Games like REM Cycles
If REM Cycles is your kind of game, the closest matches are Inkbound, AbsentedAge: Squarebound and TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children — 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 REM Cycles: One night, ten people fall asleep...and find themselves in someone else’s dream. Guide these unlikely heroes as they traverse strange lands filled with enemies and memories. Confront a mysterious antagonist and witness chats between battles while you search for reason in sleep.
Players who liked REM Cycles also play
Steam players who put hours into REM Cycles 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.
Inkbound
WHY THIS
Top pick for REM Cycles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with REM Cycles.
A turn-based tactical roguelike from the creators of Monster Train. Play solo or co-op, create powerful builds, and save the Atheneum.
AbsentedAge: Squarebound
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for REM Cycles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with REM Cycles.
"Satsuki" is a ghost girl that lost her memory and substance, and she explores DRIFTWORLD to revive her life. This game is the consecutive mixture of ARPG and tactical RPG in roguelike dungeons with the seamless, rapid and stress-free gameplay.
TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for REM Cycles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with REM Cycles.
TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children is the first season of a turn-based strategy SRPG that takes place in the world of Troubleshooter.
Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for REM Cycles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with REM Cycles.
The first game in the Utawarerumono trilogy of story-rich tactics RPGs. Into a world filled with verdant nature, populated by folk with fluffy ears and fuzzy tails, awakens Hakuowlo, a man of masked mien and missing memory.
Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for REM Cycles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with REM Cycles.
Enter Tahnra, a land savaged by war. You, a fresh academy graduate with humble beginnings, will grow to lead a grand army against a corrupt adversary. Gather heroes, form bonds, and lead your force in turn-based battles. Make use of tactics, terrain, morale and more to bring peace to the land!
Dark Deity 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for REM Cycles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with REM Cycles.
Verroa is a peaceful continent on the brink of war as the Asverellian Empire seeks to expand - at your homeland’s expense. Command unlikely heroes, fight challenging turn-based battles, and watch hardship forge iron into steel. Dark Deity is back, bigger and better than before!
Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for REM Cycles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with REM Cycles.
Veil of the Witch is a roguelite strategy RPG with turn-based combat and branching progression. Set in the world of “Lost Eidolons,” build a nimble squad of five, pick your skills as you level, and adapt to each unique run. May the gods favor the bold and the wise.
Pathway
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for REM Cycles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with REM Cycles.
Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below REM Cycles at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under REM Cycles on Steam right now. Shares Indie with REM Cycles.
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 ~67% under REM Cycles on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with REM Cycles.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under REM Cycles on Steam right now. Shares Indie with REM Cycles.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under REM Cycles on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with REM Cycles.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under REM Cycles on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with REM Cycles.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under REM Cycles on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with REM Cycles.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under REM Cycles on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with REM Cycles.
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 ~67% under REM Cycles on Steam right now. Shares Indie with REM Cycles.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with REM Cycles.
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.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with REM Cycles.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with REM Cycles.
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 REM Cycles.
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 RPG with REM Cycles.
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.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with REM Cycles.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Tails Noir: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with REM Cycles.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with REM Cycles.
The first game in the Utawarerumono trilogy of story-rich tactics RPGs. Into a world filled with verdant nature, populated by folk with fluffy ears and fuzzy tails, awakens Hakuowlo, a man of masked mien and missing memory.
Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with REM Cycles.
Enter Tahnra, a land savaged by war. You, a fresh academy graduate with humble beginnings, will grow to lead a grand army against a corrupt adversary. Gather heroes, form bonds, and lead your force in turn-based battles. Make use of tactics, terrain, morale and more to bring peace to the land!
Dark Deity 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with REM Cycles.
Verroa is a peaceful continent on the brink of war as the Asverellian Empire seeks to expand - at your homeland’s expense. Command unlikely heroes, fight challenging turn-based battles, and watch hardship forge iron into steel. Dark Deity is back, bigger and better than before!
Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with REM Cycles.
Veil of the Witch is a roguelite strategy RPG with turn-based combat and branching progression. Set in the world of “Lost Eidolons,” build a nimble squad of five, pick your skills as you level, and adapt to each unique run. May the gods favor the bold and the wise.
Frequently asked about REM Cycles
- How much does REM Cycles cost?
- REM Cycles is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to REM Cycles?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside REM Cycles are Inkbound, AbsentedAge: Squarebound, TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children.
- Who developed REM Cycles?
- REM Cycles was developed by Indispensable Studios.
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