Games like Soulash 2
If Soulash 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Caves of Qud, Saleblazers and Wayward — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging 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.
Get personalized picks →Soulash 2 is a sandbox roguelike RPG released in 2023, developed and published by Artur Smiarowski, that tasks players with navigating a procedurally generated open world in a dark fantasy medieval setting. The game combines traditional roguelike mechanics with settlement-building, crafting, and character progression systems alongside deep skill trees enabling diverse character builds. A distinctive bloodline system allows characters to continue their legacy as their descendants after permadeath, providing generational progression that reviewers describe as compelling. Set in a world with simulated history, the game offers extensive base-building, exploration, and trading mechanics across a massive amount of content. Reviewers describe the experience as atmospheric and immersive, praising the freedom to pursue any playstyle from simple farmer to godlike power. Priced at $18.99 USD and verified for Steam Deck, the game holds an 84% positive rating from over 1,800 Steam reviews.
About Soulash 2: Soulash 2 is a sandbox RPG roguelike with a procedurally generated open world, simulated history, skill-based progression system, customizable abilities, material-based crafting, building, trading, and the possibility of total mayhem. Will you save your world or destroy it?
Players who liked Soulash 2 also play
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Caves of Qud
WHY THIS
Shares crafting, procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Soulash 2.
Top pick for Soulash 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Soulash 2.
Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.
Saleblazers
WHY THIS
Shares crafting and a challenging mood with Soulash 2.
Second-strongest match for Soulash 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Soulash 2.
Fight. Sell. Survive. Live off the land, build your perfect shop, and defend against nightly horrors in this open world survival shop simulator for 1-8 players.
Wayward
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Soulash 2.
Third-strongest match for Soulash 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Soulash 2.
You awake to discover yourself no longer in the company of good men or a fine seafaring vessel. Treasure... you remember something about treasure. Wayward is a challenging turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike. Explore, build, and most importantly survive in these unforgiving lands.
Soulash
WHY THIS
Shares roguelike progression, permadeath, dark fantasy and an atmospheric mood with Soulash 2.
Ranked #4 for Soulash 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Soulash 2.
Eat the villagers, murder bunnies, milk cows, or exterminate gods! Soulash is a traditional, turn-based roguelike where your goal is to consume the souls of the living, conquer the vast fantasy world and decide its fate.
Approaching Infinity
WHY THIS
Shares crafting and an atmospheric mood with Soulash 2.
Ranked #5 for Soulash 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Soulash 2.
Approaching Infinity is a turn-based space RPG in the spirit of the sci-fi classics, with endless progression and exploration. Fight tactical battles or use diplomacy. Seek powerful artifacts. Quest, mine, trade, and craft. Level up forever or attempt 10 victories in hardcore or adventure mode.
Badiya: Desert Survival
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Soulash 2.
Ranked #6 for Soulash 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Soulash 2.
Badiya is a Sandbox Survival RPG set in the WWI era desert lands. Badiya challenges you to brave the sands, take part in wars, ply the spice routes, or hunt for treasure as you strive to fulfill your ambitions.
Mainframe Defenders
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Soulash 2.
Ranked #7 for Soulash 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Soulash 2.
MAINFRAME DEFENDERS - Turn-based tactics centered around gear and unit customization. It offers simple combat, high replayability, and tons of loot. Items don't just provide stats boost, but also offer distinct mechanics that can be combined into powerful builds.
UnReal World
WHY THIS
Shares procedural world generation and an atmospheric mood with Soulash 2.
Ranked #8 for Soulash 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Soulash 2.
The cult classic open-ended wilderness survival roguelike taking place in the ancient North, iron-age Finland. Throughout the years, UnReal World has been praised for its incredible depth, realism, atmos and immersion. Lose yourself in the most intricate, detailed and enchanting iron-age game world.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Soulash 2
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Rogue
WHY THIS
Shares permadeath, turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Soulash 2.
Reviewers of Soulash 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Soulash 2.
Experience the commercial port of the game that spawned a thousand 'Rogue-likes'. Venture into the Dungeons of Doom in search of the legendary Amulet of Yendor, and hopefully escape with your life! Randomly generated dungeons await you, full of nasty monsters, insidious traps, and glittering loot.
UnReal World
WHY THIS
Shares procedural world generation and an atmospheric mood with Soulash 2.
Reviewers of Soulash 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Soulash 2.
The cult classic open-ended wilderness survival roguelike taking place in the ancient North, iron-age Finland. Throughout the years, UnReal World has been praised for its incredible depth, realism, atmos and immersion. Lose yourself in the most intricate, detailed and enchanting iron-age game world.
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
WHY THIS
Shares roguelike progression, permadeath, roguelite and an atmospheric mood with Soulash 2.
Reviewers of Soulash 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and RPG with Soulash 2.
The epitome of a modern traditional roguelike: with turn-based play and a RPG-like skill progression system, it hearkens back to some of the major aspects of this genre. This game has an incredible depth, with a deep inventory system, vehicles and boats, NPCs with their own stories, and more.
Dwarf Fortress
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Soulash 2.
Reviewers of Soulash 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Soulash 2.
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Soulash 2.
Reviewers of Soulash 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Soulash 2.
A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.
Caves of Qud
WHY THIS
Shares crafting, procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Soulash 2.
Reviewers of Soulash 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Soulash 2.
Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.
Kenshi
WHY THIS
Shares base building, procedural generation and a punishing mood with Soulash 2.
Reviewers of Soulash 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Soulash 2.
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Crusader Kings III
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Soulash 2.
Reviewers of Soulash 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and RPG with Soulash 2.
Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Soulash 2 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~74% under Soulash 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Soulash 2.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Soulash 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Soulash 2.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Soulash 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Soulash 2.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Soulash 2 on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Soulash 2.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~74% under Soulash 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Soulash 2.
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!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Soulash 2.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Soulash 2.
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 Soulash 2.
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 Soulash 2.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Soulash 2.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Soulash 2.
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!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Soulash 2.
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.
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Frequently asked about Soulash 2
- Is Soulash 2 verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Soulash 2 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 Soulash 2 cost?
- Soulash 2 is listed on Steam at 18.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Soulash 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Soulash 2 are Caves of Qud, Saleblazers, Wayward.
- Who developed Soulash 2?
- Soulash 2 was developed by Artur Smiarowski.
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