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Games like Legendary Hoplite

If Legendary Hoplite is your kind of game, the closest matches are Legendary Hoplite: Arachne’s Trial, Ajax’s Trial and Crystania Wars 2 — 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 Legendary Hoplite: A combination of Action RPG and Tower Defense: slay monsters, find weapons, upgrade your armies, defend your base… Prevent humanity from extinction at the hands of monsters from Greek mythology and ancient tribes. Don't let them cross the gate, commander!

2024ActionStrategyIndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby TripleBricksGames
Legendary Hoplite — Steam game cover
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Art style and music stand outBuild crafting loop is deep and rewardingEnemy variants and boss designs are creativeAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

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Steam players who put hours into Legendary Hoplite 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. Legendary Hoplite: Arachne’s Trial

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Legendary Hoplite.

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

    Legendary Hoplite: Arachne’s Trial is a combination of Tower Defense and Action RPG. Upgrade your army, get the best gear, and craft unique strategies across 10 levels. Face Arachne, and seamlessly transfer progress to the main game.

    2024ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ajax’s Trial

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Legendary Hoplite.

    Second-strongest match for Legendary Hoplite fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Legendary Hoplite.

    Legendary Hoplite: Ajax's Trial is the prologue version of Legendary Hoplite, a game that combines Tower Defense and Action RPG genres. In this game, you'll need to build fortifications, upgrade your army, and create your own unique strategy to fight off hordes of monsters across 7 levels.

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Crystania Wars 2

    WHY THIS

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

    A brand new tactical tower defense game series! Unique roguelike and Unique survival gameplay !

    2023ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Knight Legion: Rpg Strategy

    WHY THIS

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

    Lead 4 unique heroes and an army of 12 soldiers to reclaim 100 levels across 10 islands. Defend your monument, level up, upgrade gear, and craft powerful items in this action-packed RPG strategy. Will your legion cleanse the islands of the creature infestation?

    ActionStrategyRPGSteam ↗
  5. Dwerve

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Legendary Hoplite.

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

    An epic action-adventure with tower defense combat! Dungeon crawl through a ruined kingdom, fending off hordes with turrets and traps! Punch them into pits! Pull them into spinblades! Zap and burn them!

    2022ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Mystic Hammer

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Legendary Hoplite fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Legendary Hoplite.

    Mystic Hammer is a genre mashup of a lane defender strategy game with an Action RPG. Unlock powerful abilities and new characters while following a compelling story throughout multiple environments.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Touhou Spell Carnival

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Legendary Hoplite.

    Ranked #7 for Legendary Hoplite fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Legendary Hoplite.

    Reimu takes centerstage in Gensokyo in this bullet-hell and strategy RPG hybrid!

    2025ActionStrategyRPG49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. 西游记2021

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Legendary Hoplite fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Legendary Hoplite.

    This game takes Sun Wukong, Tang monk, pig Bajie, sand monk and little white dragon as the protagonists. It tells the story of their journey to the west to learn scriptures, going through difficulties and dangers, subduing demons and subduing demons, and finally obtaining the Scriptures.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Legendary Hoplite

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. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

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

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Hades

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. TD Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Legendary Hoplite cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Legendary Hoplite.

    Build your towers according to the enmey you are facing in the wave. Upgrade your turrets to increase range, damage or rewards. Each enemy wave will be random and increases in speed and damage resistance. How far can you go!

    2023ActionCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Legendary Hoplite on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Legendary Hoplite.

    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 ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Legendary Hoplite on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Legendary Hoplite.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Legendary Hoplite on Steam right now. Shares Action with Legendary Hoplite.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Legendary Hoplite on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Legendary Hoplite.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Legendary Hoplite on Steam right now. Shares Action with Legendary Hoplite.

    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.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Legendary Hoplite on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Legendary Hoplite.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Legendary Hoplite on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Legendary Hoplite.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Legendary Hoplite on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Legendary Hoplite.

    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...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

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

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    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. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 Legendary Hoplite.

    《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 ↗
  7. 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 Strategy and Indie with Legendary Hoplite.

    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 ↗
  8. Dota 2

    WHY THIS

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

    Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.

    2013ActionStrategyFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Legendary Hoplite

Does Legendary Hoplite run on Steam Deck?
Legendary Hoplite 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 Legendary Hoplite cost?
Legendary Hoplite is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Legendary Hoplite?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Legendary Hoplite are Legendary Hoplite: Arachne’s Trial, Ajax’s Trial, Crystania Wars 2.
Who developed Legendary Hoplite?
Legendary Hoplite was developed by TripleBricksGames and published by Ravenage Games.

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