Games like Chrysalis
If Chrysalis is your kind of game, the closest matches are Destroy The Monoliths, Edifice of Fiends and 孵化之地 wild eclosion — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its organic ecosystem feels alive, atmospheric 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.
Get personalized picks →About Chrysalis: Defend your Chrysalis from growing hordes of monsters in this hybrid game that combines elements of tower defense, survival, and roguelike RPGs. Explore procedurally generated levels, possess and control animals, and grow deadly gardens. How far can you get before the next wave of monsters?
Players who liked Chrysalis also play
Steam players who put hours into Chrysalis 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.
Destroy The Monoliths
WHY THIS
Shares tower defense, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Chrysalis.
Top pick for Chrysalis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chrysalis.
Explore. Mine. Build. Fight. Destroy The Monoliths is a single-player real-time mining tower offense roguelike where you explore a randomly generated map, mine the terrain to get resources, and build turrets to both protect your base and fight monoliths that keep spawning ever more minions.
Edifice of Fiends
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Chrysalis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chrysalis.
A challenging Rogue-Like Strategy RPG where every choice matters. Can you conquer the Edifice of Fiends?
孵化之地 wild eclosion
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Chrysalis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chrysalis.
You have to kill monsters to get resources, build your own terrain, build your own buildings, and get equipment to enhance yourself. But you need to accept a constant stream of challenges to prove your ability. You have the strength to lead the new era!
Magicraft
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an immersive mood with Chrysalis.
Ranked #4 for Chrysalis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Chrysalis.
"Magicraft" is a Roguelike game that uses a variety of spells to match unimaginable spell effects, and the construction of ultra-high degrees of freedom cannot even be exhausted by developers.
Time Break Chronicles
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Chrysalis.
Ranked #5 for Chrysalis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chrysalis.
Time Break Chronicles is a fusion of classic JRPGs and modern Roguelites, with a cast of 100 playable classes to find and unlock. Build your team, customize their abilities, and venture into a procedurally generated adventure through space-time and beyond!
Astral Throne
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Chrysalis.
Ranked #6 for Chrysalis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chrysalis.
Uncover the mystery of a land beset by a Falling Star's curse in this Roguelike Strategy RPG inspired by the classics. Build your party, recruit new allies, and synergize your team's skills for decisive victory.
Forgotten Mines
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Chrysalis.
Ranked #7 for Chrysalis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Chrysalis.
Wreak vengeance and retake lost mines from goblins, orcs, skeletons, and demons in this small-scale tactical roguelite RPG. Build the perfect expedition team and turn the underworld red with each challenging, fast-paced run.
Shogun Showdown
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Chrysalis.
Ranked #8 for Chrysalis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chrysalis.
Shogun Showdown is a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements. Position yourself and attack at the right time, upgrade your tiles and combo them to get ready to face the Shogun!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Chrysalis at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Chrysalis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chrysalis.
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 ~50% under Chrysalis on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Chrysalis.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Chrysalis on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chrysalis.
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 ~50% under Chrysalis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chrysalis.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Chrysalis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chrysalis.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Chrysalis on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Chrysalis.
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.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Chrysalis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chrysalis.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Chrysalis on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Chrysalis.
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.
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 Chrysalis.
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.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Chrysalis.
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 Chrysalis.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Chrysalis.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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 Chrysalis.
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 Chrysalis.
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 Chrysalis.
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.
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Chrysalis.
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).
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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.
Destroy The Monoliths
WHY THIS
Shares tower defense, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Chrysalis.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chrysalis.
Explore. Mine. Build. Fight. Destroy The Monoliths is a single-player real-time mining tower offense roguelike where you explore a randomly generated map, mine the terrain to get resources, and build turrets to both protect your base and fight monoliths that keep spawning ever more minions.
Magicraft
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an immersive mood with Chrysalis.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Chrysalis.
"Magicraft" is a Roguelike game that uses a variety of spells to match unimaginable spell effects, and the construction of ultra-high degrees of freedom cannot even be exhausted by developers.
Time Break Chronicles
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Chrysalis.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chrysalis.
Time Break Chronicles is a fusion of classic JRPGs and modern Roguelites, with a cast of 100 playable classes to find and unlock. Build your team, customize their abilities, and venture into a procedurally generated adventure through space-time and beyond!
Shogun Showdown
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Chrysalis.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chrysalis.
Shogun Showdown is a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements. Position yourself and attack at the right time, upgrade your tiles and combo them to get ready to face the Shogun!
Frequently asked about Chrysalis
- Is Chrysalis verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Chrysalis is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Chrysalis cost?
- Chrysalis is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Chrysalis?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Chrysalis are Destroy The Monoliths, Edifice of Fiends, 孵化之地 wild eclosion.
- Who developed Chrysalis?
- Chrysalis was developed by Metamorph Games.
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