Games like Scholar of the Arcane Arts
If Scholar of the Arcane Arts is your kind of game, the closest matches are Death Must Die, Into the Necrovale and Striving for Light — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and immersive. 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 Scholar of the Arcane Arts: Scholar of the Arcane Arts is a Roguelike Action RPG where every spell you cast interacts with one another. Learn new spells, solve puzzles, unlock secret dungeons, and defeat monstrous beings to save the world invaded by five Planes of magic!
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Death Must Die
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
Top pick for Scholar of the Arcane Arts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
Descend the nether in search of Death himself! Choose from God-given powers to slay his hordes of minions. Unlock new heroes, collect powerful items and create game-breaking synergies in this roguelite hack and slash survivors game.
Into the Necrovale
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
Second-strongest match for Scholar of the Arcane Arts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
Into the Necrovale is an Action RPG in which you collect powerful items that interact with one another. You must be clever with your build if you hope to pierce the mysteries and dangers of the Necrovale, where a thousand generations of miscreants and criminals have been banished.
Striving for Light
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
Third-strongest match for Scholar of the Arcane Arts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
Blending deep Action RPG buildcrafting with roguelite action, Striving for Light lets you shape and customize an infinite skilltree. Hunt for powerful loot, craft and upgrade weapons to legendary power, slay hordes of enemies and challenging bosses in ever-changing dark worlds.
Overture
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Ranked #4 for Scholar of the Arcane Arts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
Overture is an action-adventure roguelike which draws heavy inspiration from hits such as Diablo, Realm of The Mad God, Zelda, and The Binding of Isaac. Explore vast randomly generated dungeons and slay hordes of cunning enemies!
Mortal Sin
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
Ranked #5 for Scholar of the Arcane Arts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
Mortal Sin is a chaotic, blood-soaked roguelike where skill is power, and overconfidence is death. Carve through procedurally generated nightmares with brutal melee and flashy, satisfying combos.
Fictorum
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
Ranked #6 for Scholar of the Arcane Arts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
Fictorum is an action RPG featuring destructible environments, a procedural node-based world map, and dynamic magic shaping.
Halls of Torment
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
Ranked #7 for Scholar of the Arcane Arts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
Pixel Piracy
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Ranked #8 for Scholar of the Arcane Arts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
Embark on an epic 2D pirate simulator RPG adventure, where you navigate both land and sea. Upgrade your ship, recruit and level up your crew, and uncover hidden treasures as you become a legendary pirate.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Scholar of the Arcane Arts at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~75% under Scholar of the Arcane Arts on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
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?
The Test
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Priced ~50% under Scholar of the Arcane Arts on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~63% under Scholar of the Arcane Arts on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~75% under Scholar of the Arcane Arts on Steam right now. Shares Action with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
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Priced ~75% under Scholar of the Arcane Arts on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~50% under Scholar of the Arcane Arts on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The Test: Final Revelation
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Scholar of the Arcane Arts on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
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Priced ~50% under Scholar of the Arcane Arts on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
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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.
Striving for Light
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
Blending deep Action RPG buildcrafting with roguelite action, Striving for Light lets you shape and customize an infinite skilltree. Hunt for powerful loot, craft and upgrade weapons to legendary power, slay hordes of enemies and challenging bosses in ever-changing dark worlds.
Mortal Sin
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
Mortal Sin is a chaotic, blood-soaked roguelike where skill is power, and overconfidence is death. Carve through procedurally generated nightmares with brutal melee and flashy, satisfying combos.
Halls of Torment
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Scholar of the Arcane Arts.
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
Frequently asked about Scholar of the Arcane Arts
- Does Scholar of the Arcane Arts run on Steam Deck?
- Scholar of the Arcane Arts is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Scholar of the Arcane Arts cost?
- Scholar of the Arcane Arts is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Scholar of the Arcane Arts?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Scholar of the Arcane Arts are Death Must Die, Into the Necrovale, Striving for Light.
- Who developed Scholar of the Arcane Arts?
- Scholar of the Arcane Arts was developed by Courtesy of Endo and published by ESDigital Games.
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