Games like Pillars of Eternity
If Pillars of Eternity is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tyranny, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire and Serpent in the Staglands — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its choices have lasting impact, atmospheric 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.
Get personalized picks →Pillars of Eternity is a 2015 isometric RPG developed by Obsidian Entertainment featuring turn-based combat alongside real-time tactical options. Players assemble a party of companions, each with distinct personalities that develop through interaction, and navigate a reputation system tied to intricate faction politics. The Watcher mechanic allows characters to perceive souls and read past lives, adding narrative depth to exploration. Set in a fantasy world of gods, souls, and warring nations, the game offers a massive single-player experience with substantial replayability through branching choices. Reviewers highlight the dense, immersive lore and how companions feel like real characters with genuine personalities. Players describe the tone as atmospheric, contemplative, and epic. Currently priced at $39.99, the game holds an 87% positive rating from over 10,000 Steam reviews and is marked as playable on Steam Deck.
About Pillars of Eternity: Prepare to be enchanted by a world where the choices you make and the paths you choose shape your destiny. Obsidian Entertainment, the developer of Fallout: New Vegas™ and South Park: The Stick of Truth™, together with Paradox Interactive is proud to present Pillars of Eternity.
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Steam players who put hours into Pillars of Eternity 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.
Tyranny
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Shares reputation system, faction politics and an immersive mood with Pillars of Eternity.
Top pick for Pillars of Eternity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.
Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics, turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Pillars of Eternity.
Second-strongest match for Pillars of Eternity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.
Patch 5.0 - Turn-based mode and The Ultimate challenge out now! Pursue a rogue god over land and sea in the sequel to the multi-award-winning RPG Pillars of Eternity. Captain your ship on a dangerous voyage of discovery across the vast unexplored archipelago region of the Deadfire.
Serpent in the Staglands
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Pillars of Eternity.
Third-strongest match for Pillars of Eternity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.
A true role-playing adventure. Set in the icy Staglands, this party-based CRPG has you take the role of a trapped god on a perilous journey across a beautiful, deadly peninsula.
Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an epic mood with Pillars of Eternity.
Ranked #4 for Pillars of Eternity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.
Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Enhanced Plus Edition is the first isometric party-based cRPG set in the Pathfinder fantasy universe. Enjoy a classic RPG experience inspired by games like Baldur's Gate, Fallout 1 and 2 and Arcanum. Explore and conquer the Stolen Lands and make them your kingdom!
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
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Shares an immersive mood with Pillars of Eternity.
Ranked #5 for Pillars of Eternity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.
The classic adventure returns! Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition includes the original Baldur’s Gate adventure, the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion, and all-new content including three new party members.
Avaria: Iron Rule
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Ranked #6 for Pillars of Eternity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.
An isometric, party-based, real-time with pause RPG exploring the taboos of colonialism, power, punishment and the rule of law. Set in a rich fantasy world, Avaria: Iron Rule offers complex choices, deep dialogues and intense tactical battles inspired by classics of the genre.
RPGSteam ↗Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and an epic mood with Pillars of Eternity.
Ranked #7 for Pillars of Eternity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.
Gather your party and get ready for the kick-ass new version of GameSpot's PC Game of the Year 2014. With hours of new content, new game modes, full voiceovers, split-screen multiplayer, and thousands of improvements, there's never been a better time to explore the epic world of Rivellon!
Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Pillars of Eternity.
Ranked #8 for Pillars of Eternity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.
Black Geyser is an isometric, party-based fantasy RPG inspired by genre classics. Recruit characters with unique personalities and explore a land ravaged by civil war and a mysterious curse of greed. Your choices, good or evil, will decide the fate of the Kingdom of Isilmerald.
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Baldur's Gate 3
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Shares turn based combat and an epic mood with Pillars of Eternity.
Reviewers of Pillars of Eternity cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power.
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Pillars of Eternity.
Reviewers of Pillars of Eternity cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.
The classic adventure returns! Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition includes the original Baldur’s Gate adventure, the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion, and all-new content including three new party members.
Wasteland 3
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Shares faction politics, turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Pillars of Eternity.
Reviewers of Pillars of Eternity cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.
Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.
Mass Effect (2007)
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Shares an epic mood with Pillars of Eternity.
Reviewers of Pillars of Eternity cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.
As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
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Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Pillars of Eternity.
Reviewers of Pillars of Eternity cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.
Imagine a place of wonder, where magick and technology coexist in an uneasy balance, and an adventurer might just as easily wield a flintlock pistol as a flaming sword. Welcome to the land of Arcanum.
ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Pillars of Eternity.
Reviewers of Pillars of Eternity cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.
ATOM RPG is a post-apocalyptic indie game, inspired by classic CRPGs: Fallout, Wasteland, Deus Ex, Baldur's Gate and many others.
Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
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Shares faction politics, turn based combat and an immersive mood with Pillars of Eternity.
Reviewers of Pillars of Eternity cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.
From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics, turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Pillars of Eternity.
Reviewers of Pillars of Eternity cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.
Patch 5.0 - Turn-based mode and The Ultimate challenge out now! Pursue a rogue god over land and sea in the sequel to the multi-award-winning RPG Pillars of Eternity. Captain your ship on a dangerous voyage of discovery across the vast unexplored archipelago region of the Deadfire.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Pillars of Eternity at current Steam store prices.
Stardew Valley
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Priced ~63% under Pillars of Eternity on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.
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?
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Pillars of Eternity.
Priced ~75% under Pillars of Eternity on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~88% under Pillars of Eternity on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Don't Starve Together
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Priced ~63% under Pillars of Eternity on Steam right now.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Mount & Blade: Warband
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Pillars of Eternity.
Priced ~50% under Pillars of Eternity on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.
In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!
OMORI
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Pillars of Eternity on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.
Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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More from Obsidian Entertainment
Other recommendable Steam games by Obsidian Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Pillars of Eternity.
Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Pillars of Eternity. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Grounded
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Pillars of Eternity.
Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Pillars of Eternity.
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
South Park™: The Stick of Truth™
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat with Pillars of Eternity.
Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Pillars of Eternity. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.
From the perilous battlefields of the fourth-grade playground, a young hero will rise, destined to be South Park’s savior. From the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, comes an epic quest to become… cool. Introducing South Park™: The Stick of Truth™.For a thousand years, the battle has been waged.
The Outer Worlds
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Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Pillars of Eternity.
Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Pillars of Eternity. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.
The Outer Worlds is an award-winning single-player RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. As you explore a space colony, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. In the colony's corporate equation, you are the unplanned variable.
STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Pillars of Eternity.
Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Pillars of Eternity. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.
5 years after the events of the award winning original, the Sith are on the verge of crushing the Old Republic. As a lone Jedi, will you follow the light side or succumb to the dark?
Grounded 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Pillars of Eternity.
Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Pillars of Eternity.
Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. In this open-world, single-player or co-op survival adventure, craft weapons and armor, build your base, and traverse the playground on your buggy. But something else is out there—and it hasn’t forgotten you.
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics, turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Pillars of Eternity.
Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Pillars of Eternity. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.
Patch 5.0 - Turn-based mode and The Ultimate challenge out now! Pursue a rogue god over land and sea in the sequel to the multi-award-winning RPG Pillars of Eternity. Captain your ship on a dangerous voyage of discovery across the vast unexplored archipelago region of the Deadfire.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Pillars of Eternity. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Frequently asked about Pillars of Eternity
- Does Pillars of Eternity run on Steam Deck?
- Pillars of Eternity 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 Pillars of Eternity cost?
- Pillars of Eternity is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Pillars of Eternity?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pillars of Eternity are Tyranny, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, Serpent in the Staglands.
- Who developed Pillars of Eternity?
- Pillars of Eternity was developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Xbox Game Studios.
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