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Games like AlterMage

If AlterMage is your kind of game, the closest matches are Water Margin: Defiance, Aldebaran Legend and Zofia — 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 AlterMage: AlterMage is an immersive first-person spell slinging adventure that combines metroidvania world design and abilities with RPG elements.

2026ActionIndieAdventureRPGWindowsby AlterTech
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Players who liked AlterMage also play

Steam players who put hours into AlterMage 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. Water Margin: Defiance

    WHY THIS

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

    Water Margin: Defiance is an action RPG set in the 14th-century Chinese classic Water Margin (Outlaws of the Marsh). Choose your path between good and evil; fight in fast-paced combat; strike unseen from the shadows. Step into a world where legend and reality intertwine.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Aldebaran Legend

    WHY THIS

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

    In a village located to the south, there is one of the twelve guardians, the warrior of Leo, known for his determination in combat and number of victories. Our hero will be responsible for finding the mystical artifacts, to prevent the kingdom from being bathed in blood and darkness.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Zofia

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for AlterMage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with AlterMage.

    Zofia is a first person RPG. Branded as a heretic and an outcast, you manage to escape the northern empire and take up work as a Seeker. Make your character with a light character creator. Utilize surface-based magic, grapplehooks, and a variety of weapons to stop a corruption called the blight.

    2024IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. SATURN. LEGACY

    WHY THIS

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

    Saturn: Legacy is a first-person sci-fi RPG. Embark on a gripping journey: uncover the secrets of a hidden research facility on Earth, fight in robotic bodies across Saturn’s moons, shape the story through your choices, and reclaim the identity that was taken from you.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. D' Mär Lucidium: Grimmgart

    WHY THIS

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

    Your personality shapes your story in this first-person open-world RPG. Explore Grimmgart valley, scarred by the War for Divinity, and make choices through rich, layered dialogues. Shape your own playstyle and take your role in this new world.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. Hogwarts Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for AlterMage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with AlterMage.

    Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world.

    2023ActionAdventureRPG59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Assassin’s Creed Shadows

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for AlterMage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with AlterMage.

    Experience an epic action-adventure story set in feudal Japan! Become a lethal shinobi assassin and powerful legendary samurai as you explore a beautiful open world in a time of chaos.

    2025ActionAdventureRPG69.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Forspoken

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for AlterMage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with AlterMage.

    Forspoken follows the journey of Frey, a young New Yorker transported to the beautiful and cruel land of Athia. In search of a way home, Frey must use her newfound magical abilities to traverse sprawling landscapes and battle monstrous creatures.

    2023ActionAdventureRPG20.99 USDSteam ↗

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 AlterMage.

    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 AlterMage.

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 AlterMage.

    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 ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about AlterMage

What games are most similar to AlterMage?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside AlterMage are Water Margin: Defiance, Aldebaran Legend, Zofia.
Who developed AlterMage?
AlterMage was developed by AlterTech.

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 AlterMage.

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