Games like Phantom Abyss
If Phantom Abyss is your kind of game, the closest matches are RUN ON, Skybound and Planet Conqueror — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and competitive. 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 →Phantom Abyss is a hard action-adventure game released in 2024 by Team WIBY and published by Devolver Digital, available for $19.99. Players navigate procedurally generated temples filled with deadly chambers, collecting sacred relics while avoiding traps and hazards. The game features a ghost-race mechanic where previous player runs appear as spectral competitors, adding time pressure to each descent. Whip-based movement serves as the primary navigation tool across temple architecture. An upgrade system and relic collection provide progression between runs. Reviewers highlight that the competitive multiplayer element functions as a standout feature, with dynamic music that syncs with gameplay action. Players describe the temples as atmospheric and the overall experience as intense and challenging. The game runs verified on Steam Deck and supports short-burst play sessions. It holds an 81% positive rating from 1,408 Steam reviews.
About Phantom Abyss: Phantom Abyss is a massive asynchronous multiplayer game that casts players into procedurally-generated temples and tasks them with retrieving the sacred relics hidden within deadly chambers.
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RUN ON
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Top pick for Phantom Abyss fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Abyss.
'RUN ON' is an energetically vibrant game developed for up to 10 players, inviting you to embark on thrilling solo adventures or prepare to team up with friends.
Skybound
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Second-strongest match for Phantom Abyss fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Abyss.
Free vertical platformer - jump, climb, and race to the top! Navigate floating platforms above the clouds with fast-paced parkour movement. Find shortcuts, beat the clock, compete on the global leaderboard. Easy to learn. Hard to master. How high can YOU go?
Planet Conqueror
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Third-strongest match for Phantom Abyss fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Abyss.
Planet Conqueror is FPS science fiction game where you have to collect minerals exploring different planets. The main goal in the game is to upgrade your gear up to be able to defeat the Alien boss. Each planet generates randomly, making the possibility to explore 10 000+ different planets!
Dead World
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Ranked #4 for Phantom Abyss fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Abyss.
Dead World is a first-person shooter game set in a post-apocalyptic world, where you follow Miguel's journey to return home to a war-torn Argentina.
FlyHigh
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Ranked #5 for Phantom Abyss fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Abyss.
Grapple across floating islands, fight dangerous enemies, and hunt powerful loot. Master risky movement, upgrade your stats, and race to the top to defeat the boss as fast as possible. Every run is a new challenge.
Beat Your Boss
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Ranked #6 for Phantom Abyss fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Abyss.
Do you hate your boss? This game is made for you. Beat up your bullying bosses in a first-person parkour action game inspired by the Mirror's Edge series.
Neon Horizon: Eclipse
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Ranked #7 for Phantom Abyss fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Abyss.
Neon Horizon: Eclipse is a first-person action platformer in which you have to go on an exciting adventure across eight different islands. Each island has its own unique traps and obstacles.
Go Emoji Go The Maze
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Ranked #8 for Phantom Abyss fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Abyss.
Go Emoji Go The Maze Has Changed The Game By Combining NFTs With Computer Gaming.
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Unreal Tournament 3
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Shares a challenging mood with Phantom Abyss.
Reviewers of Phantom Abyss cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Phantom Abyss.
Now includes the free Titan Pack expansion! The Titan Pack gives players a substantial amount of enhanced features and new content, including many original environments, new gametypes, the namesake Titan mutator, powerful deployables and weapons, new characters, and the Stealthbender.
Mirror's Edge™
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Phantom Abyss.
Reviewers of Phantom Abyss cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Phantom Abyss.
In a city where information is heavily monitored, couriers called Runners transport sensitive data. In this seemingly utopian paradise, a crime has been committed, & you are being hunted. You are a Runner called Faith and this innovative first-person action-adventure is your story.
Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Phantom Abyss.
Reviewers of Phantom Abyss cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Phantom Abyss.
Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst raises the action-adventure bar through fluid, first person action and immerses players in Faith's story as she fights for freedom.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Phantom Abyss at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~75% under Phantom Abyss on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Phantom Abyss.
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.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~50% under Phantom Abyss on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Abyss.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~50% under Phantom Abyss on Steam right now. Shares Action with Phantom Abyss.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
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Priced ~50% under Phantom Abyss on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Abyss.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Portal 2
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Shares a challenging mood with Phantom Abyss.
Priced ~50% under Phantom Abyss on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Phantom Abyss.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~50% under Phantom Abyss on Steam right now. Shares Action with Phantom Abyss.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Phantom Abyss.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Abyss.
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.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Phantom Abyss.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Phantom Abyss.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Phantom Abyss.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Abyss.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Abyss.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Phantom Abyss.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
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Frequently asked about Phantom Abyss
- Is Phantom Abyss verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Phantom Abyss 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 Phantom Abyss cost?
- Phantom Abyss is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Phantom Abyss have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Phantom Abyss supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to Phantom Abyss?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Phantom Abyss are RUN ON, Skybound, Planet Conqueror.
- Who developed Phantom Abyss?
- Phantom Abyss was developed by Team WIBY and published by Devolver Digital.
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