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Games like Red Sea

If Red Sea is your kind of game, the closest matches are Miasma 2: Freedom Uprising, Soul•Apocalypto and Blade Prince Academy — 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.

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About Red Sea: Red Sea is an intense Real-time Tactics game where you control a small team of vigilantes in increasingly challenging battles. It features a Scriptable Tactics system that mixes auto-battling with manual overrides and has a ton of powerful ability interactions to discover.

2023StrategyIndieRPG4.99 USDWindowsby Eternal Sands Media
Red Sea — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Red Sea 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.

  1. Miasma 2: Freedom Uprising

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Red Sea fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Red Sea.

    Turn-based planning and realtime battles, with a choice-driven story, all set in a dystopian future

    2021StrategyIndieRPG2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Soul•Apocalypto

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Red Sea fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Red Sea.

    《Soul Apocalypto》 is a role-playing game that also emphasizes the selection of team strategies. You can summon different roles to form your own team, and realize team characteristics by deploying role skills. To defeat different enemies and pass bosses in this way!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Blade Prince Academy

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Red Sea fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Red Sea.

    Blade Prince Academy is a new take on tactical RPGs, where you lead your squad of Blade Princes to defend the city of Abjectalia in real-time with pause combat. Use your team's power to devastate any threat, but be vigilant, there is always a price to pay when you make a pact with darkness.

    2024StrategyIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Aarklash: Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Red Sea fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Red Sea.

    In Aarklash: Legacy take command of a mercenary squad in search of truth and guide it through countless battles.Welcome to Aarklash, a land of chaos where incessant battles between the forces of Light, Destiny and Darkness have lasted since the beginning of time.

    2013StrategyAdventure15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Dark Deity 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Red Sea fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Red Sea.

    Verroa is a peaceful continent on the brink of war as the Asverellian Empire seeks to expand - at your homeland’s expense. Command unlikely heroes, fight challenging turn-based battles, and watch hardship forge iron into steel. Dark Deity is back, bigger and better than before!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Red Sea fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Red Sea.

    Rise above the Mirk and protect your ship from dangers unknown in the latest entry in the classic Defender’s Quest tower defense series!

    2025StrategyIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 7,62 High Calibre

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Red Sea fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Red Sea.

    7.62 High Calibre is a tactical action game, sequel to Brigade E5. A professional mercenary is in pursuit of a certain Russian "businessman", who stole a large amount of money from his "colleagues". Now he is hiding in a small country of Latin America to avoid an inevitable punishment.

    2014StrategySimulationRPG4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Masquerada: Songs and Shadows

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Red Sea fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Red Sea.

    Masquerada is a single-player tactical RPG set in a Renaissance-inspired city of magic, where real-time combat can be paused to set up elemental combos powered by Venetian-styled masks. Come for gorgeous hand-drawn art; stay for the rich lore & a thoughtful, fully-voiced tale of intrigue & tragedy.

    2016IndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Red Sea at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Red Sea on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Red Sea.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Red Sea on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Red Sea.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Red Sea on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Red Sea.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Red Sea on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Red Sea.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Red Sea on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Red Sea.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Test: Final Revelation

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Red Sea on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Red Sea.

    The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?

    2020SimulationRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Red Sea on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Red Sea.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Red Sea on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Red Sea.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Red Sea.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Red Sea.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Red Sea.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Red Sea.

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Red Sea.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Control, I'm Not Coming Back

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Red Sea.

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Red Sea

How much does Red Sea cost?
Red Sea is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Red Sea?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Red Sea are Miasma 2: Freedom Uprising, Soul•Apocalypto, Blade Prince Academy.
Who developed Red Sea?
Red Sea was developed by Eternal Sands Media.

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 Red Sea.

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