Games like Ancient Gods
Below are 28 hand-picked alternatives to Ancient Gods for fans of strategy, rpg, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Ancient Gods also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Ancient Gods: Ancient Gods is a fusion of hero collector and deck-building rogue-lite where you collect your character, fight, and experience exciting events. Any character can use all the cards, combine them with the character's passive for ultimate power on your exploration.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Indies' Lies
Top pick for Ancient Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Ancient Gods.
A roguelike deck-building game where you craft a deck, spark talents, discover runes, and assemble your team with partners' cards! Play unique stories for every character and explore a world caught in the clash of gods. New Puppeteer DLC just released!
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Doors of Insanity
Second-strongest match for Ancient Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Ancient Gods.
Cards and Chaos await you in Doors of Insanity, a Deck Building RPG roguelike with a focus on character creation and incredible loot!
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Yao-Guai Hunter
Third-strongest match for Ancient Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Ancient Gods.
Yao-Guai Hunter is a Wuxia roguelike deck-building game. In a world where Yao-Guai roam free, player battles with various evil beings, collecting cards and learn inner skills. Encountering various adventures in the martial world.
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Roguebook
Ranked #4 for Ancient Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Ancient Gods.
Embrace the challenge of a roguelike deckbuilder with unique mechanics from the developers of Faeria and Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: The Gathering™. Build a team of two heroes, unleash powerful combos and defeat the legends of the Roguebook!
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Banners of Ruin
Ranked #5 for Ancient Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Ancient Gods.
Assemble your party. Answer the call. Win the war. Build a deck and fight a series of turn-based combats with up to 6 party characters through the city of Dawn's Point. Each character can unlock a set of unique cards and abilities that can augment your deck in powerful, exciting ways.
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Across the Obelisk
Ranked #6 for Ancient Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Ancient Gods.
Set forth in a co-op roguelite deckbuilder where every choice matters! Craft decks of breathtaking power. Journey alone or with up to three friends. Plot your party’s path to glory and face powerful enemies in deep tactical combat on your quest to save the kingdom of Senenthia in Across the Obelisk!
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Pirates Outlaws
Ranked #7 for Ancient Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ancient Gods.
Pirates Outlaws is a roguelike card game in which you navigate dangerous seas and challenge their masters. Your expedition will be full of ambushes and will not be easy. Build your deck and combos to become a reputed pirate.
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DungeonTop
Ranked #8 for Ancient Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ancient Gods.
A rogue-like deck-building experience coupled with table top battles. Choose a hero and allegiance then dive deep into the dungeon, evolving your deck for survival. Each choice you make matters, even in between battles!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Ancient Gods
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Slay the Spire
Reviewers of Ancient Gods cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Ancient Gods.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
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Monster Train
Reviewers of Ancient Gods cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Ancient Gods.
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
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SMITE®
Reviewers of Ancient Gods cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Ancient Gods.
Join 40+ million players in SMITE, the Battleground of the Gods! Wield Thor’s hammer, turn your foes to stone as Medusa, or flex your divine power as one of 100+ other mythological icons. Become a God and play FREE today!
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Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster
Reviewers of Ancient Gods cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Ancient Gods.
Reawaken your inner demon in a modernized version of the acclaimed ATLUS classic, Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ancient Gods at current Steam store prices.
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Fallout: New Vegas
Priced ~50% under Ancient Gods on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Ancient Gods.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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Vampire Survivors
Priced ~75% under Ancient Gods on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Ancient Gods.
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!
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Sid Meier's Civilization® V
Priced ~63% under Ancient Gods on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ancient Gods.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
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Slay the Spire
Priced ~69% under Ancient Gods on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ancient Gods.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
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Inscryption
Priced ~60% under Ancient Gods on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ancient Gods.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
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Cookie Clicker
Priced ~75% under Ancient Gods on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ancient Gods.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Ancient Gods.
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.
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Magic Archery
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Ancient Gods.
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.
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Eternal Senia
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Ancient Gods.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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Paper Lily - Chapter 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Ancient Gods.
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.
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Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Ancient Gods.
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.
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100 Asian Cats
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Ancient Gods.
🏮🐈 100 Asian Cats - Join the cutest adventure in the Asia! 😻 🌸 Explore the charming hand-drawn artwork of Asian temples 🏯 as you embark on a quest to find 100 adorable cats hidden throughout the game. 🕵️♂️❌ Can you find them all? 🕵️♂️🐈✅
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Tails Noir: Prologue
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Ancient Gods.
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.
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Saihate Station
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Ancient Gods.
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
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Frequently asked about Ancient Gods
- Is Ancient Gods verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Ancient Gods 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 Ancient Gods cost?
- Ancient Gods is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Ancient Gods?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ancient Gods are Indies' Lies, Doors of Insanity, Yao-Guai Hunter.
- Who developed Ancient Gods?
- Ancient Gods was developed by Hexpion.
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