjoyed by millions, now re-energized with system enhancements and Steam Deck verified. Experience the complete saga— from the fall of Ascalon to the desperate stand against Nightfall. Your adventure is just getting started!

    2025ActionAdventureMassively Multiplayer19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Athos on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Athos.

    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 Athos on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Athos.

    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 Athos on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Athos.

    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 Athos on Steam right now. Shares Action with Athos.

    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 Athos on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Athos.

    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 Athos on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Athos.

    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 Athos on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Athos.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Athos on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Athos.

    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. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 93, Kuindzhi

    WHY THIS

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

    Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

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

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.

    2024ActionSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  7. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams

    WHY THIS

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

    Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!

    2021IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. ARK: Survival Ascended

    WHY THIS

    Shares dino taming, dinosaur taming, survival and an atmospheric mood with Athos.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Athos.

    ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure44.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. ARK: Survival Evolved

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Athos.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Athos.

    Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Guild Wars® Reforged

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Athos.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Athos.

    Step into Guild Wars Reforged, the award-winning online roleplaying game enjoyed by millions, now re-energized with system enhancements and Steam Deck verified. Experience the complete saga— from the fall of Ascalon to the desperate stand against Nightfall. Your adventure is just getting started!

    2025ActionAdventureMassively Multiplayer19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Athos

Does Athos work on Steam Deck?
Athos is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Athos cost?
Athos is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Athos have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Athos supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
What games are most similar to Athos?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Athos are Dead Event, Xsyon - Prelude, Goblin.Life.
Who developed Athos?
Athos was developed by Neojac Entertainment Inc..

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 Athos.

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