Games like Essentia: A monster catching adventure
If Essentia: A monster catching adventure is your kind of game, the closest matches are Siralim Ultimate, Cyclopean: The Great Abyss and Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Essentia: A monster catching adventure: Isometric dungeon crawler with procedurally generated levels. A wide variety of cute monster characters to collect. A turn-based battle system with unique mana mechanic. Uncover the secrets of the calamity that has left this world in chaos.
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Siralim Ultimate
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Top pick for Essentia: A monster catching adventure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Essentia: A monster catching adventure.
Siralim Ultimate is a monster-catching, dungeon-crawling RPG with a ridiculous amount of depth. Summon over 1200 different creatures and travel through randomly generated dungeons to acquire resources, new creatures, and loot.
Cyclopean: The Great Abyss
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Second-strongest match for Essentia: A monster catching adventure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Essentia: A monster catching adventure.
Cyclopean: The Great Abyss is a small scale, mechanics driven CRPG/Roguelike in a retro, monochromatic style, that takes place in the underworld of H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands.
Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan
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Third-strongest match for Essentia: A monster catching adventure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Essentia: A monster catching adventure.
Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan is a wholesome, creature capture, 2.5D Adventure-Puzzle-Platformer with over 30 hours of gameplay!
Legends of Amberland: The Forgotten Crown
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Ranked #4 for Essentia: A monster catching adventure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Essentia: A monster catching adventure.
Legends of Amberland: The Forgotten Crown is a classic western RPG inspired by the games from the 90s. Basically, it’s the kind of game I personally find missing nowadays. Light, fairy tale, epic, heroic, slightly humorous and without the need of endless grind to progress.
Legends of Amberland II: The Song of Trees
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Ranked #5 for Essentia: A monster catching adventure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Essentia: A monster catching adventure.
Legends of Amberland II: The Song of Trees is a classic western RPG inspired by great 90s era games such as Might & Magic, Wizardry, Ultima, the Gold Box series. Light, fairy tale, epic, heroic, slightly humorous adventure.
Crystal Project
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Ranked #6 for Essentia: A monster catching adventure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Essentia: A monster catching adventure.
Crystal Project is a non-linear JRPG where you are the maker of your own adventure. Explore the world while you find Crystals, unlock classes, learn abilities, and create a strategy capable of taking down the world's toughest bosses. Or just stick to exploring; it's up to you.
Tactics Ogre: Reborn
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Ranked #7 for Essentia: A monster catching adventure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Essentia: A monster catching adventure.
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.
Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG
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Ranked #8 for Essentia: A monster catching adventure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Essentia: A monster catching adventure.
Abalon is a roguelike adventure that fuses tactical turn-based combat and card strategy. Choose your summoner and explore a tabletop world to discover its secrets. Build the perfect deck, outsmart your enemies and become legend!
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Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan
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Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with Essentia: A monster catching adventure.
Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan is a wholesome, creature capture, 2.5D Adventure-Puzzle-Platformer with over 30 hours of gameplay!
Legends of Amberland II: The Song of Trees
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with Essentia: A monster catching adventure.
Legends of Amberland II: The Song of Trees is a classic western RPG inspired by great 90s era games such as Might & Magic, Wizardry, Ultima, the Gold Box series. Light, fairy tale, epic, heroic, slightly humorous adventure.
Crystal Project
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with Essentia: A monster catching adventure.
Crystal Project is a non-linear JRPG where you are the maker of your own adventure. Explore the world while you find Crystals, unlock classes, learn abilities, and create a strategy capable of taking down the world's toughest bosses. Or just stick to exploring; it's up to you.
Tactics Ogre: Reborn
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with Essentia: A monster catching adventure.
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.
Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with Essentia: A monster catching adventure.
Abalon is a roguelike adventure that fuses tactical turn-based combat and card strategy. Choose your summoner and explore a tabletop world to discover its secrets. Build the perfect deck, outsmart your enemies and become legend!
Frequently asked about Essentia: A monster catching adventure
- What games are most similar to Essentia: A monster catching adventure?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Essentia: A monster catching adventure are Siralim Ultimate, Cyclopean: The Great Abyss, Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan.
- Who developed Essentia: A monster catching adventure?
- Essentia: A monster catching adventure was developed by Kernel Iron.
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