Games like End State
If End State is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark, The Last Spell and Tactical Breach Wizards — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its environments are visually impressive, 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.
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Steam players who put hours into End State 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.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with End State.
Top pick for End State fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with End State.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!
The Last Spell
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and an immersive mood with End State.
Second-strongest match for End State fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with End State.
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Tactical Breach Wizards
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with End State.
Third-strongest match for End State fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with End State.
In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to try every crazy plan you can think of to punch a Traffic Warlock through a 4th story window.
Gears Tactics
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for End State fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with End State.
Gears Tactics is the fast-paced, turn-based strategy game from one of the most-acclaimed video game franchises – Gears of War. Outnumbered and fighting for survival, recruit and command your squad to hunt down an evil mastermind who makes monsters.
Phantom Doctrine
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with End State.
Ranked #5 for End State fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with End State.
The year is 1983. The world teeters on the verge of destruction as the Cold War tightens its icy grip. East or West: trust no one, question everything. The fate of humanity rests in your hands as you pit spy versus spy in tactical Phantom Doctrine.
Jagged Alliance 3
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with End State.
Ranked #6 for End State fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with End State.
The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.
Lost Eidolons
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with End State.
Ranked #7 for End State fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with End State.
Lost Eidolons is a turn-based tactical RPG with a gripping cinematic narrative, set in a waning empire riven by civil war. Take on the role of a charming mercenary captain, Eden, and lead his band of allies through epic encounters on a classic turn-based battlefield.
Jagged Alliance: Rage!
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with End State.
Ranked #8 for End State fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with End State.
Jagged Alliance is back – With a new take on turn-based tactics, adventure elements and the well-known quirky mercenaries! Set 20 years after the first Jagged Alliance, this spin-off lets you experience a road trip into a jungle hell to test your mind and body to the limits!
Reviewers mention these as similar to End State
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XCOM® 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with End State.
Reviewers of End State cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with End State.
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
Jagged Alliance 3
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with End State.
Reviewers of End State cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with End State.
The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.
7 Days to Die
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with End State.
Reviewers of End State cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with End State.
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below End State at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under End State on Steam right now. Shares Indie with End State.
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 End State on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with End State.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under End State on Steam right now. Shares Action with End State.
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 End State on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with End State.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under End State on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with End State.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with End State.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with End State.
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.).
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with End State.
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.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with End State.
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 End State.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with End State.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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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.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with End State.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with End State.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!
The Last Spell
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and an immersive mood with End State.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with End State.
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Tactical Breach Wizards
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with End State.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with End State.
In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to try every crazy plan you can think of to punch a Traffic Warlock through a 4th story window.
Lost Eidolons
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with End State.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with End State.
Lost Eidolons is a turn-based tactical RPG with a gripping cinematic narrative, set in a waning empire riven by civil war. Take on the role of a charming mercenary captain, Eden, and lead his band of allies through epic encounters on a classic turn-based battlefield.
Frequently asked about End State
- Does End State run on Steam Deck?
- End State is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does End State cost?
- End State is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to End State?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside End State are Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark, The Last Spell, Tactical Breach Wizards.
- Who developed End State?
- End State was developed by Finger Squad.
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 End State.
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