Games like Pathos
If Pathos is your kind of game, the closest matches are All Who Wander, Deadzoned and OfMiceAndMechs — 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 Pathos: Pathos is a turn-based fantasy adventure inspired by retro dungeon crawlers. Experience deep, emergent gameplay with modern graphics, sound and a touch-first interface. Extensively customise your character and embark on epic procedurally generated campaigns.
Players who liked Pathos also play
Steam players who put hours into Pathos 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.
All Who Wander
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Top pick for Pathos fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Pathos.
All Who Wander is a traditional roguelike with fast-paced, turn-based combat. Choose from 15 unique heroes and embark on a 30 day journey to defeat a powerful monster. Explore diverse biomes, master 100+ abilities, discover rare items, and recruit companions to survive a world that's new every run.
Deadzoned
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Second-strongest match for Pathos fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Pathos.
Deadzoned is a sci-fi turn-based action Roguelike. Blast your way through zones battling the beasts, bandits, and monsters that stalk the blackouts. But you'll need your wits to make best use of the gear you stumble upon to survive and save the fate of the planet!
OfMiceAndMechs
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Third-strongest match for Pathos fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Pathos.
Survive in a dead world. Fight, scavenge and rebuild until you control a base and its workers. Collect all 7 glass hearts and claim the throne.
Absorber: Absorb Adapt Survive
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Ranked #4 for Pathos fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Pathos.
A tactical roguelike on a 7×7 grid. Absorb enemies, steal their abilities, and adapt your build from over 250 programs. Every run reshapes the threats against you. Permadeath. No negotiations.
Rogue’s Dark Descent
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Ranked #5 for Pathos fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Pathos.
Rogue’s Dark Descent is a traditional roguelike about exploring a dangerous, procedurally generated wilderness and the forgotten places beneath it. Fight, explore, meet survivors, uncover lost history, find powerful artifacts, and see how long your story lasts.
Warrior Quest
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Ranked #6 for Pathos fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Pathos.
Warrior Quest is a single-player, text-driven dark-fantasy RPG where old-school dungeon crawling meets next-gen, free-form, offline AI diplomacy. Fight, sneak, negotiate in your own words, recruit unlikely companions... and whatever you do, roll well.
Dungeon Sookuma
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Ranked #7 for Pathos fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Pathos.
Combine 14 Sookuma lineages with 19 classes and descend into an ever-changing dream dungeon. Identify strange items, bargain with 19 gods, steal the Dream Core, and fight your way back out in a traditional turn-based roguelike.
Eldermyth
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Ranked #8 for Pathos fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Defend a mythical land as ancient beasts in this high-score roguelike. Use powers, weather and land synergy to save villages and stop invaders from colonising the land.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Pathos.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and RPG with Pathos.
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!
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Pathos.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
Path of Exile
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Pathos.
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.
The Sims™ 4
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Pathos.
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
Where Winds Meet
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and RPG with Pathos.
Step into an open-world action-adventure RPG set in ancient China. Uncover the secrets of your own identity as you rise from a humble village wanderer to the sword master of the imperial capital. Learn martial arts and build your reputation as a hero or a bringer of chaos in this free wuxia world.
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Frequently asked about Pathos
- Does Pathos have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Pathos supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Pathos?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pathos are All Who Wander, Deadzoned, OfMiceAndMechs.
- Who developed Pathos?
- Pathos was developed by Contrary Games.
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 Pathos.
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