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Games like Festival

If Festival is your kind of game, the closest matches are Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition, KING's RAID and Humanity Echo: Cyberpunk Tactical RPG — 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.

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About Festival: Party-Based RPG at a Music Festival & Renaissance Faire

ActionStrategyIndieAdventureSimulationRPGWindows · macOS · Linuxby Billy Laurain
Festival — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Festival 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. Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Festival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Festival.

    The critically acclaimed RPG that raised the bar, from the creators of Baldur's Gate 3. Gather your party. Master deep, tactical combat. Venture as a party of up to four - but know that only one of you will have the chance to become a God.

    2017StrategyAdventureRPG44.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. KING's RAID

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Festival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Festival.

    Experience real-time strategic battles in the RPG King's Raid. Combine hero skills and explore an immersive world unique to King's Raid. Join countless heroes on an endless adventure full of action and strategy.

    StrategyAdventureRPGFreeSteam ↗
  3. Humanity Echo: Cyberpunk Tactical RPG

    WHY THIS

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

    Odesa, 2044. Your father’s disappearance drags you into a corporate shadow war. You are an Engineer - architect of combat, shaping the battlefield to your will. Command your squad in brutal turn-based tactical battles. Challenge the System before it erases you.

    2027StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  4. Wasteland 3

    WHY THIS

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

    Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.

    2020StrategyRPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Stolen Realm

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Festival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Festival.

    Stolen Realm is a simultaneous turn-based tactical dungeon crawling looter with action RPG elements where you control up to 6 heroes, solo or through online co-op, venturing forth in adventures set in a high-fantasy, low-poly world.

    2024StrategyAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Inkbound

    WHY THIS

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

    A turn-based tactical roguelike from the creators of Monster Train. Play solo or co-op, create powerful builds, and save the Atheneum.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Those Who Rule

    WHY THIS

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

    Join three fresh recruits caught in a web of betrayal as war looms over the land. Lead your band of heroes through tactical turn-based battles, master unique abilities, and forge powerful gear to turn the tide of battle. Will you unravel the conspiracy driving the conflict—or be consumed by it?

    2025StrategyIndieRPG17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Festival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Festival.

    A cooperative tactical RPG set in the D&D universe. Embark on a fantasy tabletop adventure. Your quest, on your schedule.

    2025StrategyAdventureRPG23.99 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 Festival.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  3. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

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

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2021IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

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

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Secrets of the Soul

    WHY THIS

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

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."

    2023IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck 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. Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Festival.

    The critically acclaimed RPG that raised the bar, from the creators of Baldur's Gate 3. Gather your party. Master deep, tactical combat. Venture as a party of up to four - but know that only one of you will have the chance to become a God.

    2017StrategyAdventureRPG44.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Those Who Rule

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Festival.

    Join three fresh recruits caught in a web of betrayal as war looms over the land. Lead your band of heroes through tactical turn-based battles, master unique abilities, and forge powerful gear to turn the tide of battle. Will you unravel the conspiracy driving the conflict—or be consumed by it?

    2025StrategyIndieRPG17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Festival.

    A cooperative tactical RPG set in the D&D universe. Embark on a fantasy tabletop adventure. Your quest, on your schedule.

    2025StrategyAdventureRPG23.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Festival

Does Festival have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Festival supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
What games are most similar to Festival?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Festival are Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition, KING's RAID, Humanity Echo: Cyberpunk Tactical RPG.
Who developed Festival?
Festival was developed by Billy Laurain and published by Sandbar Games (Sandbar Studios, LLC).

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 Festival.

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