Games like The Surge 2
Below are 26 hand-picked alternatives to The Surge 2 for fans of action, rpg, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in The Surge 2 also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, more from Deck13, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About The Surge 2: In a bid to survive, explore the sprawling, devastated Jericho City. Fight ferocious threats in brutal, unforgiving combat, slashing and tearing the limbs off your opponents to steal their equipment.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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The Surge
Top pick for The Surge 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge 2.
Welcome to CREO, the megacorporation saving the world! A catastrophic event has knocked you out during the first day on the job… you wake up equipped with a heavy-grade exoskeleton, in a destroyed section of the complex.
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WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers
Second-strongest match for The Surge 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge 2.
WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers is a soulslike, action RPG set in the land of Shu during the dark and tumultuous late Ming Dynasty, plagued with warring factions and a mysterious illness spawning monstrous creatures.
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Mortal Shell
Third-strongest match for The Surge 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge 2.
Their Flesh is Your Armor. Mortal Shell is a deep action-RPG that tests your sanity and resilience in a shattered world. Survival demands superior awareness, precision, and instincts. Possess lost warriors, track down hidden sanctums of the devout, and face formidable foes.
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Blade of Darkness
Ranked #4 for The Surge 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge 2.
Blade of Darkness is a hardcore fantasy action-adventure with unique combat mechanics and role-playing elements that pioneered the “soulsborne” genre. Pick one of four characters to hack and slash through a gory quest to save the world from the forces of Chaos.
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Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
Ranked #5 for The Surge 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge 2.
A new dark fantasy Three Kingdoms action RPG from Team NINJA, the developers of Nioh.
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Immortal: Unchained
Ranked #6 for The Surge 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge 2.
Unleashed and unforgiving. Can you rise to the challenge? Immortal: Unchained is the latest addition to the genre of ultra-hardcore action RPGs. Take the role of a living weapon, unleashed to stop the source of a cataclysmic event threatening to end all worlds.
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Darksiders III
Ranked #7 for The Surge 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge 2.
Return to an apocalyptic Earth in Darksiders III, a hack-n-slash Action Adventure where players assume the role of FURY in her quest to hunt down and dispose of the Seven Deadly Sins. The most enigmatic of the Four Horsemen, FURY must bring balance to the forces that now ravage Earth.
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Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
Ranked #8 for The Surge 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Surge 2.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
Reviewers mention these as similar to The Surge 2
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DARK SOULS™ II
Reviewers of The Surge 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge 2.
Developed by FROM SOFTWARE, DARK SOULS™ II is the highly anticipated sequel to the gruelling 2011 breakout hit Dark Souls. The unique old-school action RPG experience captivated imaginations of gamers worldwide with incredible challenge and intense emotional reward.
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The Surge
Reviewers of The Surge 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge 2.
Welcome to CREO, the megacorporation saving the world! A catastrophic event has knocked you out during the first day on the job… you wake up equipped with a heavy-grade exoskeleton, in a destroyed section of the complex.
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ELDEN RING
Reviewers of The Surge 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge 2.
THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FANTASY ACTION RPG. Rise, Tarnished, and be guided by grace to brandish the power of the Elden Ring and become an Elden Lord in the Lands Between.
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Armored
Reviewers of The Surge 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Surge 2.
It's time for you to prove yourself in the management of armored vehicles. You have to perform many operations from liberating the territory to escorting VIP and battling against enemy armored vehicles.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Surge 2 at current Steam store prices.
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The Surge
Priced ~50% under The Surge 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge 2.
Welcome to CREO, the megacorporation saving the world! A catastrophic event has knocked you out during the first day on the job… you wake up equipped with a heavy-grade exoskeleton, in a destroyed section of the complex.
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Blade of Darkness
Priced ~50% under The Surge 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge 2.
Blade of Darkness is a hardcore fantasy action-adventure with unique combat mechanics and role-playing elements that pioneered the “soulsborne” genre. Pick one of four characters to hack and slash through a gory quest to save the world from the forces of Chaos.
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Immortal: Unchained
Priced ~63% under The Surge 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge 2.
Unleashed and unforgiving. Can you rise to the challenge? Immortal: Unchained is the latest addition to the genre of ultra-hardcore action RPGs. Take the role of a living weapon, unleashed to stop the source of a cataclysmic event threatening to end all worlds.
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Darksiders III
Priced ~80% under The Surge 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge 2.
Return to an apocalyptic Earth in Darksiders III, a hack-n-slash Action Adventure where players assume the role of FURY in her quest to hunt down and dispose of the Seven Deadly Sins. The most enigmatic of the Four Horsemen, FURY must bring balance to the forces that now ravage Earth.
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More from Deck13
Other recommendable Steam games by Deck13, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
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The Surge
Another title from Deck13, the studio behind The Surge 2. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge 2.
Welcome to CREO, the megacorporation saving the world! A catastrophic event has knocked you out during the first day on the job… you wake up equipped with a heavy-grade exoskeleton, in a destroyed section of the complex.
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Atlas Fallen: Reign Of Sand
Another title from Deck13, the studio behind The Surge 2. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge 2.
In solo or co-op, experience Reign of Sand, the ultimate version of Atlas Fallen. Ride the sands of a timeless land and defeat legendary monsters in spectacular Action-RPG combat using devastating powers.
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Venetica - Gold Edition
Another title from Deck13, the studio behind The Surge 2. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge 2.
In a fantastical Venice, The Corpus are deceived by a cunning necromancer. Transformed into an undead fiend, the conniving imposter is hell-bent on destroying the reinstated Death and the council of Corpus. Only Scarlett, the daughter of Death, can stand in his way.
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Black Sails - The Ghost Ship
Another title from Deck13, the studio behind The Surge 2.
Best played with the lights turned off and the volume turned up, Black Sails is a creepy and mysterious point-and-click adventure game.Two survivors of a shipwreck try to survive in the raging sea. Until another ship appears. Hoping for rescue, they are calling, but nobody answers. They manage to go on board. Will this be their rescue?
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Ankh - Anniversary Edition
Another title from Deck13, the studio behind The Surge 2.
Sneak into the pharaoh's pyramid and meet up with Assil and his crew of crazy friends. Just as the party starts to get hot, a silly accident turns life upside down! Help Assil reverse the curse!
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Jack Keane
Another title from Deck13, the studio behind The Surge 2.
Colonial England. Under a certain amount of duress... Jack takes on a job, which will not only cause him a great deal of trouble, but also bring to light the answer to a mystery out of his distant past. A lack of money leads Jack to accept a charter to take a British secret agent to mysterious 'Tooth Island'.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
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Mortal Shell
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge 2.
Their Flesh is Your Armor. Mortal Shell is a deep action-RPG that tests your sanity and resilience in a shattered world. Survival demands superior awareness, precision, and instincts. Possess lost warriors, track down hidden sanctums of the devout, and face formidable foes.
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Blade of Darkness
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge 2.
Blade of Darkness is a hardcore fantasy action-adventure with unique combat mechanics and role-playing elements that pioneered the “soulsborne” genre. Pick one of four characters to hack and slash through a gory quest to save the world from the forces of Chaos.
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Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge 2.
A new dark fantasy Three Kingdoms action RPG from Team NINJA, the developers of Nioh.
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Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with The Surge 2.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
Frequently asked about The Surge 2
- Is The Surge 2 verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — The Surge 2 is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does The Surge 2 cost?
- The Surge 2 is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Surge 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Surge 2 are The Surge, WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers, Mortal Shell.
- Who developed The Surge 2?
- The Surge 2 was developed by Deck13 and published by Focus Entertainment.
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 The Surge 2.
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