Games like Lost In The Open
If Lost In The Open is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Last Spell, Lost Eidolons and Trash of the Titans — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its brutal but fair difficulty, deep unit customization and atmospheric. 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 Lost In The Open: An unexpected assassination attempt leaves you wounded and fleeing across no man's land. To survive in this roguelike, low-fantasy tactical RPG, you must recruit strategically, fight desperately and repent sincerely.
Players who liked Lost In The Open also play
Steam players who put hours into Lost In The Open 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.
The Last Spell
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Lost In The Open.
Top pick for Lost In The Open fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost In The Open.
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Lost Eidolons
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Lost In The Open.
Second-strongest match for Lost In The Open fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost In The Open.
Lost Eidolons is a turn-based tactical RPG with a gripping cinematic narrative, set in a waning empire riven by civil war. Take on the role of a charming mercenary captain, Eden, and lead his band of allies through epic encounters on a classic turn-based battlefield.
Trash of the Titans
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Lost In The Open.
Third-strongest match for Lost In The Open fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost In The Open.
It's turn-based fantasy tactics with trash animals. Defend your trash from invading rats, and eat your trash to upgrade your team. Think your way out of ruin by using the shape of each level to your advantage. Be creative, and try to not die.
Templar Battleforce
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Lost In The Open.
Ranked #4 for Lost In The Open fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost In The Open.
An addictive mix of strategic combat and army building, with the precision of an RPG. Design your squad members' exact build of equipment and talents to create unique fireteam combinations. Step into the pilot suit of a Leviathan mech, lead the Templar Knights in turn-based tactical warfare.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Lost In The Open.
Ranked #5 for Lost In The Open fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost In The Open.
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!
Blightstone
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Lost In The Open.
Ranked #6 for Lost In The Open fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost In The Open.
A challenging, turn-based strategy with a roguelike edge. Lead a team of adventurers to destroy the Blightstone and free the world from corruption. Use free movement, dynamic environments and collectable skills to save the crystal, and save the world.
Forged of Blood
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Lost In The Open.
Ranked #7 for Lost In The Open fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost In The Open.
A fantasy turn-based tactical RPG built on depth and mechanical complexity, featuring classless character building, strategic management, and small unit tactics on a world scale.
MASSIVE CHALICE
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Lost In The Open.
Ranked #8 for Lost In The Open fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost In The Open.
MASSIVE CHALICE is a tactical strategy game set on an epic timeline from Double Fine Productions. As the Immortal Ruler of the nation, you'll take command of its heroes, forge heroic marriages to strengthen your Bloodlines, and battle a mysterious enemy known as the Cadence in a 300 year war.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Lost In The Open
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The Banner Saga
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Lost In The Open.
Reviewers of Lost In The Open cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost In The Open.
Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.
Battle Brothers
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Lost In The Open.
Reviewers of Lost In The Open cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and RPG with Lost In The Open.
Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Lost In The Open.
Reviewers of Lost In The Open cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost In The Open.
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!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Lost In The Open at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Lost In The Open on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lost In The Open.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Lost In The Open on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Lost In The Open.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under Lost In The Open on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Lost In The Open.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Lost In The Open on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lost In The Open.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Lost In The Open on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Lost In The Open.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Lost In The Open.
Priced ~61% under Lost In The Open on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost In The Open.
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 ~50% under Lost In The Open on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost In The Open.
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 ~69% under Lost In The Open on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost In The Open.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Lost In The Open.
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.
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost In The Open.
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. Shares Indie and RPG with Lost In The Open.
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 Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost In The Open.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
Dota 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Lost In The Open.
Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.
Aimlabs
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lost In The Open.
Aimlabs is the aim trainer of choice for over 45 Million players, from beginners to esports pros. Our unique aim analysis optimizes your gameplay, targets your weaknesses & builds key skills for any FPS game! Time to warm up with our unlimited scenarios & rank up in-game!
Crusader Kings II
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and RPG with Lost In The Open.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
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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.
The Last Spell
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Lost In The Open.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost In The Open.
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Lost Eidolons
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Lost In The Open.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost In The Open.
Lost Eidolons is a turn-based tactical RPG with a gripping cinematic narrative, set in a waning empire riven by civil war. Take on the role of a charming mercenary captain, Eden, and lead his band of allies through epic encounters on a classic turn-based battlefield.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Lost In The Open.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost In The Open.
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!
Frequently asked about Lost In The Open
- Does Lost In The Open run on Steam Deck?
- Lost In The Open 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 Lost In The Open cost?
- Lost In The Open is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Lost In The Open?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lost In The Open are The Last Spell, Lost Eidolons, Trash of the Titans.
- Who developed Lost In The Open?
- Lost In The Open was developed by Black Voyage Games and published by WhisperGames.
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 Lost In The Open.
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