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Games like Aetherium

If Aetherium is your kind of game, the closest matches are DuskMourne, Spark in the Dark and Death's Door — 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 Aetherium: An isometric Action RPG sandbox in a collapsing world. Explore a global map, fight in intense real time combat, absorb soul cores and perform ascension rituals. Find rare gear, develop unique paths and strive to overcome the inevitable end.

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Aetherium — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Aetherium 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. DuskMourne

    WHY THIS

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

    Enter a cursed world of ruined kingdoms, fallen knights, and ancient powers. DuskMourne is a dark fantasy action RPG where brutal combat, exploration, and hard-won ascension decide whether you rise as a legendary warrior or a ruthless conqueror.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Spark in the Dark

    WHY THIS

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

    The hardcore dark fantasy Dungeon Crawler where you will go to the endless depths of a mysterious grim Dungeon.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Death's Door

    WHY THIS

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

    Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Lords of the Fallen

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2023ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. Lunarium

    WHY THIS

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

    Lunarium is an atmospheric fantasy A-RPG. Play as Ave, a light-armored knight, who teams up with Lune, a mysterious Starfarer. Together, they journey to save a dying world, engaging in challenging battles to retrieve the lost glow of the stars and forsaken memories, unveiling cosmic secrets.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Duel Corp.

    WHY THIS

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

    A Souls-inspired action RPG set in a sandbox open world with an MMO feel and challenging directional combat. Play solo or with up to 3 friends in co-op. Build friendships, master an unrestricted class system, and uncover the cause that darkened all eyes.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty

    WHY THIS

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

    A new dark fantasy Three Kingdoms action RPG from Team NINJA, the developers of Nioh.

    2023ActionAdventureRPG23.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. 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 Aetherium.

    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 ↗
  3. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeSteam ↗
  7. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Death's Door

    WHY THIS

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

    Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lords of the Fallen

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Aetherium.

    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.

    2023ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Aetherium.

    A new dark fantasy Three Kingdoms action RPG from Team NINJA, the developers of Nioh.

    2023ActionAdventureRPG23.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Aetherium

Does Aetherium have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Aetherium supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
What games are most similar to Aetherium?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Aetherium are DuskMourne, Spark in the Dark, Death's Door.
Who developed Aetherium?
Aetherium was developed by Arcon LMD and published by TBA.

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 Aetherium.

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