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Games like Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising

If Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising is your kind of game, the closest matches are Magicbook AutoBattler: Contract, Miseria and Fantasy Idle Dungeon — 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 Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising: A Lovecraftian idle RPG with auto-battles, loot farming, chests, team strategy, town building, gear crafting, Runewords, stages, towers, realms, and seasons. Serve the Old Gods, build your town, corrupt the chosen, and fight for their awakening!

2026StrategyIndieAdventureRPGCasual8.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOSby Small Mill, Small Mill
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Steam players who put hours into Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising 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. Magicbook AutoBattler: Contract

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising.

    This is a brand - new strategic auto - chess game that integrates RPG and roguelike elements. In the world of the Grimoire, players can freely create combinations and indulge in endless battles.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Miseria

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising.

    Miseria is a dark fantasy idle incremental game in which you lead a party of damned souls through the depths of the world.

    2026IndieSimulationRPG7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Fantasy Idle Dungeon

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising.

    In Fantasy Idle Dungeon, hatch and capture rare Jenin, awaken their legendary skills and talents, and experience the joy of leveling up, evolving, and fusing them. Freely customize your gear, assemble an unbeatable adventure team, and claim glorious victories with effortless idle gameplay!

    2025StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Thousand Floors

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising.

    Tower Climbers carry amber light; allies follow through misty pagodas in an endless Eastern tower. Thousands Floors blends side-view pixel art with hands-off combat—summon, upgrade, and let them climb. Grow via allies, floor lockdown, and relics.

    2026StrategyIndieCasual6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. BioKept

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising.

    Conquer dungeons and hoard epic loot in this auto battler adventure! Command 72+ beasts, master strategic combat, and claim your throne in the loot-filled depths. Are you ready to reign supreme?

    2026StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Legends of Dragaea: Idle Dungeons

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising.

    Legends of Dragaea: Idle Dungeons is a First Person Idle Dungeon Crawler with 6 unique races, robust combat, a grand saga spanning a continent full of unique dungeons, a classless skill system, and extensive guild management system to master as you uncover the secrets of the world of Dragaea!

    2025IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Lucky Hunter

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising.

    Lucky Hunter is a deck-building auto battler Roguelike game. Your pieces are automatically played on the board, and players will focus on building unique decks and artifacts, making the best of the synergies between pieces to defeat increasingly powerful prey.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure4.19 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Maktala: Slime Lootfest

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising.

    An incremental game where you kill hordes of slimes and use their loot to become stronger and farm them. Collect powerful loot, master skills, and uncover tons of content.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising.

    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 ~44% under Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising.

    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. How to Fish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising.

    A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation4.95 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising.

    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 ~44% under Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~89% under Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising.

    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. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 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 and Casual with Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising.

    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 Adventure with Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising.

    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 Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising.

    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. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising.

    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 ↗
  8. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising

Does Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising run on Steam Deck?
Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising cost?
Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising are Magicbook AutoBattler: Contract, Miseria, Fantasy Idle Dungeon.
Who developed Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising?
Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising was developed by Small Mill, Small Mill and published by Small Mill, Small Mill.

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 Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising.

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