Games like Awe of Despair
If Awe of Despair is your kind of game, the closest matches are MYSTERY HOUSE : SECRET STEALTH, Dark Ghost RPG and METAL — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Awe of Despair 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.
MYSTERY HOUSE : SECRET STEALTH
WHY THIS
Top pick for Awe of Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Awe of Despair.
There are lots of exciting experiences and tasks waiting for you in the game. Do you like the tasks to be solved? Do you like excitement when someone is chasing you and you need to find the key to the mystery? Then this game is for you. We are continually developing and engaging in more and more puzzles and tasks.
Dark Ghost RPG
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Awe of Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Awe of Despair.
Together with the old prisoner, go on a hard and big trip to find the legendary land where there is no plague and darkness
METAL
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Awe of Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Awe of Despair.
Knowledge can be the most powerful tool or the deadliest weapon. To survive you must balance destruction and creation.
Pocket Universe : Create Your Community
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Awe of Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Awe of Despair.
Prepare for a brand new adventure in Pocket Universe, a game which combines adored mechanics from strategy and RPG genres. Our vision is an experience which does not solely revolve around the player, but also the world itself which is inhabited by artificially intelligent agents.
Good Morning
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Awe of Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Awe of Despair.
Good Morning is an open world sandbox game. Explore the world. Get a job. Grab a cup of coffee. Rob a bank. Rise to political power. Sell some drugs. Join a gang. Unleash hell fire upon the world. Or maybe go on an afternoon stroll through the park. The Choice is yours!
Ino
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Awe of Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Awe of Despair.
INO is an Adventure/Horror story driven game that tells the story of Kaede and Hitaki, two classmates that get involved with a mysterious girl called Ino. Follow the story as they try to figure out who she is while they try to escape from being murdered.
Signs Of Darkness
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Awe of Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Awe of Despair.
Kidnapped and thrown into the dark depths of the Undercrypt to die, you are rescued by an unknown ally. Eager to find the motive behind your abduction you set out on an unexpected journey. Master sorcery and swordsmanship to overcome the evil forces out to put an end to your existence.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Awe of Despair at current Steam store prices.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Awe of Despair on Steam right now. Shares Action with Awe of Despair.
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.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Awe of Despair on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Awe of Despair.
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 ~63% under Awe of Despair on Steam right now. Shares Action and Simulation with Awe of Despair.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Awe of Despair on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Awe of Despair.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Awe of Despair on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Awe of Despair.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~81% under Awe of Despair on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Awe of Despair.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Awe of Despair on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Awe of Despair.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Awe of Despair on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Awe of Despair.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
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.
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 Awe of Despair.
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.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Awe of Despair.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Awe of Despair.
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.
Trick & Treat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Awe of Despair.
Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.
Path of Exile
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Awe of Despair.
You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. The game is completely free and will never be pay-to-win.
Rec Room
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Awe of Despair.
Rec Room is the best place to build and play games together. Party up with friends from all around the world to chat, hang out, explore MILLIONS of player-created rooms, or build something new and amazing to share with us all.
Fallout Shelter
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and RPG with Awe of Despair.
Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.
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Frequently asked about Awe of Despair
- How much does Awe of Despair cost?
- Awe of Despair is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Awe of Despair?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Awe of Despair are MYSTERY HOUSE : SECRET STEALTH, Dark Ghost RPG, METAL.
- Who developed Awe of Despair?
- Awe of Despair was developed by Reliant.
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