Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Bastion (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Bastion on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Dust: An Elysian Tail, which both fantasy, story-rich and atmospheric.
- Bastion is tagged Great Soundtrack, Indie, Action, Singleplayer, Narration, RPG, Hack and Slash, Story Rich by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 3 are from the same studio: Pyre, Hades, Hades II.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Dust: An Elysian Tail
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including Indie, RPG and 2D; released around the same time (2013).
Immerse yourself in a gorgeous hand-painted world on a search for your true identity. As the mysterious warrior, Dust, your action-packed journey will take you from peaceful glades to snowy mountaintops and beyond.
Dust: An Elysian Tail at a glance Released 2013 Studio Humble Hearts LLC Player sentiment 95% positive of 19,062 Price $14.99 IndieRPG2DFantasyGreat SoundtrackHack and SlashStory RichController
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Stories: The Path of Destinies
Why it matched: both fantasy and story-rich; shares 11 player tags including RPG, Indie and Fantasy.
Stories: The Path of Destinies is an Action RPG, an enchanted storybook filled with madcap fantasy tales, each told by a zippy narrator attuned to the player’s choices and actions.
Stories: The Path of Destinies at a glance Released 2016 Studio Spearhead Games Player sentiment 88% positive of 6,598 Price $14.99 RPGIndieFantasyDynamic NarrationHack and SlashAction RPGColorfulGreat Soundtrack
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Hyper Light Drifter
Why it matched: both post-apocalyptic, fantasy and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including Great Soundtrack, Indie and Hack and Slash.
Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.
Hyper Light Drifter at a glance Released 2016 Studio Heart Machine Player sentiment 93% positive of 19,135 Price $19.99 Great SoundtrackIndieHack and SlashRPG2DColorfulPost-apocalypticAction RPG
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Pyre
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Supergiant Games; both fantasy, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Indie, RPG and Great Soundtrack.
Pyre is a party-based RPG from the creators of Bastion and Transistor. Lead your band of exiles to freedom through a series of mystical competitions in the Campaign, or challenge a friend to a fast-paced ritual showdown in the head-to-head Versus Mode.
Pyre at a glance Released 2017 Studio Supergiant Games Player sentiment 90% positive of 9,343 Price $19.99 IndieRPGGreat SoundtrackStory RichFantasyColorfulMusic
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Biomutant
Why it matched: both post-apocalyptic, fantasy, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Post-apocalyptic and Hack and Slash.
BIOMUTANT® is an open-world, post-apocalyptic Kung-Fu fable RPG, with a unique martial arts styled combat system allowing you to mix melee, shooting and mutant ability action.
Biomutant at a glance Released 2021 Studio Experiment 101 Player sentiment 66% positive of 20,181 Price $39.99 RPGPost-apocalypticHack and SlashFantasyAction RPGStory RichIndie
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Divine Divinity
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Fantasy and Isometric; released around the same time (2012).
Divine Divinity is an epic role-playing game with hack-and-slash action, offering a huge world to explore and thousands of items to investigate, trade and use.
Divine Divinity at a glance Released 2012 Studio Larian Studios Player sentiment 88% positive of 4,038 Price $5.99 RPGFantasyIsometricAction RPGHack and Slash2DStory RichGreat Soundtrack
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Hades
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Supergiant Games; both story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Hack and Slash, Indie and Great Soundtrack.
Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.
Hades at a glance Released 2020 Studio Supergiant Games Player sentiment 98% positive of 308,085 Price $24.99 Hack and SlashIndieGreat SoundtrackStory RichRPGIsometricAction RPG
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Grim Dawn
Why it matched: both post-apocalyptic, fantasy, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Action RPG, Hack and Slash and Isometric.
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.
Grim Dawn at a glance Released 2016 Studio Crate Entertainment Player sentiment 93% positive of 109,295 Price $24.99 Action RPGHack and SlashIsometricRPGFantasyPost-apocalyptic
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Titan Quest
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Hack and Slash and Action RPG.
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.
Titan Quest at a glance Released 2006 Studio Iron Lore Entertainment Player sentiment 90% positive of 37,891 Price $19.99 RPGHack and SlashAction RPGIsometricFantasyGreat SoundtrackStory Rich
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NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139...
Why it matched: both post-apocalyptic, fantasy, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Great Soundtrack, Story Rich and RPG.
The upgraded prequel of NieR:Automata. A kind young man sets out with Grimoire Weiss, a strange talking book, to search for the "Sealed verses" in order to save his sister Yonah, who fell terminally ill to the Black Scrawl.
NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... at a glance Released 2021 Studio Square Enix Player sentiment 88% positive of 28,344 Price $59.99 Great SoundtrackStory RichRPGHack and SlashPost-apocalypticAction RPG
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including RPG, Story Rich and Fantasy; published by the same company; released around the same time (2015).
You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt at a glance Released 2015 Studio CD Projekt RED Player sentiment 97% positive of 885,535 Price $49.99 RPGStory RichFantasyGreat SoundtrackAction RPG
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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including Fantasy, RPG and Action RPG; published by the same company; released around the same time (2014).
Fight through Mordor and uncover the truth of the spirit that compels you, discover the origins of the Rings of Power, build your legend and ultimately confront the evil of Sauron in this new chronicle of Middle-earth.
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor at a glance Released 2014 Studio Feral Interactive Player sentiment 93% positive of 96,948 Price $3.99 FantasyRPGAction RPGHack and SlashStory Rich
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Omori
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Story Rich, Indie and Great Soundtrack.
Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.
Omori at a glance Released 2020 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 97% positive of 88,417 Price $19.99 Story RichIndieGreat SoundtrackRPG2DColorfulFantasy
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Why it matched: both post-apocalyptic, fantasy and story-rich; shares 7 player tags including Story Rich, Fantasy and RPG.
Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies in this turn-based RPG with real-time mechanics.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 at a glance Released 2025 Studio Sandfall Interactive Player sentiment 95% positive of 277,064 Price $47.99 Story RichFantasyRPGAction RPGPost-apocalypticGreat SoundtrackNarration
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Titan Quest Anniversary Edition
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Hack and Slash and Action RPG.
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.
Titan Quest Anniversary Edition at a glance Released 2016 Studio Iron Lore Entertainment Player sentiment 90% positive of 37,896 Price $19.99 RPGHack and SlashAction RPGIsometricFantasyGreat SoundtrackStory Rich
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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Fantasy and Action RPG.
The minds of New York Times bestselling author R.A. Salvatore, Spawn creator Todd McFarlane, and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion lead designer Ken Rolston have combined to create Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, a new role-playing game set in a world worth saving.
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning at a glance Released Not recorded Studio Big Huge Games Player sentiment 88% positive of 13,009 Price Not listed RPGFantasyAction RPGStory RichHack and SlashControllerGreat Soundtrack
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Darksiders Warmastered Edition
Why it matched: both post-apocalyptic, fantasy and story-rich; shares 7 player tags including Hack and Slash, RPG and Fantasy.
Deceived by the forces of evil into prematurely bringing about the end of the world, War – the first Horseman of the Apocalypse – stands accused of breaking the sacred law by inciting a war between Heaven and Hell.
Darksiders Warmastered Edition at a glance Released 2016 Studio KAIKO Player sentiment 88% positive of 18,857 Price $19.99 Hack and SlashRPGFantasyPost-apocalypticStory RichControllerAction RPG
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KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX-
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Great Soundtrack and Story Rich.
KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX- is an HD remastered collection of 6 unforgettable KINGDOM HEARTS experiences. Take up your Keyblade to save the Disney worlds from darkness.
KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX- at a glance Released 2024 Studio Square Enix Player sentiment 87% positive of 12,072 Price $49.99 RPGGreat SoundtrackStory RichFantasyColorfulAction RPGHack and Slash
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Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
Why it matched: both post-apocalyptic, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including RPG, Post-apocalyptic and Isometric; released around the same time (2009).
Fallout® 2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed game that took RPG'ing out of the dungeons and into a dynamic, apocalyptic retro-future. It's been 80 long years since your ancestors trod across the wastelands.
Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game at a glance Released 2009 Studio Black Isle Studios Player sentiment 94% positive of 17,454 Price $9.99 RPGPost-apocalypticIsometricStory RichGreat Soundtrack2D
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Child of Light
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including RPG, Fantasy and Great Soundtrack; released around the same time (2014).
Aurora, a young girl from 1895 Austria, awakens on the lost fairytale continent of Lemuria. To return home she must fight against the dark creatures of the Queen of the Night, who have stolen the sun, the moon and the stars. At stake is not only Lemuria, but Aurora’s true destiny.
Child of Light at a glance Released 2014 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 91% positive of 13,481 Price $14.99 RPGFantasyGreat Soundtrack2DStory RichIndie
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The Banner Saga
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including RPG, Indie and Story Rich; released around the same time (2014).
Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.
The Banner Saga at a glance Released 2014 Studio Stoic Player sentiment 89% positive of 15,950 Price $24.99 RPGIndieStory RichFantasyGreat Soundtrack2D
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Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including RPG, Isometric and Story Rich; released around the same time (2015).
Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition is the capstone title in Harebrained Schemes' Shadowrun series - and now includes the all-new, 6+ hr Shadows of Hong Kong Bonus Campaign. Experience the most impressive Shadowrun RPG yet, hailed as one of the best cRPG / strategy games of 2015!
Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition at a glance Released 2015 Studio Harebrained Schemes Player sentiment 87% positive of 4,839 Price $19.99 RPGIsometricStory RichIndieGreat SoundtrackFantasy
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Hades II
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Supergiant Games; both story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Hack and Slash, RPG and Action RPG.
Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.
Hades II at a glance Released 2025 Studio Supergiant Games Player sentiment 96% positive of 122,855 Price $29.99 Hack and SlashRPGAction RPGIsometricStory RichIndie
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Risen 2: Dark Waters
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including RPG, Fantasy and Story Rich; released around the same time (2012).
Set several years after the end of Risen, raging titans have devastated the world and pushed humanity to the brink of existence. Subsequently, monstrous creatures have risen from the watery depths of the sea and their attacks have brought all seafaring to a grinding halt.
Risen 2: Dark Waters at a glance Released 2012 Studio Piranha Bytes Player sentiment 80% positive of 6,790 Price $9.99 RPGFantasyStory RichAction RPGGreat SoundtrackController
Common questions
What game is most like Bastion?
Dust: An Elysian Tail, on the evidence we have. It both fantasy, story-rich and atmospheric. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Bastion" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Bastion. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
What else did the makers of Bastion do?
Pyre, Hades, Hades II are also from Supergiant Games, and appear in the list below for that reason as well as on tag overlap.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.