Games like Trials of Fire
If Trials of Fire is your kind of game, the closest matches are Banners of Ruin, DungeonTop and Nowhere Prophet — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its tactical positioning matters, unique card interactions and writing quality is exceptional. 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.
Get personalized picks →Trials of Fire is a strategy RPG from Whatboy Games released in 2021, combining deck-building mechanics with tactical combat on a hex grid. Players assemble a three-character party and explore a post-Cataclysmic wasteland in this solo-only roguelite experience. The game integrates card-based combat with strategic positioning, where tactical considerations significantly impact battle outcomes. Procedural generation and equipment upgrades provide customization options, while players can synthesize new character abilities and build unique deck interactions. Reviewers highlight that tactical positioning matters and unique card interactions define the experience, which players describe as brutal and challenging. The medium-length adventure is priced at $3.99, is verified on Steam Deck, and holds an 89% positive rating from 1,597 Steam reviews.
About Trials of Fire: A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
Players who liked Trials of Fire also play
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Banners of Ruin
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Trials of Fire.
Top pick for Trials of Fire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Trials of Fire.
Assemble your party. Answer the call. Win the war. Build a deck and fight a series of turn-based combats with up to 6 party characters through the city of Dawn's Point. Each character can unlock a set of unique cards and abilities that can augment your deck in powerful, exciting ways.
DungeonTop
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Trials of Fire.
Second-strongest match for Trials of Fire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trials of Fire.
A rogue-like deck-building experience coupled with table top battles. Choose a hero and allegiance then dive deep into the dungeon, evolving your deck for survival. Each choice you make matters, even in between battles!
Nowhere Prophet
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Trials of Fire.
Third-strongest match for Trials of Fire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trials of Fire.
Prepare your decks and go on a pilgrimage through the wasteland! Nowhere Prophet is a unique single-player card game. Travel across randomly generated maps and lead your followers in deep tactical combat. Discover new cards and build your deck as you explore this strange, broken world.
SpellRogue
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Trials of Fire.
Ranked #4 for Trials of Fire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trials of Fire.
SpellRogue is the ultimate tactical turn-based roguelike! Draft from over 350 powerful spells to assemble the perfect combination and crush your enemies in 70+ unique encounters. Face brutal choices, adapt to impossible odds, and strike back at the horrors that destroyed the world.
Wildfrost
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, procedural generation and a challenging mood with Trials of Fire.
Ranked #5 for Trials of Fire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trials of Fire.
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, procedural generation and a challenging mood with Trials of Fire.
Ranked #6 for Trials of Fire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trials of Fire.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Roguebook
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Trials of Fire.
Ranked #7 for Trials of Fire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trials of Fire.
Embrace the challenge of a roguelike deckbuilder with unique mechanics from the developers of Faeria and Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: The Gathering™. Build a team of two heroes, unleash powerful combos and defeat the legends of the Roguebook!
Gordian Quest
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, procedural generation and a brutal mood with Trials of Fire.
Ranked #8 for Trials of Fire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trials of Fire.
An epic deckbuilding RPG inspired by old-school classics like Ultima and D&D, using modern gaming concepts like roguelite elements and turnbased strategic combat. Lead and nurture parties of heroes. Forge bonds and discover new skills among them. Guide them to unravel the curses laid upon the lands.
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Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, procedural generation and a challenging mood with Trials of Fire.
Reviewers of Trials of Fire cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trials of Fire.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Roguebook
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Trials of Fire.
Reviewers of Trials of Fire cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trials of Fire.
Embrace the challenge of a roguelike deckbuilder with unique mechanics from the developers of Faeria and Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: The Gathering™. Build a team of two heroes, unleash powerful combos and defeat the legends of the Roguebook!
Monster Train
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Trials of Fire.
Reviewers of Trials of Fire cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Trials of Fire.
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Trials of Fire at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Trials of Fire on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Trials of Fire.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Trials of Fire on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Trials of Fire.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Trials of Fire on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Trials of Fire.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Trials of Fire on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trials of Fire.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Trials of Fire on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Trials of Fire.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The Test: Final Revelation
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Trials of Fire on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Trials of Fire.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Trials of Fire on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Trials of Fire.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Trials of Fire on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Trials of Fire.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Trials of Fire.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trials of Fire.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Trials of Fire.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trials of Fire.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trials of Fire.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Limbus Company
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.
Dota Underlords
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Trials of Fire.
Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Nowhere Prophet
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Trials of Fire.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trials of Fire.
Prepare your decks and go on a pilgrimage through the wasteland! Nowhere Prophet is a unique single-player card game. Travel across randomly generated maps and lead your followers in deep tactical combat. Discover new cards and build your deck as you explore this strange, broken world.
SpellRogue
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Trials of Fire.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trials of Fire.
SpellRogue is the ultimate tactical turn-based roguelike! Draft from over 350 powerful spells to assemble the perfect combination and crush your enemies in 70+ unique encounters. Face brutal choices, adapt to impossible odds, and strike back at the horrors that destroyed the world.
Wildfrost
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, procedural generation and a challenging mood with Trials of Fire.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trials of Fire.
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, procedural generation and a challenging mood with Trials of Fire.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trials of Fire.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Gordian Quest
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, procedural generation and a brutal mood with Trials of Fire.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trials of Fire.
An epic deckbuilding RPG inspired by old-school classics like Ultima and D&D, using modern gaming concepts like roguelite elements and turnbased strategic combat. Lead and nurture parties of heroes. Forge bonds and discover new skills among them. Guide them to unravel the curses laid upon the lands.
Frequently asked about Trials of Fire
- Is Trials of Fire verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Trials of Fire is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Trials of Fire cost?
- Trials of Fire is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Trials of Fire?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Trials of Fire are Banners of Ruin, DungeonTop, Nowhere Prophet.
- Who developed Trials of Fire?
- Trials of Fire was developed by Whatboy Games.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Trials of Fire.
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