Games like Alder Forge
If Alder Forge is your kind of game, the closest matches are Crop and Claw 2, Alder Forge 2 and Metaphor: ReFantazio — 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 Alder Forge: Play as the Five Members of the Fourth Squadron and battle your foes using the game Adaptive Turn-based Combat System. Shape your path in a political fantasy story-driven game, and witness a tired feudal society progressively morph into something new.
Players who liked Alder Forge also play
Steam players who put hours into Alder Forge 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.
Crop and Claw 2
WHY THIS
Top pick for Alder Forge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Alder Forge.
Crop and Claw 2 is an Adventure-RPG about dragons, plants, memories, and more. Delve into a whole new continent of secrets and unearth the roots of the strange events going on.
Alder Forge 2
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Alder Forge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Alder Forge.
Command a squad of 8 in an adaptive and fast-paced turn-based RPG, where every battle fuels the next. Fuse skills, craft potions, and upgrade your gear to build an unstoppable force. Lead the 4th Squadron against their most ruthless and cunning foe yet, and survive long enough to win.
Metaphor: ReFantazio
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Alder Forge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Alder Forge.
After his assassination, the will of the late king decrees the next monarch to be elected by the people. Forge bonds and win over a kingdom divided in this award-winning fantasy RPG with turn-based and action combat, party customization with powerful Archetypes, and hours of exploration.
Dark Deity
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Alder Forge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Alder Forge.
Step into the world of Terrazael and lead soon-to-be legendary heroes in a quest to restore a land fractured by broken oaths, reckless wars, and untamed magic. Fight back in turn-based battles, manage character relationships, collect dangerous artifacts, and hopefully restore the world...
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Alder Forge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Alder Forge.
Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies in this turn-based RPG with real-time mechanics.
Chained Echoes
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Alder Forge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Alder Forge.
Take up your sword, channel your magic or board your Mech. Chained Echoes is a 16-bit style RPG set in a fantasy world where dragons are as common as piloted mechanical suits.
Dark Deity 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Alder Forge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Alder Forge.
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!
Sea of Stars
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Alder Forge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Alder Forge.
Sea of Stars is a turn-based RPG inspired by the classics. It tells the story of two Children of the Solstice who will combine the powers of the sun and moon to perform Eclipse Magic, the only force capable of fending off the monstrous creations of the evil alchemist known as The Fleshmancer.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Alder Forge at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Alder Forge on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Alder Forge.
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 Alder Forge on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Alder Forge.
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 Alder Forge on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Alder Forge.
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?
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Alder Forge on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Alder Forge.
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 Alder Forge on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Alder Forge.
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 Alder Forge on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Alder Forge.
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 Alder Forge on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Alder Forge.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Alder Forge on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Alder Forge.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Alder Forge.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Alder Forge.
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 RPG with Alder Forge.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Alder Forge.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Alder Forge.
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 Alder Forge.
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 Alder Forge.
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 Alder Forge.
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.
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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.
Dark Deity
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Alder Forge.
Step into the world of Terrazael and lead soon-to-be legendary heroes in a quest to restore a land fractured by broken oaths, reckless wars, and untamed magic. Fight back in turn-based battles, manage character relationships, collect dangerous artifacts, and hopefully restore the world...
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with Alder Forge.
Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies in this turn-based RPG with real-time mechanics.
Chained Echoes
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Alder Forge.
Take up your sword, channel your magic or board your Mech. Chained Echoes is a 16-bit style RPG set in a fantasy world where dragons are as common as piloted mechanical suits.
Dark Deity 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Alder Forge.
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!
Sea of Stars
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Alder Forge.
Sea of Stars is a turn-based RPG inspired by the classics. It tells the story of two Children of the Solstice who will combine the powers of the sun and moon to perform Eclipse Magic, the only force capable of fending off the monstrous creations of the evil alchemist known as The Fleshmancer.
Frequently asked about Alder Forge
- How much does Alder Forge cost?
- Alder Forge is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Alder Forge?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Alder Forge are Crop and Claw 2, Alder Forge 2, Metaphor: ReFantazio.
- Who developed Alder Forge?
- Alder Forge was developed by Zine FALOUTI.
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