Games like Exotic Matter
If Exotic Matter is your kind of game, the closest matches are Astral Terra, TUG and Block Story™ — 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 Exotic Matter: A blend of Metroidvania adventure and procedural survival game, in Exotic Matter you will explore, craft, fight, solve puzzles and survive. As the sole survivor of a last-ditch expedition to an alien planet, your duty is to find a powerful alien material that could save Earth from destruction.
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Astral Terra
WHY THIS
Top pick for Exotic Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Exotic Matter.
Explore, Adventure, Craft, Build, Survive. How will you shape your world? Astral Terra is a Smooth Voxel, Procedurally Generated Open World game with RPG and Survival Elements!
TUG
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Exotic Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Exotic Matter.
While we get closer to the release of TUG ver 2.0, we will be taking the project down from steam. Thank you to everyone that has helped us in play and testing for ver 1.0.
Block Story™
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Exotic Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Exotic Matter.
There isn’t much better than a wide open game world in which you have essentially no limits and can alter the very landscape in which you play – that is, unless you add dragons, of course…
Boundless
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Ranked #4 for Exotic Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Exotic Matter.
Shape your citizen, forge your destiny and sculpt your world in this epic voxel sandbox MMO built on endless possibility.
FortressCraft Evolved!
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Exotic Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Exotic Matter.
FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.
Badiya: Desert Survival
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Exotic Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Exotic Matter.
Badiya is a Sandbox Survival RPG set in the WWI era desert lands. Badiya challenges you to brave the sands, take part in wars, ply the spice routes, or hunt for treasure as you strive to fulfill your ambitions.
Lay of the Land
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Exotic Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Exotic Matter.
Lay of the Land is a sandbox adventure game set in a fantasy world where everything is physically simulated. Use the environment to your advantage and Explore, Fight, Loot and Build your way through mysterious lands.
Rising World
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Ranked #8 for Exotic Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Exotic Matter.
Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Exotic Matter at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Exotic Matter on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Exotic Matter.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Exotic Matter on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Exotic Matter.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Exotic Matter on Steam right now. Shares Action with Exotic Matter.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Exotic Matter on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Exotic Matter.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Exotic Matter on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Exotic Matter.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Exotic Matter.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Exotic Matter.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Exotic Matter.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Exotic Matter.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Trick & Treat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Exotic Matter.
Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Exotic Matter.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
Unturned
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Exotic Matter.
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
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Frequently asked about Exotic Matter
- How much does Exotic Matter cost?
- Exotic Matter is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Exotic Matter?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Exotic Matter are Astral Terra, TUG, Block Story™.
- Who developed Exotic Matter?
- Exotic Matter was developed by MobiusCode.
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 Exotic Matter.
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