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Games like Pilgrim: Descent Protocol

If Pilgrim: Descent Protocol is your kind of game, the closest matches are Space Travellers, Hiraeth and EXONAUTIS — 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.

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About Pilgrim: Descent Protocol: As the last Pilgrim, explore Dwarvuk's wastes, scavenge ruins in a blend of non-linear discovery and post-apocalyptic survival set in space. Silence the AI's signal!

2025ActionIndieAdventureRPGEarly Access12.99 USDWindowsby Elushis
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Players who liked Pilgrim: Descent Protocol also play

Steam players who put hours into Pilgrim: Descent Protocol 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. Space Travellers

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Pilgrim: Descent Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pilgrim: Descent Protocol.

    Space Travellers is a unique open-world sandbox space simulator set in the year 2343. Travel the galaxy, trade, explore unexplored worlds, fight, build bases and factories, forge alliances and experience new adventures!

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. Hiraeth

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Pilgrim: Descent Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pilgrim: Descent Protocol.

    ☵ HIRAETH is a sci-fi, first-person realistic survival game set on the desolate alien planet Ahra Prime, now offering an introduction to Story Mode with tasks and a multi‑stage quest. Explore on foot, by vehicle, or underwater as the planet tests you. Only the strong survive – but how long… and you?

    2025ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. EXONAUTIS

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Pilgrim: Descent Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pilgrim: Descent Protocol.

    Crashlanded on Calliope 4348A, your objective is to navigate the vast oceanic biomes, survive and construct your vehicles and bases to dive deeper and uncover the mysteries behind the disappearance of the Kappa crew.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Frontiers Reach : Mercenaries

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Pilgrim: Descent Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pilgrim: Descent Protocol.

    Step into the shoes of a mercenary on the edge of human occupied space as you engage in an immersive world of survival, faction warfare, and a fight to stop an alien empire from destroying human life on the frontier of outer space.

    ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  5. Gauley : Experience Nepal

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Pilgrim: Descent Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pilgrim: Descent Protocol.

    Gauley is an open world action-adventure game developed by a solo artist based in Nepal. The vibrant and mysterious world consists of various side missions and a main storyline revolving around the two main protagonists Fulmaya and Aaitey. Discover Nepal, discover Gauley.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure7.50 USDSteam ↗
  6. Flatinside Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Pilgrim: Descent Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pilgrim: Descent Protocol.

    Flatinside offers a realistic simulation experience set in a vast city waiting to be explored. Work for more money, create your style, buy luxury houses and cars, flirt with women, and dive into the fun at nightclubs. In this city where everyone writes their own story, take your place!

    2025ActionSportsStrategy9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. FarWest Colony

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Pilgrim: Descent Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pilgrim: Descent Protocol.

    Lead a rebellion against tyranny in this open-world, survival sci-fi RPG game. Utilize alien technology to explore, build bases, craft, and farm. Prepare for an unequal combat to rescue humanity from tyranny and a mysterious deadly virus.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Doomer

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Pilgrim: Descent Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Pilgrim: Descent Protocol.

    Step into the melancholic world of a Russian doomer, living in the bleak confines of a typical post-Soviet Khrushchev. Your life is a cycle of addictions, mundane work, and endless introspection, set against the backdrop of a provincial town that time forgot.

    2023IndieSimulationRPG3.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Pilgrim: Descent Protocol at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Pilgrim: Descent Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pilgrim: Descent Protocol.

    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 ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Pilgrim: Descent Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Pilgrim: Descent Protocol.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under Pilgrim: Descent Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Action and Early Access with Pilgrim: Descent Protocol.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~65% under Pilgrim: Descent Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Action with Pilgrim: Descent Protocol.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Pilgrim: Descent Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pilgrim: Descent Protocol.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. How to Fish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Pilgrim: Descent Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Pilgrim: Descent Protocol.

    A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation4.95 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Pilgrim: Descent Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pilgrim: Descent Protocol.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Pilgrim: Descent Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pilgrim: Descent Protocol.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pilgrim: Descent Protocol.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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 Pilgrim: Descent Protocol.

    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 ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Pilgrim: Descent Protocol.

    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 ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Pilgrim: Descent Protocol.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pilgrim: Descent Protocol.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Pilgrim: Descent Protocol.

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Elushis

Other recommendable Steam games by Elushis, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. After The End: The Harvest

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Elushis, the studio behind Pilgrim: Descent Protocol. Shares Action and Indie with Pilgrim: Descent Protocol.

    The goal is simple, the game is hard, reach the centre. After The End: The Harvest is an immersive retro open-universe space adventure and exploration ARPG. Seamlessly travel across space, catch/train & evolve monsters, take on quests and fight Titans!

    2017ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Mutiny Island

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Elushis, the studio behind Pilgrim: Descent Protocol. Shares Action and Indie with Pilgrim: Descent Protocol.

    Live like a pirate. Die like a pirate. Repeat! Mutiny Island is an open-world style pirate-themed game with light survival and RPG mechanics. Explore the Arbor Ocean at your own pace as you devise a plan to reclaim your ship, The Red Dawn, by any means!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Isolation Story

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Elushis, the studio behind Pilgrim: Descent Protocol. Shares Indie and RPG with Pilgrim: Descent Protocol.

    VIRUS-19 has ravaged the world! Take control of a mindless citizen and live through a 7-day quarantine inside of Lockdown City.

    2020IndieSimulationRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Route Me Mail and Delivery Co

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Elushis, the studio behind Pilgrim: Descent Protocol. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pilgrim: Descent Protocol.

    Memorize your routes, deliver mail, collect hidden mail & pay off that pesky debt! Become the ultimate postman.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. CielChan: Anime Desktop AI Companion

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Elushis, the studio behind Pilgrim: Descent Protocol.

    She lives on your desktop and reacts to what you're doing. Local-first AI companion with voice chat, vision, multiplayer, tools, stream integrations, and optional cloud providers.

    2026SimulationCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Pilgrim: Descent Protocol

How much does Pilgrim: Descent Protocol cost?
Pilgrim: Descent Protocol is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Pilgrim: Descent Protocol?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pilgrim: Descent Protocol are Space Travellers, Hiraeth, EXONAUTIS.
Who developed Pilgrim: Descent Protocol?
Pilgrim: Descent Protocol was developed by Elushis and published by Elushis Music & Gaming.

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 Pilgrim: Descent Protocol.

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