Games like Absence of Light
If Absence of Light is your kind of game, the closest matches are Swords Fantasy: Battlefield, Peregrine and Monkey King Simulator -- Chapter Huaguo Mountain — picked from the ranked list below. 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 →About Absence of Light: Absence of Light is an action RPG inspired by the medieval era and Souls-like games. A skeleton has been incarnated in another world, on a mission to travel between realms and defeat dark entities in order to restore the light.
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Swords Fantasy: Battlefield
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Top pick for Absence of Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Absence of Light.
Swords Fantasy: Battlefield is a game from the 3rd person, including battles with swords.
Peregrine
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Absence of Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Absence of Light.
After escaping from an inevitable death you have been chosen to wield the Desolation Blade. While wielding it you can bring justice to those who brought death and destruction to earth and enslaved mankind [...]
Monkey King Simulator -- Chapter Huaguo Mountain
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Absence of Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Absence of Light.
Stories revised from Journey to the West. Souls-like combats; Powerful Bosses; Hundreds of different Weapon&Armors; Super big map to explore; Nothing special? You cut me!
Lords Of The Fallen™ 2014
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Ranked #4 for Absence of Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Absence of Light.
Plunge into a dark fantasy Action-RPG, harnessing powerful magic alongside a satisfying combat system. When the tyrannical god, Adyr, invades the human realm seeking vengeance for his imprisonment, humanity calls upon an unlikely defender… a convicted sinner named Harkyn.
Firelight Fantasy: Force Energy
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Ranked #5 for Absence of Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Absence of Light.
Firelight Fantasy: Force Energy is a spectacular third-person sword fighting game based on Scandinavian mythology
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Absence of Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Absence of Light.
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin brings the franchise’s renowned obscurity & gripping gameplay to a new level. Join the dark journey and experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical hazards, and unrelenting challenge.
Mana Spark
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Ranked #7 for Absence of Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Absence of Light.
A challenging action RPG with deep souls-like combat and rogue-like elements. Explore a dreadful dungeon and fight smart enemies that will plan and collaborate between themselves to defeat you.
EdgeOfTheAbyssAwaken
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Ranked #8 for Absence of Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Absence of Light.
"Edge of the abyss Awakening" is an adventure game that combines third-person, action, Roguelite and RPG strategy selection. Players can match different weapons, entries and talents to form various gameplays for adventurous challenges. You can play solo or in teams of up to three people.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Absence of Light at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~83% under Absence of Light on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Absence of Light.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~50% under Absence of Light on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Absence of Light.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
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Priced ~67% under Absence of Light on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Absence of Light.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~75% under Absence of Light on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Absence of Light.
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.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~83% under Absence of Light on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Absence of Light.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~50% under Absence of Light on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Absence of Light.
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!
Super Hexagon
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Priced ~50% under Absence of Light on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Absence of Light.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Nodebuster
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Priced ~50% under Absence of Light on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Absence of Light.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Absence of Light.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Absence of Light.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Absence of Light.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Absence of Light.
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.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Absence of Light.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Absence of Light.
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.
Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Absence of Light.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Absence of Light.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Frequently asked about Absence of Light
- How much does Absence of Light cost?
- Absence of Light is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Absence of Light?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Absence of Light are Swords Fantasy: Battlefield, Peregrine, Monkey King Simulator -- Chapter Huaguo Mountain.
- Who developed Absence of Light?
- Absence of Light was developed by Boa Noite.
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 Absence of Light.
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