Games like Rack and Slay
If Rack and Slay is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rootin' Tootin' Lootin' & Shootin', The Dungeon Beneath and SpellRogue — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, contemplative and nostalgic. 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 Rack and Slay: The roguelike dungeon crawler where you're a billiard ball! Push monster balls into holes or traps in randomly generated levels. Stack up countless game-changing items to create broken builds. Find combos to create your own synergies and customize your playstyle. Rack and Slay!
Players who liked Rack and Slay also play
Steam players who put hours into Rack and Slay 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.
Rootin' Tootin' Lootin' & Shootin'
WHY THIS
Top pick for Rack and Slay fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rack and Slay.
Rootin' Tootin' Lootin' & Shootin' is a unique fusion of traditional turn-based roguelikes and twin-stick shooters. A fast-paced take on strategy games where you dodge deadly bullet patterns and kill enemies for their money - all at your own pace.
The Dungeon Beneath
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Rack and Slay.
Second-strongest match for Rack and Slay fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rack and Slay.
The Dungeon Beneath is a tactical rogue-like autobattler. Gather your party and descend into the dungeon, battling your way through room after room of nefarious enemies. Collect powerful artifacts and equipment to create an endless variety of strategies.
SpellRogue
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Rack and Slay.
Third-strongest match for Rack and Slay fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rack and Slay.
SpellRogue is the ultimate tactical turn-based roguelike! Draft from over 350 powerful spells to assemble the perfect combination and crush your enemies in 70+ unique encounters. Face brutal choices, adapt to impossible odds, and strike back at the horrors that destroyed the world.
Forgotten Mines
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Rack and Slay.
Ranked #4 for Rack and Slay fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Rack and Slay.
Wreak vengeance and retake lost mines from goblins, orcs, skeletons, and demons in this small-scale tactical roguelite RPG. Build the perfect expedition team and turn the underworld red with each challenging, fast-paced run.
Crowntakers
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with Rack and Slay.
Ranked #5 for Rack and Slay fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rack and Slay.
Crowntakers combines turn-based strategy with RPG elements and takes you at the behest of the crown into a medieval fantasy world full of challenging encounters and epic adventures. With its randomly generated world, Crowntakers offers a varied gaming experience every time you set out to fight evil.
Dungeon Deathball
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Rack and Slay.
Ranked #6 for Rack and Slay fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rack and Slay.
🏆🏀💀 TACTICS, TERROR & TOUCHDOWNS. Turn-based roguelike meets arcade death-sport, where every dungeon is a unique gauntlet of brutal challenges. Can you survive the trials of Dungeon Deathball and win back your freedom?
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with Rack and Slay.
Ranked #7 for Rack and Slay fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rack and Slay.
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!
Luck be a Landlord
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Rack and Slay.
Ranked #8 for Rack and Slay fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rack and Slay.
Luck be a Landlord is a roguelike deckbuilder about using a slot machine to earn rent money and defeat capitalism. This game does not contain any real-world currency gambling or microtransactions.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Rack and Slay at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Rack and Slay on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rack and Slay.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Rack and Slay on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rack and Slay.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Rack and Slay on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Rack and Slay.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Rack and Slay on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rack and Slay.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Rack and Slay on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Rack and Slay.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Rack and Slay on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rack and Slay.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Rack and Slay on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rack and Slay.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Sally Face - Episode One
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Rack and Slay on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rack and Slay.
Delve into a dark adventure following the boy with a prosthetic face and a tragic past. Unravel the sinister mysteries of Sally's world to find the truth that lies hidden beneath the shadows.
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 Rack and Slay.
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.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Rack and Slay.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Rack and Slay.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Tails Noir: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Rack and Slay.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rack and Slay.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
one night, hot springs
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rack and Slay.
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Dungeon Beneath
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Rack and Slay.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rack and Slay.
The Dungeon Beneath is a tactical rogue-like autobattler. Gather your party and descend into the dungeon, battling your way through room after room of nefarious enemies. Collect powerful artifacts and equipment to create an endless variety of strategies.
SpellRogue
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Rack and Slay.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rack and Slay.
SpellRogue is the ultimate tactical turn-based roguelike! Draft from over 350 powerful spells to assemble the perfect combination and crush your enemies in 70+ unique encounters. Face brutal choices, adapt to impossible odds, and strike back at the horrors that destroyed the world.
Dungeon Deathball
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Rack and Slay.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rack and Slay.
🏆🏀💀 TACTICS, TERROR & TOUCHDOWNS. Turn-based roguelike meets arcade death-sport, where every dungeon is a unique gauntlet of brutal challenges. Can you survive the trials of Dungeon Deathball and win back your freedom?
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with Rack and Slay.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rack and Slay.
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!
Luck be a Landlord
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Rack and Slay.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rack and Slay.
Luck be a Landlord is a roguelike deckbuilder about using a slot machine to earn rent money and defeat capitalism. This game does not contain any real-world currency gambling or microtransactions.
Frequently asked about Rack and Slay
- Is Rack and Slay verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Rack and Slay is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Rack and Slay cost?
- Rack and Slay is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Rack and Slay?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Rack and Slay are Rootin' Tootin' Lootin' & Shootin', The Dungeon Beneath, SpellRogue.
- Who developed Rack and Slay?
- Rack and Slay was developed by Ludokultur and published by 2 Left Thumbs.
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