Games like ELDERBORN
If ELDERBORN is your kind of game, the closest matches are ELDERBORN: VENGEANCE, Swordeye and VINCERE — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its dark, epic and hypnotic. 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 →ELDERBORN is a first-person action game with hack-and-slash combat developed by Hyperstrange. Players face arena-style wave combat against procedurally respawning enemies, using a parry system that rewards precise timing. The physics-based dismemberment system allows for brutal melee encounters, while a talent tree provides character progression. Reviewers describe the combat rhythm as visceral, noting that the heavy-metal soundtrack enhances the intensity of gameplay. Set in a dark fantasy world, players carve through dungeons as a barbarian slayer uncovering ancient secrets. The game runs verified on Steam Deck and offers a challenging but short solo experience, holding an 88% positive rating from over 1,400 Steam reviews.
About ELDERBORN: ELDERBORN - a Metal AF* Slasher with brutal FPP melee combat and souls-like/RPG character progression. In the times of legend, barbarian tribes need a new dark messiah. Be that merciless slayer. Uncover ancient secrets in the city of doom. Forge your own destiny! *Action Fantasy.
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ELDERBORN: VENGEANCE
WHY THIS
Top pick for ELDERBORN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ELDERBORN.
The Metal FPP Slasher is back with faster, heavier, unapologetically brutal melee combat! Hook, kick, counter, and crush enemies where movement, positioning, and your surroundings become weapons. Draw your merciless blade and deliver vengeance with glorious finishers!
Swordeye
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for ELDERBORN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ELDERBORN.
Persistent PvPvE dungeons. Full loot extraction. 120 tick duel servers. 6-directional blocks and attacks. Master your sword or die trying.
VINCERE
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for ELDERBORN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ELDERBORN.
VINCERE is a 3D first person hack and slash souls-like that has horror undertones. Cut through low-poly enemies and wield magic to decimate your foes. Upgrade your character in the main hub whenever you can as the demons you face become more violent and numerous.
Resurgis: Rise of the Dead
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for ELDERBORN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ELDERBORN.
Resurgis is a 3D dark fantasy action game blending souls-like combat with rogue-lite dungeon crawling. Dismember your enemies with brutal finishers, draft cards in every room to build your unique playstyle, and master a relentless loop where death is only the beginning.
Rogue Girl
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Ranked #5 for ELDERBORN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ELDERBORN.
Rogue Girl is a roguelike game that will immerse you in an exciting adventure, where you will play as a beautiful devil girl called upon to fight an army of sinister zombies. Your path of progress depends on your decisions. Various types of enemies, random rooms, and skills.
Slashvival
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Ranked #6 for ELDERBORN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ELDERBORN.
Slashvival is a third-person action RPG with roguelite elements. Use swords to fight mutant creatures in a medieval low-poly world. Survive intense battles and rescue your family in this thrilling hack-and-slash adventure!
Nine Nights
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Shares an intense mood with ELDERBORN.
Ranked #7 for ELDERBORN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ELDERBORN.
《Nine Nights》is an indie hardcore action-adventure game. You will become the killer Ci Lang, escape and fight back in the crisis-ridden world of Nine Nights. You have to rely on the high martial arts skills tenacious fighting, struggling to lead to the road to revenge.
Trials of Argolis
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for ELDERBORN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ELDERBORN.
Every year daring warriors and fighters from all across the land travel to the province of Argolis to partake in a sacred trial of strength and endurance.
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Turok
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Reviewers of ELDERBORN cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ELDERBORN.
A world where time has no meaning - and evil knows no bounds. Torn from a world long gone, the time traveling warrior Turok has found himself thrust into a savage land torn by conflict.
Quake
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Shares an intense mood with ELDERBORN.
Reviewers of ELDERBORN cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ELDERBORN.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
Zeno Clash
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Reviewers of ELDERBORN cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with ELDERBORN.
Zeno Clash is an action/fighting game set in a punk fantasy world. The game is played from a first person perspective and the combat is generally up close and brutal. Experience a deep storyline set in a fantastic world.
Deathtrap Dungeon
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with ELDERBORN.
Reviewers of ELDERBORN cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ELDERBORN.
Built by a mad baron to bring notoriety to his town, only the brave or foolish would dare to enter Deathtrap Dungeon. Fabulous riches await the victor. Many adventurers have tried - none have come out alive… As Red Lotus, the alluring assassin, or Chaindog, the savage warrior, you must battle your way to the heart of the dungeon and slay...
DOOM
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Shares an epic mood with ELDERBORN.
Reviewers of ELDERBORN cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ELDERBORN.
Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.
Warhammer: Vermintide 2
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Shares an intense mood with ELDERBORN.
Reviewers of ELDERBORN cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with ELDERBORN.
The critically acclaimed Vermintide 2 is a visually stunning and groundbreaking melee action game pushing the boundaries of the first person co-op genre. Join the fight now!
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
WHY THIS
Reviewers of ELDERBORN cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ELDERBORN.
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.
Blasphemous
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with ELDERBORN.
Reviewers of ELDERBORN cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with ELDERBORN.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below ELDERBORN at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~67% under ELDERBORN on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ELDERBORN.
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 ~67% under ELDERBORN on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ELDERBORN.
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!
R.E.P.O.
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Priced ~53% under ELDERBORN on Steam right now. Shares Action with ELDERBORN.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
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Priced ~47% under ELDERBORN on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ELDERBORN.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under ELDERBORN on Steam right now. Shares Action with ELDERBORN.
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.
Slay the Spire
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Priced ~58% under ELDERBORN on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ELDERBORN.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under ELDERBORN on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ELDERBORN.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under ELDERBORN on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ELDERBORN.
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.
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Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ELDERBORN.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ELDERBORN.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ELDERBORN.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
The Lab
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
93, Kuindzhi
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ELDERBORN.
Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.
Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ELDERBORN.
When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ELDERBORN.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ELDERBORN.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
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More from Hyperstrange
Other recommendable Steam games by Hyperstrange, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
POSTAL: Brain Damaged
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with ELDERBORN.
Another title from Hyperstrange, the studio behind ELDERBORN. Shares Action with ELDERBORN.
POSTAL: Brain Damaged is a new, action-oriented take on the Running With Scissors’ cult game series with throwback graphics, and fast-paced, modern gameplay. Take a wild roller coaster ride through the twisted wonderland encased in the POSTAL DUDE’S messed-up mind.
Blood West
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Shares a dark mood with ELDERBORN.
Another title from Hyperstrange, the studio behind ELDERBORN. Shares Action and Indie with ELDERBORN.
Weird west legends meet eldritch horror in BLOOD WEST, an immersive stealth FPS. Become the Undead Gunslinger, doomed to roam the barren lands until he manages to purge their curse, freeing his soul. 3 varied scenarios, perk-based character progression, and 20+ hours of gameplay await you!
CROSSBOW: Bloodnight
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Shares an intense mood with ELDERBORN.
Another title from Hyperstrange, the studio behind ELDERBORN. Shares Action with ELDERBORN.
CROSSBOW: Bloodnight is a frantic score-attack arena shooter set in a world of camp horror and gore. Master the occult powers of your automatic crossbow and fight for every second of survival against a relentless demonic horde! Hunt. Die. Hunt again.
Hordes of Hunger
WHY THIS
Shares parry system with ELDERBORN.
Another title from Hyperstrange, the studio behind ELDERBORN. Shares Action with ELDERBORN.
Vanquish an onslaught of monsters in this 3D action survivorslike from the creators of Blood West. Take control of Mirah to defend your homeland from a living hunger, wield powerful weapons and abilities, and save others from the advancing hordes.
RAYZE
WHY THIS
Another title from Hyperstrange, the studio behind ELDERBORN. Shares Action with ELDERBORN.
RAYZE is an AIM RACER. Hit a target to accelerate. Miss and you slow down. Hit a wall and lose. Find the fastest route. Get to the finish line. Simple? Yes. Easy? Hell no. Ready? 3... 2... 1... Let's RAYZE!
LOUD: My Road to Fame
WHY THIS
Another title from Hyperstrange, the studio behind ELDERBORN. Shares Action with ELDERBORN.
A wholesome, music-filled arcade rhythm game in which a young, reclusive rocker goes on a journey of self-discovery. Once she begins to follow her dreams and finds her inner voice, she discovers that it is LOUD!
ELDERBORN: VENGEANCE
WHY THIS
Another title from Hyperstrange, the studio behind ELDERBORN. Shares Action and Indie with ELDERBORN.
The Metal FPP Slasher is back with faster, heavier, unapologetically brutal melee combat! Hook, kick, counter, and crush enemies where movement, positioning, and your surroundings become weapons. Draw your merciless blade and deliver vengeance with glorious finishers!
Frequently asked about ELDERBORN
- Is ELDERBORN verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — ELDERBORN 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 ELDERBORN cost?
- ELDERBORN is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to ELDERBORN?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ELDERBORN are ELDERBORN: VENGEANCE, Swordeye, VINCERE.
- Who developed ELDERBORN?
- ELDERBORN was developed by Hyperstrange.
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