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Games like Portal Fantasy

If Portal Fantasy is your kind of game, the closest matches are Monster Sanctuary, Beastieball and Yami Kids — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric overworld exploration, character customization is fun and diverse dungeon design. 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 Portal Fantasy: Journey through an epic storyline, collecting creatures to aid you in turn-based battles, avoiding traps and solving puzzles, completing thrilling quests, and uncovering the darker history of Pyli Kingdom in this RPG with a unique modern take on a classic beloved genre.

2025StrategyIndieAdventureRPGCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOS · Linuxby Portal Fantasy
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Steam players who put hours into Portal Fantasy 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. Monster Sanctuary

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Portal Fantasy.

    Top pick for Portal Fantasy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Portal Fantasy.

    Monster taming meets metroidvania. Collect, train and battle monsters in a lovely side-scroller pixel world.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Beastieball

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Portal Fantasy.

    Second-strongest match for Portal Fantasy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Portal Fantasy.

    A turn-based volleyball RPG where you coach a sports team of Beasties! Your Beasties' relationships grow and change, unlocking new abilities and combo plays!

    2024SportsIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Yami Kids

    WHY THIS

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

    Play as "The Yami Twins" and uncover the mystery behind your family's killers. Yami Kids is a tale of tragedy, familial bonds, and revenge. Face off against trainers in "Shadow Duels", and make contracts with Oni to aid you on your quest.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Coromon

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Portal Fantasy.

    Ranked #4 for Portal Fantasy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Portal Fantasy.

    Coromon is a modern take on the classic monster-taming genre. Tame Coromon and explore a vast world filled with thrilling turn-based battles, brain-twisting puzzles, and a mysterious threat to the world awaiting defeat. Nobody said being a Battle Researcher was easy!

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Monster Alchemy

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Portal Fantasy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Portal Fantasy.

    Create unique creatures, use them to gather rare resources, and fuse them into even more powerful beings! This RPG combines classic exploration with a deep crafting system where your monsters are your ultimate tool for looting, combat, and discovery.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. Astra Bestiary

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Portal Fantasy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Portal Fantasy.

    Raise Beasts from eggs into powerful Champions in this 2D monster-raising/taming RPG. Feed, train and evolve your partners to explore a perilous, non-linear world. Master fast-paced, tactical battles, uncover the secrets of a fading world and pass on the Beasts' legacy across generations.

    2026AdventureSimulationRPGSteam ↗
  7. Monster Emblem: Vision Impossible

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Portal Fantasy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Portal Fantasy.

    A 2D pixel art creature collector set in a medieval fantasy world forged by war. Catch, train, evolve, and breed monsters to build the ultimate team. Master tactical grid-based combat, collect all faction badges to enter the the Great Monster Arena to become the champion.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  8. Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin

    WHY THIS

    Shares turn based combat and a challenging mood with Portal Fantasy.

    Ranked #8 for Portal Fantasy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Portal Fantasy.

    A new adventure awaits you in this second installment of the turn-based RPG series set in the world of Monster Hunter! Become a Rider and form bonds with friendly monsters known as Monsties to fight alongside them as you take part in an epic story.

    2021AdventureRPG39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Portal Fantasy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Portal Fantasy.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Portal Fantasy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Portal Fantasy.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Portal Fantasy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Portal Fantasy.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Portal Fantasy on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Portal Fantasy.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Portal Fantasy on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Portal Fantasy.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Portal Fantasy on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Portal Fantasy.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Portal Fantasy on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Portal Fantasy.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Portal Fantasy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Portal Fantasy.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Portal Fantasy.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Portal Fantasy.

    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 ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Portal Fantasy.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Portal Fantasy.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Portal Fantasy.

    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 ↗
  8. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck 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. Monster Sanctuary

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Portal Fantasy.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Portal Fantasy.

    Monster taming meets metroidvania. Collect, train and battle monsters in a lovely side-scroller pixel world.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Beastieball

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Portal Fantasy.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Portal Fantasy.

    A turn-based volleyball RPG where you coach a sports team of Beasties! Your Beasties' relationships grow and change, unlocking new abilities and combo plays!

    2024SportsIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Coromon

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Portal Fantasy.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Portal Fantasy.

    Coromon is a modern take on the classic monster-taming genre. Tame Coromon and explore a vast world filled with thrilling turn-based battles, brain-twisting puzzles, and a mysterious threat to the world awaiting defeat. Nobody said being a Battle Researcher was easy!

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin

    WHY THIS

    Shares turn based combat and a challenging mood with Portal Fantasy.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and RPG with Portal Fantasy.

    A new adventure awaits you in this second installment of the turn-based RPG series set in the world of Monster Hunter! Become a Rider and form bonds with friendly monsters known as Monsties to fight alongside them as you take part in an epic story.

    2021AdventureRPG39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Portal Fantasy

Does Portal Fantasy run on Steam Deck?
Portal Fantasy is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Portal Fantasy cost?
Portal Fantasy is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Portal Fantasy?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Portal Fantasy are Monster Sanctuary, Beastieball, Yami Kids.
Who developed Portal Fantasy?
Portal Fantasy was developed by Portal Fantasy.

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 Portal Fantasy.

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