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Games like Wartorn

If Wartorn is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lone Tower, The Last Scribe and REBELLION PRINCESS|リベリオン プリンセス — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 Wartorn: Harness the elements in fierce real-time battles while gathering and upgrading a crew of fantasy creatures in this rogue-lite adventure across a world torn apart by war.

2025ActionStrategyIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Stray Kite Studios
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Players who liked Wartorn also play

Steam players who put hours into Wartorn 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. Lone Tower

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Wartorn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Wartorn.

    Defend one tower. Face endless waves. Build synergies, unlock permanent upgrades, and survive the chaos.

    ActionStrategyRPGSteam ↗
  2. The Last Scribe

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Wartorn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Wartorn.

    A roguelite action game where you write your own spells in a magical language. Venture into stories inspired by the great classics of literature, master the power of glyphs, and save these tales before they vanish forever.

    ActionSteam ↗
  3. REBELLION PRINCESS|リベリオン プリンセス

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Wartorn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Wartorn.

    Raise your favorite characters and have them ready to fight in the next run! Command beautiful girls to defend the castle and princess A non-reset roguelite × tower defense

    2026ActionStrategy4.79 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Face The Gauntlet

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Wartorn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Wartorn.

    Fight your way through the colosseum and ascend its ranks in Face The Gauntlet, a turn-based action RPG. Spend points to take actions, or save them for when you parry your opponent and interrupt their turn. Weigh your options carefully and strike fiercely as one of five unique classes.

    2026ActionStrategyRPGSteam ↗
  5. Tower Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Wartorn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Wartorn.

    'Tower Survivors' is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must survive, upgrade and defend humanity against massive unending armies from Anubis Tomb, Jurassic Valley and Vampire Monastery. Set in three different empires hell-bent on your destruction, it’s not if you can survive, but how long.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  6. Rogue Mate

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Wartorn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wartorn.

    A roguelite chess RPG where your pieces don't stay as they are. Earn upgrades, unlock branching skill trees, and build your warband across runs as you fight through 10 boss encounters, each one rewriting the rules to take you apart.

    2026StrategyIndieRPG3.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Against Twilight

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Wartorn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wartorn.

    Survive the all-consuming darkness! Against Twilight is a casual game where your choices can make you stronger to finish off thousands of creatures that appear in the twilight.

    2025ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Netherworld Covenant

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Wartorn.

    Ranked #8 for Wartorn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wartorn.

    In the abyss where the mortal realm and netherworld intertwine, become a warrior wielding the power of the Nether Lantern to fight along with the fallen souls. With hardcore, soulslike action and intriguing roguelike builds, shatter the cursed barriers and unveil the truth woven from blood and soul.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Wartorn

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. The Oregon Trail

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Wartorn.

    Reviewers of Wartorn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Wartorn.

    The Oregon Trail is back in a beautiful blend of charming pixel art characters, 3D environments, and cutting-edge lighting and visual effects!

    2022StrategyAdventureSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Myth

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Wartorn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Wartorn.

    Myth is a puzzle horror multiplayer game that guarantees an intense and headache-inducing experience with friends. Why the headache, you ask? Well, let's just say the puzzles are so mind-bendingly hard, they should come with a complimentary bottle of aspirin!

    2023ActionAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Total War: WARHAMMER II

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Wartorn.

    Reviewers of Wartorn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Wartorn.

    Strategy gaming perfected. A breath-taking campaign of exploration, expansion and conquest across a fantasy world. Turn-based civilisation management and real-time epic strategy battles with thousands of troops and monsters at your command.

    2017ActionStrategy59.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Hades

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Wartorn.

    Reviewers of Wartorn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Wartorn.

    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.

    2020ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Age of Mythology: Retold

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Wartorn.

    Reviewers of Wartorn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Wartorn.

    Play as mythological Gods and smite your enemies in this award-winning, mythological Real-Time Strategy classic given new life. Wage war across timeless campaigns, fierce skirmishes, and god-powered multiplayer modes.

    2024Strategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Toe-tal War

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Wartorn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wartorn.

    TOE-TAL WAR is a platformer where you kill people with your foot smell. Run and jump to make your feet smelly, change your shoes and socks to control the smell — then get close to enemies and stink them to death.

    2026IndieAdventureRPGSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Wartorn at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~71% under Wartorn on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Wartorn.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Wartorn on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wartorn.

    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 ↗
  3. Stardew Valley

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Wartorn on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wartorn.

    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?

    2016IndieSimulationRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Phasmophobia

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Wartorn on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Wartorn.

    Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.

    2020ActionIndieEarly Access19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~71% under Wartorn on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Wartorn.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~71% under Wartorn on Steam right now. Shares Action with Wartorn.

    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.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Bloons TD 6

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Wartorn on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Wartorn.

    The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.

    2018Strategy13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Schedule I

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Wartorn on Steam right now. Shares Action and Strategy with Wartorn.

    From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Wartorn.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wartorn.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Wartorn.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Wartorn.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wartorn.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wartorn.

    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 ↗
  7. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wartorn.

    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 ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Wartorn.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Wartorn

Does Wartorn run on Steam Deck?
Wartorn 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 Wartorn cost?
Wartorn is listed on Steam at 34.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Wartorn?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Wartorn are Lone Tower, The Last Scribe, REBELLION PRINCESS|リベリオン プリンセス.
Who developed Wartorn?
Wartorn was developed by Stray Kite 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 Wartorn.

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