Games like Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™
If Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ is your kind of game, the closest matches are Battle Chasers: Nightwar, Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition and Keylocker | Turn Based Cyberpunk Action — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative 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.
Get personalized picks →Ruined King: A League of Legends Story is a 2021 turn-based RPG developed by Airship Syndicate and published by Riot Forge. Set in the world of Runeterra, players control a party of League champions navigating Bilgewater and the Shadow Isles, with a female protagonist leading the ensemble cast. The game features a lane-based initiative combat system where corridor selection and environmental hazards add tactical depth, while a character-synergy system rewards thoughtful team composition alongside gear customization. Reviewers highlight how the lore and voice acting bring Runeterra to life, and players describe the deep character arcs and interactions as compelling throughout the lengthy campaign. The isometric adventure is marked by atmospheric world-building and an epic narrative scope. It holds a 90 percent positive rating from over 4,300 Steam reviews, and is playable on Steam Deck.
About Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™: Rise Against Ruin - Unite a party of League of Legends Champions, explore Bilgewater and set sail for the Shadow Isles to uncover the secrets of the deadly Black Mist in this immersive turn-based RPG.
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Battle Chasers: Nightwar
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Top pick for Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Battle Chasers: Nightwar is an RPG inspired by the classic console greats, featuring deep dungeon diving, turn-based combat presented in a classic JRPG format, and a rich story driven by exploration of the world.
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
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Shares an epic mood with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Second-strongest match for Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
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Keylocker | Turn Based Cyberpunk Action
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Third-strongest match for Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
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Chained Echoes
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Ranked #4 for Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
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Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling
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Ranked #5 for Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Follow Vi, Kabbu, and Leif as they uncover the secrets of the Land of Bugaria! Explore and combine your team's abilities to solve puzzles, defeat powerful enemies and find ancient treasures!
Virgo Versus The Zodiac
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Ranked #6 for Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Dethrone the Zodiacs, revive the Golden Age and purge the Heretics that swarm the galaxy as Virgo, the queen of Purity, in this unforgiving timed actions turn-based JRPG.
Tactics Ogre: Reborn
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Shares an epic mood with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Ranked #7 for Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Tactics Ogre, crown jewel of the tactical role-playing genre, is reborn! Based on the 2010 release, the game features improved graphics and sound, as well as updated game design, bringing to life a new Tactics Ogre that remains true to its roots.
Grimshade
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Ranked #8 for Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Grimshade is a party-based role-playing game inspired by JRPG of the 90s, featuring a tactical turn-based combat system and a grim story of war and personal choices.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
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Priced ~67% under Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~83% under Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
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.
Stardew Valley
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Priced ~50% under Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Lethal Company
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Priced ~67% under Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Hollow Knight
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Priced ~50% under Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
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Priced ~67% under Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~67% under Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
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 Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
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.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
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NGU IDLE
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
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More from Airship Syndicate
Other recommendable Steam games by Airship Syndicate, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Wayfinder
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Another title from Airship Syndicate, the studio behind Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™. Shares RPG with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Become a Wayfinder, and unlock their powers as you choose your path and playstyle while pushing back a hostile force that has overtaken your world. A Co-Op ARPG where you directly shape and customize the endless adventures you go on with friends, because Wayfinders are stronger together.
Darksiders Genesis
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Shares an epic mood with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Another title from Airship Syndicate, the studio behind Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
DARKSIDERS: GENESIS gives players their first look at the world of DARKSIDERS before the events of the original game. Furthermore, it introduces the fourth and last horseman STRIFE, as well as Co-op gameplay for the first time in the history of the franchise.
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Another title from Airship Syndicate, the studio behind Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™. Shares Indie and RPG with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Battle Chasers: Nightwar is an RPG inspired by the classic console greats, featuring deep dungeon diving, turn-based combat presented in a classic JRPG format, and a rich story driven by exploration of the world.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
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Shares an epic mood with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Gather your party and get ready for the kick-ass new version of GameSpot's PC Game of the Year 2014. With hours of new content, new game modes, full voiceovers, split-screen multiplayer, and thousands of improvements, there's never been a better time to explore the epic world of Rivellon!
Chained Echoes
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Take up your sword, channel your magic or board your Mech. Chained Echoes is a 16-bit style RPG set in a fantasy world where dragons are as common as piloted mechanical suits.
Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Follow Vi, Kabbu, and Leif as they uncover the secrets of the Land of Bugaria! Explore and combine your team's abilities to solve puzzles, defeat powerful enemies and find ancient treasures!
Virgo Versus The Zodiac
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Dethrone the Zodiacs, revive the Golden Age and purge the Heretics that swarm the galaxy as Virgo, the queen of Purity, in this unforgiving timed actions turn-based JRPG.
Tactics Ogre: Reborn
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™.
Tactics Ogre, crown jewel of the tactical role-playing genre, is reborn! Based on the 2010 release, the game features improved graphics and sound, as well as updated game design, bringing to life a new Tactics Ogre that remains true to its roots.
Frequently asked about Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™
- Does Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ run on Steam Deck?
- Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ 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 Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ cost?
- Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ are Battle Chasers: Nightwar, Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition, Keylocker | Turn Based Cyberpunk Action.
- Who developed Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™?
- Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ was developed by Airship Syndicate and published by Riot Forge.
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