Games like Artifact Adventure Gaiden
If Artifact Adventure Gaiden is your kind of game, the closest matches are Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas, Half Minute Hero: The Second Coming and Tales of ARISE — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and retro. 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 Artifact Adventure Gaiden: Experience the Game Boy-like design and 2D open world of this retro JRPG. The choices you make are all up to you, and they may end up providing invaluable help in the future, when disaster strikes... Embark on an adventure in which you sew the threads of your own future.
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Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
Top pick for Artifact Adventure Gaiden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas combines captivating storytelling, breathtaking 3D visuals and exciting gameplay into one epic action-adventure experience. In the game you explore the islands of Uncharted Seas, a world filled with many dangers, puzzles and secrets.
Half Minute Hero: The Second Coming
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
Second-strongest match for Artifact Adventure Gaiden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
The world's speediest homage/roast to JRPGs! Can you save the world in 30 seconds? Get a quest, find those in need, fight through dungeons, earn cash, get cool loot and level up until YOU>EVIL. Don't have enough time? Pay the Goddess to reset the clock and try again! Over 100 mini-JRPGs for you to test your might with!
Tales of ARISE
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
Third-strongest match for Artifact Adventure Gaiden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
300 years of tyranny. A mysterious mask. Lost pain and memories. Wield the Blazing Sword and join a mysterious, untouchable girl to fight your oppressors. Experience a tale of liberation, featuring characters with next-gen graphical expressiveness!
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
Ranked #4 for Artifact Adventure Gaiden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
Embark on an over-the-top, modern-day pirate adventure with an ex-yakuza, now pirate captain & his crew. Engage in exhilarating combat on land and sea in the hunt for lost memories and treasure.
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
Ranked #5 for Artifact Adventure Gaiden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
Ys returns with a brand new adventure for the first time in 8 years! Adol awakens shipwrecked and stranded on a cursed island. There, he and the other shipwrecked passengers he rescues form a village to challenge fearsome beasts and mysterious ruins on the isolated island.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Artifact Adventure Gaiden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies in this turn-based RPG with real-time mechanics.
Artifact Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
Ranked #7 for Artifact Adventure Gaiden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
The horribly toxic Swamp King has risen once again! Gather your party and set out on an open world, retro-styled, RPG adventure. Powerful mystical artifacts are scattered about the world, each able to grant you new powers. Which will you choose? What is your destiny?
World to the West
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
Ranked #8 for Artifact Adventure Gaiden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
World to the West is a standalone followup of Teslagrad, the indie hit that sold more than 1.6 million copies worldwide. A vast world of blue skies and dark caves awaits you in this 3D action adventure, as you try to unveil the mysteries of an ancient prophecy.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Artifact Adventure Gaiden at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Artifact Adventure Gaiden on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Artifact Adventure Gaiden on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
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 Artifact Adventure Gaiden on Steam right now. Shares Action with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
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 Artifact Adventure Gaiden on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
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 Artifact Adventure Gaiden on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Artifact Adventure Gaiden on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
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 Artifact Adventure Gaiden on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
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 Artifact Adventure Gaiden on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
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 with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
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 with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
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 and Indie with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
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.
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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.
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas combines captivating storytelling, breathtaking 3D visuals and exciting gameplay into one epic action-adventure experience. In the game you explore the islands of Uncharted Seas, a world filled with many dangers, puzzles and secrets.
Half Minute Hero: The Second Coming
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
The world's speediest homage/roast to JRPGs! Can you save the world in 30 seconds? Get a quest, find those in need, fight through dungeons, earn cash, get cool loot and level up until YOU>EVIL. Don't have enough time? Pay the Goddess to reset the clock and try again! Over 100 mini-JRPGs for you to test your might with!
Tales of ARISE
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
300 years of tyranny. A mysterious mask. Lost pain and memories. Wield the Blazing Sword and join a mysterious, untouchable girl to fight your oppressors. Experience a tale of liberation, featuring characters with next-gen graphical expressiveness!
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
Embark on an over-the-top, modern-day pirate adventure with an ex-yakuza, now pirate captain & his crew. Engage in exhilarating combat on land and sea in the hunt for lost memories and treasure.
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
Ys returns with a brand new adventure for the first time in 8 years! Adol awakens shipwrecked and stranded on a cursed island. There, he and the other shipwrecked passengers he rescues form a village to challenge fearsome beasts and mysterious ruins on the isolated island.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies in this turn-based RPG with real-time mechanics.
Frequently asked about Artifact Adventure Gaiden
- How much does Artifact Adventure Gaiden cost?
- Artifact Adventure Gaiden is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Artifact Adventure Gaiden?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Artifact Adventure Gaiden are Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas, Half Minute Hero: The Second Coming, Tales of ARISE.
- Who developed Artifact Adventure Gaiden?
- Artifact Adventure Gaiden was developed by bluffman and published by PLAYISM.
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