Games like Ruins of Dawn
If Ruins of Dawn is your kind of game, the closest matches are Grim Dawn, The Riftbreaker and Zombasite — 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 Ruins of Dawn: A loot-driven action role-playing game (ARPG) crafted by a solo loot enthusiast. Switch classes anytime, with hundreds of random affix combinations for gear stats, a unique forging system, and tough bosses, rifts, ruins, and trials awaiting your challenge.
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Steam players who put hours into Ruins of Dawn 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.
Grim Dawn
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Top pick for Ruins of Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ruins of Dawn.
Enter an apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, iron is valued above gold and trust is hard earned. This ARPG features complex character development, hundreds of unique items, crafting and quests with choice & consequence.
The Riftbreaker
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Second-strongest match for Ruins of Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ruins of Dawn.
The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.
Zombasite
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Third-strongest match for Ruins of Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Ruins of Dawn.
Zombasite is a zombie apocalypse action RPG set in a dynamic, evolving, fantasy world for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Path of Exile
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Ranked #4 for Ruins of Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ruins of Dawn.
You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. The game is completely free and will never be pay-to-win.
Path of Exile 2
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Ranked #5 for Ruins of Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Ruins of Dawn.
Path of Exile 2 is a next generation Action RPG from Grinding Gear Games, featuring co-op for up to six players. Set years after the original Path of Exile, you will return to the dark world of Wraeclast and seek to end the corruption that is spreading.
Last Epoch
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Ranked #6 for Ruins of Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ruins of Dawn.
Uncover the Past, Reforge the Future. Ascend into one of 15 mastery classes and explore dangerous dungeons, hunt epic loot, craft legendary weapons, and wield the power of over a hundred transformative skill trees. Last Epoch is being developed by a team of passionate Action RPG enthusiasts.
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing
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Ranked #7 for Ruins of Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ruins of Dawn.
Put on your wide-brimmed hat, grab your weapons and embark on an incredible adventure in the gothic-noir world of Borgovia, where mad science threatens the fragile peace between monster and mortal.
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut
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Ranked #8 for Ruins of Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ruins of Dawn.
Embark on an adventure in a gothic-noir world, where mad science threatens the peace between monsters and mortals. The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut is definitive edition of the trilogy with six playable classes and a new endgame mode with a huge variety of open missions!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ruins of Dawn at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~88% under Ruins of Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ruins of Dawn.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~63% under Ruins of Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ruins of Dawn.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
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Priced ~53% under Ruins of Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ruins of Dawn.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
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Priced ~75% under Ruins of Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ruins of Dawn.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~81% under Ruins of Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ruins of Dawn.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~88% under Ruins of Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Ruins of Dawn.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~63% under Ruins of Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Ruins of Dawn.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
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Priced ~50% under Ruins of Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ruins of Dawn.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ruins of Dawn.
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?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ruins of Dawn.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ruins of Dawn.
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.
NGU IDLE
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ruins of Dawn.
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!
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ruins of Dawn.
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.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ruins of Dawn.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ruins of Dawn.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Ruins of Dawn.
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Frequently asked about Ruins of Dawn
- How much does Ruins of Dawn cost?
- Ruins of Dawn is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Ruins of Dawn have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Ruins of Dawn supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Ruins of Dawn?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ruins of Dawn are Grim Dawn, The Riftbreaker, Zombasite.
- Who developed Ruins of Dawn?
- Ruins of Dawn was developed by 刷宝爱好者.
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