Pharaonic similar games & best alternatives

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Pharaonic

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One • 2016

Should you play it?

Embark on a journey of exploration and violence in the Two Lands of Egypt with Pharaonic! This unforgiving Combat RPG features an streamlined and challenging combat system that will keep you on your toes while fighting for your life!

What works

  • Challenging and fair combat
  • Colorful and immersive ancient egyptian setting
  • Good character customization and equipment variety
  • Solid progression and skill development
  • Polished graphics and sound

Things to keep in mind

  • Enemy respawn and backtracking can be frustrating
  • Some repetitive combat and enemy patterns
  • Lack of voice acting and minimal story depth
  • Maps can be confusing and unhelpful
  • Performance issues on some hardware

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Surge

  • Sifu

  • Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™

  • GRIME

  • Age of Barbarian Extended Cut

  • Cookie Cutter: Overkill Edition

More relaxing

Games that feels like Pharaonic but with a more relaxing feel

  • The Bloodline

  • Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning

  • WitchSpring R

  • Blade Kitten

  • Prince of Persia The Lost Crown

  • RAIDBORN

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Ziggurat 2

  • Ziggurat

  • Army of Ruin

  • Little Racers STREET

  • White Noise 2

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

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

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

Last update: 21/08/2026