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Games like For The King II

If For The King II is your kind of game, the closest matches are For The King, Demeo and Dark Quest 4 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its expansive character customization, tactical positioning matters and writing quality is exceptional. 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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For The King II is a turn-based roguelite RPG developed by IronOak Games and published by Curve Games. Released in 2023 at $8.49, it supports up to four players in local co-op mode as they journey through the realm of Fahrul to uncover a queen's terrible secret. The game features deck-building mechanics, procedural generation, faction politics, and tactical grid-based combat. Players describe the experience as both immersive and challenging, with expansive character customization systems and tactical positioning frequently cited as compelling strategic elements. The game holds a 79% positive rating from 5,126 Steam reviews and has been verified for play on Steam Deck, offering a long-form tabletop RPG experience designed for extended sit-down sessions.

About For The King II: Battle against Fahrul's tyrannical Queen alone or as a party of four players in the sequel to For The King, the massively popular turn-based roguelite tabletop RPG. Will you unravel the once beloved Queen's terrible secret?

2023StrategyIndieAdventureRPG8.49 USDDeck VerifiedMetacritic 76Windowsby IronOak Games
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Steam players who put hours into For The King II 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. For The King

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with For The King II.

    Top pick for For The King II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The King II.

    For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Demeo

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with For The King II.

    Second-strongest match for For The King II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The King II.

    Adventurers, it’s time to unite! Gather your friends and battle the dark forces that have overtaken the world of Resolution Games' award-winning RPG dungeon crawler, Demeo. The next generation of tabletop adventure has arrived!

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Dark Quest 4

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with For The King II.

    Third-strongest match for For The King II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with For The King II.

    A turn based dungeon crawler where you create a party of heroes to go on epic quests.

    2025StrategyRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Demeo: PC Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with For The King II.

    Ranked #4 for For The King II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The King II.

    It’s dangerous to go alone! Grab your friends and assemble a party, because plumbing the depths of Demeo requires strategy, cunning, and teamwork. An award-winning cooperative tabletop adventure for up to four players.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventureDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with For The King II.

    Ranked #5 for For The King II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The King II.

    Abalon is a roguelike adventure that fuses tactical turn-based combat and card strategy. Choose your summoner and explore a tabletop world to discover its secrets. Build the perfect deck, outsmart your enemies and become legend!

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Popup Dungeon

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with For The King II.

    Ranked #6 for For The King II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The King II.

    A tactical roguelike RPG inspired by our favorite tabletop games that lets you create any ability, item, villain, hero, and game imaginable.

    2020StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Fantasy Grounds VTT

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with For The King II.

    Ranked #7 for For The King II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The King II.

    Virtual tabletop experience for TTRPG groups with updated visuals and vast library support, including D&D 5E, Pathfinder, and more. Create unforgettable adventures with tools like dice, sheets, tokens, and maps. Prep less, play better with automated game mechanics.

    2020StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. One Deck Dungeon

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with For The King II.

    Ranked #8 for For The King II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The King II.

    The hit roguelike adventure that captures all the fun of a dungeon crawl in a single deck of cards!

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below For The King II at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under For The King II on Steam right now. Shares Indie with For The King II.

    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 ~41% under For The King II on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with For The King II.

    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 ~41% under For The King II on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The King II.

    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 ~41% under For The King II on Steam right now. Shares Indie with For The King II.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under For The King II on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with For The King II.

    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. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under For The King II on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with For The King II.

    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.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~65% under For The King II on Steam right now. Shares Indie with For The King II.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under For The King II on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with For The King II.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with For The King II.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Cube Escape: Paradox

    WHY THIS

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

    The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.

    2018IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The King II.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  7. Moonring

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with For The King II.

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The King II.

    Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck 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. Demeo

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with For The King II.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The King II.

    Adventurers, it’s time to unite! Gather your friends and battle the dark forces that have overtaken the world of Resolution Games' award-winning RPG dungeon crawler, Demeo. The next generation of tabletop adventure has arrived!

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Dark Quest 4

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with For The King II.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with For The King II.

    A turn based dungeon crawler where you create a party of heroes to go on epic quests.

    2025StrategyRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Demeo: PC Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with For The King II.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The King II.

    It’s dangerous to go alone! Grab your friends and assemble a party, because plumbing the depths of Demeo requires strategy, cunning, and teamwork. An award-winning cooperative tabletop adventure for up to four players.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventureDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with For The King II.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The King II.

    Abalon is a roguelike adventure that fuses tactical turn-based combat and card strategy. Choose your summoner and explore a tabletop world to discover its secrets. Build the perfect deck, outsmart your enemies and become legend!

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. One Deck Dungeon

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with For The King II.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The King II.

    The hit roguelike adventure that captures all the fun of a dungeon crawl in a single deck of cards!

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about For The King II

Is For The King II verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — For The King II 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 For The King II cost?
For The King II is listed on Steam at 8.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does For The King II have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — For The King II supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to For The King II?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside For The King II are For The King, Demeo, Dark Quest 4.
Who developed For The King II?
For The King II was developed by IronOak Games and published by Curve Games.

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