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Animyst

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2018

Should you play it?

Explore a strange and dark afterlife as the Undead. Inhabit the body of a Skeleton or Fleshy Corpse and build a new life in The Droughts, a giant desert of ancient ruins and occult monsters. Craft powerful spells and befriend or battle other players in a single open online world...

What works

  • Unique and immersive atmosphere
  • Vast open world with exploration
  • Active and friendly developer community
  • Engaging pvp and crafting systems
  • Free to play with frequent updates

Things to keep in mind

  • Low player base limits multiplayer experience
  • Lag and technical issues affect combat
  • Sparse npcs and empty areas
  • Steep learning curve and lack of tutorials
  • Some grind and jank in gameplay

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • V Rising

  • Dune: Awakening

  • Conan Exiles Enhanced

  • Infinite Veil

  • Rune Classic

  • Continent of the Ninth Seal

Less competitive

Games that feels like Animyst but with less competition against others

  • Knights End

  • Valheim

  • MAZEBOUND: Hunt, Gather, Run!

  • DYSPLACED

  • Dungeons of Sundaria

  • Dungeons & Dragons Online®

Less dominating

Games that feels like Animyst but with less domination over others

  • RIFT

  • Guild Wars® Reforged

  • Vellum

  • Guild Wars 2®

  • The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom

  • Duel Corp.

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Similarity map

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Animyst. 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 Animyst. These titles are not in What to play next.

Animyst: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Story, Fantasy.

Last update: 21/08/2026