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Games like Battle for Esturia

If Battle for Esturia is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Iron Oath, Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch and Forged of Blood — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, chill 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 Battle for Esturia: A turn-based strategy RPG featuring an open world filled with monsters, dungeons, and interesting characters.

2021StrategyRPG9.99 USDWindows · Linuxby Esturia Games
Battle for Esturia — Steam game cover
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Cow as a party member is a delightEnemy weaknesses force creative buildsOld school aesthetics with modern polishAtmosphericChillContemplative

Players who liked Battle for Esturia also play

Steam players who put hours into Battle for Esturia 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. The Iron Oath

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Battle for Esturia.

    Top pick for Battle for Esturia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Battle for Esturia.

    Command, endure, and prosper in The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. Customize your roster, build your renown, and discover the secrets that await in the medieval fantasy realm of Caelum.

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Battle for Esturia.

    Second-strongest match for Battle for Esturia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Battle for Esturia.

    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.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Forged of Blood

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Battle for Esturia.

    Third-strongest match for Battle for Esturia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Battle for Esturia.

    A fantasy turn-based tactical RPG built on depth and mechanical complexity, featuring classless character building, strategic management, and small unit tactics on a world scale.

    2019StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Guild Saga: Vanished Worlds

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Battle for Esturia.

    Ranked #4 for Battle for Esturia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Battle for Esturia.

    On your maiden voyage with the Heroes Guild, your ship was capsized by an enigmatic maelstrom, stranding your party on Respite Island. Navigate your way through pirates, ferocious beasts, and shady alchemists as you unravel its mysteries.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 江湖十一

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Battle for Esturia.

    Ranked #5 for Battle for Esturia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Battle for Esturia.

    Jianghu11 is an open-world cultivation RPG set in the wuxia world. In this game, you will create your own character or start as a fictional or historical figure. Explore the fascinating wuxia world with enormous NPCs, search for romance, and write your own legend.

    2023IndieRPG17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Pathway

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Battle for Esturia.

    Ranked #6 for Battle for Esturia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Battle for Esturia.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Swords and Sandals Immortals

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Battle for Esturia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Battle for Esturia.

    Gladiator! Grab your sword, equip your sandals and take on the world in multiplayer Swords and Sandals! Brutal turn-based combat where gladiators can lose limbs, wield guitars and yell so loudly enemy heads will fall off. This is the most fun you'll ever have in the arena!

    2023StrategyRPG13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Last Spell

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Battle for Esturia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Battle for Esturia.

    Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Battle for Esturia at current Steam store prices.

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Battle for Esturia on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Battle for Esturia.

    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 ↗
  2. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Battle for Esturia on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Battle for Esturia.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Battle for Esturia on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Battle for Esturia.

    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 ↗
  4. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Battle for Esturia on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Battle for Esturia.

    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.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Battle for Esturia on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Battle for Esturia.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Battle for Esturia on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Battle for Esturia.

    Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?

    2010Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Battle for Esturia on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Battle for Esturia.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Nubby's Number Factory

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Battle for Esturia on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Battle for Esturia.

    A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.

    2025Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Battle for Esturia.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Battle for Esturia.

    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 ↗
  4. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Battle for Esturia.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Tails Noir: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Battle for Esturia.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

    WHY THIS

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

    Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Moonring

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Battle for Esturia.

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Lily's Well

    WHY THIS

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

    It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.

    2022IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Battle for Esturia.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Battle for Esturia.

    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.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Guild Saga: Vanished Worlds

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Battle for Esturia.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Battle for Esturia.

    On your maiden voyage with the Heroes Guild, your ship was capsized by an enigmatic maelstrom, stranding your party on Respite Island. Navigate your way through pirates, ferocious beasts, and shady alchemists as you unravel its mysteries.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Last Spell

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Battle for Esturia.

    Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Battle for Esturia

How much does Battle for Esturia cost?
Battle for Esturia is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Battle for Esturia?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Battle for Esturia are The Iron Oath, Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch, Forged of Blood.
Who developed Battle for Esturia?
Battle for Esturia was developed by Esturia Games.

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 Battle for Esturia.

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