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Games like Medievalien

If Medievalien is your kind of game, the closest matches are Striving for Light, Doomsday Hunters and Loot River — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its charming medieval setting, choose your path dynamically and diablo like loot variety. 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 Medievalien: Medievalien is a story-rich action rogue-like where a fantasy Medieval world has been invaded by Alien creatures. Use multiple characters, gather loot and manage your equipment to overcome ever harder challenges and unravel Medievalien's story and its secrets.

2021ActionIndieRPGEarly AccessWindows · Linuxby dOOb games srl
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Charming medieval settingChoose your path dynamicallyDiablo like loot varietyAtmosphericChillContemplative

Players who liked Medievalien also play

Steam players who put hours into Medievalien 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. Striving for Light

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Medievalien.

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

    Blending deep Action RPG buildcrafting with roguelite action, Striving for Light lets you shape and customize an infinite skilltree. Hunt for powerful loot, craft and upgrade weapons to legendary power, slay hordes of enemies and challenging bosses in ever-changing dark worlds.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure12.59 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Doomsday Hunters

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Medievalien.

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

    Shoot stuff in a perfect pixel world, combine items, build guns, die every time! Roguelite twin-stick shooter where magic and post-apocalyptic future technologies collide. Defeat evil lord Dracula and save everyone!

    2023ActionIndie15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Loot River

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Medievalien.

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

    Explore procedurally generated labyrinths in this challenging, narrative-rich roguelike. Master deep combat. Slide blocks of ancient ruins. Defeat bestial abominations. Loot, level up, strategize, fight, die and wake up anew. Unlock the secrets of the Loot River. Immortality is a bittersweet gift.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Unliving

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Medievalien.

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

    Raise the dead as a fearsome Necromancer in the dark world of The Unliving! Lead your undead armies into the endless fight in this rogue-lite action RPG game. Burn cities to ash with devastating magic spells, slay epic bosses and turn your enemies into morbid servants.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. RAD

    WHY THIS

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

    RAD is a 3D action rogue-like set in a post-post-apocalyptic world, where humanity has faced armageddon not once, but twice.

    2019Action4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Legend of Dungeon

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Medievalien.

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

    Legend of Dungeon is a randomly generated action RPG Beat'em'up with heavy Rogue-like elements, striking visuals, and dynamic music.

    2013ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Dungeon Souls

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation with Medievalien.

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

    Dungeon Souls is an action-adventure roguelike dungeon crawler which draws heavy inspiration from Nuclear Throne, Risk of Rain, and Overture. Explore vast procedurally generated dungeons, collect loot, and slay hordes of challenging enemies!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Wally and the FANTASTIC PREDATORS

    WHY THIS

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

    Your best friend wants to cheer you up, so he tries his best to make a dungeon for you to explore. Explore his wholesome, weird-as-heck, scrappy rogue-lite oozing with charm and humor for 1-2 Players.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Medievalien

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. Unexplored

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Medievalien.

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

    The ROGUELITE that feels like a ROGUELIKE. Praised for its fantastically generated dungeons, real-time combat and surprising amount of content and depth. One of the BEST GAMES OF THE YEAR according to PC Gamer and VICE Waypoint.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Enter the Gungeon

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation with Medievalien.

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

    Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Archers

    WHY THIS

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

    Hop into the world of archery and acrobatics. Play in modes of 1v1, 2v2 or 3v3. Create servers with your friends or play versus random players. Pick up different arrow types and use your abilities to eliminate your foes. Make precision longshots or get up close and personal with your enemies.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Hades

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

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

    Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shape of Dreams: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2

    WHY THIS

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

    A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

    2020StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  7. Evil Egg

    WHY THIS

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

    Blast it all to hell.

    2025ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. SCP – Containment Breach

    WHY THIS

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

    A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?

    2026ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck 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. Striving for Light

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Medievalien.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Medievalien.

    Blending deep Action RPG buildcrafting with roguelite action, Striving for Light lets you shape and customize an infinite skilltree. Hunt for powerful loot, craft and upgrade weapons to legendary power, slay hordes of enemies and challenging bosses in ever-changing dark worlds.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure12.59 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Doomsday Hunters

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Medievalien.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Medievalien.

    Shoot stuff in a perfect pixel world, combine items, build guns, die every time! Roguelite twin-stick shooter where magic and post-apocalyptic future technologies collide. Defeat evil lord Dracula and save everyone!

    2023ActionIndie15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Loot River

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Medievalien.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Medievalien.

    Explore procedurally generated labyrinths in this challenging, narrative-rich roguelike. Master deep combat. Slide blocks of ancient ruins. Defeat bestial abominations. Loot, level up, strategize, fight, die and wake up anew. Unlock the secrets of the Loot River. Immortality is a bittersweet gift.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. RAD

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Medievalien.

    RAD is a 3D action rogue-like set in a post-post-apocalyptic world, where humanity has faced armageddon not once, but twice.

    2019Action4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Wally and the FANTASTIC PREDATORS

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Medievalien.

    Your best friend wants to cheer you up, so he tries his best to make a dungeon for you to explore. Explore his wholesome, weird-as-heck, scrappy rogue-lite oozing with charm and humor for 1-2 Players.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Medievalien

What games are most similar to Medievalien?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Medievalien are Striving for Light, Doomsday Hunters, Loot River.
Who developed Medievalien?
Medievalien was developed by dOOb games srl.

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 Medievalien.

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