Games like ARENA an Age of Barbarians story
If ARENA an Age of Barbarians story is your kind of game, the closest matches are Nidhogg 2, Urban Lockdown and Endless Knight — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its retro inspired brutalism, challenging and dark. 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 ARENA an Age of Barbarians story: A non-stop action game, completely skill based. Immerse yourself into an incredible adventure in a world inspired by the 80s’ Sword & Sorcery fantasy. Frantic action, brutal fighting, monsters, romance, and plenty of Heavy Metal rhythms.

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Nidhogg 2
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
Top pick for ARENA an Age of Barbarians story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
The rules are simple. Reach the other side and kill anyone that stands in your way. Deftly parry and rend their throats, riddle their bowels with arrows, or squish their brains between your toes. The wurm cares not for chivalry.
Urban Lockdown
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for ARENA an Age of Barbarians story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
With stunning digitized graphics, beatdown the escaped prison inmates, thwarting their boss in an epic showdown!
Endless Knight
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
Third-strongest match for ARENA an Age of Barbarians story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
Endless Knight is an unusual fighting game inspired by the black knight scene from the Python classic 'The Holy Grail'. The game sees you cutting opponents' limbs off in a fight to the death!
Blades of Gory
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for ARENA an Age of Barbarians story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
Blades of Gory is an easy to learn, hard to master, ultraviolent, 8 bit styled 2D fighting game. 8 warriors to choose from. 4 game modes. Arcade, versus, sudden death and 3 vs 3 tag team battle.
Die by the Blade
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
Ranked #5 for ARENA an Age of Barbarians story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
Vanquish your foes with a single strike in 1v1 weapon-based fighter Die by the Blade. Dive into a samuraipunk world and wield a range of traditional Japanese weapons to determine your moveset. Outwit your opponent in intense, tactical battles and master the art of the one-hit kill!
One Strike
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
Ranked #6 for ARENA an Age of Barbarians story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
One Strike is a 2d fighting game with fast and furious gameplay, memorable characters, and a retro pixelart aesthetic! Choose between one of six unique fighters, travel to medieval Japan’s beautiful pixelated landscapes and fight to become the greatest warrior in history.
GUTS
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for ARENA an Age of Barbarians story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
GUTS is a hilarious ultra-violent Tarantino-style over-the-top game where players must dismember each other. The fight continues even when there are just two little stumps, and it keeps going until one fighter emerges victorious after dismembering all the opponent’s four limbs!
Wrestling Revolution 3D
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
Ranked #8 for ARENA an Age of Barbarians story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
The original 3D wrestling sim takes you either side of the curtain in one epic shared universe - where you can either take shots in the ring as a wrestler or call the shots backstage as a booker!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below ARENA an Age of Barbarians story at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under ARENA an Age of Barbarians story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
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
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Priced ~50% under ARENA an Age of Barbarians story on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
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 ARENA an Age of Barbarians story on Steam right now. Shares Action with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
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 ARENA an Age of Barbarians story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
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 ARENA an Age of Barbarians story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under ARENA an Age of Barbarians story on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
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 ARENA an Age of Barbarians story on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
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 ARENA an Age of Barbarians story on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
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.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
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 ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
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 ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
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.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
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.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
We Become What We Behold [Fan-Made Port]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
a game about news cycles, vicious cycles, infinite cycles
Meteor 60 Seconds!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
Meteor 60 seconds! is a simple, fun, comic-like action game that simulates your life if there were a meteor heading towards Earth and you had 60 seconds to live. Do anything you want to do with your last 60 seconds, even if it's illegal! What about planting an apple tree?
Brief Karate Foolish
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
Here comes a new epic of live action fighting game!! With 60fps smooth action, sexy and deadly guys fly into air and bounces their flab!
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More from Crian Soft
Other recommendable Steam games by Crian Soft, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Age of Barbarian Extended Cut
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
Another title from Crian Soft, the studio behind ARENA an Age of Barbarians story. Shares Action and Indie with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
Age of Barbarian Ex is an action hack 'n 'slash game inspired to 80s, fantasy and sword-and-sorcery genre. Muscular barbarians, scantily clad girls, hordes of bloodthirsty monsters, a lot of gore, a pretty epic story and an addictive soundtrack! What's best in life?
Karate Master 2 Knock Down Blow
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
Another title from Crian Soft, the studio behind ARENA an Age of Barbarians story. Shares Action and Indie with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
Karate Master 2 Knock Down Blow is a fighting game that mixes elements of RPG, simulation and arcade, in an explosive combination to relieve the Beat'em up genre!
B.A.D Battle Armor Division
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
Another title from Crian Soft, the studio behind ARENA an Age of Barbarians story. Shares Action and Indie with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
B.A.D is an intense and enjoyable Shoote'em up game that captures the feeling of controlling a mass-produced humanoid robot (Battle Armor) piloted by a single soldier while keeping the realistic fast-paced action in a dramatic large scale conflict, from various Factions of Earth and Mars.
Age of Barbarians Chronicles
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
Another title from Crian Soft, the studio behind ARENA an Age of Barbarians story. Shares Action and Indie with ARENA an Age of Barbarians story.
A brutal Action RPG in pure Sword & Sorcery style. Lead King Xodan and the Oracle Queen Yanah in their desperate quest to save their people and free their daughter Sharyn from Zordax the Inhuman. Live an epic Sword & Sorcery tale inspired by the fantasy classics of the 1980s.
Frequently asked about ARENA an Age of Barbarians story
- How much does ARENA an Age of Barbarians story cost?
- ARENA an Age of Barbarians story is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does ARENA an Age of Barbarians story have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — ARENA an Age of Barbarians story supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to ARENA an Age of Barbarians story?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ARENA an Age of Barbarians story are Nidhogg 2, Urban Lockdown, Endless Knight.
- Who developed ARENA an Age of Barbarians story?
- ARENA an Age of Barbarians story was developed by Crian Soft.
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