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Games like Mareld

If Mareld is your kind of game, the closest matches are Game Studio Simulator(我要做游戏), White Night Dream and Sunset Routes — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its beautiful melancholic atmosphere, atmospheric and chill. 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 Mareld: Mareld is a card-driven Roguelike role-playing game where you play as a traveler lost in the Lost Forest. You will recruit companions, collect resources, craft items, explore the world, defeat enemies, find your way back home, or uncover the secrets of this extraordinary world.

2024Indie6.99 USDWindowsby Renka
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Art and music create a warm comforting atmosphereBeautiful melancholic atmosphereCrafting variety especially in food preparationAtmosphericChillCozy

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Steam players who put hours into Mareld 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. Game Studio Simulator(我要做游戏)

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Mareld fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Mareld.

    Make a Game Company for your self!Get it work,Run for Rich!

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. White Night Dream

    WHY THIS

    Shares card based combat, replayability and atmospheric with Mareld.

    Second-strongest match for Mareld fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Mareld.

    White Night Dream is a card-based strategy rogue-lite game where a girl chases after a runaway cat on the streets at midnight. The game cleverly simulates the short yet long night through a simple card-flipping gameplay and a variety of interesting build combinations.

    2023Indie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Sunset Routes

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Mareld.

    Third-strongest match for Mareld fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Mareld.

    Sunset Routes is an easy and intriguing roguelite game. You can choose your crew, put them in the cabins, select your destination, and set sail. Through a series of choices, you can earn profits during the emergency period of the New World and even decide its fate—unintentionally or on purpose.

    2022StrategyIndie0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Chrono Ark

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Mareld.

    Ranked #4 for Mareld fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Mareld.

    Chrono Ark is a singleplayer roguelike that combines elements from deckbuilders and party-based RPGs. Recruit, train, and build a team of unique Investigators to restore the Twisted World!

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure17.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. NEOVERSE

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mareld.

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

    Neoverse is a beautiful, fantastic game consisting of adventures with thrilling challenges. It is a strategic, action, rogue-lite, deck building game that will test the player’s skill. Start an adventure with unique heroes to save the world along various timelines.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie5.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. 纸境英雄 Papercraft

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management with Mareld.

    Ranked #6 for Mareld fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Mareld.

    Papercraft is an independent game that beautifully combines Rouguelike, TBS and DBG elements. Heroes from legends holding different cards battle in TBS style. How to play the game is entirely up to you.

    2019StrategyIndieAdventure17.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mareld.

    Ranked #7 for Mareld fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Mareld.

    Welcome to Eientei, combine multiple colors of mana to build your ideal deck, duel with gensokyo girls, and chase back the mysterious moon treasure. Also, enjoy the unpredictable Roguelike with fantasy Danmaku!

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure23.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. FAIRY TAIL: DUNGEONS

    WHY THIS

    Shares build variety, turn based combat and character driven with Mareld.

    Ranked #8 for Mareld fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Mareld.

    Fairy Tail: Dungeons is a deck-building rogue-lite featuring characters from the Fairy Tail series. Collect Magic Cards based on moves from the series to build your own unique deck and take down powerful monsters as you head for the dungeon depths!

    2024IndieAdventureRPG8.39 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Mareld at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Mareld on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mareld.

    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 Mareld on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mareld.

    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 Mareld on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mareld.

    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 Mareld on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mareld.

    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 Mareld on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mareld.

    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 Mareld on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mareld.

    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 Mareld on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mareld.

    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 Mareld on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mareld.

    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. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

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

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Trick & Treat

    WHY THIS

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

    Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.

    2016IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Limbus Company

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.

    2023FreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Fallout Shelter

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.

    2017SimulationRPGFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from Renka

Other recommendable Steam games by Renka, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Sunset Routes

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Mareld.

    Another title from Renka, the studio behind Mareld. Shares Indie with Mareld.

    Sunset Routes is an easy and intriguing roguelite game. You can choose your crew, put them in the cabins, select your destination, and set sail. Through a series of choices, you can earn profits during the emergency period of the New World and even decide its fate—unintentionally or on purpose.

    2022StrategyIndie0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Flashback

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Mareld.

    Another title from Renka, the studio behind Mareld. Shares Indie with Mareld.

    Flashback is a strategy game oriented to your choices. You will play the role of a deliveryman and live in a turbulent city for a month. You will meet various characters and experience events, and those characters' fates will cross and they will usher in their own futures based on your choices.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. White Night Dream

    WHY THIS

    Shares card based combat, replayability and atmospheric with Mareld.

    Another title from Renka, the studio behind Mareld. Shares Indie with Mareld.

    White Night Dream is a card-based strategy rogue-lite game where a girl chases after a runaway cat on the streets at midnight. The game cleverly simulates the short yet long night through a simple card-flipping gameplay and a variety of interesting build combinations.

    2023Indie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Love, Internet, and Murder Magic

    WHY THIS

    Shares hidden collectibles, multiple endings and atmospheric with Mareld.

    Another title from Renka, the studio behind Mareld. Shares Indie with Mareld.

    Love, Internet, and Murder Magic is a Roguelike game. You will role-play an agent of a streamer who died because of a murder. You are trying to "bring her back" through AI technology on the Internet, making her the unique creation of the Internet.

    2025Indie1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Mercury Elopement Syndrome

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Renka, the studio behind Mareld. Shares Indie with Mareld.

    Short visual novel. A 24-hour romance at its worst; a 24-hour escape at its sweetest.

    2026Indie1.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Sun Halo

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Renka, the studio behind Mareld. Shares Indie with Mareld.

    Sun Halo is a real-time combat game blending roguelike progression with strategic deck-building. Recruit and develop a roster of distinctive characters, build your own unique deck, and adapt your tactics on the battlefield. Uncover the world’s unfolding story, all the way to its final chapter.

    2025Indie5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Balorizon

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Renka, the studio behind Mareld. Shares Indie with Mareld.

    Tianping Line is a strategy RPG that blends event choices, character recruitment and growth, and auto-battles. Rule a fledgling nation, make decisions in domestic affairs and diplomacy, recruit unique characters, build your forces, expand your power, face crises, and shape the nation’s fate.

    2026Indie6.29 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Afternoon Frontline

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Renka, the studio behind Mareld. Shares Indie with Mareld.

    Afternoon Frontline is a free tower defense game with light roguelite elements. Make random choices, strengthen your characters, refine your team, and put together builds suited to each situation as you hold the line against incoming waves.

    2026IndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Mareld

How much does Mareld cost?
Mareld is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Mareld?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mareld are Game Studio Simulator(我要做游戏), White Night Dream, Sunset Routes.
Who developed Mareld?
Mareld was developed by Renka.

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 Mareld.

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