Games like Blade and Burden
If Blade and Burden is your kind of game, the closest matches are GOI Survivors, Forgotten Cave: Roguelite Dungeon Crawler and UnderMine — 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 Blade and Burden: Blade and Burden is a rogue lite dungeon crawler where choices aren't as simple as they seem. Play as adventurers who fight their way through an absurd palace while subjected to the whims of a mysterious observer. Will you be able to remove your burden?
Players who liked Blade and Burden also play
Steam players who put hours into Blade and Burden 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.
GOI Survivors
WHY THIS
Top pick for Blade and Burden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Blade and Burden.
Humans, dwarves, and elves exploring diverse landscapes and dungeons, they combine their unique abilities in trios to combat mythical creatures and uncover ancient relics, striving to aid the goddess to cleanse the realm of malevolent forces.
Forgotten Cave: Roguelite Dungeon Crawler
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Blade and Burden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Blade and Burden.
Forgotten Cave is a roguelite dungeon crawler featuring endless procedurally generated dungeons. Collect loot, find powerful upgrades, and survive as long as you can in this mysterious cave!
UnderMine
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Blade and Burden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Blade and Burden.
An action-adventure roguelike with a bit of RPG tossed in. Adventure deep into the UnderMine and discover powerful relics, deadly enemies, hidden secrets, and a few friends to help along the way.
Spell Disk
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Blade and Burden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Blade and Burden.
Build unique synergy spell combos to destroy the hordes of monsters and bosses in this rogue-lite action game.
Heroes of Hammerwatch
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Blade and Burden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Blade and Burden.
Heroes of Hammerwatch is a rogue-lite action-adventure. Explore and battle your way through procedurally generated levels on your own or with up to 3 friends.
Dungeon Souls
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Blade and Burden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Blade and Burden.
Dungeon Souls is an action-adventure roguelike dungeon crawler which draws heavy inspiration from Nuclear Throne, Risk of Rain, and Overture. Explore vast procedurally generated dungeons, collect loot, and slay hordes of challenging enemies!
Dungeons of Edera
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Blade and Burden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Blade and Burden.
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.
Hand of Fate 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Blade and Burden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Blade and Burden.
A new hero rises to challenge the Dealer in Hand of Fate 2! Master a living boardgame of infinitely replayable quests - unlock new cards, build your adventure, then defeat your foes in brutal real-time combat! Draw your cards, play your hand and discover your fate!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Blade and Burden at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Blade and Burden on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Blade and Burden.
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 ~50% under Blade and Burden on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Blade and Burden.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Blade and Burden on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blade and Burden.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Blade and Burden on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blade and Burden.
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 ~83% under Blade and Burden on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Blade and Burden.
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 ~50% under Blade and Burden on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Blade and Burden.
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!
Super Hexagon
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Priced ~50% under Blade and Burden on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Blade and Burden.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Blade and Burden on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Blade and Burden.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
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 Action and Adventure with Blade and Burden.
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.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Blade and Burden.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Blade and Burden.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blade and Burden.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Blade and Burden.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Blade and Burden.
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.
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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.
UnderMine
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Blade and Burden.
An action-adventure roguelike with a bit of RPG tossed in. Adventure deep into the UnderMine and discover powerful relics, deadly enemies, hidden secrets, and a few friends to help along the way.
Spell Disk
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Blade and Burden.
Build unique synergy spell combos to destroy the hordes of monsters and bosses in this rogue-lite action game.
Hand of Fate 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Blade and Burden.
A new hero rises to challenge the Dealer in Hand of Fate 2! Master a living boardgame of infinitely replayable quests - unlock new cards, build your adventure, then defeat your foes in brutal real-time combat! Draw your cards, play your hand and discover your fate!
Frequently asked about Blade and Burden
- How much does Blade and Burden cost?
- Blade and Burden is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Blade and Burden?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Blade and Burden are GOI Survivors, Forgotten Cave: Roguelite Dungeon Crawler, UnderMine.
- Who developed Blade and Burden?
- Blade and Burden was developed by Derrick Adams and published by Gear Shift Studios.
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