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Games like Second Odium

If Second Odium is your kind of game, the closest matches are First Odium, Harvest of Names and Tactics Ogre: Reborn — 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 Second Odium: Seek purpose while managing a plethora of various afflictions and personality traits in hopes to survive an endless barrage of nightmarish threats that continuously seek to consume your mind.

2025RPGEarly Access6.49 USDWindowsby James H. Van der Meulen
Second Odium — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Second Odium 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. First Odium

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Second Odium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Second Odium.

    A psychological Turn Based Combat RPG Dungeon Crawling Horror

    2023RPGCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Harvest of Names

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Second Odium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Second Odium.

    Harvest of Names is an RPG of mythical investigation set in a UK university. Navigate student life and face monsters haunting your community. Ideals you choose will define your options in combat and your personality in conversation. Shape your own self!

    ActionIndieRPGSteam ↗
  3. Tactics Ogre: Reborn

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Second Odium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Second Odium.

    Tactics Ogre, crown jewel of the tactical role-playing genre, is reborn! Based on the 2010 release, the game features improved graphics and sound, as well as updated game design, bringing to life a new Tactics Ogre that remains true to its roots.

    2022SimulationRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. 封神榜2022

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Second Odium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Second Odium.

    This game takes Nezha, Xiaolongnv, Yang Jian and Jiang Taigong as the protagonists. It tells the legendary story of the protagonists going to various places to adventure, and finally to Chaoge City to destroy the three demons and defeat King Zhou.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Breath of Fire IV

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Second Odium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Second Odium.

    Master an array of skills and magic to unlock strategic victories in battle as you go head to head with unique enemies using powerful "Dragon Transformations" and combo actions! Follow the intertwining stories of Ryu and Fou-Lu to their thrilling conclusion in this classic RPG adventure.

    2026AdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Kingsvein

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Second Odium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Second Odium.

    Explore and reclaim the infested castle-city of Kingsvein! Ride into its depths on your trusty wyvern, and lead your customizable party of Knights and Mystics in deep tactical combat.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. ARIA CHRONICLE

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Second Odium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Second Odium.

    Randomized dungeons, strategic battles, diverse growth factors, unique characters... ARIA CHRONICLE offers an unparalleled gaming experience. Let’s set out to help the Princess of Tamageria!

    2020StrategyIndieRPG17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Second Odium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Second Odium.

    Regalia: Of Men And Monarchs is a tactical RPG set in a cheerful fantasy world full of weirdness and wonder. Assemble your party, go adventuring, manage your kingdom, make new friends, and defeat your opponents in challenging turn-based combat.

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Second Odium at current Steam store prices.

  1. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Second Odium on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Second Odium.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~54% under Second Odium on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Second Odium.

    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!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Tower Wizard

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~54% under Second Odium on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Second Odium.

    Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Hylics

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~54% under Second Odium on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Second Odium.

    Hylics is a recreational program with light JRPG elements.

    2015IndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Second Odium on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Second Odium.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Test: Final Revelation

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Second Odium on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Second Odium.

    The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?

    2020SimulationRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Second Odium on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Second Odium.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. LiEat

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~54% under Second Odium on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Second Odium.

    Welcome to a world in which dragons are born from the desires of mankind. Each dragon is bestowed with unique powers in accordance with the specific desires of their human familiar. One mysterious stranger travels the land, accompanied by a young dragon graced with the power of eating lies.

    2016IndieRPG2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    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!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    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.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    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.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Second Odium.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

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

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Second Odium.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Second Odium.

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from James H. Van der Meulen

Other recommendable Steam games by James H. Van der Meulen, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Victim

    WHY THIS

    Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Second Odium.

    A game like none other.  Victim invites you into the world of The Ominous Oppression.  A desolate landscape of horrors and mental anguish.  A place where only the mentally strong can survive and overcome the seemingly endless relentless trials of perpetuating devastation.   

    2022ActionAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. First Odium

    WHY THIS

    Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Second Odium. Shares RPG with Second Odium.

    A psychological Turn Based Combat RPG Dungeon Crawling Horror

    2023RPGCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Crazy Brain

    WHY THIS

    Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Second Odium.

    Use perceptive skills and cognition to attempt to gather points, collect an accumulated a score and attempt to exit the stage without failing.

    2023Action3.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Happy Mask

    WHY THIS

    Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Second Odium. Shares RPG with Second Odium.

    This is what it feels like to be enslaved by your own mind. Toxic happiness and the brutal reality of a world that cannot be argued away. Step into the backward flipside of a perspective of being mocked and rediculed by blind observers that subscribe to the way of the mob.

    2023IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. The Knowledge of Hermit

    WHY THIS

    Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Second Odium. Shares RPG with Second Odium.

    A puzzle solving, dungeon crawling, action adventure, role playing game.

    2023ActionAdventureRPG4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. TVS Sample Box

    WHY THIS

    Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Second Odium.

    An evolving app with random surprising updates.

    2023IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Drone Break

    WHY THIS

    Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Second Odium.

    Run and Gun Roguelite where the goal is to upgrade each consecutive alien drone on death so the next can strive to become overpowered enough to escape the all consuming hive mind.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Dissociative

    WHY THIS

    Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Second Odium. Shares RPG and Early Access with Second Odium.

    Enter this dark fantasy nightmare adventure game. Spanning a vast unpredictable mindscape of over 2000 unique areas. Answer perplexing questions, gain abilities, power ups and transfer between dark and light worlds in this seemingly endless dreamscape.

    2025IndieAdventureRPG6.49 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Second Odium

How much does Second Odium cost?
Second Odium is listed on Steam at 6.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Second Odium?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Second Odium are First Odium, Harvest of Names, Tactics Ogre: Reborn.
Who developed Second Odium?
Second Odium was developed by James H. Van der Meulen and published by Trash Vomit Studios.

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 Second Odium.

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