Absolum similar games & best alternatives

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Absolum

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch • 2025

Should you play it?

Fight as the outcast heroes of Talamh in a fierce battle to retake magic from Sun King Azra’s grasp in Absolum, an original roguelite beat ‘em up by Dotemu.

What works

  • Fluid and satisfying combat mechanics
  • Beautiful hand-drawn art and animations
  • Engaging roguelite progression and build variety
  • Excellent soundtrack and sound design
  • Strong local and online co-op with rollback netcode

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited to 2-player co-op, no 4-player support
  • Some repetitiveness in map areas
  • Story is serviceable but not deeply compelling
  • Limited character customization options currently
  • Lack of mid-run save points can affect session length

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Astral Ascent

  • Abyssus

  • River City Girls 2

  • Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse

  • SWORN

  • Lost Castle 2

More competitive

Games that feels like Absolum but with more competition against others

  • Vellum

  • Final Exam

  • MARVEL Cosmic Invasion

  • Streets of Rage 4

  • Orcs Must Die! 2

  • Apocalypse Party

More leadership-focused

Games that feels like Absolum but with more leadership over others

  • Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader

  • Outcast Tales: The First Journey

  • Dungeon Defenders II

  • Gatewalkers (Alpha)

  • Drake Hollow

  • Knights of Braveland

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Streets of Rage 4

  • FINAL FANTASY VIII - REMASTERED

  • METAL SLUG 2

  • FINAL FANTASY VII

  • Pang Adventures

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Absolum. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Absolum. These titles are not in What to play next.

Absolum: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026