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Games like Aplestia: Retold

If Aplestia: Retold is your kind of game, the closest matches are A Spooky Teaparty, Cradle of Souls and The Prophecy Lies! — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its developer actively addresses feedback, 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 Aplestia: Retold: Follow the steps of Britton, Summer, Rover and Marina, a team of four rookie adventurers that went on their first ever S Class Quest! Aplestia:Retold is the remade version of the 2017 game and offers double the content, more side quests, stages and much much more!

2021IndieAdventureRPGCasual9.99 USDWindowsby Orfeas Game Studio
Aplestia: Retold — Steam game cover
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Camp mechanics from other studio games carry overDeveloper actively addresses feedbackExpanded story with new npcs and questsChallengingContemplativeNostalgic

Players who liked Aplestia: Retold also play

Steam players who put hours into Aplestia: Retold 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. A Spooky Teaparty

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Aplestia: Retold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aplestia: Retold.

    Take the role of Rover, Summer, Britton and Marina in this fun, exploration-based Halloween adventure that takes place just after the events of Aplestia! Find treats, solve puzzles, battle with spooky monsters, enter secret rooms and meet with undead, funny characters! Welcome to Duruduru Castle!

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Cradle of Souls

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Aplestia: Retold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Aplestia: Retold.

    After winning the war, Alastria is enjoying peace, but not the King. His wife is sick with a dangerous disease. In charge of finding an antidote is Orlando, the veteran Crusader, and Saigo, the Demon Hunter. What will happen as consequences of this mission and it's outcome will change everything...

    2022IndieRPGCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Prophecy Lies!

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Aplestia: Retold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Aplestia: Retold.

    Take the role of Darius, a Tiborean, who has to work with the most despicable creatures of all… the humans! Go to Panom’Arah, a part of the Human World and complete the difficult mission of finding and retrieving the Anomaly, a rare and dangerous form of magic.

    2019IndieRPGCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Arcante: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Aplestia: Retold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aplestia: Retold.

    A Fantasy Action RPG. Create your party and head off on an adventure. Playing Turn-Based or Real Time is up to you.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Hymns of Resurrection

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Aplestia: Retold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Aplestia: Retold.

    Calder and Ygritte are the King's elite soldiers. They come upon Karandir and the Occultists' wicked plans and become the ones responsible for preventing an evil resurrection and a new war.

    2022IndieRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Unlikely Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Aplestia: Retold.

    Ranked #6 for Aplestia: Retold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Aplestia: Retold.

    The evil Lich King, lord of the Undead, is rising once more. It weighs upon your shoulders to do what no one before could, defeat it once and for all, and rid humanity of this ultimate evil!

    2021IndieRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Caverns And Dryads

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Aplestia: Retold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aplestia: Retold.

    Guide Tamzyn, the dryad warrioress —deadly and beautiful— and Sioul, the wizard —tenacious and powerful— to explore together forgotten cities of mysterious beauty and dungeons filled with dangerous monsters. Fantasy, magic, and romance!

    2025ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  8. Selatria

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Aplestia: Retold.

    Ranked #8 for Aplestia: Retold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aplestia: Retold.

    Dragged into a re-awakened war, it is up to Mage, Melanie, and friends to take arms and summon up their strength to prevail against the assault on their home from an unruly usurper with a multigenerational grudge. Selatria is a turn-based RPG inspired by the 90’s classics.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Aplestia: Retold at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Aplestia: Retold on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Aplestia: Retold.

    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 ~50% under Aplestia: Retold on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Aplestia: Retold.

    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. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Aplestia: Retold on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Aplestia: Retold.

    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 ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Aplestia: Retold on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Aplestia: Retold.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Aplestia: Retold on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aplestia: Retold.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Aplestia: Retold on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Aplestia: Retold.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Aplestia: Retold on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Aplestia: Retold.

    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 ↗
  8. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Aplestia: Retold on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Aplestia: Retold.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Aplestia: Retold.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Aplestia: Retold.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Aplestia: Retold.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Aplestia: Retold.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Aplestia: Retold.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Orfeas Game Studio

Other recommendable Steam games by Orfeas Game Studio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. The Deal

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Aplestia: Retold.

    Another title from Orfeas Game Studio, the studio behind Aplestia: Retold. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aplestia: Retold.

    The Deal unravels the story of Cyrus, Myrella, Jonathan and Donna, while they traverse through the colorful continent of Carca, in a 10+ hours enthralling adventure!

    2017StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. A Spooky Teaparty

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Orfeas Game Studio, the studio behind Aplestia: Retold. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aplestia: Retold.

    Take the role of Rover, Summer, Britton and Marina in this fun, exploration-based Halloween adventure that takes place just after the events of Aplestia! Find treats, solve puzzles, battle with spooky monsters, enter secret rooms and meet with undead, funny characters! Welcome to Duruduru Castle!

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Aplestia

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Aplestia: Retold.

    Another title from Orfeas Game Studio, the studio behind Aplestia: Retold. Shares Indie and RPG with Aplestia: Retold.

    Aplestia is a light-hearted, unepic, fun, cynical and adventurous rpg with turn-based combat! Fight monsters, bosses, get your loot and find secret rooms and epic equipment.

    2018IndieRPGCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. The Prophecy Lies!

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Orfeas Game Studio, the studio behind Aplestia: Retold. Shares Indie and RPG with Aplestia: Retold.

    Take the role of Darius, a Tiborean, who has to work with the most despicable creatures of all… the humans! Go to Panom’Arah, a part of the Human World and complete the difficult mission of finding and retrieving the Anomaly, a rare and dangerous form of magic.

    2019IndieRPGCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. The Winter's Deal - Frosty Edition

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Orfeas Game Studio, the studio behind Aplestia: Retold. Shares RPG and Casual with Aplestia: Retold.

    Dive into a winter, snowy and freezing adventure, fight against demonic powers, explore, pick up gifts with items, find rare items, complete quests and solve the mystery behind these new, bizarre monsters that wreck havoc on Snowbelle Island!

    2019RPGCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Shattered Worlds

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Orfeas Game Studio, the studio behind Aplestia: Retold. Shares RPG with Aplestia: Retold.

    Follow Prometheus, his trusty wardog pet Snap, his new pirate friend Calenda and the honorable spirit knight Karul in a grand and full of exploration adventure! Defeat monsters, find secret rooms, complete quests, earn items and loot, fight with fierce bosses and learn about the mythos of Astus!

    2020RPG6.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Aplestia: Retold

How much does Aplestia: Retold cost?
Aplestia: Retold is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Aplestia: Retold?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Aplestia: Retold are A Spooky Teaparty, Cradle of Souls, The Prophecy Lies!.
Who developed Aplestia: Retold?
Aplestia: Retold was developed by Orfeas Game Studio.

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