Games like Ashen
If Ashen is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lords of the Fallen, Hellpoint and DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, chill and contemplative. 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 →Ashen is a 2019 action RPG from A44 published by Annapurna Interactive, set in a dark fantasy open world where players guide a wanderer seeking a place to call home. The game features challenging combat built around attack-pattern-reading, stamina management, and weapon-move-set-chaining, complemented by a badge-and-relic progression system. Players navigate by mantling and climbing, and online co-op allows others to join the experience alongside a companion AI. Reviewers highlight that combat feels smooth and responsive, co-op works well with a friend, and exploration proves rewarding and varied. Players describe the atmosphere as atmospheric, chill, contemplative, and relaxing despite the difficulty. The game carries an 81 Metacritic score, is playable on Steam Deck, and costs $39.99.
About Ashen: Ashen is an action RPG about a wanderer in search of a place to call home.
Players who liked Ashen also play
Steam players who put hours into Ashen 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.
Lords of the Fallen
WHY THIS
Top pick for Ashen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Ashen.
A vast world awaits in the medieval, dark fantasy action-RPG, Lords of the Fallen. As a fabled Dark Crusader, embark on an epic quest to overthrow Adyr, the demon God. The final major update Version 2.5 is out now: features deadlier boss battles and all-new Veteran Mode.
Hellpoint
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ashen.
Second-strongest match for Ashen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Ashen.
Hellpoint is an intense action RPG taking place on Irid Novo, a derelict space station soaked in an intoxicating dark sci fi atmosphere. Fight dreadful creatures, face the Cosmic Gods and unravel their twisted story. Should the challenge be too great, play with a friend in local or online coop.
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Ashen.
Third-strongest match for Ashen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Ashen.
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin brings the franchise’s renowned obscurity & gripping gameplay to a new level. Join the dark journey and experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical hazards, and unrelenting challenge.
Mortal Shell
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ashen.
Ranked #4 for Ashen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Ashen.
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.
CODE VEIN
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ashen.
Ranked #5 for Ashen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Ashen.
In the face of certain death, we rise. Team up and embark on a journey to the ends of hell to unlock your past and escape your living nightmare in CODE VEIN.
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ashen.
Ranked #6 for Ashen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Ashen.
From games studio A44, makers of Ashen, comes an explosive Souls-lite, where Gods and guns collide in a battle for the future of humanity.
Dragon Age™ Inquisition
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Ashen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Ashen.
Winner of over 130 Game of the Year awards, discover the definitive Dragon Age: Inquisition experience. The Game of the Year Edition includes the critically acclaimed game, all three official add-ons - Jaws of Hakkon, The Descent, and Trespasser - and more.
Outward Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ashen.
Ranked #8 for Ashen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Ashen.
No remarkable journey is achieved without great effort. In Outward, the cold of the night or an infected wound can be as dangerous as a predator lurking in the dark. Explore the vast world of Aurai solo or in Co-op. The Definitive Edition features both DLCs and quality of life improvements.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Ashen
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Firewatch
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ashen.
Reviewers of Ashen cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Ashen.
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ashen.
Reviewers of Ashen cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Ashen.
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.
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Ashen cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Ashen.
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.
ELDEN RING
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ashen.
Reviewers of Ashen cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Ashen.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ashen at current Steam store prices.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Ashen on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Ashen.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Phasmophobia
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ashen on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ashen.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Ashen on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Ashen.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Ashen on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ashen.
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.
Schedule I
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ashen on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ashen.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Ashen on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Ashen.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
The Forest
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ashen on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Ashen.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
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.
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.
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 Ashen.
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 with Ashen.
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 Adventure with Ashen.
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 Adventure with Ashen.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Ashen.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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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.
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Ashen.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Ashen.
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin brings the franchise’s renowned obscurity & gripping gameplay to a new level. Join the dark journey and experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical hazards, and unrelenting challenge.
Mortal Shell
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ashen.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Ashen.
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.
Outward Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ashen.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with Ashen.
No remarkable journey is achieved without great effort. In Outward, the cold of the night or an infected wound can be as dangerous as a predator lurking in the dark. Explore the vast world of Aurai solo or in Co-op. The Definitive Edition features both DLCs and quality of life improvements.
Frequently asked about Ashen
- Does Ashen run on Steam Deck?
- Ashen 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 Ashen cost?
- Ashen is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Ashen have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Ashen supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Ashen?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ashen are Lords of the Fallen, Hellpoint, DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin.
- Who developed Ashen?
- Ashen was developed by A44 and published by Annapurna Interactive.
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 Ashen.
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