Games like Utawarerumono: ZAN
If Utawarerumono: ZAN is your kind of game, the closest matches are Utawarerumono: ZAN 2, Fate/Samurai Remnant and DYNASTY WARRIORS 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, epic 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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Utawarerumono: ZAN 2
WHY THIS
Shares hack and slash, character switching, story heavy and an epic mood with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Top pick for Utawarerumono: ZAN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Hack and slash your way through the world of Utawarerumono once again! Experience the saga's climactic conclusion like never before with fast-paced combat, slick animations, and all-new exclusive scenes and side-stories!
Fate/Samurai Remnant
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Second-strongest match for Utawarerumono: ZAN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
“Your wish shall perish...” A Holy Grail War begins in Edo Japan. A brand new Fate action RPG presented by TYPE-MOON and KOEI TECMO GAMES.
DYNASTY WARRIORS 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Third-strongest match for Utawarerumono: ZAN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
"Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends" introduces entirely new levels of fun to the refreshing gameplay vanquishing swarms of enemies with mighty warriors found in "Dynasty Warriors 8."
The Wonderful 101: Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares combo chaining and an epic mood with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Ranked #4 for Utawarerumono: ZAN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Lead an army of 100 Wonderful Ones from around the world in this Unite Action spectacular!
X-Blades
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Ranked #5 for Utawarerumono: ZAN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
In X-Blades, the player takes on the role of the enchanting heroine Ayumi, who survives a breathtaking dance of blades through the Hordes of Darkness. The long-haired beautiful anime, with her pistol blades and mind-blowing leaps, whirls and swirls from one fantastic level to the next.
The Legend of Tianding
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Ranked #6 for Utawarerumono: ZAN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
The Legend of Tianding is a sidescrolling action game about Liao Tianding, the legendary Taiwanese Folk Hero. Explore the dazzling streets of Colonial Japanese Taiwan in the early 20th century.
Fate/EXTELLA LINK
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Ranked #7 for Utawarerumono: ZAN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
History, legend, and sci-fi collide in the latest chapter of the Fate/EXTRA saga! Join 26 Heroic Spirits from all across time as they hack and slash their way across the battlefields of SE.RA.PH, a digital realm for the last survivors of Earth.
SD GUNDAM BATTLE ALLIANCE
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Ranked #8 for Utawarerumono: ZAN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
SD Gundam Battle Alliance is a multiplayer Gundam action RPG where you can smash foes solo or with friends in thrilling mechanized combat. Acquire new mobile suits, power them up, and take them into battle in various missions!
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Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Reviewers of Utawarerumono: ZAN cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
You awaken in a field of snow with no memory of even your name. The local monstrosities nearly devour you before you meet your rescuer, a beautiful girl named Kuon—who has animal ears and a tail. She names you Haku⸺ The Japanese hit tactics-RPG visual novel series returns to PC at last!
SENRAN KAGURA SHINOVI VERSUS
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Reviewers of Utawarerumono: ZAN cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
The non-PC buxom shinobi of SENRAN KAGURA, the brawler series that’s as over-the-top with its fighting mechanics as it is with its gratuitous depictions of female ninja in various forms of undress, invade the PC realm for the first time in HD and 60fps glory.
Fate/EXTELLA
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Reviewers of Utawarerumono: ZAN cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
In the digital realm of SE.RA.PH, the Holy Grail War is over, but the land’s new ruler faces challenges and threats from all sides. The servants now find themselves drawing up tense and unlikely alliances, preparing for a conflict that may tear SE.RA.PH apart...or destroy it entirely.
DYNASTY WARRIORS 9
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Reviewers of Utawarerumono: ZAN cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Experience the thrill of one versus thousands in an all new open world setting with DYNASTY WARRIORS 9! Travel through Ancient China depicted on a single, vast, open-world map, master the new State Combo System, and watch the Three Kingdoms story unfold through a cast of 90 playable characters!
SENRAN KAGURA Peach Ball
WHY THIS
Shares a lighthearted mood with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Reviewers of Utawarerumono: ZAN cross-mention this title as a similar play.
SENRAN KAGURA has transformed into a wild pinball game! Bounce your ball along the curves of a crazy theme park, starring a ninja girl who thinks she's an animal! (Yep, you heard right!) Build up points to unlock special challenges, which showcase the girls' charms!
WARRIORS
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Utawarerumono: ZAN cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Warriors is a cutting-edge multiplayer shooter that blends breathtaking realism with adrenaline-pumping action. Designed for players of all skill levels, it offers the flexibility to battle against real players or challenge advanced AI bots in single-player mode. The game boasts seven game modes.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Utawarerumono: ZAN at current Steam store prices.
Phasmophobia
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Utawarerumono: ZAN on Steam right now. Shares Action with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Utawarerumono: ZAN on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Utawarerumono: ZAN on Steam right now. Shares Action with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
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.
Schedule I
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Priced ~50% under Utawarerumono: ZAN on Steam right now. Shares Action with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Utawarerumono: ZAN on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
The Forest
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Utawarerumono: ZAN on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Utawarerumono: ZAN on Steam right now. Shares Action with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Saihate Station
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
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.
Trick & Treat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.
Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls!
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Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Another title from AQUAPLUS, the studio behind Utawarerumono: ZAN. Shares Adventure with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Haku has sacrificed a lot to inherit a mask. With his natural wiles and the reputation of his departed friend, he strikes out on the path to a new future. The curtains rise on an era of strife that will shake Yamato to its very foundations.
Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Another title from AQUAPLUS, the studio behind Utawarerumono: ZAN. Shares Adventure with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
You awaken in a field of snow with no memory of even your name. The local monstrosities nearly devour you before you meet your rescuer, a beautiful girl named Kuon—who has animal ears and a tail. She names you Haku⸺ The Japanese hit tactics-RPG visual novel series returns to PC at last!
Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Another title from AQUAPLUS, the studio behind Utawarerumono: ZAN. Shares Adventure with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
The first game in the Utawarerumono trilogy of story-rich tactics RPGs. Into a world filled with verdant nature, populated by folk with fluffy ears and fuzzy tails, awakens Hakuowlo, a man of masked mien and missing memory.
WHITE ALBUM: Memories like Falling Snow
WHY THIS
Shares story heavy and an atmospheric mood with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Another title from AQUAPLUS, the studio behind Utawarerumono: ZAN. Shares Adventure with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
The classic visual novel from AQUAPLUS that launched one of Japan's most beloved franchises, WHITE ALBUM is a story of love in many forms. Will a couple cling together, or drift apart on the cold wind? The album of their relationship will be as white as snow, and as poignant.
Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Another title from AQUAPLUS, the studio behind Utawarerumono: ZAN. Shares Adventure with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
A new JRPG from veteran studio AQUAPLUS, commemorating 20 years of the multi-media Utawarerumono series. This is the story of a man who will be sung about in legends.
ToHeart
WHY THIS
Shares anime and a nostalgic mood with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Another title from AQUAPLUS, the studio behind Utawarerumono: ZAN. Shares Adventure with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
The late-’90s landmark visual novel from AQUAPLUS is back and fully remastered with 3D scenes and animations, full HD resolution, the choice between the original cast or all-new voiceovers, and international translations for the first time ever!
Dungeon Travelers: To Heart 2 in Another World
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Another title from AQUAPLUS, the studio behind Utawarerumono: ZAN.
The dungeon is dangerous and deep, but with the right party, you can conquer every nook and cranny. Find loot, equip your party, and customize your classes to master the turn-based RPG combat in this old-school dungeon crawler!
AQUAPAZZA: Aquaplus Dream Match
WHY THIS
Shares combo based combat, visual novel style and an atmospheric mood with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Another title from AQUAPLUS, the studio behind Utawarerumono: ZAN. Shares Action with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
26 characters from across AQUAPLUS's classic franchises clash in this action-packed fighting game! Master your favorite heroes from games and anime including Utawarerumono, To Heart 2, White Album, and more!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Fate/Samurai Remnant
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
“Your wish shall perish...” A Holy Grail War begins in Edo Japan. A brand new Fate action RPG presented by TYPE-MOON and KOEI TECMO GAMES.
The Wonderful 101: Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares combo chaining and an epic mood with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Lead an army of 100 Wonderful Ones from around the world in this Unite Action spectacular!
The Legend of Tianding
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Utawarerumono: ZAN.
The Legend of Tianding is a sidescrolling action game about Liao Tianding, the legendary Taiwanese Folk Hero. Explore the dazzling streets of Colonial Japanese Taiwan in the early 20th century.
Frequently asked about Utawarerumono: ZAN
- Does Utawarerumono: ZAN run on Steam Deck?
- Utawarerumono: ZAN 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 Utawarerumono: ZAN cost?
- Utawarerumono: ZAN is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Utawarerumono: ZAN have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Utawarerumono: ZAN supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Utawarerumono: ZAN?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Utawarerumono: ZAN are Utawarerumono: ZAN 2, Fate/Samurai Remnant, DYNASTY WARRIORS 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition.
- Who developed Utawarerumono: ZAN?
- Utawarerumono: ZAN was developed by AQUAPLUS and published by DMM GAMES, Shiravune.
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