Games like Pagan: Absent Gods
If Pagan: Absent Gods is your kind of game, the closest matches are Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem, Last Epoch and The Slormancer — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its slavic mythology is underused, atmospheric and challenging. 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 →Pagan: Absent Gods is a 2019 hack-and-slash action RPG set in Slavic mythology, developed by Mad Head Games and priced at $19.99. The game offers wave-based combat with class-locked weapons, ability trees, and a hero rotation system tied to a legacy ranking progression. Players describe the experience as dark and contemplative, with brutally hard combat that punishes mistakes and heroes featuring wildly different playstyles. The WASD movement approach feels fresh compared to typical point-and-click ARPGs, while reviewers highlight that Slavic mythology remains underused in the genre. The game runs at a challenging difficulty across a medium length and supports play on Steam Deck. The title holds a 46% positive rating from 1,034 Steam reviews.
About Pagan: Absent Gods: Pagan: Absent Gods is a singleplayer fast-paced hack-and-slash action RPG that will challenge your skill in brutal and satisfying combat against countless enemies and larger than life bosses. Master all heroes, each with their own unique playstyle and earn unique rewards.
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Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem
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Shares a dark mood with Pagan: Absent Gods.
Top pick for Pagan: Absent Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Pagan: Absent Gods.
Carve your path in this Hack’n’Slash free from class boundaries. Purify a world shattered by corruption, and uncover the grim secrets and forgotten horrors lurking in the shadows of this forsaken land as you rise in Power. Your Inner aspect beckons—will you answer?
Last Epoch
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Pagan: Absent Gods.
Second-strongest match for Pagan: Absent Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Pagan: Absent Gods.
Uncover the Past, Reforge the Future. Ascend into one of 15 mastery classes and explore dangerous dungeons, hunt epic loot, craft legendary weapons, and wield the power of over a hundred transformative skill trees. Last Epoch is being developed by a team of passionate Action RPG enthusiasts.
The Slormancer
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Pagan: Absent Gods.
Third-strongest match for Pagan: Absent Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Pagan: Absent Gods.
Fight hordes of enemies led by The Slormancer, an evil warlock from the past, in an absurd yet epic Action RPG! Experience fast-paced gameplay, loads of shiny loot, tons of collectibles, countless hours of content, and carefully crafted pixel art.
Ghostlore
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Pagan: Absent Gods.
Ranked #4 for Pagan: Absent Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Pagan: Absent Gods.
Ghostlore is an 'Eastpunk' Action-RPG where you fight supernatural monsters from Southeast-Asian folklore. Inspired by classic ARPGs such as Diablo 2 and Titan Quest, Ghostlore features detailed item and character customization systems, procedurally generated maps, and awesome 90's retro graphics.
Grim Dawn
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Shares a dark mood with Pagan: Absent Gods.
Ranked #5 for Pagan: Absent Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Pagan: Absent Gods.
Enter an apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, iron is valued above gold and trust is hard earned. This ARPG features complex character development, hundreds of unique items, crafting and quests with choice & consequence.
Torchlight III
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Shares a challenging mood with Pagan: Absent Gods.
Ranked #6 for Pagan: Absent Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Pagan: Absent Gods.
In Torchlight III, Novastraia is again under threat of invasion and it’s up to you to defend against the Netherim and its allies. Gather your wits and brave the frontier to find fame, glory, and new adventures!
FATE
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Titan Quest Anniversary Edition
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Pagan: Absent Gods.
Ranked #8 for Pagan: Absent Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Pagan: Absent Gods.
For its 10 year anniversary, Titan Quest will shine in new splendour. This Anniversary Edition combines both Titan Quest and Titan Quest Immortal Throne in one game, and has been given a massive overhaul for the ultimate ARPG experience.
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Torchlight
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Adventure awaits in the award-winning Action RPG debut from Runic Games! Explore the randomized depths of this boom town, collect loot, and level up to save Torchlight - and possibly the world.
Path of Exile
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Shares a dark mood with Pagan: Absent Gods.
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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.
Diablo® IV
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Pagan: Absent Gods.
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Join the fight for Sanctuary in Diablo® IV, the ultimate action RPG adventure. Experience the critically acclaimed campaign and new seasonal content.
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Lethal Company
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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 Pagan: Absent Gods on Steam right now. Shares Action with Pagan: Absent Gods.
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 Pagan: Absent Gods on Steam right now. Shares Action with Pagan: Absent Gods.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~75% under Pagan: Absent Gods on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Pagan: Absent Gods.
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!
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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 with Pagan: Absent Gods.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Pagan: Absent Gods.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Pagan: Absent Gods.
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.
Eternal Senia
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Epic Battle Fantasy 3
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Pagan: Absent Gods.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Pagan: Absent Gods.
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.
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Pagan: Absent Gods.
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Maze: Subject 360 Collector's Edition
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Dark Realm: Queen of Flames Collector's Edition
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Rocking Pilot
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Frequently asked about Pagan: Absent Gods
- Does Pagan: Absent Gods run on Steam Deck?
- Pagan: Absent Gods is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Pagan: Absent Gods cost?
- Pagan: Absent Gods is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Pagan: Absent Gods?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pagan: Absent Gods are Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem, Last Epoch, The Slormancer.
- Who developed Pagan: Absent Gods?
- Pagan: Absent Gods was developed by Mad Head Games.
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