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Games like Essentia: A monster catching adventure

If Essentia: A monster catching adventure is your kind of game, the closest matches are Siralim Ultimate, Born In Reverie 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.

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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.

2026RPGWindowsby Kernel Iron
Essentia: A monster catching adventure — Steam game cover

Players who liked Essentia: A monster catching adventure also play

Steam players who put hours into Essentia: A monster catching adventure 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. Siralim Ultimate

    WHY THIS

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Born In Reverie

    WHY THIS

    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.

    Born In Reverie is a slow-burn, narrative-heavy RPG. Experience Dani and the Guardians' story as they defend their home from the Beasts. Delve deep into the mountains to fight the beastly scourge, explore Dani's peculiar dreams, and discover the reason to keep moving forward.

  3. Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan

    WHY THIS

    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!

    2021IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Cyclopean: The Great Abyss

    WHY THIS

    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.

    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.

    2025IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Legends of Amberland: The Forgotten Crown

    WHY THIS

    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: 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.

    2019RPG19.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Legends of Amberland II: The Song of Trees

    WHY THIS

    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.

    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.

    2023RPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Crystal Project

    WHY THIS

    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.

    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.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Tactics Ogre: Reborn

    WHY THIS

    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.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 ↗
  2. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Essentia: A monster catching adventure.

    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 ↗
  5. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Essentia: A monster catching adventure.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Essentia: A monster catching adventure.

    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 Essentia: A monster catching adventure.

    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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan

    WHY THIS

    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!

    2021IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. 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.

    2023RPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. 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.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. 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.

    2022SimulationRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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, Born In Reverie, 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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