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Games like The Toymaker's Apprentice

If The Toymaker's Apprentice is your kind of game, the closest matches are Palace of the Azure Dragon, A Giant Problem and ELASH — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About The Toymaker's Apprentice: This world is dark. The Toymaker’s Apprentice has captured our citizens and enslaved us with his evil toys. Is there one amongst you brave enough to journey into his world on an unforgiving quest to end his tyranny and free so many lost souls……...

2019ActionStrategyAdventureEarly Access9.99 USDWindowsby Cross-Media Productions LLC
The Toymaker's Apprentice — Steam game cover

Players who liked The Toymaker's Apprentice also play

Steam players who put hours into The Toymaker's Apprentice also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Palace of the Azure Dragon

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Toymaker's Apprentice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Toymaker's Apprentice.

    This game focus on highlighting the immersive experience of virtual reality features. For the players to bring immersive "strong interaction" gaming experience.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. A Giant Problem

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Toymaker's Apprentice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Toymaker's Apprentice.

    Smash, bash and mash away your enemies as a giant set on defending a village under siege. Command troops, sling magic, rebuild your defenses - anything you can get your hands on could be a weapon!

    2020ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. ELASH

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Toymaker's Apprentice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Toymaker's Apprentice.

    You've been hired to defend ELASH, the kingdom that you don't have any relation with. The money that the King promised you was more than enough to drive you defending it from Ashley's minions.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. City Breaker

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Toymaker's Apprentice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Toymaker's Apprentice.

    City Breaker is a VR physics-destruction game focused around destroying large-scale physics structures like skyscrapers.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Yoren

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Toymaker's Apprentice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Toymaker's Apprentice.

    Yoren is the first cutting-edge realistic VR magic game. Cast spells by drawing rune gestures, explore the openworld collecting crafting ingredients for potions and battle the numerous bosses of fallen kingdoms in the world of Yoren.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Treefender

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Toymaker's Apprentice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Toymaker's Apprentice.

    Relive your childhood in Treefender, a VR-exclusive 4 player online co-op base-building game where you build your own treefort and defend it against a spacesquid invasion!

    2022ActionStrategyIndie7.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Hotel Transylvania Popstic

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Toymaker's Apprentice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Toymaker's Apprentice.

    Hotel Transylvania Popstic is a super fun VR rhythm game that combines high energy music with full body movement. The goal is to match fast-moving patterns of colorful orbs flying toward you with the corresponding colors on each end of your Wands or Popstic.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. HelixVision

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Toymaker's Apprentice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Toymaker's Apprentice.

    Epic stereoscopic gaming, HelixMod in virtual 3D TV brings your full length 2D games into the 3rd dimension. Try our Free slideshow Demo in VR.

    2019ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Toymaker's Apprentice at current Steam store prices.

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Toymaker's Apprentice on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Toymaker's Apprentice.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under The Toymaker's Apprentice on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Toymaker's Apprentice.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Toymaker's Apprentice on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Toymaker's Apprentice.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under The Toymaker's Apprentice on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Toymaker's Apprentice.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Toymaker's Apprentice on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Toymaker's Apprentice.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under The Toymaker's Apprentice on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Toymaker's Apprentice.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Toymaker's Apprentice on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Toymaker's Apprentice.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Toymaker's Apprentice on Steam right now. Shares Action and Strategy with The Toymaker's Apprentice.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Blackwake

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with The Toymaker's Apprentice.

    Blackwake is a multiplayer naval FPS focused on teamwork and cooperation. Fire the cannons, sink enemy ships or board them with firearms and steel.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Darwin Project

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Toymaker's Apprentice.

    In Darwin Project, ten inmates must survive the elements, track each other, fight, craft tools, and use their social skills to be the last one standing. It's a unique take on battle royale with a Show Director to influence the match and Spectator Interactions to create a one-of-a-kind game show.

    2020ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. AirMech

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with The Toymaker's Apprentice.

    AirMech® Strike is a fast paced Action-RTS game that can be played solo, coop, or competitively online. Earn Kudos and Experience in battle and unlock a wide collection of AirMechs and Units while you practice the perfect strategy to emerge victorious!

    2018ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  5. Cave Crawlers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with The Toymaker's Apprentice.

    Cave Crawlers is a 1-10 player rogue lite set deep underground in a system of randomly generated caves. Players use weapons, spells, and talents to defeat the unique bosses and enemies found in each biome.

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Hide and Shriek

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Toymaker's Apprentice.

    Scare or be scared in this FREE adrenaline-pumping multiplayer game full of hijinks and mischief! Set traps, cast spells, and scare the living hell out of your opponent to win!

    2017ActionFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. Tactical Monsters Rumble Arena

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Adventure with The Toymaker's Apprentice.

    Are you ready to RUMMMBLE?

    2018StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Star Wars: Droid Repair Bay

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Toymaker's Apprentice.

    In Star Wars: Droid Repair Bay by ILMxLAB, Poe Dameron's sidekick needs your help. Repair BB-8 and his astromech droid friends, each with their own unique personalities, so they can roll back into the fight against the First Order.

    2017AdventureFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Toymaker's Apprentice

How much does The Toymaker's Apprentice cost?
The Toymaker's Apprentice is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Toymaker's Apprentice?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Toymaker's Apprentice are Palace of the Azure Dragon, A Giant Problem, ELASH.
Who developed The Toymaker's Apprentice?
The Toymaker's Apprentice was developed by Cross-Media Productions LLC.

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