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Games like Stop the Crawl

If Stop the Crawl is your kind of game, the closest matches are Might & Mushroom, Handwriting Fantasy and The Grimwood Hex — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Stop the Crawl: Stop the Crawl is a roguelike autobattler where you assemble a deck of monsters to defeat the invading heroes. Discover which monsters work well together, strengthen them with items, and create an unstoppable team.

2026ActionStrategyIndieWindowsby Orbital Contingent
Stop the Crawl — Steam game cover

Players who liked Stop the Crawl also play

Steam players who put hours into Stop the Crawl 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. Might & Mushroom

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Stop the Crawl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stop the Crawl.

    Draft your own shop in this deckbuilding roguelike auto battler! Summon fungal versions of legendary heroes, and take control of your fate with a unique shop building system and innovative synergy mechanics! Revolution is brewing, let's turn that evil dragon into mushroom soup!

    StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Handwriting Fantasy

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Stop the Crawl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stop the Crawl.

    A Roguelike card game based on Chinese character rules! Cards are designed according to the meaning of the characters. You can composite stronger character cards, and composite words to enhance their skills. Emergence of unconstrained builds, experience endless fun!

    StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  3. The Grimwood Hex

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Stop the Crawl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stop the Crawl.

    Free the forgotten souls trapped inside a cursed board game. In this roguelike deckbuilder, time is against you. Place and explore a board of enchanted tiles, craft unique decks and fight twisted wooden creatures in the safety of daylight, rushing back to the town before nightfall.

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  4. Might & Poison Mushroom

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Stop the Crawl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stop the Crawl.

    Yes, you are poisoned. If you find your vision suddenly bursting with vibrant colors, lines twisting around, or even see weird tiny people dancing... do not panic, you are not dead yet! Take control of your fate with a unique shop building system and innovative synergy mechanics!

    StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  5. Loreth

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Stop the Crawl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Stop the Crawl.

    A Roguelike strategy game set in the Loreth Academy, where you play as a student god researching civilizations, ecosystems, heroes, demons, and the laws of the world through powerful symbol-building simulations.

    2026IndieEarly AccessSteam ↗
  6. A Roguelike Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Stop the Crawl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stop the Crawl.

    Build a unique defense every run in this roguelike tower defense. Choose a hero, discover new towers, collect upgrade cards, and create powerful synergies to overcome increasingly difficult enemies and bosses.

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  7. Poly TD

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Stop the Crawl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stop the Crawl.

    Classic Warcraft III TD customs meet roguelike strategy. Summon and merge units to evolve them into legendary figures like Joan of Arc, Guan Yu, and Lovecraft—Legendary heroes from across time and space await! Prove your ultimate synergy against endless waves of enemies.

    2026StrategyIndie7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brawl To The West

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Stop the Crawl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stop the Crawl.

    "Join this hilarious auto-battler! Equip gear, grow fruit trees, and tame monsters to build your team. Choose unique characters or battle others in ranked mode—every run is fresh! Weaklings perish; victors take all. Will you go the farthest? Dive in now!"

    2025StrategyIndieCasual8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stop the Crawl.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Stop the Crawl.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stop the Crawl.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Stop the Crawl.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stop the Crawl.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stop the Crawl.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Stop the Crawl.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stop the Crawl.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Stop the Crawl

What games are most similar to Stop the Crawl?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Stop the Crawl are Might & Mushroom, Handwriting Fantasy, The Grimwood Hex.
Who developed Stop the Crawl?
Stop the Crawl was developed by Orbital Contingent.

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 Stop the Crawl.

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