Games like One Step From Eden
If One Step From Eden is your kind of game, the closest matches are CRYPTARK, Woodpunk and Nuclear Throne — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its fast paced combat, flexible deckbuilding system and high replay value. 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 →One Step From Eden is an action roguelike deckbuilder developed by Thomas Moon Kang and published by Balor Games and Maple Whispering Limited, released in 2020 at $7.99. Players construct decks during runs and engage in real-time tactical combat with procedural generation ensuring varied encounters across sessions. The game features challenging gameplay with a focus on fast-paced spell casting and strategic deck customization. Reviewers highlight the flexible deckbuilding system and high replay value, with the title achieving a 95% positive rating from over 3,600 Steam reviews. The game is verified for play on Steam Deck and supports short-burst sessions for solo play.
About One Step From Eden: Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.
Players who liked One Step From Eden also play
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CRYPTARK
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with One Step From Eden.
Top pick for One Step From Eden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with One Step From Eden.
Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.
Woodpunk
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with One Step From Eden.
Second-strongest match for One Step From Eden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with One Step From Eden.
Woodpunk is an exhilarating roguelike bullet hell retro pixel art shooter in a medieval Woodpunk universe, where the primary energy resource is WOOD.
Nuclear Throne
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for One Step From Eden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with One Step From Eden.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
Monster Train
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with One Step From Eden.
Ranked #4 for One Step From Eden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with One Step From Eden.
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
I Hate Running Backwards
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with One Step From Eden.
Ranked #5 for One Step From Eden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with One Step From Eden.
I Hate Running Backwards is a never-ending adrenaline packed shoot'em down roguelite that puts the emphasis on destruction and fighting never ending waves of enemies while time traveling through procedurally generated worlds!
Balatro
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, procedural generation and an immersive mood with One Step From Eden.
Ranked #6 for One Step From Eden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with One Step From Eden.
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
StarVaders
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with One Step From Eden.
Ranked #7 for One Step From Eden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with One Step From Eden.
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, procedural generation and an immersive mood with One Step From Eden.
Ranked #8 for One Step From Eden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with One Step From Eden.
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!
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Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, procedural generation and an immersive mood with One Step From Eden.
Reviewers of One Step From Eden cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with One Step From Eden.
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!
Monster Train
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with One Step From Eden.
Reviewers of One Step From Eden cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with One Step From Eden.
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
Neon White
WHY THIS
Reviewers of One Step From Eden cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with One Step From Eden.
Neon White is a single-player speedrunning FPS where you can sacrifice your guns for godlike parkour moves.
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, procedural generation and an immersive mood with One Step From Eden.
Reviewers of One Step From Eden cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with One Step From Eden.
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...
Duelists of Eden
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with One Step From Eden.
Reviewers of One Step From Eden cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with One Step From Eden.
Build a deck and battle online in real-time action with rollback netcode!
Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 1
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with One Step From Eden.
Reviewers of One Step From Eden cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with One Step From Eden.
The renowned Mega Man Battle Network series is back! Vol. 1 contains Mega Man Battle Network 1-3, including both versions of Mega Man Battle Network 3 for a total of four titles, plus additional features like a gallery of illustrations and music! In addition, online play is supported!
Pirates Outlaws
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with One Step From Eden.
Reviewers of One Step From Eden cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with One Step From Eden.
Pirates Outlaws is a roguelike card game in which you navigate dangerous seas and challenge their masters. Your expedition will be full of ambushes and will not be easy. Build your deck and combos to become a reputed pirate.
Phantom Rose
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with One Step From Eden.
Reviewers of One Step From Eden cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with One Step From Eden.
Phantom Rose is a roguelike deckbuilding card game. Fight and collect powerful cards as Reina, a maid exploring a mansion ravaged by evil creatures
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below One Step From Eden at current Steam store prices.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under One Step From Eden on Steam right now. Shares Action with One Step From Eden.
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 One Step From Eden on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with One Step From Eden.
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 One Step From Eden on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with One Step From Eden.
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 One Step From Eden on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with One Step From Eden.
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 One Step From Eden on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with One Step From Eden.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~81% under One Step From Eden on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with One Step From Eden.
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 One Step From Eden on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with One Step From Eden.
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 One Step From Eden on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with One Step From Eden.
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.
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 One Step From Eden.
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 One Step From Eden.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with One Step From Eden.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with One Step From Eden.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with One Step From Eden.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with One Step From Eden.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
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More from Thomas Moon Kang
Other recommendable Steam games by Thomas Moon Kang, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Duelists of Eden
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with One Step From Eden.
Another title from Thomas Moon Kang, the studio behind One Step From Eden. Shares Action and Indie with One Step From Eden.
Build a deck and battle online in real-time action with rollback netcode!
Astral Gun
WHY THIS
Another title from Thomas Moon Kang, the studio behind One Step From Eden. Shares Action and Indie with One Step From Eden.
Astral gun is the hyper-competitive 2-4 player party game focused on exciting, intense, and hardcore matches. Create your own play style with 14 unique weapons and thousands of combinations!
BASED
WHY THIS
Another title from Thomas Moon Kang, the studio behind One Step From Eden. Shares Action and Indie with One Step From Eden.
Combo the Moon with your friends! It's your job to bring the Moon to the sky every night. Ascend with a squad or go solo. Who knows what secrets you'll find on your way up. Join B.A.S.E.D. tonight! Play the free Demo now!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
CRYPTARK
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with One Step From Eden.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with One Step From Eden.
Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.
Nuclear Throne
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with One Step From Eden.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
I Hate Running Backwards
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with One Step From Eden.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with One Step From Eden.
I Hate Running Backwards is a never-ending adrenaline packed shoot'em down roguelite that puts the emphasis on destruction and fighting never ending waves of enemies while time traveling through procedurally generated worlds!
Balatro
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, procedural generation and an immersive mood with One Step From Eden.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with One Step From Eden.
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
StarVaders
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with One Step From Eden.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with One Step From Eden.
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, procedural generation and an immersive mood with One Step From Eden.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with One Step From Eden.
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!
Frequently asked about One Step From Eden
- Is One Step From Eden verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — One Step From Eden 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 One Step From Eden cost?
- One Step From Eden is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does One Step From Eden have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — One Step From Eden supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
- What games are most similar to One Step From Eden?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside One Step From Eden are CRYPTARK, Woodpunk, Nuclear Throne.
- Who developed One Step From Eden?
- One Step From Eden was developed by Thomas Moon Kang and published by Balor Games, Maple Whispering Limited.
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