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Games like Ancient Weapon Holly

If Ancient Weapon Holly is your kind of game, the closest matches are Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms, Corpse Keeper and Little Noah: Scion of Paradise — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, dark and melancholic. 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 Ancient Weapon Holly: After tens of thousands of years, the ancient weapon Holly awakens, starting her revenge against humanity. Experience the strategy of creating pitfalls to trap enemies and the exhilaration of burying them alive. Dive into intense combat!

2024ActionStrategy5.39 USDWindowsby ACQUIRE Corp.
Ancient Weapon Holly — Steam game cover
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Contrasts innocent appearance with destructive natureCute anime character design with melancholic backstory hintsEnemies can be buried alive for instant killsChallengingDarkMelancholic

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Steam players who put hours into Ancient Weapon Holly 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. Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Ancient Weapon Holly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    A hardcore high fantasy isometric action RPG set in a huge sandbox world ruled by magic and monsters. Master deep skill-based combat, forge powerful builds, explore unforgiving lands and dungeons, face brutal boss fights, uncover ancient secrets, and save Plamen from its inevitable doom!

    2024ActionStrategyIndie34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Corpse Keeper

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    Second-strongest match for Ancient Weapon Holly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    Corpse Keeper is a very challenging action-strategy roguelite. You'll need to lead a squad of three corpses to explore the grim and dark medieval world within limited time, build a powerful army of the living dead, and finally kill the demon lurking in the deep end of the cathedral.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Little Noah: Scion of Paradise

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Ancient Weapon Holly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    Join the genius alchemist Noah and her cat companion Zipper as they explore ancient ruins to uncover the secrets hidden within! Create unique teams and combos from 40+ recruitable allies in this casual but compelling game!

    2022ActionRPGCasual4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Going Under

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    Ranked #4 for Ancient Weapon Holly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    Going Under is a satirical dungeon crawler about exploring the cursed ruins of failed tech startups. As an unpaid intern in the dystopian city of Neo-Cascadia, you’ll wield office junk as weaponry as you make your way through the offbeat procedural dungeons beneath your company campus.

    2020ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Hades II

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    Ranked #5 for Ancient Weapon Holly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.

    2025ActionIndieRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Arboria

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    Ranked #6 for Ancient Weapon Holly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    Fight, die, and fight again in this dark fantasy trollz-like roguelite. As a Yotun troll warrior, descend into the ever-changing, creepy dungeons of Durnar. Use a variety of Symbiotic Weapons and Bio-Mutations to slay enemies and heal The Father Tree.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Mark of the Deep

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    Ranked #7 for Ancient Weapon Holly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    Shipwrecked on a myth-shrouded island, play as rookie pirate Marcus “Rookie” Ramsey and explore haunting biomes, face unforgiving combat, and unravel a deep-sea curse in search of your lost crew, the Angry Mermaids.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Avencast: Rise of the Mage

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    Ranked #8 for Ancient Weapon Holly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    Play Avencast, the epic roguelike action-RPG with tons of combat moves, spells, and equipment. Fight against evil forces to save your academy and vanquish the darkness. As you progress, learn powerful spells and combos to increase your chances of victory.

    2010ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~82% under Ancient Weapon Holly on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    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 ~45% under Ancient Weapon Holly on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    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. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~82% under Ancient Weapon Holly on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Ancient Weapon Holly on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    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 ↗
  5. Super Hexagon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Ancient Weapon Holly on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ancient Weapon Holly.

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

    2012ActionIndie2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Nodebuster

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Ancient Weapon Holly on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~54% under Ancient Weapon Holly on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~82% under Ancient Weapon Holly on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Ancient Weapon Holly.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    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 ↗
  4. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Ancient Weapon Holly.

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Ancient Weapon Holly.

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

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

More from ACQUIRE Corp.

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

  1. OCTOPATH TRAVELER™

    WHY THIS

    Another title from ACQUIRE Corp., the studio behind Ancient Weapon Holly.

    Eight travelers. Eight adventures. Eight roles to play. Embark on an epic journey across the vast and wondrous world of Orsterra and discover the captivating stories of each of the eight travelers.

    2019RPG17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. OCTOPATH TRAVELER II

    WHY THIS

    Another title from ACQUIRE Corp., the studio behind Ancient Weapon Holly.

    This game is a brand-new entry in the OCTOPATH TRAVELER series, the first installment of which was initially released in 2018 and sold over 3 million copies worldwide.

    2023RPG23.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. AKIBA'S TRIP: Undead & Undressed

    WHY THIS

    Another title from ACQUIRE Corp., the studio behind Ancient Weapon Holly. Shares Action with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    In Tokyo’s popular ”Electric Town” district, Akihabara, vampires called “Synthisters” walk among us. You must identify and dispose of them the only way you know how – by engaging them in hand-to-hand combat in order to strip them of their clothes so their bodies melt away in the sunlight.

    2015ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Way of the Samurai 4

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    Another title from ACQUIRE Corp., the studio behind Ancient Weapon Holly. Shares Action with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    Way of the Samurai 4 takes place in the humble port town of Amihama during the mid 19th Century, several years after the arrival of the “black ships” from the West ended Japan’s long history of cultural isolation.

    2015ActionAdventure2.49 USDSteam ↗
  5. Hookah Haze

    WHY THIS

    Shares atmospheric and a melancholic mood with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    Another title from ACQUIRE Corp., the studio behind Ancient Weapon Holly.

    It's the year 2xxx. The inexperienced Toru Sumiki lands a job managing Hookah Haze, a new hookah lounge on the outskirts of Akihabara, where they meet three eccentric girls. The story unfolds as the girls gradually open up to them, connecting through their fondness for hookah...

    2024Adventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Way of the Samurai 3

    WHY THIS

    Another title from ACQUIRE Corp., the studio behind Ancient Weapon Holly. Shares Action with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    Honour, sacrifice, betrayal… Your choices make you who you are. How will history remember you? Choose your friends and enemies carefully in a game where every decision has far-reaching consequences, and where finishing the game is just the beginning of your journey…

    2016ActionAdventure1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls

    WHY THIS

    Another title from ACQUIRE Corp., the studio behind Ancient Weapon Holly.

    The magic torches are lit, the monsters are ravenous, and the kingdom is waiting for a new hero. Experience the legendary Wizardry series’ modern rebirth as you traverse perilous dungeons and take on hordes of fantastic enemies. Are you up to the challenge?

    2020RPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. KATANA KAMI: A Way of the Samurai Story

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    Another title from ACQUIRE Corp., the studio behind Ancient Weapon Holly. Shares Action with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    The Way of the Samurai is forged in battle! Help the swordsmith Dojima pay off his debt after his beautiful daughter is taken as collateral by crafting swords by day and exploring mysterious, twisting dungeons for valuable materials at night.

    2020ActionRPG2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    A hardcore high fantasy isometric action RPG set in a huge sandbox world ruled by magic and monsters. Master deep skill-based combat, forge powerful builds, explore unforgiving lands and dungeons, face brutal boss fights, uncover ancient secrets, and save Plamen from its inevitable doom!

    2024ActionStrategyIndie34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Going Under

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    Going Under is a satirical dungeon crawler about exploring the cursed ruins of failed tech startups. As an unpaid intern in the dystopian city of Neo-Cascadia, you’ll wield office junk as weaponry as you make your way through the offbeat procedural dungeons beneath your company campus.

    2020ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Hades II

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Ancient Weapon Holly.

    Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.

    2025ActionIndieRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Ancient Weapon Holly

How much does Ancient Weapon Holly cost?
Ancient Weapon Holly is listed on Steam at 5.39 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Ancient Weapon Holly?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ancient Weapon Holly are Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms, Corpse Keeper, Little Noah: Scion of Paradise.
Who developed Ancient Weapon Holly?
Ancient Weapon Holly was developed by ACQUIRE Corp. and published by Aniplex Inc., ACQUIRE Corp..

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 Ancient Weapon Holly.

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