Games like ROOT
If ROOT is your kind of game, the closest matches are Supreme Heroes, CONTROL Resonant and Game of Thrones: Kingsroad — 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 ROOT: The is a beautiful and huge RPG game that tells the story of a human being on a mission to return to the past and prevent war in order to save a world ravaged by war. However, other races try to interfere with the journey, and in the process, humans face numerous dangers and surprising truths
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Steam players who put hours into ROOT 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.
Supreme Heroes
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Top pick for ROOT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ROOT.
Highschool sophomore Jacob suddenly discovers he has super powers and must team up with his best friends to become the 'Elect Few', but convincing them to embrace their powers and save the world is all but easy. Events bring Jacob to battle villainous factions in order to bring peace to the nation.
CONTROL Resonant
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for ROOT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with ROOT.
Explore a warped Manhattan on the brink of paranatural annihilation in this thrilling action-adventure RPG. Unleash the extraordinary powers of Dylan Faden as he fights for his humanity and our survival against a reality-bending cosmic threat.
Game of Thrones: Kingsroad
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for ROOT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with ROOT.
A story-driven action-adventure RPG, bringing the world of Westeros to life with remarkable detail and never-before seen scale.
Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for ROOT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ROOT.
A hardcore high fantasy isometric action RPG set in a huge sandbox world ruled by magic and monsters. Master deep skill-based combat, forge powerful builds, explore unforgiving lands and dungeons, face brutal boss fights, uncover ancient secrets, and save Plamen from its inevitable doom!
Three Kingdoms Zhao Yun
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for ROOT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with ROOT.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the heroes were fighting for hegemony, and the flames were everywhere. In the game, players played the role of Zhao Yun, a well-known general of the Three Kingdoms, and interpreted the story of his youth.
Way of the Samurai 4
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Ranked #6 for ROOT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with ROOT.
Way of the Samurai 4 takes place in the humble port town of Amihama during the mid 19th Century, several years after the arrival of the “black ships” from the West ended Japan’s long history of cultural isolation.
BIOMUTANT
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for ROOT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with ROOT.
BIOMUTANT® is an open-world, post-apocalyptic Kung-Fu fable RPG, with a unique martial arts styled combat system allowing you to mix melee, shooting and mutant ability action.
Lords of the Fallen
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for ROOT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with ROOT.
A vast world awaits in the medieval, dark fantasy action-RPG, Lords of the Fallen. As a fabled Dark Crusader, embark on an epic quest to overthrow Adyr, the demon God. The final major update Version 2.5 is out now: features deadlier boss battles and all-new Veteran Mode.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below ROOT at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under ROOT on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ROOT.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under ROOT on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ROOT.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under ROOT on Steam right now. Shares Action with ROOT.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under ROOT on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ROOT.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under ROOT on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with ROOT.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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 ROOT.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with ROOT.
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 Action and Indie with ROOT.
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 ROOT.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ROOT.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ROOT.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ROOT.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with ROOT.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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Frequently asked about ROOT
- How much does ROOT cost?
- ROOT is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to ROOT?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ROOT are Supreme Heroes, CONTROL Resonant, Game of Thrones: Kingsroad.
- Who developed ROOT?
- ROOT was developed by SJR Team.
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 ROOT.
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