Games like Inkbound
If Inkbound is your kind of game, the closest matches are REM Cycles, Wildermyth and The Last Spell — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 →Inkbound is a turn-based tactical roguelite from Shiny Shoe, set in the magical Atheneum. Players navigate roguelite runs combining class-based ability systems with free-positioning combat, where simultaneous turns create fluid multiplayer encounters. Build variety comes through augment customization, relic unlocks, and set-item bonuses, while ascension climbing provides meta-progression. Reviewers describe the experience as atmospheric and contemplative despite its challenging tactical depth, noting that classes feel distinct with unique playstyles and relics unlock new build possibilities. The $8.99 title supports online co-op for sit-down sessions and is marked playable on Steam Deck. It holds an 87% positive rating from 2,729 Steam reviews.
About Inkbound: A turn-based tactical roguelike from the creators of Monster Train. Play solo or co-op, create powerful builds, and save the Atheneum.
Players who liked Inkbound also play
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REM Cycles
WHY THIS
Top pick for Inkbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Inkbound.
One night, ten people fall asleep...and find themselves in someone else’s dream. Guide these unlikely heroes as they traverse strange lands filled with enemies and memories. Confront a mysterious antagonist and witness chats between battles while you search for reason in sleep.
Wildermyth
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Inkbound.
Second-strongest match for Inkbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Inkbound.
Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.
The Last Spell
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Inkbound.
Third-strongest match for Inkbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Inkbound.
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Pathway
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Inkbound.
Ranked #4 for Inkbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Inkbound.
Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!
King Arthur: Knight's Tale
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Inkbound.
Ranked #5 for Inkbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Inkbound.
A unique hybrid between turn-based tactical games and traditional, character-centric RPGs. Knight's Tale is a modern retelling of a classic Arthurian mythology story filtered through the dark fantasy tropes, a twist on the traditional tales of chivalry.
Mortal Glory
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Inkbound.
Ranked #6 for Inkbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Inkbound.
Mortal Glory is a fantasy-themed tactical roguelike game about recruiting a team of gladiators and pitting them against brutal competition in a blood-soaked tournament. Train your gladiators, find a legendary sword, learn ancient spells, recruit a celebrity, cheat - do whatever it takes to bring glory to your name!
Rogue Waters
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Inkbound.
Ranked #7 for Inkbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Inkbound.
Rogue Waters is a Pirate Tactical Turn-Based Rogue-lite. Play as Captain Cutter, commanding your ship and crew through procedurally generated encounters to seek revenge. Recruit, train, and upgrade crew, use powerful sea creatures, and engage in dynamic naval and melee combat to gain the upper hand.
Mortal Glory 2
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Inkbound.
Ranked #8 for Inkbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Inkbound.
Manage a team of traveling gladiators in this turn-based fantasy roguelike. Find the best recruits, discover powerful item combinations and come up with clever tactics on the battlefield. The tournament awaits those who desire MORTAL GLORY!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Inkbound
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Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Inkbound.
Reviewers of Inkbound cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Inkbound.
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!
Monster Train
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Inkbound.
Reviewers of Inkbound cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Inkbound.
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.
Hades
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Inkbound.
Reviewers of Inkbound cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Inkbound.
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.
Shape of Dreams
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Inkbound.
Reviewers of Inkbound cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Inkbound.
Shape of Dreams delivers fast-paced top-down roguelite action with chaotic projectile-filled battles, fluid combat, and high-stakes co-op. Play solo or with up to three friends as you dodge overwhelming attacks and unleash devastating builds.
World of Witchcraft
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Inkbound cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Inkbound.
Immerse yourself in a world where ambition, magic, and lust intertwine.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Inkbound at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Inkbound on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Inkbound.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Inkbound on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Inkbound.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Inkbound on Steam right now. Shares Action with Inkbound.
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.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Inkbound on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Inkbound.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Inkbound on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Massively Multiplayer with Inkbound.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~89% under Inkbound on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Inkbound.
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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Inkbound on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Inkbound.
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.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Inkbound on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Inkbound.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Inkbound.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
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 Inkbound.
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 Inkbound.
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!
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Inkbound.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
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 Inkbound.
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!
Dota 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Inkbound.
Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.
Path of Exile
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Inkbound.
You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. The game is completely free and will never be pay-to-win.
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More from Shiny Shoe
Other recommendable Steam games by Shiny Shoe, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Monster Train
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Inkbound.
Another title from Shiny Shoe, the studio behind Inkbound. Shares Strategy with Inkbound.
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.
Monster Train 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Inkbound.
Another title from Shiny Shoe, the studio behind Inkbound. Shares Strategy and Indie with Inkbound.
Monster Train returns with all new clans, new enemy factions, new challenges, new modes and more! Defend your Pyre in the classic three-tiered, vertical gameplay that made the original roguelike deckbuilder a hit.
Grim Fandango Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Inkbound.
Another title from Shiny Shoe, the studio behind Inkbound.
One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time is now back, better than ever. Grim Fandango Remastered has the all the beautiful art and engaging story fans remember, but has also been remastered to look, sound, and control even better than the award-winning original release.
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
WHY THIS
Another title from Shiny Shoe, the studio behind Inkbound.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.
Full Throttle Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Inkbound.
Another title from Shiny Shoe, the studio behind Inkbound.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1995, Full Throttle is a classic graphic adventure game from industry legend Tim Schafer, telling the story of Ben Throttle; butt-kicking leader of biker gang the Polecats, who gets caught up in a tale of Motorcycles, Mayhem and Murder.
Frequently asked about Inkbound
- Does Inkbound run on Steam Deck?
- Inkbound is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Inkbound cost?
- Inkbound is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Inkbound have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Inkbound supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Inkbound?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Inkbound are REM Cycles, Wildermyth, The Last Spell.
- Who developed Inkbound?
- Inkbound was developed by Shiny Shoe.
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