Games like Oaken
If Oaken is your kind of game, the closest matches are Predictors, Isle of Swaps and Trials of Fire — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Oaken: Oaken, a turn-based tactical roguelike set in the spirit inhabited world. Explore the Great Oak, gather allies and trinkets, learn to use the positioning for your advantage, choose how to upgrade your cards. Wake the spirits and save the Oak!
Players who liked Oaken also play
Steam players who put hours into Oaken 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.
Predictors
WHY THIS
Top pick for Oaken fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Oaken.
Go solo or invite up to three friends to play this turn-based roguelike, where all characters move simultaneously. Fight against evil forces in the ever-changing Dark Forest. Learn skills: from Fire Magic to Necromancy. Get better loot. Change the difficulty. Repeat.
Isle of Swaps
WHY THIS
Shares energy management and a contemplative mood with Oaken.
Second-strongest match for Oaken fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Oaken.
Grab your cards, it's time to swap! Battle your school pals in this roguelite deckbuilder where you'll trade for new cards when you win defeat them and rip open booster packs looking for rare cards. Conquer everyones dungeon decks to become Critter Champion of the Playground!
Trials of Fire
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Oaken.
Third-strongest match for Oaken fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Oaken.
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!
Chaos Reborn
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Oaken.
Ranked #4 for Oaken fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Oaken.
Turn-based wizard combat with the tactical positioning of chess and the bluff of poker. Features wizard customization, 100s of gear items, single player realm adventures, online leagues and co-op play.
Faeria
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Oaken fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Oaken.
With its unique living board, Faeria is also the only card game where you can gain all 300 cards in less than 50 hours.
Curious Expedition 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Oaken.
Ranked #6 for Oaken fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Oaken.
Curious Expedition 2 is a turn-based narrative roguelike set in a reimagined version of the late 19th century that uses procedural gameplay and story elements to create completely unique and epic adventures every time you play.
Nowhere Prophet
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Oaken.
Ranked #7 for Oaken fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Oaken.
Prepare your decks and go on a pilgrimage through the wasteland! Nowhere Prophet is a unique single-player card game. Travel across randomly generated maps and lead your followers in deep tactical combat. Discover new cards and build your deck as you explore this strange, broken world.
Armello
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Oaken.
Ranked #8 for Oaken fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Oaken.
Armello is a grim fairy-tale board game come to life, with every match combining deep, tactical card play, rich tabletop strategy and RPG elements. Leverage subterfuge, spells and careful strategy to wrangle control of the game's chaotic odds as you quest for the throne.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Oaken
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Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Oaken.
Reviewers of Oaken cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Oaken.
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!
Into the Breach
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Oaken.
Reviewers of Oaken cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Oaken.
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
Alina of the Arena
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Oaken.
Reviewers of Oaken cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Oaken.
A roguelike deckbuilding tactics game that combines elements from 'Slay the Spire' and 'Into the Breach'. Play as a gladiator to survive. With roguelike deckbuilding and hex-based tactics, no longer bound by simple attack and defense. Make use of dodges and knockbacks to stay alive!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Oaken at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Oaken on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Oaken.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Oaken on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Oaken.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Oaken on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Oaken.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Oaken on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Oaken.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Oaken on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Oaken.
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!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Oaken.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Oaken.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Oaken.
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.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Oaken.
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.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Oaken.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Oaken.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
An Arcade Full of Cats
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Oaken.
Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Trials of Fire
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Oaken.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Oaken.
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!
Curious Expedition 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Oaken.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Oaken.
Curious Expedition 2 is a turn-based narrative roguelike set in a reimagined version of the late 19th century that uses procedural gameplay and story elements to create completely unique and epic adventures every time you play.
Nowhere Prophet
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Oaken.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Oaken.
Prepare your decks and go on a pilgrimage through the wasteland! Nowhere Prophet is a unique single-player card game. Travel across randomly generated maps and lead your followers in deep tactical combat. Discover new cards and build your deck as you explore this strange, broken world.
Armello
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Oaken.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Oaken.
Armello is a grim fairy-tale board game come to life, with every match combining deep, tactical card play, rich tabletop strategy and RPG elements. Leverage subterfuge, spells and careful strategy to wrangle control of the game's chaotic odds as you quest for the throne.
Frequently asked about Oaken
- Is Oaken verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Oaken 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 Oaken cost?
- Oaken is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Oaken?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Oaken are Predictors, Isle of Swaps, Trials of Fire.
- Who developed Oaken?
- Oaken was developed by Laki Studios and published by Goblinz Publishing, Surefire.Games.
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