Games like Throne of Bone
If Throne of Bone is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hadean Tactics, CD 2: Trap Master and SpellRogue — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and dark. 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 Throne of Bone: Draft minions to defeat all who oppose the noble art of necromancy. Wield spells, discover dark relics, and reclaim your castle to unite the land through undeath in this unholy amalgam of roguelike, deckbuilder, and autobattler.
Players who liked Throne of Bone also play
Steam players who put hours into Throne of Bone 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.
Hadean Tactics
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Throne of Bone.
Top pick for Throne of Bone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Throne of Bone.
Hadean Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding game fused with autobattler elements to create a unique strategy experience. Use your cards to influence the actions of your units and help your Hero defeat the Six Wings of Hell!
CD 2: Trap Master
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Throne of Bone.
Second-strongest match for Throne of Bone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Throne of Bone.
Become THE Trap Master - play your deck of lethal traps to mow down waves of bizarre creatures and protect your altars! Craft a unique deck of traps and powers, discover treasure of surprise effects, and guard a different base each time until you are ready for the unforgiving boss.
SpellRogue
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Throne of Bone.
Third-strongest match for Throne of Bone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Throne of Bone.
SpellRogue is the ultimate tactical turn-based roguelike! Draft from over 350 powerful spells to assemble the perfect combination and crush your enemies in 70+ unique encounters. Face brutal choices, adapt to impossible odds, and strike back at the horrors that destroyed the world.
LONESTAR
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Throne of Bone.
Ranked #4 for Throne of Bone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Throne of Bone.
LONESTAR is a strategic Roguelike spaceship deckbuilder. As a bounty hunter, you will capture criminals scattered across the universe. Win the shockwave battle to gain rewards and vacations. Find treasures, customize spaceships, unlock talents, defeat the felons and be a legend!
Godslayer Arena
WHY THIS
Shares auto battler and an atmospheric mood with Throne of Bone.
Ranked #5 for Throne of Bone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Throne of Bone.
Godslayer Arena is a roguelike fusion of autobattlers and action-rpgs. Combat is performed completely automatically. Understanding complex interactions between the spells, gems, and items you draft will be key to success. Break the game. Become overpowered.
Power Chord
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Throne of Bone.
Ranked #6 for Throne of Bone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Throne of Bone.
Power Chord is a rock'n roguelite deck-building game. Assemble Earth's mightiest musicians, battle your way through legions of demons, discover new cards to enhance your instruments of destruction, and take back the city, one dive bar at a time.
Draft of Darkness
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Throne of Bone.
Ranked #7 for Throne of Bone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Throne of Bone.
Draft of Darkness is a survival horror RPG with deck building and roguelike dungeon exploration. Recruit allies, synergize their decks to create powerful card combos. Manage your limited resources and explore procedurally generated maps to determine the story's outcome.
Monster Train
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Throne of Bone.
Ranked #8 for Throne of Bone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Throne of Bone.
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.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Throne of Bone
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Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Throne of Bone.
Reviewers of Throne of Bone cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Throne of Bone.
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!
Storybook Brawl
WHY THIS
Shares auto battler with Throne of Bone.
Reviewers of Throne of Bone cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Throne of Bone.
Draft your favorite characters from story and myth in this 8-player autobattler! Over 40 different heroes to command. Will you side with the evil vampire, Snow Wight? Or team up with the good Princess Peep and her battle hardened sheep? Deep strategy meets enchanting fun in Storybook Brawl!
The Bazaar
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Throne of Bone cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Throne of Bone.
The Bazaar is a fast-paced multiplayer Roguelike where every run is a new puzzle. Choose from unique heroes, uncover powerful combos, and outwit your opponents in a dynamic, ever-changing marketplace. Play at your own pace while discovering endless ways to win.
Super Auto Pets
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Throne of Bone cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Throne of Bone.
Build the strongest team of pets and tussle with your friends!
Magic: The Gathering Arena
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Throne of Bone cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Throne of Bone.
Magic: The Gathering Arena empowers you to discover your strategy, meet the planeswalkers, explore the multiverse, and battle friends around the world. Start playing for free, challenge your friends, unlock cards, and feel the magic of the original fantasy CCG!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Throne of Bone at current Steam store prices.
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under Throne of Bone on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Throne of Bone.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Throne of Bone.
Priced ~63% under Throne of Bone on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Throne of Bone.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Throne of Bone on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Throne of Bone.
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...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~71% under Throne of Bone on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Throne of Bone.
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.
FTL: Faster Than Light
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under Throne of Bone on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Throne of Bone.
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~71% under Throne of Bone on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Throne of Bone.
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.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~71% under Throne of Bone on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Throne of Bone.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
WHY THIS
Priced ~71% under Throne of Bone on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Throne of Bone.
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Throne of Bone.
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!
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Throne of Bone.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Children of Silentown: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Prologue to Children of Silentown, a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a young girl growing up in a village deep into a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon in the village, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
Path of Exile
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. The game is completely free and will never be pay-to-win.
Limbus Company
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.
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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.
Hadean Tactics
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Throne of Bone.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Throne of Bone.
Hadean Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding game fused with autobattler elements to create a unique strategy experience. Use your cards to influence the actions of your units and help your Hero defeat the Six Wings of Hell!
SpellRogue
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Throne of Bone.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Throne of Bone.
SpellRogue is the ultimate tactical turn-based roguelike! Draft from over 350 powerful spells to assemble the perfect combination and crush your enemies in 70+ unique encounters. Face brutal choices, adapt to impossible odds, and strike back at the horrors that destroyed the world.
LONESTAR
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Throne of Bone.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Throne of Bone.
LONESTAR is a strategic Roguelike spaceship deckbuilder. As a bounty hunter, you will capture criminals scattered across the universe. Win the shockwave battle to gain rewards and vacations. Find treasures, customize spaceships, unlock talents, defeat the felons and be a legend!
Frequently asked about Throne of Bone
- Does Throne of Bone run on Steam Deck?
- Throne of Bone 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 Throne of Bone cost?
- Throne of Bone is listed on Steam at 16.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Throne of Bone?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Throne of Bone are Hadean Tactics, CD 2: Trap Master, SpellRogue.
- Who developed Throne of Bone?
- Throne of Bone was developed by Windmill Slam.
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 Throne of Bone.
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