Games like New Tricks for Old Gods
If New Tricks for Old Gods is your kind of game, the closest matches are Luminous Threads: A Visual Novel, 反转21克 and Minds Beneath Us — 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.
Get personalized picks →About New Tricks for Old Gods: A visual novel set in a cyberpunk-dystopian world inspired by 'Choose Your Own Adventure' stories. You decide where your adventure will take you. Will you escape the oppressive technocracy of a nightmare future, or fall victim to the tyrannous regime of the Grey Authority?
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Steam players who put hours into New Tricks for Old Gods 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.
Luminous Threads: A Visual Novel
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Top pick for New Tricks for Old Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with New Tricks for Old Gods.
You are Juno, a teenage girl getting evidence to clear her brother's name. Choose who helps you solve the mystery. With multiple endings, some scenes are flashbacks to the past. Your actions there may even change who committed the crime, with what, and where!
反转21克
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for New Tricks for Old Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
In 2055, "You", the retired soldier king, was assassinated by a comrade who once fought side by side. His peaceful life was suddenly broken. In order to find the truth, he was involved in a series of bizarre murders.
Minds Beneath Us
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for New Tricks for Old Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with New Tricks for Old Gods.
MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.
The Red Strings Club
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for New Tricks for Old Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with New Tricks for Old Gods.
The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy.
Enelia: Dawn of Madness
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Ranked #5 for New Tricks for Old Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with New Tricks for Old Gods.
Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister rituals of priests, and the disappearance of citizens. Madness lurks everywhere – will you master it or become its victim? The choice is yours.
Astronaut: The Best
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Ranked #6 for New Tricks for Old Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with New Tricks for Old Gods.
Astronaut: The Best is an occult management adventure where people aren't just numbers: they're screwups. You must run a proper space academy using lies, witchcraft, and/or hard work. Guide cadets through a roguelite web of scandals and challenges, or the government will have you killed.
Blake: The Visual Novel
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Ranked #7 for New Tricks for Old Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with New Tricks for Old Gods.
Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for New Tricks for Old Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with New Tricks for Old Gods.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
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More from James K. Isaac
Other recommendable Steam games by James K. Isaac, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Green: An Orc's Life
WHY THIS
Another title from James K. Isaac, the studio behind New Tricks for Old Gods.
A life-simulation card-swiper. Grow an orc. Pilot it through a life of pillage, plunder and gluttony. Build up your horde, become filthy-rich with loot, even become a god!
Shattering Obsidian
WHY THIS
Another title from James K. Isaac, the studio behind New Tricks for Old Gods.
An RPG inspired by the classics, and based upon a series of published stories. A deep, character-driven adventure, in a Fantasy-Steampunk world of betrayal and intrigue.
Through the Kill Screen
WHY THIS
Another title from James K. Isaac, the studio behind New Tricks for Old Gods. Shares Indie with New Tricks for Old Gods.
Through the Kill Screen, an Adventure-RPG about 1980s kids discovering what slumbers beyond the final levels of their favourite computer games. Drink a Slushie, win a Thumb War and save Snoring Town from a sinister conspiracy.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Minds Beneath Us
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with New Tricks for Old Gods.
MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.
The Red Strings Club
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with New Tricks for Old Gods.
The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy.
Astronaut: The Best
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with New Tricks for Old Gods.
Astronaut: The Best is an occult management adventure where people aren't just numbers: they're screwups. You must run a proper space academy using lies, witchcraft, and/or hard work. Guide cadets through a roguelite web of scandals and challenges, or the government will have you killed.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with New Tricks for Old Gods.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Frequently asked about New Tricks for Old Gods
- Is New Tricks for Old Gods free to play?
- Yes — New Tricks for Old Gods is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to New Tricks for Old Gods?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside New Tricks for Old Gods are Luminous Threads: A Visual Novel, 反转21克, Minds Beneath Us.
- Who developed New Tricks for Old Gods?
- New Tricks for Old Gods was developed by James K. Isaac.
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