Games like Eternal Return
If Eternal Return is your kind of game, the closest matches are Blasphemous, The Last Faith and Vlad Voievod Dracula. Episode 1 Manhunt — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmosphere is oppressively immersive, bleak and challenging. 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 Eternal Return: Face merciless gameplay to explore a cursed castle, discover the dark tales of its inhabitants, and kill the gods of a decaying world.
Players who liked Eternal Return also play
Steam players who put hours into Eternal Return 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.
Blasphemous
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Eternal Return.
Top pick for Eternal Return fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Return.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
The Last Faith
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Eternal Return.
Second-strongest match for Eternal Return fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Return.
Dive into the latest evolution of The Last Faith: a dark and gothic fusion of metroidvania and soulslike. Engage in merciless and precise combat with a huge range of weapons, firearms, and custom executions. Let nothing stand in the way of your journey to salvation.
Vlad Voievod Dracula. Episode 1 Manhunt
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Eternal Return fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Return.
If you enjoyed NES games like Castlevania, Ninja Gaiden, Shatterhand, Jorney to Silius you have to try this game! Play as Vlad Tepes Dracula and fight your way to the Wallachian border to take your rightful throne in a new medieval Classicvania game with gorgeous art, and 10 playable characters!
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Eternal Return.
Ranked #4 for Eternal Return fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Return.
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials is a snarky action-adventure puzzle game with a good dose of humor. Explore hundreds of secret-filled rooms, fight big bosses, gather companions for your party and use the powers of Pip—your bat buddy—to solve puzzles and escape the eldritch abyss!
Odallus: The Dark Call
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Eternal Return.
Ranked #5 for Eternal Return fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Return.
The old gods have forgotten this land. No one could save our people when darkness started spreading and collecting human souls for its army. Odallus is a classic exploration/action game, inspired by Ghosts’n Goblins, Demon’s Crest and Castlevania.
Kalinur
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Eternal Return.
Ranked #6 for Eternal Return fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Return.
Defeat the mage Kalinur and bring peace back to the kingdom in this mini metroidvania with a lot of action.
Cave Story+
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Eternal Return fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Return.
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
La-Mulana
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Eternal Return.
Ranked #8 for Eternal Return fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Return.
LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Eternal Return
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Rogue Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Eternal Return.
Reviewers of Eternal Return cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Return.
Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Eternal Return.
Reviewers of Eternal Return cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Eternal Return.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
Castle of Vania
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Eternal Return cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Eternal Return.
Invade the castle of the powerful Vampire Vania, face several difficult, exciting and sensual challenges to end this reign of horror and orgies.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Eternal Return at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Eternal Return on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Eternal Return.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Eternal Return on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Return.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Eternal Return on Steam right now. Shares Action with Eternal Return.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Eternal Return on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Eternal Return.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Eternal Return on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Eternal Return.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Eternal Return on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Return.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Eternal Return on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Return.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Eternal Return on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Return.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Eternal Return.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Return.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eternal Return.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Eternal Return.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Eternal Return.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eternal Return.
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.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Blasphemous
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Eternal Return.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Return.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Eternal Return.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Return.
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials is a snarky action-adventure puzzle game with a good dose of humor. Explore hundreds of secret-filled rooms, fight big bosses, gather companions for your party and use the powers of Pip—your bat buddy—to solve puzzles and escape the eldritch abyss!
La-Mulana
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Eternal Return.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Return.
LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.
Frequently asked about Eternal Return
- How much does Eternal Return cost?
- Eternal Return is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Eternal Return?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Eternal Return are Blasphemous, The Last Faith, Vlad Voievod Dracula. Episode 1 Manhunt.
- Who developed Eternal Return?
- Eternal Return was developed by Pathless Games.
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