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Games like Ogre Tale

If Ogre Tale is your kind of game, the closest matches are Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic, Shing! and Absolum — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, comedic and funny. 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 Ogre Tale: Join ogre sisters Ran, Hana, and Yume, and their feline mentor, Iroha, in a battle against fairytale folkheroes-turned-villains via this action-packed tongue-in-cheek 2D beat-em-up romp set in modern-day Japan!

2020Action13.99 USDDeck VerifiedMetacritic 63Windowsby MAGES. Inc.
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Steam players who put hours into Ogre Tale 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. Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Ogre Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ogre Tale.

    Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds! Enjoy fast and frantic arcade-style beat 'em up gameplay with cute characters. Beat up hordes of weird enemies with awesome special attacks. Local co-op and PVP supported for up to 4 players!

    2015Action14.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Shing!

    WHY THIS

    Shares combo based combat and a funny mood with Ogre Tale.

    Second-strongest match for Ogre Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ogre Tale.

    Experience the most exciting and immersive beat-em-up combat system ever – become a kickass ninja and slice some demons in style!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Absolum

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Ogre Tale.

    Third-strongest match for Ogre Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ogre Tale.

    Fight as the outcast heroes of Talamh in a fierce battle to retake magic from Sun King Azra’s grasp in Absolum, an original roguelite beat ‘em up by Dotemu.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 9 Monkeys of Shaolin

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Ogre Tale.

    Ranked #4 for Ogre Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ogre Tale.

    The true rebirth of iconic beat 'em up genre in vein of old-school video games! As a simple Chinese fisherman Wei Cheng you have to avenge the death of your friends and family slaughtered in a pirate raid at your peaceful village.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Streets of Rage 4

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Ogre Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ogre Tale.

    Amongst the best beat’em up series ever created, jammin’ ‘90s beats and over the top street fighting, the iconic series Streets of Rage comes back with a masterful tribute to and revitalization of the classic action fans adore.

    2020ActionIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Abyss Odyssey

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Ogre Tale.

    Ranked #6 for Ogre Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ogre Tale.

    From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…

    2014ActionIndieAdventure4.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Young Souls

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Ogre Tale.

    Ranked #7 for Ogre Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ogre Tale.

    Young Souls is a gorgeous 2D brawler meets story-rich action RPG. Fight hordes of belligerent goblins, level up with hundreds of weapons and accessories, explore, and journey between worlds, as rebellious twins battle their way to save their foster father.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Jitsu Squad

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Ogre Tale.

    Ranked #8 for Ogre Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ogre Tale.

    Jitsu Squad is a Marvel vs Capcom inspired 4 player co-op TAG TEAM beat ‘em up with epic character transformations and fast paced combat.

    2022ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ogre Tale at current Steam store prices.

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Ogre Tale on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ogre Tale.

    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. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Ogre Tale on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ogre Tale.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Ogre Tale on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ogre Tale.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~68% under Ogre Tale on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ogre Tale.

    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 ↗
  5. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Ogre Tale on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ogre Tale.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~93% under Ogre Tale on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ogre Tale.

    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 ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~79% under Ogre Tale on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ogre Tale.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Ogre Tale on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ogre Tale.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Ogre Tale.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Ogre Tale.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Ogre Tale.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from MAGES. Inc.

Other recommendable Steam games by MAGES. Inc., ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. STEINS;GATE

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Ogre Tale.

    Another title from MAGES. Inc., the studio behind Ogre Tale.

    Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll. It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.

    2016Adventure8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. STEINS;GATE 0

    WHY THIS

    Another title from MAGES. Inc., the studio behind Ogre Tale.

    If you can't save the one you love… How can you save humanity? Sequel to the visual novel cult classic. Experience an alternate worldline of STEINS;GATE.

    2018Adventure8.74 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. CHAOS;CHILD

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Ogre Tale.

    Another title from MAGES. Inc., the studio behind Ogre Tale.

    From the creators of the critically acclaimed STEINS;GATE comes a sensational new visual novel: CHAOS;CHILD. Set in Shibuya in 2015, a group of high school students who survived an earthquake six years ago find themselves at the center of a new series of bizarre murders in the city.

    2019Adventure12.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic

    WHY THIS

    Another title from MAGES. Inc., the studio behind Ogre Tale. Shares Action with Ogre Tale.

    Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds! Enjoy fast and frantic arcade-style beat 'em up gameplay with cute characters. Beat up hordes of weird enemies with awesome special attacks. Local co-op and PVP supported for up to 4 players!

    2015Action14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. CHAOS;HEAD NOAH

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Ogre Tale.

    Another title from MAGES. Inc., the studio behind Ogre Tale.

    CHAOS;HEAD NOAH is now available on Steam!

    2022Adventure12.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. STEINS;GATE: My Darling's Embrace

    WHY THIS

    Shares a comedic mood with Ogre Tale.

    Another title from MAGES. Inc., the studio behind Ogre Tale.

    Fall in love with the lab members all over again in this sweet and slapstick romantic comedy!

    2019Adventure5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STEINS;GATE ELITE

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Ogre Tale.

    Another title from MAGES. Inc., the studio behind Ogre Tale.

    STEINS;GATE ELITE follows a rag-tag band of tech-savvy young students who discover the means of changing the past via e-mail using a modified microwave.

    2019AdventureDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. STEINS;GATE: Linear Bounded Phenogram

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Ogre Tale.

    Another title from MAGES. Inc., the studio behind Ogre Tale.

    A story for every lab member. Discover a new side of each STEINS;GATE character and get a glimpse of their inner thoughts through 10 new stories.

    2019AdventureDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Shing!

    WHY THIS

    Shares combo based combat and a funny mood with Ogre Tale.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Ogre Tale.

    Experience the most exciting and immersive beat-em-up combat system ever – become a kickass ninja and slice some demons in style!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. 9 Monkeys of Shaolin

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Ogre Tale.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Ogre Tale.

    The true rebirth of iconic beat 'em up genre in vein of old-school video games! As a simple Chinese fisherman Wei Cheng you have to avenge the death of your friends and family slaughtered in a pirate raid at your peaceful village.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Streets of Rage 4

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Ogre Tale.

    Amongst the best beat’em up series ever created, jammin’ ‘90s beats and over the top street fighting, the iconic series Streets of Rage comes back with a masterful tribute to and revitalization of the classic action fans adore.

    2020ActionIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Abyss Odyssey

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Ogre Tale.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Ogre Tale.

    From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…

    2014ActionIndieAdventure4.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Young Souls

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Ogre Tale.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Ogre Tale.

    Young Souls is a gorgeous 2D brawler meets story-rich action RPG. Fight hordes of belligerent goblins, level up with hundreds of weapons and accessories, explore, and journey between worlds, as rebellious twins battle their way to save their foster father.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Jitsu Squad

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Ogre Tale.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Ogre Tale.

    Jitsu Squad is a Marvel vs Capcom inspired 4 player co-op TAG TEAM beat ‘em up with epic character transformations and fast paced combat.

    2022ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Ogre Tale

Is Ogre Tale verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Ogre Tale 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 Ogre Tale cost?
Ogre Tale is listed on Steam at 13.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Ogre Tale have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Ogre Tale supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
What games are most similar to Ogre Tale?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ogre Tale are Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic, Shing!, Absolum.
Who developed Ogre Tale?
Ogre Tale was developed by MAGES. Inc. and published by KOMODO.

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