Games like Tainted Grail: Conquest
If Tainted Grail: Conquest is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hand of Fate 2, Black Book and Trials of Fire — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, bleak and dark. 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 →Tainted Grail: Conquest is a dark Arthurian deckbuilding roguelike with RPG elements developed by Questline and published by Awaken Realms. Released in 2021 at $19.99, the game offers substantial solo content with a notably demanding difficulty level and lengthy play sessions. The core mechanics center on deck-building supplemented by energy systems, passive abilities, and rune selection, while nine distinct classes provide widely differing card pools and playstyles. Meta-progression through village upgrades creates persistent advancement across runs. Reviewers highlight that enemy-intent communication allows for deliberate tactical decision-making, and players describe the overall experience as atmospheric and immersive with a narrative and setting they find hauntingly unique. The game holds an 82 Metacritic score and a 90% positive rating from over 4,200 Steam reviews, and is verified for play on Steam Deck.
About Tainted Grail: Conquest: A unique, infinitely replayable, story-driven hybrid between a deck-building Roguelike and an RPG game. Explore the ever-changing maps, fight with deadly enemies, and learn what happened to the cursed island of Avalon.
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Hand of Fate 2
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Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Top pick for Tainted Grail: Conquest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
A new hero rises to challenge the Dealer in Hand of Fate 2! Master a living boardgame of infinitely replayable quests - unlock new cards, build your adventure, then defeat your foes in brutal real-time combat! Draw your cards, play your hand and discover your fate!
Black Book
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Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Second-strongest match for Tainted Grail: Conquest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
“Black Book” is a dark RPG Adventure, based on Slavic myths, in which you play as a young sorceress. Fight evil forces in card-based battles and explore the world, where humans live alongside mythological creatures.
Trials of Fire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Third-strongest match for Tainted Grail: Conquest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
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!
Roguebook
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Ranked #4 for Tainted Grail: Conquest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
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!
Griftlands
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Ranked #5 for Tainted Grail: Conquest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.
Rogue Dungeon
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Ranked #6 for Tainted Grail: Conquest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Based on the board game, Rogue Dungeon is a solo dungeon crawler. It plays like an old-school roguelike, using hand management, card draw and dice rolling as primary game mechanics. Players will need to figure out how best to use their hero abilities, skills, items, experience and luck to survive.
Slay the Spire
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Shares deck building and an immersive mood with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Ranked #7 for Tainted Grail: Conquest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
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!
Vault of the Void
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Ranked #8 for Tainted Grail: Conquest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Vault of the Void is a fast-paced roguelike deckbuilder where the power is in your hands. Continuously customise your deck, crafting powerful combos and ingenious strategies. Upgrade your cards with Void Stones, infusing them with new abilities to help defeat the minions of The Void!
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Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Reviewers of Tainted Grail: Conquest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Step into a dark reimagination of Arthurian legends in this first person, open world RPG. Explore a world stuck in everlasting autumn, witness falling legends and make meaningful choices woven into a complex, branching storyline.
Slay the Spire
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Shares deck building and an immersive mood with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Reviewers of Tainted Grail: Conquest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
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
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Shares deck building with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Reviewers of Tainted Grail: Conquest cross-mention this title as a similar play.
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.
Darkest Dungeon®
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Shares deck building and a dark mood with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Reviewers of Tainted Grail: Conquest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
Hades
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Shares a dark mood with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Reviewers of Tainted Grail: Conquest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
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.
Slay the Spire 2
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Shares deck building, meta progression and an immersive mood with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Reviewers of Tainted Grail: Conquest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Tainted Grail: Conquest at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~75% under Tainted Grail: Conquest on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
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.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~50% under Tainted Grail: Conquest on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~50% under Tainted Grail: Conquest on Steam right now. Shares Action with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
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Priced ~50% under Tainted Grail: Conquest on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~50% under Tainted Grail: Conquest on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
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Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
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Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Hand of Fate 2
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
A new hero rises to challenge the Dealer in Hand of Fate 2! Master a living boardgame of infinitely replayable quests - unlock new cards, build your adventure, then defeat your foes in brutal real-time combat! Draw your cards, play your hand and discover your fate!
Trials of Fire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
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!
Griftlands
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and an immersive mood with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
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!
Vault of the Void
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Tainted Grail: Conquest.
Vault of the Void is a fast-paced roguelike deckbuilder where the power is in your hands. Continuously customise your deck, crafting powerful combos and ingenious strategies. Upgrade your cards with Void Stones, infusing them with new abilities to help defeat the minions of The Void!
Frequently asked about Tainted Grail: Conquest
- Is Tainted Grail: Conquest verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Tainted Grail: Conquest 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 Tainted Grail: Conquest cost?
- Tainted Grail: Conquest is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Tainted Grail: Conquest?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tainted Grail: Conquest are Hand of Fate 2, Black Book, Trials of Fire.
- Who developed Tainted Grail: Conquest?
- Tainted Grail: Conquest was developed by Questline and published by Awaken Realms.
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