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Games like Innkeeper's Basement

If Innkeeper's Basement is your kind of game, the closest matches are Arcane Ascent, Die in the Dungeon and Banners of Ruin — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, chill and contemplative. 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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About Innkeeper's Basement: Innkeeper's Basement is a challenging roguelike card game mixed with minesweeper with over 5000 different character build combinations. Create your character, explore the dungeon, build your deck, drink alcohol to forget bad decisions and vanquish monsters!

2023StrategyIndieRPGEarly Access6.99 USDWindowsby Rebel Egg Games
Innkeeper's Basement — Steam game cover
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5000 character build combinations via races and classesCard banning refines decks between runsCard elimination ban system for customizing future runsChallengingChillContemplative

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Steam players who put hours into Innkeeper's Basement 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. Arcane Ascent

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Innkeeper's Basement fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Innkeeper's Basement.

    Build powerful decks to face the chaos unleashed by the Primeval Witch. With hundreds of combinations available, perfect your strategy in every battle, strengthen your cards and unravel the mysteries that await you - your rise to power begins now!

    2024IndieAdventureRPG11.24 USDSteam ↗
  2. Die in the Dungeon

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Innkeeper's Basement.

    Second-strongest match for Innkeeper's Basement fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Innkeeper's Basement.

    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 powerful dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and risk it all hoping for a good roll on unexpected encounters.

    2026StrategyIndieRPG9.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Banners of Ruin

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Innkeeper's Basement.

    Third-strongest match for Innkeeper's Basement fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Innkeeper's Basement.

    Assemble your party. Answer the call. Win the war. Build a deck and fight a series of turn-based combats with up to 6 party characters through the city of Dawn's Point. Each character can unlock a set of unique cards and abilities that can augment your deck in powerful, exciting ways.

    2021StrategyRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Black Book

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and a contemplative mood with Innkeeper's Basement.

    Ranked #4 for Innkeeper's Basement fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Innkeeper's Basement.

    “Black Book” is a dark RPG Adventure, based on Slavic myths, in which you play as a young sorceress. Fight evil forces in card-based battles and explore the world, where humans live alongside mythological creatures.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Kyvir: Rebirth

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Innkeeper's Basement.

    Ranked #5 for Innkeeper's Basement fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Innkeeper's Basement.

    Kyvir: Rebirth is a single player card game that combines elements of RPG, deck building, and roguelike gameplay. This game features an original dual deck mechanism, hundreds of distinctive items, skills, and cards for you to experiment with.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Monster Train

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Innkeeper's Basement.

    Ranked #6 for Innkeeper's Basement fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Innkeeper's Basement.

    Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.

    2020Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Deep Sky Derelicts

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and a contemplative mood with Innkeeper's Basement.

    Ranked #7 for Innkeeper's Basement fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Innkeeper's Basement.

    Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.

    2018StrategyIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Trials of Fire

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Innkeeper's Basement.

    Ranked #8 for Innkeeper's Basement fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Innkeeper's Basement.

    A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!

    2021StrategyIndieRPG3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Innkeeper's Basement at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Innkeeper's Basement on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Innkeeper's Basement.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Innkeeper's Basement on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Innkeeper's Basement.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under Innkeeper's Basement on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Innkeeper's Basement.

    Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Innkeeper's Basement on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Innkeeper's Basement.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~79% under Innkeeper's Basement on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Innkeeper's Basement.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Innkeeper's Basement on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Innkeeper's Basement.

    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!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. A Short Hike

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Innkeeper's Basement on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Innkeeper's Basement.

    Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

    2019IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Super Hexagon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Innkeeper's Basement on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Innkeeper's Basement.

    Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

    2012ActionIndie2.99 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 Innkeeper's Basement.

    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. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Innkeeper's Basement.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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 Innkeeper's Basement.

    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 ↗
  4. 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 Innkeeper's Basement.

    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 ↗
  5. Saihate Station

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Innkeeper's Basement.

    An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.

    2025IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 Innkeeper's Basement.

    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).

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Moonring

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Innkeeper's Basement.

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

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Mitoza

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Innkeeper's Basement.

    It's not a game, it's a toy. Explore all cycles and prepare yourself to accept the inevitable effects of Mitoza.

    2021IndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Innkeeper's Basement

How much does Innkeeper's Basement cost?
Innkeeper's Basement is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Innkeeper's Basement?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Innkeeper's Basement are Arcane Ascent, Die in the Dungeon, Banners of Ruin.
Who developed Innkeeper's Basement?
Innkeeper's Basement was developed by Rebel Egg Games.

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