Games like Death Tales
If Death Tales is your kind of game, the closest matches are Salt and Sacrifice, Curse of the Sea Rats and Shadow of the Ninja - Reborn — 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 Death Tales: Play as a new reaper, completing quests, collecting spells, and gathering equipment to fight through hordes of enemies in this grim but whimsical 2D adventure!
Players who liked Death Tales also play
Steam players who put hours into Death Tales 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.
Salt and Sacrifice
WHY THIS
Top pick for Death Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Death Tales.
Join your fellow Marked Inquisitors in this online coop successor to award-winning 2016 Soulslike Salt and Sanctuary.
Curse of the Sea Rats
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Death Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Death Tales.
Embark on an epic, hand-animated, ‘ratoidvania’ adventure, where your crew has been turned into rats by a pirate witch! Explore a rich non-linear world, enjoy fun action platforming, face challenging bosses, and unlock unique abilities - either alone or in local co-op!
Shadow of the Ninja - Reborn
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Death Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Death Tales.
After 34 years in the shadows, prepare to see this legendary action adventure in a new light! Looking and playing better than ever before, Shadow of the Ninja - Reborn is Tengo Project’s remake of a cult classic, that the fans have been waiting for.
Young Souls
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Death Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Death Tales.
Young Souls is a gorgeous 2D brawler meets story-rich action RPG. Fight hordes of belligerent goblins, level up with hundreds of weapons and accessories, explore, and journey between worlds, as rebellious twins battle their way to save their foster father.
Indivisible
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Death Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Death Tales.
Indivisible is a hand drawn action RPG platformer from Lab Zero, creators of the critically acclaimed Skullgirls! Set in a huge fantasy world, Indivisible tells the story of Ajna, a fearless girl with a rebellious streak who sets out on a quest to save everything she knows from being destroyed.
Abyss Odyssey
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Death Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Death Tales.
From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…
Fury Unleashed
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Death Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Death Tales.
Shoot your way through the pages of an ever-changing comic book in this fast-paced roguelike. Play solo, in local or online co-op, expand your weaponry, and upgrade your hero with each run. All that to find out why has your creator lost his faith in you and to prove him wrong.
BattleBlock Theater®
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Death Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Death Tales.
Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Death Tales at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Death Tales on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Death Tales.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Death Tales on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Death Tales.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Death Tales on Steam right now. Shares Action with Death Tales.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Death Tales on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Death Tales.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Death Tales on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Death Tales.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Death Tales on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Death Tales.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Death Tales on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Death Tales.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Death Tales on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Death Tales.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Death Tales.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Death Tales.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Death Tales.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Death Tales.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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 Death Tales.
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.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Death Tales.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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More from Arcade Distillery
Other recommendable Steam games by Arcade Distillery, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Plague Road
WHY THIS
Another title from Arcade Distillery, the studio behind Death Tales. Shares Indie and Adventure with Death Tales.
Rescue survivors, fight monsters and explore a once great city fallen to plague in a dark fantasy game combining turn-based tactical strategy and roguelike elements.
Mecho Tales
WHY THIS
Another title from Arcade Distillery, the studio behind Death Tales. Shares Action and Indie with Death Tales.
An all-new adventure in the world of Mecho Wars! Run and shoot through chaotic platforming levels filled with spikes, bottomless pits and an army of deadly robots. Go it alone or team up with your friends in 4-player local multiplayer. Directed by Luc Bernard.
War Theatre
WHY THIS
Another title from Arcade Distillery, the studio behind Death Tales. Shares RPG with Death Tales.
Turn-based strategy with RPG elements. Take command of seven unique heroes, each with a specialization to change the course of every battle. Features single-player campaign and multiplayer modes available local or online.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Salt and Sacrifice
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Death Tales.
Join your fellow Marked Inquisitors in this online coop successor to award-winning 2016 Soulslike Salt and Sanctuary.
Shadow of the Ninja - Reborn
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Death Tales.
After 34 years in the shadows, prepare to see this legendary action adventure in a new light! Looking and playing better than ever before, Shadow of the Ninja - Reborn is Tengo Project’s remake of a cult classic, that the fans have been waiting for.
Young Souls
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Death Tales.
Young Souls is a gorgeous 2D brawler meets story-rich action RPG. Fight hordes of belligerent goblins, level up with hundreds of weapons and accessories, explore, and journey between worlds, as rebellious twins battle their way to save their foster father.
Indivisible
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Death Tales.
Indivisible is a hand drawn action RPG platformer from Lab Zero, creators of the critically acclaimed Skullgirls! Set in a huge fantasy world, Indivisible tells the story of Ajna, a fearless girl with a rebellious streak who sets out on a quest to save everything she knows from being destroyed.
Abyss Odyssey
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Death Tales.
From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…
Fury Unleashed
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Death Tales.
Shoot your way through the pages of an ever-changing comic book in this fast-paced roguelike. Play solo, in local or online co-op, expand your weaponry, and upgrade your hero with each run. All that to find out why has your creator lost his faith in you and to prove him wrong.
BattleBlock Theater®
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Death Tales.
Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.
Frequently asked about Death Tales
- How much does Death Tales cost?
- Death Tales is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Death Tales have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Death Tales supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Death Tales?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Death Tales are Salt and Sacrifice, Curse of the Sea Rats, Shadow of the Ninja - Reborn.
- Who developed Death Tales?
- Death Tales was developed by Arcade Distillery.
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