Games like Vagrus - The Riven Realms
If Vagrus - The Riven Realms is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cultist Simulator, Esoteric Ebb and Absolutes Akestas Tournament — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and dark. 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 →Vagrus - The Riven Realms is a turn-based strategy RPG set in a post-apocalyptic fantasy world devastated by arcane catastrophe, developed by Lost Pilgrims Studio and released in 2021 at $29.99. Players manage a traveling trading company, overseeing caravan logistics, crew combat tactics, and resource trading across a massive open world. The game features companion-driven storytelling, a morality choice system, and procedurally generated quests, with mechanics including dungeon exploration and faction management. Reviewers highlight the deep lore that must be uncovered firsthand, the living challenge of caravan logistics, and the hard moral decisions between ethics and profit that players routinely cite. The worldbuilding draws comparisons to tabletop RPGs, and players describe the experience as atmospheric, contemplative, and immersive. The game runs verified on Steam Deck and holds an 84% positive rating from 1191 Steam reviews.
About Vagrus - The Riven Realms: Embark on a perilous journey across a realm forsaken by the gods and devastated by an arcane cataclysm. Accompanied by a hardy crew, you must trade, fight, and explore your way to success as the leader of a traveling company in Vagrus, an award-winning turn-based post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG.
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Cultist Simulator
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Vagrus - The Riven Realms.
Top pick for Vagrus - The Riven Realms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Vagrus - The Riven Realms.
Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.
Esoteric Ebb
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Vagrus - The Riven Realms.
Second-strongest match for Vagrus - The Riven Realms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Vagrus - The Riven Realms.
Esoteric Ebb is a single-player CRPG inspired by the freedom of tabletop adventures. Unravel a political conspiracy with your goblin sidekick. Roll dice in tense encounters. Become a cleric of legends or completely ruin the campaign.
Absolutes Akestas Tournament
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Third-strongest match for Vagrus - The Riven Realms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vagrus - The Riven Realms.
A story-driven RPG combat tournament for the throne, glory, and the fate of the world—unlike anything you’ve ever experienced. Experience a dark, dramatic world caught between honor and betrayal, where every decision has consequences and your chosen paths shape the conflict.
Lawless Lands
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Vagrus - The Riven Realms.
Ranked #4 for Vagrus - The Riven Realms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vagrus - The Riven Realms.
Lawless Lands is a dark medieval role-playing game featuring a grim setting and innovative mechanics that allow players to delve into a low-fantasy, apocalyptic world of epic proportions. Defy and destroy the darkness that has taken hold over these Lawless Lands.
Solasta: Crown of the Magister
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Vagrus - The Riven Realms.
Ranked #5 for Vagrus - The Riven Realms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Vagrus - The Riven Realms.
Roll for initiative, take attacks of opportunity, manage player location and the verticality of the battle field in this Turn-Based Tactical RPG based on the SRD 5.1 Ruleset. In Solasta, you make the choices, dice decide your destiny.
Glasshouse
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Ranked #6 for Vagrus - The Riven Realms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Vagrus - The Riven Realms.
Feudalpunk CRPG, with Turn-based combat, set in a lockdown apartment block at the dawn of a world war. Investigate the mysterious triple murder next door, fight the Political Conspiracy, and make terrible choices before the flatmates do it for you!
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Vagrus - The Riven Realms.
Ranked #7 for Vagrus - The Riven Realms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vagrus - The Riven Realms.
Command, endure, and prosper in The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. Customize your roster, build your renown, and discover the secrets that await in the medieval fantasy realm of Caelum.
The Nameless: Slay Dragon
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Vagrus - The Riven Realms.
Ranked #8 for Vagrus - The Riven Realms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vagrus - The Riven Realms.
The Nameless: Slay Dragon is like a mix of CRPG and JRPG. In short - how to slay the immensely powerful and cunning evil dragon? You will play as a young man having a bloody feud with a dragon, and face powerful, sinister and tricky enemies with friends....
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Sid Meier's Pirates!
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Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Vagrus - The Riven Realms at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~83% under Vagrus - The Riven Realms on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Vagrus - The Riven Realms.
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Stardew Valley
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Priced ~50% under Vagrus - The Riven Realms on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Vagrus - The Riven Realms.
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?
Lethal Company
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Priced ~67% under Vagrus - The Riven Realms on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Vagrus - The Riven Realms.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
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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.
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Fallout: New Vegas
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A Date with Death
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Grimm's Hollow
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Steam Engine Simulator
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Vagrus - The Riven Realms.
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Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Vagrus - The Riven Realms.
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Paper Lily - Chapter 1
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Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Vagrus - The Riven Realms.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
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Frequently asked about Vagrus - The Riven Realms
- Is Vagrus - The Riven Realms verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Vagrus - The Riven Realms 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 Vagrus - The Riven Realms cost?
- Vagrus - The Riven Realms is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Vagrus - The Riven Realms?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Vagrus - The Riven Realms are Cultist Simulator, Esoteric Ebb, Absolutes Akestas Tournament.
- Who developed Vagrus - The Riven Realms?
- Vagrus - The Riven Realms was developed by Lost Pilgrims Studio and published by Lost Pilgrims Studios.
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