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Games like Eternal Step

If Eternal Step is your kind of game, the closest matches are Deadsiege, Last Epoch and Ortharion project — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, immersive and punishing. 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 Eternal Step: Eternal Step is a deviously difficult, rogue-like action adventure game.

2015ActionIndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby Once More With Gusto
Eternal Step — Steam game cover
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Boss fights are choreographed and learnableCard system enables deep build customizationEnemy attack patterns are telegraphedChallengingImmersivePunishing

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Steam players who put hours into Eternal Step 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. Deadsiege

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Eternal Step.

    Top pick for Eternal Step fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Step.

    Enter the apocalyptic fantasy world filled with monsters and demons, become the only warrior experiences intense combats and slay thousands of enemies in an epic action RPG.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Last Epoch

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Eternal Step.

    Second-strongest match for Eternal Step fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Step.

    Uncover the Past, Reforge the Future. Ascend into one of 15 mastery classes and explore dangerous dungeons, hunt epic loot, craft legendary weapons, and wield the power of over a hundred transformative skill trees. Last Epoch is being developed by a team of passionate Action RPG enthusiasts.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Ortharion project

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Eternal Step.

    Third-strongest match for Eternal Step fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Step.

    Come discover the world of Ortharion! Improve your character by collecting many spells of different qualities in order to defeat your opponents or by discovering many secrets, with puzzles and parkour.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Eternal Step.

    Ranked #4 for Eternal Step fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Step.

    Carve your path in this Hack’n’Slash free from class boundaries. Purify a world shattered by corruption, and uncover the grim secrets and forgotten horrors lurking in the shadows of this forsaken land as you rise in Power. Your Inner aspect beckons—will you answer?

    2020ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Pale Coins

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Eternal Step.

    Ranked #5 for Eternal Step fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Step.

    Journey into the ruthless open world of Pale Coins, an old-school fantasy RPG. Face punishing bosses, goblin-infested dungeons, and discover legendary weapons as you customize your champion and fight across Grenmark for the fabled Champion's Coin.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Cat Quest

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Eternal Step fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Step.

    The multi award-winning Action RPG. Some say 'Diablo with Cats' others a 'Super-cute Skyrim', whatever your take, Cat Quest's loot-fuelled cat-venture is as beautifully crafted, as its combat and magic are ultra-satisfying. Universally adored by critics - it'll have you purring for joy!

    2017ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Undead Horde

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Eternal Step.

    Ranked #7 for Eternal Step fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Step.

    Become a necromancer and raise the dead - Undead Horde is a necromantic action game with elements from RPG, strategy and hack'n'slash. Maraud through the lands of the living, raze their villages and steal their treasures. Ultimately you'll take over the whole kingdom of the living!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Grim Dawn

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Eternal Step.

    Ranked #8 for Eternal Step fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Step.

    Enter an apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, iron is valued above gold and trust is hard earned. This ARPG features complex character development, hundreds of unique items, crafting and quests with choice & consequence.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Eternal Step

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Rogue Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a punishing mood with Eternal Step.

    Reviewers of Eternal Step cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Step.

    Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Nuclear Throne

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Eternal Step.

    Reviewers of Eternal Step cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Step.

    Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?

    2015ActionIndieRPG11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Binding of Isaac

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and an immersive mood with Eternal Step.

    Reviewers of Eternal Step cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Step.

    Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Eternal Step on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Eternal Step.

    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 ~50% under Eternal Step on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Step.

    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. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Eternal Step on Steam right now. Shares Action with Eternal Step.

    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 ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Eternal Step on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Eternal Step.

    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 ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Eternal Step on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Eternal Step.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Eternal Step on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Step.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Eternal Step on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Step.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Eternal Step on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Step.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 Eternal Step.

    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 Eternal Step.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eternal Step.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Step.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eternal Step.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 Eternal Step.

    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 ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Eternal Step.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Eternal Step.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Last Epoch

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Eternal Step.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Step.

    Uncover the Past, Reforge the Future. Ascend into one of 15 mastery classes and explore dangerous dungeons, hunt epic loot, craft legendary weapons, and wield the power of over a hundred transformative skill trees. Last Epoch is being developed by a team of passionate Action RPG enthusiasts.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Pale Coins

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Eternal Step.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Step.

    Journey into the ruthless open world of Pale Coins, an old-school fantasy RPG. Face punishing bosses, goblin-infested dungeons, and discover legendary weapons as you customize your champion and fight across Grenmark for the fabled Champion's Coin.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cat Quest

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Step.

    The multi award-winning Action RPG. Some say 'Diablo with Cats' others a 'Super-cute Skyrim', whatever your take, Cat Quest's loot-fuelled cat-venture is as beautifully crafted, as its combat and magic are ultra-satisfying. Universally adored by critics - it'll have you purring for joy!

    2017ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Eternal Step

How much does Eternal Step cost?
Eternal Step is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Eternal Step?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Eternal Step are Deadsiege, Last Epoch, Ortharion project.
Who developed Eternal Step?
Eternal Step was developed by Once More With Gusto and published by Green Man Gaming Publishing.

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 Eternal Step.

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