Games like Heroes of Book & Paper
If Heroes of Book & Paper is your kind of game, the closest matches are To Carry a Sword, Tales of Farhollow and Astronaut: The Best — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Heroes of Book & Paper: HB&P is an old-school RPG inspired by gamebooks and conversational adventures. Your decisions will determine how each adventure ends. Every story includes different and random elements, which means the stories will vary every time you play.
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Steam players who put hours into Heroes of Book & Paper 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.
To Carry a Sword
WHY THIS
Top pick for Heroes of Book & Paper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heroes of Book & Paper.
Story-rich roleplaying game mixing interactive events, strategic planning, and real-time combat. Become the guard of a medieval caravan in a journey where the social connections you make are just as important as the money.
Tales of Farhollow
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Heroes of Book & Paper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Heroes of Book & Paper.
Tales of Farhollow is a player decision based adventure. You will go on a quest as a new adventurer in town, to help (or harm), the townspeople. Choose your decisions wisely, as they can help you or get you into trouble!
Astronaut: The Best
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Heroes of Book & Paper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heroes of Book & Paper.
Astronaut: The Best is an occult management adventure where people aren't just numbers: they're screwups. You must run a proper space academy using lies, witchcraft, and/or hard work. Guide cadets through a roguelite web of scandals and challenges, or the government will have you killed.
CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Heroes of Book & Paper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heroes of Book & Paper.
CHANGE is an award nominated homeless survival experience set in a randomly created city with rogue-like elements. Explore, survive, earn perks, find items & kindness to develop your character & escape to a new life. Over 7 years of development & over 200 updates so far!
Dungeons of Edera
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Heroes of Book & Paper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heroes of Book & Paper.
Dungeons of Edera is a rogue-lite action RPG dungeon crawler featuring procedurally generated levels where you will battle through hordes of monsters to restore Edera to its former glory.
Lost:Antinomy
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Heroes of Book & Paper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Heroes of Book & Paper.
With just a swipe to the left or right, you can make all kinds of decisions. So, please embark on your own unique adventure tale through the continent of Astra!
Dungeon Drafters
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Heroes of Book & Paper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Heroes of Book & Paper.
Dungeon Drafters is a mystery dungeon adventure set in a world where magic is cards, and cards are magic. Explore ancient ruins, loot rare cards and employ clever combos to defeat your foes and build the legendary spell deck that could save the world.
AI Roguelite
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Heroes of Book & Paper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heroes of Book & Paper.
World's first RPG in which all entities are AI-generated and all game mechanics are AI-directed.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Heroes of Book & Paper at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Heroes of Book & Paper on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heroes of Book & Paper.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Heroes of Book & Paper on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Heroes of Book & Paper.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Heroes of Book & Paper on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heroes of Book & Paper.
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.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Heroes of Book & Paper on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heroes of Book & Paper.
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 ~79% under Heroes of Book & Paper on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heroes of Book & Paper.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Heroes of Book & Paper on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Heroes of Book & Paper.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Heroes of Book & Paper on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Heroes of Book & Paper.
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!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Heroes of Book & Paper on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heroes of Book & Paper.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Heroes of Book & Paper.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heroes of Book & Paper.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heroes of Book & Paper.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Heroes of Book & Paper.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heroes of Book & Paper.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
A Date with Death
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Heroes of Book & Paper.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heroes of Book & Paper.
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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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Astronaut: The Best
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heroes of Book & Paper.
Astronaut: The Best is an occult management adventure where people aren't just numbers: they're screwups. You must run a proper space academy using lies, witchcraft, and/or hard work. Guide cadets through a roguelite web of scandals and challenges, or the government will have you killed.
Lost:Antinomy
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and RPG with Heroes of Book & Paper.
With just a swipe to the left or right, you can make all kinds of decisions. So, please embark on your own unique adventure tale through the continent of Astra!
Dungeon Drafters
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Heroes of Book & Paper.
Dungeon Drafters is a mystery dungeon adventure set in a world where magic is cards, and cards are magic. Explore ancient ruins, loot rare cards and employ clever combos to defeat your foes and build the legendary spell deck that could save the world.
Frequently asked about Heroes of Book & Paper
- How much does Heroes of Book & Paper cost?
- Heroes of Book & Paper is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Heroes of Book & Paper?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Heroes of Book & Paper are To Carry a Sword, Tales of Farhollow, Astronaut: The Best.
- Who developed Heroes of Book & Paper?
- Heroes of Book & Paper was developed by Lagartija Software.
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 Heroes of Book & Paper.
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