Games like Brutal Legend

The closest matches to Brutal Legend: Darksiders™, Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders, Overlord™, Lord of the Rings: War in the North, and God of War Ragnarök. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Brutal Legend is your kind of game, the closest matches are Darksiders™, Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders and Overlord™ — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, epic and funny, and single out its character progression and collectible hunting. 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.

Brutal Legend is an open-world action-adventure developed by Double Fine Productions, released in 2013. It combines hack-and-slash combat with real-time strategy segments, alongside character progression, collectible hunting, mini-games, and side-quests. The game is verified on Steam Deck and supports online cooperative play. Players describe the world as atmospheric, epic, funny, and grand, while reviewers highlight how it blends action and strategy uniquely. Jack Black's performance is frequently cited as iconic, and players note the open world feels alive with music, with the story functioning as a love letter to metal. It holds a 94% positive rating from over 6,100 Steam reviews and costs $14.99.

About Brutal Legend: Brütal Legend is an action-adventure that marries visceral action combat with open-world freedom. Set in a universe somewhere between Lord of the Rings and Spinal Tap, it’s a fresh take on the action/driving genre, which in this case is full of imitation cover bands, demons intent on enslaving humanity and Heavy metal tunes.