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Games like The Age of Decadence

If The Age of Decadence is your kind of game, the closest matches are Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game, Wasteland 3 and Dungeon Rats — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its multiple playthroughs possible, no forced combat required and writing quality is exceptional. 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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The Age of Decadence is a turn-based RPG set in a low magic fantasy world, developed by Iron Tower Studio and released in 2015. The game centres on a skill-based character system where players allocate points to approach quests through multiple viable paths, including dialogue-based resolution and tactical combat. Reviewers and players describe the world as dark and immersive, with choices and consequences shaping each playthrough. Players highlight that multiple playthroughs are possible due to the variety of approaches available, and that no combat is forced upon the player. The game is marked as difficult and takes a medium length to complete. It runs at Playable status on Steam Deck and holds an 80% positive rating from 2,369 Steam reviews, priced at $14.99.

About The Age of Decadence: The Age of Decadence is a turn-based, hardcore role-playing game set in a low magic fantasy world. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple skill-based ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and extensive dialogue trees.

2015IndieRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableMetacritic 81Windowsby Iron Tower Studio
The Age of Decadence — Steam game cover
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Multiple playthroughs possibleNo forced combat requiredWriting quality is exceptionalDarkImmersiveCombat strategy

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Steam players who put hours into The Age of Decadence 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. Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with The Age of Decadence.

    Top pick for The Age of Decadence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Age of Decadence.

    Colony Ship is a turn-based, party-based role-playing game set aboard a generation ship launched to Proxima Centauri. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and branching dialogue trees.

    2023RPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Wasteland 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with The Age of Decadence.

    Second-strongest match for The Age of Decadence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Age of Decadence.

    Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.

    2020StrategyRPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Dungeon Rats

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Age of Decadence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Age of Decadence.

    A turn-based, party-based RPG set in the Age of Decadence world and focused on squad level tactical combat. Fight your way out of prison mine or die trying.

    2016IndieRPG7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Fallen: A2P Protocol

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with The Age of Decadence.

    Ranked #4 for The Age of Decadence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Age of Decadence.

    A post-apocalyptic, turn based, tactical combat and strategy game where you lead your caravan on a quest for revenge.

    2015StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Expeditions: Viking

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with The Age of Decadence.

    Ranked #5 for The Age of Decadence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Age of Decadence.

    Circa 790 AD. A small band of Norse warriors lands on the shores of England. History may have forgotten their names, but their actions live on. As the chieftain of your clan, let ambition guide your choices in the party-based RPG Expeditions: Viking. How will history remember you?

    2017StrategyIndieRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Expeditions: Conquistador

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with The Age of Decadence.

    Ranked #6 for The Age of Decadence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Age of Decadence.

    Conquer the New world: In the 16th Century, Spanish explorers and soldiers reached the shores of America. The search for gold, fame, and adventure drove these travelers into a treacherous wilderness where they faced hunger, disease, and dangerous predators. In their wake, the Aztec Empires lay in ruins.

    2013StrategyIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Rogue Waters

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Age of Decadence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Age of Decadence.

    Rogue Waters is a Pirate Tactical Turn-Based Rogue-lite. Play as Captain Cutter, commanding your ship and crew through procedurally generated encounters to seek revenge. Recruit, train, and upgrade crew, use powerful sea creatures, and engage in dynamic naval and melee combat to gain the upper hand.

    2024ActionStrategyAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. UnderRail

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with The Age of Decadence.

    Ranked #8 for The Age of Decadence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Age of Decadence.

    UnderRail is an old-school turn-based isometric role-playing game that features a large open post-apocalyptic world, deep and challenging combat and an intricate storyline.

    2015IndieRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to The Age of Decadence

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.

  1. Fallout 4

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with The Age of Decadence.

    Reviewers of The Age of Decadence cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with The Age of Decadence.

    From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.

    2015RPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Vagrus - The Riven Realms

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with The Age of Decadence.

    Reviewers of The Age of Decadence cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with The Age of Decadence.

    Embark on a perilous journey across a realm forsaken by the gods and devastated by an arcane cataclysm. Accompanied by a hardy crew, you must trade, fight, and explore your way to success as the leader of a traveling company in Vagrus, an award-winning turn-based post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG.

    2021StrategyIndieRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Elysium

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Age of Decadence cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with The Age of Decadence.

    Wake up on a paradise-like abandoned island with your friends. Explore the lands of an ancient civilization and uncover the mysteries behind their collapse as you build, craft, and tame corrupted machines. Most importantly, survive the unwelcome lands of Elysium!

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Oblivion

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Age of Decadence cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with The Age of Decadence.

    Oblivion is a short, story-driven first-person horror game. Uncover the truth hidden within an abandoned school — but beware, some memories were never meant to return.

    2025IndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Age of Decadence at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Age of Decadence on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Age of Decadence.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Age of Decadence on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with The Age of Decadence.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under The Age of Decadence on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Age of Decadence.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under The Age of Decadence on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Age of Decadence.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under The Age of Decadence on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Age of Decadence.

    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...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Age of Decadence on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Age of Decadence.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Age of Decadence on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Age of Decadence.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under The Age of Decadence on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Age of Decadence.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Age of Decadence.

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with The Age of Decadence.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with The Age of Decadence.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with The Age of Decadence.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 The Age of Decadence.

    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.

    2021IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Age of Decadence.

    The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...

    2017IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. Moonring

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with The Age of Decadence.

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with The Age of Decadence.

    Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Age of Decadence

Does The Age of Decadence run on Steam Deck?
The Age of Decadence 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 The Age of Decadence cost?
The Age of Decadence is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Age of Decadence?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Age of Decadence are Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game, Wasteland 3, Dungeon Rats.
Who developed The Age of Decadence?
The Age of Decadence was developed by Iron Tower Studio.

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 The Age of Decadence.

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