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Games like Monsters and Weapons

If Monsters and Weapons is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tactics Below, Demeo: PC Edition and The Dungeon Beneath — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, contemplative and lighthearted. 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 Monsters and Weapons: Monsters and Weapons is a strategic rogue-like game based on decision making. You fight your way through 3 areas as one of ten different classes. Slay monsters, buy items in shops and spend your resources wisely. In Monsters and Weapons every decision counts!

2022StrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Bocary Studios
Monsters and Weapons — Steam game cover
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Classes unlock wildly different playstylesKeyboard shortcuts speed up playPixel art charm feels nostalgicChillContemplativeLighthearted

Players who liked Monsters and Weapons also play

Steam players who put hours into Monsters and Weapons 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. Tactics Below

    WHY THIS

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

    Tactics Below is a turn-based strategy roguelike where you assemble a party of 4 characters and conquer challenging waves of diverse enemies. Unlock new skills, upgrade your characters and create distinct synergies each time you play.

    2023StrategyIndie12.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Demeo: PC Edition

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. The Dungeon Beneath

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Monsters and Weapons.

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

    The Dungeon Beneath is a tactical rogue-like autobattler. Gather your party and descend into the dungeon, battling your way through room after room of nefarious enemies. Collect powerful artifacts and equipment to create an endless variety of strategies.

    2020StrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Popup Dungeon

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Monsters and Weapons.

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

    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 ↗
  5. Siege of Dungeon

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Monsters and Weapons.

    Ranked #5 for Monsters and Weapons fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Monsters and Weapons.

    Siege of Dungeon is a strategic team-based rogue-lite, where you challenge strong, cunning monsters and combine relics and skills to build up your team in turn-based combat. What’s waiting for you deep in the dungeon? Could it be a rare treasure or the beginning of despair...?

    2023StrategyAdventureRPG12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Tinyfolks

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a lighthearted mood with Monsters and Weapons.

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

    Train your folks, defeat monsters and upgrade your town!

    2022StrategyIndieRPG3.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Monsters and Weapons.

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

    Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!

    2019StrategyIndieRPG4.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Our Adventurer Guild

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Monsters and Weapons.

    Ranked #8 for Monsters and Weapons fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monsters and Weapons.

    Become the new Guild Master of the Adventurer Guild and lead your adventurers in explorations and turnbased tactical battles. Will the Guild thrive under your leadership? Or will it finally disband under it?

    2024StrategyIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Monsters and Weapons at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Monsters and Weapons on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monsters and Weapons.

    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. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Monsters and Weapons on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monsters and Weapons.

    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 ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Monsters and Weapons on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monsters and Weapons.

    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 ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Monsters and Weapons on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monsters and Weapons.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Monsters and Weapons on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monsters and Weapons.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Monsters and Weapons on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monsters and Weapons.

    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".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Monsters and Weapons on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monsters and Weapons.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Monsters and Weapons on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monsters and Weapons.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015

    WHY THIS

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

    A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It

    WHY THIS

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

    USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.

    2025IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck 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: PC Edition

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monsters and Weapons.

    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 ↗
  2. The Dungeon Beneath

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Monsters and Weapons.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monsters and Weapons.

    The Dungeon Beneath is a tactical rogue-like autobattler. Gather your party and descend into the dungeon, battling your way through room after room of nefarious enemies. Collect powerful artifacts and equipment to create an endless variety of strategies.

    2020StrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Monsters and Weapons.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monsters and Weapons.

    Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!

    2019StrategyIndieRPG4.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Our Adventurer Guild

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Monsters and Weapons.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monsters and Weapons.

    Become the new Guild Master of the Adventurer Guild and lead your adventurers in explorations and turnbased tactical battles. Will the Guild thrive under your leadership? Or will it finally disband under it?

    2024StrategyIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Monsters and Weapons

Does Monsters and Weapons run on Steam Deck?
Monsters and Weapons 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 Monsters and Weapons cost?
Monsters and Weapons is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Monsters and Weapons?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Monsters and Weapons are Tactics Below, Demeo: PC Edition, The Dungeon Beneath.
Who developed Monsters and Weapons?
Monsters and Weapons was developed by Bocary Studios.

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 Monsters and Weapons.

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