Games like Ancient Kingdoms
If Ancient Kingdoms is your kind of game, the closest matches are GRIMGUNS, WYS and Dragon's Hoard — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, chill and grim. 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 Ancient Kingdoms: Dive into an old-school pixel art RPG inspired by classic MMORPGs! Explore epic dungeons, battle fearsome bosses, and complete quests solo offline or online with up to 5 players. Choose your class, gear up, and craft your own legend!
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GRIMGUNS
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Top pick for Ancient Kingdoms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG and Early Access with Ancient Kingdoms.
A modern hunter follows a rune-marked deer through a portal into a brutal fantasy world. Fight goblins with MP5s, dragons with RPGs, and giants with tank mines in this co-op & solo survival game. Salvage weapons, build bases, and survive where ammo is scarce and magic is deadly.
WYS
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Ancient Kingdoms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Ancient Kingdoms.
In this open-world RPG, you must choose a path to follow: merchant, adventurer, or politician. But beware, your choices will affect the world you inhabit. Embark on the adventure alone or with friends, and craft your story that will change this world.
Dragon's Hoard
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Ancient Kingdoms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Ancient Kingdoms.
"Grow Big or Go Home!" Hunt down dangerous enemies and hoard loot to help your pet dragon grow. Once fully matured, take to the skies and ride your dragon to guide it back home! Go solo or join others in this Online Multiplayer Action-Adventure game.
DarkShine
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Ranked #4 for Ancient Kingdoms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Ancient Kingdoms.
DarkShine is an open-world game with a classic graphical style, where you as a former soldier have to save the inhabitants of your village from the white queen and her army, going a long way from nobody to the savior of the world.
Dragon Extinction VR
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Ranked #5 for Ancient Kingdoms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Ancient Kingdoms.
Enter a fantasy world where humanity has brought dragons to the brink of extinction. This ARPG features hundreds of unique items, crafting and procedural dungeons.
Magia y Demonios
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Ranked #6 for Ancient Kingdoms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Ancient Kingdoms.
Old-school isometric RPG game. 6 character classes, skills and various types of weapons. Monsters, champions and bosses in semi-procedural levels.
Medieval Darkness
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Ranked #7 for Ancient Kingdoms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Ancient Kingdoms.
A third-person action RPG or MODA, where 80s rockers are dragged into a cursed medieval world. Bring friends, level up fast, unlock skills through quests and loot, and Prestige for permanent upgrades. Go on runs to complete missions, but just remember dudes, hair spray and fireballs don’t mix!
Avalom: Ancestral Heroes
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Ancient Kingdoms.
Ranked #8 for Ancient Kingdoms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Ancient Kingdoms.
Based on the RPG book, set in a huge open world, Avalom: Ancestral Heroes presents a rewarding action combat experience.
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Stardew Valley
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Reviewers of Ancient Kingdoms cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Ancient Kingdoms.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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Reviewers of Ancient Kingdoms cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Ancient Kingdoms.
EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.
EverQuest
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Ancient Kingdoms.
Reviewers of Ancient Kingdoms cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Ancient Kingdoms.
Welcome to EverQuest® - the original fantasy MMORPG. Explore huge worlds, fight challenging foes, and grow your character with friends. Discover why players have quested, grouped, and raided in Norrath for more than two decades.
Old School RuneScape
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Ancient Kingdoms.
Reviewers of Ancient Kingdoms cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Ancient Kingdoms.
The best retro fantasy MMORPG on the planet. Old School is RuneScape but… older! This is the open world you know and love, but as it was in 2007. Saying that, it’s even better than that – Old School is shaped by you, its players, with regular new content, fixes and expansions voted for by the fans!
Arcis Ultima
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Ancient Kingdoms cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Ancient Kingdoms.
Player finds himself in the war between human race and the invading creatures. You must train yourself, get the very best equipment, recall your past and help human efforts. Otherwise; as the time passes, you may find yourself in a hopeless situation.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ancient Kingdoms at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~69% under Ancient Kingdoms on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ancient Kingdoms.
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
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Priced ~69% under Ancient Kingdoms on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Ancient Kingdoms.
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.
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Priced ~56% under Ancient Kingdoms on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Ancient Kingdoms.
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 Ancient Kingdoms on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ancient Kingdoms.
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?
Slay the Spire
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Priced ~61% under Ancient Kingdoms on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ancient Kingdoms.
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
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Priced ~50% under Ancient Kingdoms on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ancient Kingdoms.
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 Ancient Kingdoms on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ancient Kingdoms.
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 ~69% under Ancient Kingdoms on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ancient Kingdoms.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
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 Ancient Kingdoms.
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.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ancient Kingdoms.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ancient Kingdoms.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ancient Kingdoms.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Ancient Kingdoms.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Ancient Kingdoms.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Ancient Kingdoms.
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.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Ancient Kingdoms.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
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Frequently asked about Ancient Kingdoms
- Does Ancient Kingdoms run on Steam Deck?
- Ancient Kingdoms 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 Ancient Kingdoms cost?
- Ancient Kingdoms is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Ancient Kingdoms have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Ancient Kingdoms supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Ancient Kingdoms?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ancient Kingdoms are GRIMGUNS, WYS, Dragon's Hoard.
- Who developed Ancient Kingdoms?
- Ancient Kingdoms was developed by Ancient Pixels.
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