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Games like The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation

If The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Monsters' History Book, The Adventure of Magical Girl and Shera and the Three Treasures — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its follows anime plot exactly, nostalgic rpg maker aesthetic and atmospheric. 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 Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation: Based on the work of Aneko Yusagi, the popular anime "The Rising of the Shield Hero" makes its RPG debut! Not only can you relive memorable scenes from the anime, but you can experience the battle system used by Naofumi, a hero who specializes in defense.

2019IndieRPG15.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby KADOKAWA CORPORATION
The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation — Steam game cover
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  1. The Monsters' History Book

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    Top pick for The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    Beyond horrible, odd and black feelings, while there is a sincere relationship.However,The horrors more terrible than all these, become increasingly clear as the two linger around in the school. The nervous history of the bizarre deaths replays again as the history book be opened.

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. The Adventure of Magical Girl

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    Magical Girl + JRPG! The mercenaries Kaim and Asal are unable to get used to the court life, so they give up their lordship and continue to wander around, living by eating grass as mercenaries. But their boring routine is broken again. They would meet the three students from the magic academy.

    2018IndieAdventureRPG2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Shera and the Three Treasures

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    Third-strongest match for The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    After the rise of a new Demon Lord, it falls on the chosen hero from an ancient bloodline to stop them. However, due to a curse cast upon him, he must pass the task to his sister, Shera. Now she must gather the Three Treasures, and defeat the Demon Lord.

    2019IndieRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. 吞食孔明传 Tunshi Kongming Legends

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    Ranked #4 for The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    吞食孔明传是一款传统的回合制角色扮演独立游戏,讲述了东汉末年的战乱之中,诸葛孔明与刘关张三人从桃园结义开始至一统天下的传奇故事。八个章节的正统剧本,两百位武将登场,可加入玩家阵营突破五十名,二周目开启,百种天赋技能及成就待解锁。

    2019StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Treasure Hunter Claire

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    Treasure Hunter Claire is the story of the titular protagonist, Claire, and her adventure through the fabled land of Alstroemeria. What treasures and riches await her as she navigates the world?

    2018IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Fallen ~Makina and the City of Ruins~

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    Fallen takes you on an adventure with Makina into the Ruins of Gardona. What fate awaits Makina and her friends on their travels as they descend further into the ruins? Find out in this JRPG classic!

    2018IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. 黑色花与红山羊 / Black Datura & Red Goat

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    Ranked #7 for The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    苏醒之时,他正处于昏暗的木屋之中。自己的身份、过去的经历,全都无法想起。很快,他发觉自己正处于一个异常的空间,到处都是谜题和陷阱,还有一些古怪的居民。在前行的途中,也不断与同样被困在此处的人成为了同伴。道路的前方,是救赎,还是绝望?这是一个围绕着“诅咒”与“救赎”的故事。

    2020IndieAdventureRPG7.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. HEARTBEAT

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    Make friends, make enemies, go fishing, collect cards, beat up sharks, beat up tigers, obtain the denim blade, train a fuzzy infantile insect for battle, and uncover ancient secrets in this monster-filled adventure.

    2018IndieRPG14.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    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 ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    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. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~61% under The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    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 ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    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 ↗
  2. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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 The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    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!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Trick & Treat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.

    2016IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    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.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Spiral Knights

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    Join the ranks of the Spiral Knights. Stranded on an alien world, you must explore the ever-changing Clockworks beneath its surface.

    2011ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Sakura Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    The latest entry in the Sakura series is more action-packed than ever before! Sakura Clickers is a fast-paced, exciting adventure, full of content, in which you defeat your foes with the power of your mouse!

    2015IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Ann

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    Ann, an art student finds herself trapped in the school when she accidentally broke one of the school's rules. With the help of the school's security guard, help Ann navigate her way out and uncover the secrets of the school before she becomes a permanent resident of the school.

    2021IndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from KADOKAWA CORPORATION

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

  1. YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY-

    WHY THIS

    Another title from KADOKAWA CORPORATION, the studio behind The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation. Shares Indie with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    As long as I have dreams in my heart, I can never escape. I can never awaken from my dreams. Maybe if I follow the dream just past this doorway, then someday I can wake up again...

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Game Tengoku CruisinMix Special

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    Another title from KADOKAWA CORPORATION, the studio behind The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    Game Tengoku CrusinMix is a vertically scrolling shooting game mixing cute characters, a game world parodying a wide range of gaming tropes and history, tight controls, refined mechanics and eggplants?!

    2017Action7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. PINPIN BALLBALL

    WHY THIS

    Another title from KADOKAWA CORPORATION, the studio behind The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    Check out this new pinball game created with Pixel Game Maker MV! Use the left and right flippers to send the ball flying as you compete for the highest score!

    2018ActionFreeSteam ↗
  4. CROSS X CARROT

    WHY THIS

    Another title from KADOKAWA CORPORATION, the studio behind The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation. Shares Indie with The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    Check out this new multiplayer battle game created with Pixel Game Maker MV! Switch between a Rabbit and a Person as you use carrot bombs to knock your opponent out and get knocked out yourself in this party-style battle game.

    2018ActionIndieCasualFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bike Dash Excite!

    WHY THIS

    Another title from KADOKAWA CORPORATION, the studio behind The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation.

    Check out this simple motorcycle racing minigame created with Pixel Game Maker MV! Tame your wild and jacked-up bike to fly through the various stages and rub your awesome clear times in your opponents’ faces!

    2018ActionCasualFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation

Does The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation run on Steam Deck?
The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation 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 The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation cost?
The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation are The Monsters' History Book, The Adventure of Magical Girl, Shera and the Three Treasures.
Who developed The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation?
The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation was developed by KADOKAWA CORPORATION and published by Gotcha Gotcha Games.

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