Games like Rend
If Rend is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tree of Life, Dark and Light and Citadel: Forged with Fire — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its faction politics drive progression, atmospheric 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 Rend: Epic fantasy adventure meets competitive survival in Rend. Inspired by the fabled universe of Nordic myth, choose to play solo in Classic and Exploration modes to build your stronghold, tame brutal creatures, and conquer enemy players or play among three rival factions in Faction War mode.
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Steam players who put hours into Rend 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.
Tree of Life
WHY THIS
Top pick for Rend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Massively Multiplayer with Rend.
Begin a journey in the beautiful world! Build your own town anywhere and explore the myterious lands anytime. Nothing is impossible in the open world: Be a legendary warrior and 5-star chef at the same time!
Dark and Light
WHY THIS
Shares taming, crafting and an immersive mood with Rend.
Second-strongest match for Rend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Rend.
Dark and Light is a vast sandbox survival RPG set in a world dominated by powerful elemental forces. Find your way in a meticulously crafted world, featuring breathtaking landscapes, a wide variety of mythical creatures, and limitless possibility to craft, build, and unlock dozens of powerful weapons, spells, and skills.
Citadel: Forged with Fire
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Rend.
Third-strongest match for Rend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rend.
This massive online sandbox RPG features elements of magic, spellcasting, building, exploring and crafting. As a newly minted apprentice of the magic arts, you will set off to the dangerous world of Ignus. Tame mighty beasts, forge alliances, explore uncharted territories or fight for dominance!
Conan Exiles
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Rend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Rend.
An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.
ARK: Survival Evolved
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Rend.
Ranked #5 for Rend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rend.
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
ATLAS
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Rend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Rend.
Set sail for the ultimate pirate experience! Embark on a grand adventure alongside thousands of other players in one of the largest game worlds ever built (and even claim a piece of it to call your own). Build your ship, assemble your crew, sail the high seas, and become a pirate legend!
Rust
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Rend.
Ranked #7 for Rend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rend.
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Dig or Die
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Rend.
Ranked #8 for Rend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rend.
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
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 Rend.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Massively Multiplayer with Rend.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Rend.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Rend.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Rend.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Rend.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Rend.
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Frequently asked about Rend
- Does Rend work on Steam Deck?
- Rend is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- Does Rend have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Rend supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Rend?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Rend are Tree of Life, Dark and Light, Citadel: Forged with Fire.
- Who developed Rend?
- Rend was developed by Frostkeep Studios.
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 Rend.
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