Games like Roots of Yggdrasil
If Roots of Yggdrasil is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dawnfolk, Octohill Ski Tycoon and Wastelander — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 Roots of Yggdrasil: Build settlements, explore the Nine Realms, collect artifacts and upgrade your deck to reach the top of Yggdrasil in this post-Ragnarok roguelike city-builder! Can you survive the end of the world?
Players who liked Roots of Yggdrasil also play
Steam players who put hours into Roots of Yggdrasil 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.
Dawnfolk
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Top pick for Roots of Yggdrasil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Dawnfolk is a charmingly dark, casual and puzzly survival building game. Gather resources, rebuild your realm, and protect your people from oppressive shadows. Can you unveil the secrets of the monoliths and bring light back to the world?
Octohill Ski Tycoon
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a contemplative mood with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Second-strongest match for Roots of Yggdrasil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Octohill is a casual game about building and managing your own ski resort. Mark ski trails, connect them with lifts and watch your snowmobiles rushing to rescue those daring skiers who went a little too far.
Wastelander
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Third-strongest match for Roots of Yggdrasil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Wastelander is a turn-based strategy game where you must survive and escape from a desolate planet ravaged by powerful storms. Build a colony from nothing, find and unlock unique buildings and re-activate powerful relics to protect yourself. Will you survive and get off the planet?
Deck of Haunts
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, meta progression and an atmospheric mood with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Ranked #4 for Roots of Yggdrasil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Deck of Haunts invites you to become a malevolent Haunted House. Lure humans into your cursed halls, manipulate their fears, and drain their essence to grow your power. Use strategy to build your mansion and expand your dark influence, turning your home into a terrifying, inescapable nightmare.
Against the Storm
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Ranked #5 for Roots of Yggdrasil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Roots of Yggdrasil.
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Toads of the Bayou
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Ranked #6 for Roots of Yggdrasil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Lead a group of toads as they fight against Baron Samedi’s evil forces in a challenging mix of turn-based tactics and roguelike deckbuilding. Synergise card effects, gain the aid of powerful allies and engage in strategic combat to thrive in the cursed bayou.
Dwarf Fortress
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Ranked #7 for Roots of Yggdrasil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Roots of Yggdrasil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Roots of Yggdrasil.
42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.
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Hades
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Roots of Yggdrasil cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Reviewers of Roots of Yggdrasil cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Roots of Yggdrasil.
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!
Against the Storm
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Reviewers of Roots of Yggdrasil cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Roots of Yggdrasil.
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
ISLANDERS
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Reviewers of Roots of Yggdrasil cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Roots of Yggdrasil.
ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.
No Man's Sky
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Reviewers of Roots of Yggdrasil cross-mention this title as a similar play.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
TerraScape
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, meta progression and an atmospheric mood with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Reviewers of Roots of Yggdrasil cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Build gorgeous kingdoms on floating islands by strategically placing buildings in this cozy, medieval City-Puzzler. Discover secret combinations, take on weekly challenges and explore randomly generated maps in various single- and multiplayer game modes.
Dawnmaker
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Reviewers of Roots of Yggdrasil cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Dawnmaker is a turn-based city building and deckbuilding game, made by 2 strategy fans. It feels like playing a solo board game. Build luminous cities, optimize your deck and create powerful combinations between buildings and cards to bring life back to a dead world. Play the demo now!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Roots of Yggdrasil at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Roots of Yggdrasil on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Roots of Yggdrasil.
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 ~58% under Roots of Yggdrasil on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Roots of Yggdrasil.
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!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Priced ~48% under Roots of Yggdrasil on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Roots of Yggdrasil.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Roots of Yggdrasil on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Roots of Yggdrasil.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Roots of Yggdrasil on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Roots of Yggdrasil.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Roots of Yggdrasil on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Roots of Yggdrasil.
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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Roots of Yggdrasil on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Roots of Yggdrasil.
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.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Roots of Yggdrasil on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
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.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Roots of Yggdrasil.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Roots of Yggdrasil.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Roots of Yggdrasil.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from ManaVoid Entertainment
Other recommendable Steam games by ManaVoid Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
The Caribou Trail
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Another title from ManaVoid Entertainment, the studio behind Roots of Yggdrasil. Shares Indie with Roots of Yggdrasil.
The WWI story where your goal isn’t to kill, but to survive. In the still trenches, three soldiers learn the harsh truth of war: reckless missions, digging trenches, collecting dog tags and ghostly whispers in the dark. Home before the leaves fall, they thought.
Epic Manager - Create Your Own Adventuring Agency!
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Another title from ManaVoid Entertainment, the studio behind Roots of Yggdrasil. Shares Strategy and Indie with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Epic Manager is a unique crossover between Sports Management and classic JRPGs. Experience an addictive “one more turn” mix of tycoon strategy, roguelike elements, roster management, combat and character progression, all rooted in an epic yet light-hearted fantasy setting. Rated ‘E’ for EPIC!
Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Another title from ManaVoid Entertainment, the studio behind Roots of Yggdrasil. Shares Indie with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan is a wholesome, creature capture, 2.5D Adventure-Puzzle-Platformer with over 30 hours of gameplay!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Dawnfolk
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Dawnfolk is a charmingly dark, casual and puzzly survival building game. Gather resources, rebuild your realm, and protect your people from oppressive shadows. Can you unveil the secrets of the monoliths and bring light back to the world?
Deck of Haunts
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, meta progression and an atmospheric mood with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Deck of Haunts invites you to become a malevolent Haunted House. Lure humans into your cursed halls, manipulate their fears, and drain their essence to grow your power. Use strategy to build your mansion and expand your dark influence, turning your home into a terrifying, inescapable nightmare.
Against the Storm
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Roots of Yggdrasil.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Roots of Yggdrasil.
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Frequently asked about Roots of Yggdrasil
- Is Roots of Yggdrasil verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Roots of Yggdrasil is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Roots of Yggdrasil cost?
- Roots of Yggdrasil is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Roots of Yggdrasil?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Roots of Yggdrasil are Dawnfolk, Octohill Ski Tycoon, Wastelander.
- Who developed Roots of Yggdrasil?
- Roots of Yggdrasil was developed by ManaVoid Entertainment and published by ManaVoid Entertainment, Indie Asylum.
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 Roots of Yggdrasil.
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