Games like Grim Dawn
Closest overall match: The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing (★ 3.4). Highest rated: Death's Door at ★ 4.2. Quickest to finish: The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II at about 3 hours.
We compared Grim Dawn against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 25 came closest. What ties them together most: Action RPG, Hack and Slash and Dungeon Crawler. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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68%
1. The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing
Shares Loot, Dungeon Crawler, Dark Fantasy, Isometric and Hack and Slash and 8 more tags; rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 54%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
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63%
2. Victor Vran
Shares Loot, achievements, Dungeon Crawler, Isometric and Hack and Slash and 8 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
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63%
3. The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II
Shares Loot, Dungeon Crawler, Dark Fantasy, Isometric and Hack and Slash and 8 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; about 5h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
-
60%
4. Death's Door
Shares Dungeon Crawler, Dark Fantasy, Isometric, Hack and Slash and Action RPG and 5 more tags.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
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58%
5. Path of Exile
Shares Loot, Dungeon Crawler, Dark Fantasy, Hack and Slash and Action RPG and 5 more tags; rated 0.3 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 23%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
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58%
6. Crypt of the NecroDancer
Shares achievements, Dungeon Crawler, Fantasy, cooperative and Full controller support and 4 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 29%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
-
58%
7. Torchlight
Shares Loot, Dungeon Crawler, Isometric, Hack and Slash and Action RPG and 5 more tags.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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57%
8. Lichdom: Battlemage
Shares Action RPG, Fantasy, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 1.2 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Metacritic
- 69
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 25%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
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57%
9. Hand of Fate
Shares Dungeon Crawler, Hack and Slash, Action RPG, Fantasy and Full controller support and 4 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
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57%
10. Hyper Light Drifter
Shares Kickstarter, Post-apocalyptic, Hack and Slash, Action RPG and Fantasy and 4 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
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56%
11. Salt and Sanctuary
Shares Dark Fantasy, Action RPG, Dark, cooperative and Full controller support and 3 more tags; about 5h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
-
56%
12. Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide
Shares Dark Fantasy, Hack and Slash, Action RPG, Fantasy and cooperative and 4 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 39%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie
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56%
13. Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
Shares Dungeon Crawler, Hack and Slash, Action RPG, Fantasy and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 47%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
-
55%
14. Stories: The Path of Destinies
Shares achievements, Action RPG, Fantasy, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; rated 0.7 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
-
55%
15. Moon Hunters
Shares Kickstarter, achievements, Action RPG, Fantasy and Full controller support and 4 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; about 5h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 62
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
-
55%
16. Transistor
Shares Isometric, Hack and Slash, Action RPG, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 66%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
-
55%
17. Torchlight II
Shares Loot, Dungeon Crawler, Isometric, Hack and Slash and Action RPG and 6 more tags.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 51%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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55%
18. The Binding of Isaac
Shares Dungeon Crawler, Dark, steam-trading-cards, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 49%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
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55%
19. Book of Demons
Shares Dungeon Crawler, Dark Fantasy, Isometric, Hack and Slash and Action RPG and 6 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; about 5h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
-
54%
20. Bound by Flame
Shares Dark Fantasy, Hack and Slash, Action RPG, Fantasy and Full controller support and 4 more tags; rated 0.9 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 56
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 64%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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54%
21. Dark Souls II
Shares Dark Fantasy, Action RPG, Dark, Fantasy and cooperative and 3 more tags; about 35h longer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 43h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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54%
22. Diablo IV
Shares Dungeon Crawler, Dark Fantasy, Isometric, Hack and Slash and Action RPG and 5 more tags; about 5h longer.
- Year
- 2023
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 66%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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54%
23. Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Shares Dark Fantasy, Hack and Slash, Action RPG, Fantasy and Full controller support and 4 more tags; about 5h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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54%
24. Dungeon Defenders II
Shares Loot, Hack and Slash, Fantasy, cooperative and steam-trading-cards and 2 more tags; rated 1.0 lower; about 5h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 20%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
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54%
25. Knock-Knock
Shares Crowdfunded, Kickstarter, Dark, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 2 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; about 5h shorter.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 57
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Grim Dawn?
On our similarity model, The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing is the closest match to Grim Dawn — shares Loot, Dungeon Crawler, Dark Fantasy, Isometric and Hack and Slash and 8 more tags; rated 0.6 lower.
Which game like Grim Dawn is rated highest?
Death's Door holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.2/5 from 392 players.
Are there games like Grim Dawn on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 12 games like Grim Dawn on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
Are there games like Grim Dawn on Android or iOS?
Yes — we found 6 games like Grim Dawn on Android & iOS. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Grim Dawn on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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