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Games like Abyss: New Dawn

If Abyss: New Dawn is your kind of game, the closest matches are Guardians of the Wild Sky, Loya and DROPTCH — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, cozy and lighthearted. 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: New Dawn: A cute world with a dark secret - The creatures you hunt are the very things sealing the Darkness. Which path will you choose?

2025ActionIndieAdventureMassively MultiplayerRPGEarly Access24.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Aloya Productions
Abyss: New Dawn — Steam game cover
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Anime style art is charmingBuilding and customizing your base and townCombining ark style survival with stardew valley farmingChillCozyLighthearted

Players who liked Abyss: New Dawn also play

Steam players who put hours into Abyss: New Dawn 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. Guardians of the Wild Sky

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Abyss: New Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Abyss: New Dawn.

    Survive, build, craft and explore a vast magical world as you capture and bond with powerful Guardians. Captain your own airship and sail the cloud seas. Build everything from cozy homes to flying castles. Explore this world solo or with friends; the skies are yours to conquer!

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Loya

    WHY THIS

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

    Command walking fortresses to battle giant monsters in this open world survival rpg! Play alone or bring your friends to explore, farm, fight, build and craft to unravel the mysteries of Loya!

    IndieAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  3. DROPTCH

    WHY THIS

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

    Stranded upon an island and surrounded by an ancient sea, you awaken...

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation5.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Planet Centauri

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Abyss: New Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Abyss: New Dawn.

    Dive into an epic adventure alone or with friends! Explore hidden dungeons, capture and tame fearsome monsters, build and defend your village. Craft powerful weapons, master magical spells, and transform an planet into the cradle of a new civilization!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. BlooDooMooN SurViVoR

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Abyss: New Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Abyss: New Dawn.

    Welcome to this survival sandbox game! Your plane made a forced landing during the Bermuda storm. You will need to establish your own survival base from scratch, collect materials, make tools, build towns, manufacture weapons, explore unknown fields. Will you conquer the challenges ?

    2023ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Breezevale

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Abyss: New Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Abyss: New Dawn.

    Breezevale blends cozy farming, creature evolution, dungeon exploration, and romance into a charming fantasy adventure. Raise magical animal companions, explore mysterious Crystal Zones below, and transform a forgotten farm into a thriving home full of life.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Temtem: Pioneers

    WHY THIS

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

    Survive and explore an untamed frontier in Temtem: Pioneers. Tame and become a roster of 200+ Temtem and master their unique abilities in fast, real-time combat. Build, craft, battle, and discover new creatures solo, or co-op with your friends in this open world survival crafting adventure.

    ActionAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  8. Rising World

    WHY THIS

    Shares combat, farming and a relaxing mood with Abyss: New Dawn.

    Ranked #8 for Abyss: New Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Abyss: New Dawn.

    Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.

    2014ActionIndieAdventure11.24 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Abyss: New Dawn

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Stardew Valley

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with Abyss: New Dawn.

    Reviewers of Abyss: New Dawn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Abyss: New Dawn.

    You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?

    2016IndieSimulationRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. ARK: Survival Evolved

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Abyss: New Dawn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Abyss: New Dawn.

    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. Craftopia

    WHY THIS

    Shares creature collection and base building with Abyss: New Dawn.

    Reviewers of Abyss: New Dawn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Abyss: New Dawn.

    Craftopia is the brand new multiplayer survival action game made in Japan. We combined many features we find enjoyable, such as hunting, farming, hack-and-slash, building, automation to develop this game.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Rune Factory 5

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Abyss: New Dawn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and RPG with Abyss: New Dawn.

    As the newest ranger of a peacekeeping organization known as SEED, protect your community by rounding up rowdy monsters and going on special missions. Cultivate your farm and friendships alike while unravelling rune-related mysteries!

    2022AdventureSimulationRPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma

    WHY THIS

    Shares farming, crafting, adventure and a cozy mood with Abyss: New Dawn.

    Reviewers of Abyss: New Dawn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Abyss: New Dawn.

    Welcome to the eastern nation of Azuma! In this fresh take on Rune Factory, use your powers as an Earth Dancer to restore the land, its people, and even its gods. Along the way, battle corrupted monsters, rebuild seasonal farms and villages, and form bonds with the colorful locals.

    2025ActionAdventureRPG59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Abyss: New Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Abyss: New Dawn.

    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: New Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Abyss: New Dawn.

    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: New Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Abyss: New Dawn.

    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: New Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Action with Abyss: New Dawn.

    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: New Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Abyss: New Dawn.

    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: New Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Abyss: New Dawn.

    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: New Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Abyss: New Dawn.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Abyss: New Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Abyss: New Dawn.

    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. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. 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 Abyss: New Dawn.

    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 ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Abyss: New Dawn.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Abyss: New Dawn

Does Abyss: New Dawn run on Steam Deck?
Abyss: New Dawn 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 Abyss: New Dawn cost?
Abyss: New Dawn is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Abyss: New Dawn have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Abyss: New Dawn supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, LAN Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Abyss: New Dawn?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Abyss: New Dawn are Guardians of the Wild Sky, Loya, DROPTCH.
Who developed Abyss: New Dawn?
Abyss: New Dawn was developed by Aloya Productions.

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: New Dawn.

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