Games like Crimson Desert
If Crimson Desert is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dragon's Dogma 2, Save Princess Torosso and Monster Hunter Wilds — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its deep gear customization, atmospheric and challenging. 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 →Crimson Desert is an open-world action-adventure from Pearl Abyss, set on the continent of Pywel, where players follow Kliff on a character-driven journey to rebuild the Greymane faction and confront a looming threat. The experience combines base-building, character-progression, combat, crafting, and collectible-hunting within a dark-fantasy setting that spans wilderness, cities, ruins, and the mysterious Abyss. Players describe the atmosphere as contemplative and immersive, with boss-fights highlighted as both brutal and engaging. Reviewers note that the game offers deep gear customization and diverse build options, while exploration consistently rewards curiosity. Crimson Desert released in 2026 at $69.99 USD and holds an 87% positive rating from over 53,000 Steam reviews. The title is not currently supported on Steam Deck.
About Crimson Desert: Crimson Desert is an open-world action-adventure set on the continent of Pywel. Join Kliff on his journey to rebuild the Greymane faction and to save the land from a looming threat. From vast wilderness and cities to ruins and the mysterious Abyss, forge your path through battles and discovery.
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Dragon's Dogma 2
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Crimson Desert.
Top pick for Crimson Desert fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Crimson Desert.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is a single player, narrative driven action-RPG that challenges the players to choose their own experience – from the appearance of their Arisen, their vocation, their party, how to approach different situations and more - in a truly immersive fantasy world.
Save Princess Torosso
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Crimson Desert fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Desert.
Save Princess Torosso is a fantasy 3D action adventure with ranged magic combat, skill card progression, and 3D platforming obstacles. Instead of complex builds, it focuses on intuitive controls and stage clearing like a classic arcade game.
Monster Hunter Wilds
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Crimson Desert fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Desert.
The unbridled force of nature runs wild and relentless, with environments transforming drastically from one moment to the next. This is a story of monsters and humans and their struggles to live in harmony in a world of duality.
Lords of the Fallen
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Crimson Desert fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Desert.
A vast world awaits in the medieval, dark fantasy action-RPG, Lords of the Fallen. As a fabled Dark Crusader, embark on an epic quest to overthrow Adyr, the demon God. The final major update Version 2.5 is out now: features deadlier boss battles and all-new Veteran Mode.
Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Crimson Desert.
Ranked #5 for Crimson Desert fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Desert.
Experience an epic open-world brought to life by the award-winning Nemesis System. Forge a new Ring of Power, conquer Fortresses in massive battles and dominate Mordor with your personal orc army in Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Crimson Desert.
Ranked #6 for Crimson Desert fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Desert.
Story-driven open-world RPG that immerses you in an epic adventure in the Holy Roman Empire. Avenge your parents' death as you battle invading forces, go on game-changing quests, and make influential choices. Explore castles, forests, villages and other realistic settings in medieval Bohemia!
Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT
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Ranked #7 for Crimson Desert fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Desert.
A storm is coming. Venture into the complete Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR’S CUT on PC; forge your own path through this open-world action adventure and uncover its hidden wonders. Brought to you by Sucker Punch Productions, Nixxes Software and PlayStation Studios.
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Crimson Desert.
Ranked #8 for Crimson Desert fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Crimson Desert.
A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Crimson Desert.
Reviewers of Crimson Desert cross-mention this title as a similar play.
You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.
Dragon's Dogma 2
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Crimson Desert.
Reviewers of Crimson Desert cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Crimson Desert.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is a single player, narrative driven action-RPG that challenges the players to choose their own experience – from the appearance of their Arisen, their vocation, their party, how to approach different situations and more - in a truly immersive fantasy world.
Black Desert Online - Traveler's Package
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Reviewers of Crimson Desert cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Desert.
This package contains the base game Black Desert Online and the Traveler's Package DLC.
Red Dead Redemption 2
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Shares open world exploration and an atmospheric mood with Crimson Desert.
Reviewers of Crimson Desert cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Desert.
Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.
Assassin's Creed™: Director's Cut Edition
WHY THIS
Shares skill tree progression and an atmospheric mood with Crimson Desert.
Reviewers of Crimson Desert cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Desert.
Assassin's Creed™ is the next-gen game developed by Ubisoft Montreal that redefines the action genre. While other games claim to be next-gen with impressive graphics and physics, Assassin's Creed merges technology, game design, theme and emotions into a world where you instigate chaos and become a vulnerable, yet powerful, agent of...
Starfield
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Crimson Desert.
Reviewers of Crimson Desert cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4.
Red Dead Redemption
WHY THIS
Shares side quests, open world exploration, action and an atmospheric mood with Crimson Desert.
Reviewers of Crimson Desert cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Crimson Desert.
Experience the story of former outlaw John Marston as he tracks down the last remaining members of the notorious Van der Linde Gang in the PC debut of the critically acclaimed predecessor to Red Dead Redemption 2.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration and an epic mood with Crimson Desert.
Reviewers of Crimson Desert cross-mention this title as a similar play.
EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Crimson Desert at current Steam store prices.
Phasmophobia
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Priced ~71% under Crimson Desert on Steam right now. Shares Action with Crimson Desert.
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 ~86% under Crimson Desert on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Desert.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Crimson Desert on Steam right now. Shares Action with Crimson Desert.
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 ~71% under Crimson Desert on Steam right now. Shares Action with Crimson Desert.
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.
Subnautica
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Crimson Desert on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Crimson Desert.
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~79% under Crimson Desert on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Desert.
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 ~71% under Crimson Desert on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Desert.
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.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Desert.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Crimson Desert.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Desert.
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.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Crimson Desert.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Crimson Desert.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Desert.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Other recommendable Steam games by Pearl Abyss, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Black Desert
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Crimson Desert.
Another title from Pearl Abyss, the studio behind Crimson Desert. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Desert.
Played by over 20 million Adventurers - Black Desert Online is an open-world, action MMORPG. Experience intense, action-packed combat, battle massive world bosses, fight alongside friends to siege and conquer castles, and train in professions such as fishing, trading, crafting, cooking, and more!
Shadow Arena
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Crimson Desert.
Another title from Pearl Abyss, the studio behind Crimson Desert. Shares Action with Crimson Desert.
Shadow Arena Early Access has ended. A heartfelt thank you to all the players who walked with us on this journey.
Black Desert Online - Traveler's Package
WHY THIS
Another title from Pearl Abyss, the studio behind Crimson Desert. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Desert.
This package contains the base game Black Desert Online and the Traveler's Package DLC.
Frequently asked about Crimson Desert
- Does Crimson Desert work on Steam Deck?
- Crimson Desert is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Crimson Desert cost?
- Crimson Desert is listed on Steam at 69.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Crimson Desert?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Crimson Desert are Dragon's Dogma 2, Save Princess Torosso, Monster Hunter Wilds.
- Who developed Crimson Desert?
- Crimson Desert was developed by Pearl Abyss.
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