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Games like Guile & Glory: Firstborn

If Guile & Glory: Firstborn is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Last Spell, Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark and Tinyfolks — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and epic. 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 Guile & Glory: Firstborn: Make the battlefield your weapon to vanquish monstrous foes in turn-based, tactical combat. Explore the mysterious Drowned Lands in a tale of heroic fantasy inspired by the arcade classics of old.

2021StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDWindowsby Elston Studios
Guile & Glory: Firstborn — Steam game cover
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Blocking is important and doing good means not getting hitBoons provide extra depth and specializationEnvironmental traps play a large roleAtmosphericChallengingEpic

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Steam players who put hours into Guile & Glory: Firstborn 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. The Last Spell

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    Top pick for Guile & Glory: Firstborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    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.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    Second-strongest match for Guile & Glory: Firstborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!

    2019StrategyIndieRPG4.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Tinyfolks

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    Third-strongest match for Guile & Glory: Firstborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    Train your folks, defeat monsters and upgrade your town!

    2022StrategyIndieRPG3.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Vanaris Tactics

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    Ranked #4 for Guile & Glory: Firstborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    Vanaris Tactics is a short narrative tactical RPG experience that tells a story about refugees fleeing their occupied motherland. You lead a group of refugees looking for freedom outside the walls of Vanaris, unite your people and use tactical prowess to escape your oppressors.

    2022StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Forged of Blood

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    Ranked #5 for Guile & Glory: Firstborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    A fantasy turn-based tactical RPG built on depth and mechanical complexity, featuring classless character building, strategic management, and small unit tactics on a world scale.

    2019StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Lost Eidolons

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    Ranked #6 for Guile & Glory: Firstborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    Lost Eidolons is a turn-based tactical RPG with a gripping cinematic narrative, set in a waning empire riven by civil war. Take on the role of a charming mercenary captain, Eden, and lead his band of allies through epic encounters on a classic turn-based battlefield.

    2022StrategyIndieRPG34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Dark Deity 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    Ranked #7 for Guile & Glory: Firstborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    Verroa is a peaceful continent on the brink of war as the Asverellian Empire seeks to expand - at your homeland’s expense. Command unlikely heroes, fight challenging turn-based battles, and watch hardship forge iron into steel. Dark Deity is back, bigger and better than before!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Iron Oath

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    Ranked #8 for Guile & Glory: Firstborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    Command, endure, and prosper in The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. Customize your roster, build your renown, and discover the secrets that await in the medieval fantasy realm of Caelum.

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Guile & Glory: Firstborn at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Guile & Glory: Firstborn on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    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 ~50% under Guile & Glory: Firstborn on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    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. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Guile & Glory: Firstborn on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    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 ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Guile & Glory: Firstborn on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Guile & Glory: Firstborn on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    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 ↗
  6. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Guile & Glory: Firstborn on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    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.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Guile & Glory: Firstborn on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    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 ~50% under Guile & Glory: Firstborn on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    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. Shares Indie with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    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 ↗
  4. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    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 ↗
  5. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck 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. The Last Spell

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    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.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!

    2019StrategyIndieRPG4.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Lost Eidolons

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    Lost Eidolons is a turn-based tactical RPG with a gripping cinematic narrative, set in a waning empire riven by civil war. Take on the role of a charming mercenary captain, Eden, and lead his band of allies through epic encounters on a classic turn-based battlefield.

    2022StrategyIndieRPG34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Dark Deity 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

    Verroa is a peaceful continent on the brink of war as the Asverellian Empire seeks to expand - at your homeland’s expense. Command unlikely heroes, fight challenging turn-based battles, and watch hardship forge iron into steel. Dark Deity is back, bigger and better than before!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Guile & Glory: Firstborn

How much does Guile & Glory: Firstborn cost?
Guile & Glory: Firstborn is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Guile & Glory: Firstborn?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Guile & Glory: Firstborn are The Last Spell, Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark, Tinyfolks.
Who developed Guile & Glory: Firstborn?
Guile & Glory: Firstborn was developed by Elston Studios.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Guile & Glory: Firstborn.

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