Rank 01Why this
Same atmospheric mood as Trench Tales.
- $29.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
- 2024
Games like Trench Tales
- 23 games
- Updated Nov 6, 2026
Players who liked Trench Tales also play
The closest matches to Trench Tales: The Forever Winter, Over The Top: WWI, Bleak Faith: Forsaken, REMNANT II®, and Witchfire. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Shares melee combat with Trench Tales.
- $19.14 (Price checked Nov 6)
- Deck Playable
- 2026
Rank 03- $29.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
- Deck Playable
- 2023
Rank 04 
REMNANT II®
Why this: Also Souls-like and Third-Person Shooter, like Trench Tales.
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Sniper Elite: Resistance
Why this: Also Third-Person Shooter and War, like Trench Tales.
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The full ranked list: top 24 games like Trench Tales
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- Released: 2025
- Developer: Talking Drums
- Price: $24.99checked Nov 6
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 72% of 368 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure, Early Access
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Alternate ww1 scenario with dark vibes
- Atmosphere and setting are impressive
- Solo dev transparency and community engagement
- Atmospheric
- Bleak
- Dark
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Reviewers mention these as similar to Trench Tales
Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.
Resident Evil
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Trench Tales.
Battlefield™ 1
Why this: Same dark mood as Trench Tales.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Trench Tales at current Steam store prices.
The Bleakest Keep
Why this: Shares melee combat with Trench Tales.
Void Sols
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Trench Tales.
Deformed
Why this: Also Souls-like and Third-Person Shooter, like Trench Tales.
Thunder Wolves
Why this: Also Third-Person Shooter and War, like Trench Tales.
Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2
Why this: Shares third person shooter with Trench Tales.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Witchfire
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Trench Tales.
ENTITY: THE BLACK DAY
Why this: Shares melee combat with Trench Tales.
Sniper Elite: Resistance
Why this: Also Third-Person Shooter and War, like Trench Tales.
About Trench Tales
The closest matches to Trench Tales: The Forever Winter, Over The Top: WWI, Bleak Faith: Forsaken, REMNANT II®, and Witchfire. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Trench Tales is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Forever Winter, Over The Top: WWI and Bleak Faith: Forsaken — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, bleak and dark, and single out its controller support and free roam exploration. 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.
About Trench Tales: Trench Tales is a third-person action game set in a strange, war-torn world. Inspired by early 20th-century themes, it offers open-ended exploration, scattered combat encounters, and glimpses into a broken land shaped by endless conflict.
Is Trench Tales worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 72% of 368 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Early Access: unfinished, and it can change a lot before release.
- Price: $24.99 (checked Nov 6).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 3 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics usually quit early: a median of 0.5 h played before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Alternate ww1 scenario with dark vibes
- Atmosphere and setting are impressive
- Solo dev transparency and community engagement
- Story of two brothers fighting over a realm
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“This is not a game. Yet. It's the concept of a game you'd show off to a publisher to show them the very basic idea you want to go with. It's a series of test maps. Like, actually. Like it asks you which test map you want to boot up. i WANT…”
“Falling through the map, bodies floating, no animations for the majority of gameplay, horrible AI voiceacting, buggy interface, water physics going blasitc, terrible weapon stats feedback, counterintuitive gameplay design, lack of combat…”
People who play it also play: The Forever Winter, Over The Top: WWI, Bleak Faith: Forsaken
Frequently asked about Trench Tales
Can I run it?
Does Trench Tales run on Steam Deck?
Trench Tales 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 Trench Tales cost?
Trench Tales is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Trench Tales?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Trench Tales are The Forever Winter, Over The Top: WWI, Bleak Faith: Forsaken.
Who developed Trench Tales?
Trench Tales was developed by Talking Drums and published by Crytivo.