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Games like Broken Banners

If Broken Banners is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tiny Battles, Advent Arena and HEXHOLD: SIX FORMATIONS — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, 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 Broken Banners: Defend your kingdom from evil monsters in this combination of Tower Defense and Auto Battle. Place your defenses and stop the forces of evil from reaching your kingdom.

2022StrategyIndieCasual6.99 USDWindowsby Eirik Wiklund
Broken Banners — Steam game cover
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Faction synergies add depth to tower combinationsHard but rewarding difficulty curvePermanent tower placement forces strategic foresightAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

Players who liked Broken Banners also play

Steam players who put hours into Broken Banners 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. Tiny Battles

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Broken Banners.

    Top pick for Broken Banners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Broken Banners.

    Tiny Battles is a tactical action auto-battler where battles take place automatically in the arena.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Advent Arena

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Broken Banners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Broken Banners.

    A card-game/tower-defense hybrid. Play solo or with a partner to level up your hero, summon creatures, and cast spells to take down your foes in online multiplayer. Employ any of many diverse strategies in quick matches. Collect and deploy every unique and quirky hero and card for free.

    2026StrategyIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. HEXHOLD: SIX FORMATIONS

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Broken Banners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Broken Banners.

    Hex grid, 30 waves of endless night. Build your Six Formations, summon Three Kingdoms heroes, and defend the last stronghold through deckbuilding synergy.

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  4. Moonlight Chess

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Broken Banners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Broken Banners.

    Moonlight Chess is a turn-based tactical auto-battler where you must assemble your own army, defeat waves of enemies, and vanquish the evil ravaging the kingdom!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Tower Defense Hero

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Broken Banners.

    Ranked #5 for Broken Banners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Broken Banners.

    A game combining tower defense and RPG

    2021ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Battle Medal: Super Auto Chess Swarm War

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Broken Banners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Broken Banners.

    Welcome to Decisive Battle: Medals! A fantasy realm fusing lite-Roguelike and auto-battler, blending tower defense with army spamming. Each medal brings a unique experience. Command 80+ units, master 16 synergies, and craft 10+ exclusive medals. Explore, conquer all lands, and drive out the invaders

    2026StrategyIndieCasual5.59 USDSteam ↗
  7. Unsung Heroes: Card Wars

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Broken Banners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Broken Banners.

    This is an auto-battler game featuring large turn-based elements with small real-time aspects, and it has an off-battlefield growth system. Develop your camp, upgrade your characters, refine items, freely combine cards during battles, and use well-timed construction to complete levels.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Cards and Towers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Broken Banners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Broken Banners.

    A roguelike deckbuilder fused with real-time tower defense. Craft your deck, protect your base, slay endless enemies, and survive as long as you can.

    2025StrategyCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Broken Banners at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Broken Banners on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Broken Banners.

    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 ↗
  2. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Broken Banners on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Broken Banners.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under Broken Banners on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Broken Banners.

    Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Broken Banners on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Broken Banners.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~79% under Broken Banners on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Broken Banners.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Broken Banners on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Broken Banners.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Broken Banners on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Broken Banners.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. A Short Hike

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Broken Banners on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Broken Banners.

    Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

    2019IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Broken Banners.

    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 ↗
  2. 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 Broken Banners.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Broken Banners.

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Broken Banners.

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

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

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Broken Banners.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Broken Banners

How much does Broken Banners cost?
Broken Banners is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Broken Banners?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Broken Banners are Tiny Battles, Advent Arena, HEXHOLD: SIX FORMATIONS.
Who developed Broken Banners?
Broken Banners was developed by Eirik Wiklund.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Broken Banners.

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