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Games like Kingdoms Rise

If Kingdoms Rise is your kind of game, the closest matches are Champion of Andia, Absolver and MORDHAU — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, intense 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 Kingdoms Rise: Kingdoms Rise is a multiplayer fantasy game focused on palpable sword combat. Select your choice of weapons and abilities and step into a battlefield where skill alone will decide your fate.

2013ActionIndieRPGEarly AccessWindowsby Flyleap Studios Pty. Ltd.
Kingdoms Rise — Steam game cover
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Fair and balanced magic systemFluid and responsive fast paced gameplaySword combat was ahead of its timeChallengingIntenseMelancholic

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Steam players who put hours into Kingdoms Rise 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. Champion of Andia

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Kingdoms Rise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Kingdoms Rise.

    Step into a dynamic Action RPG Arena Fighter set in a medieval fantasy realm. Create your champion, battle waves of enemies and level up with friends in solo or cooperative play. Earn gold for powerful gear and powerups!

    2025ActionRPGEarly Access4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Absolver

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Kingdoms Rise.

    Second-strongest match for Kingdoms Rise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Kingdoms Rise.

    Absolver is an online multiplayer combat game where players are placed behind the mask of a Prospect under control of the Guides, the new rulers of the fallen Adal Empire, who will determine your worth in joining their elite corps of Absolvers.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. MORDHAU

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Kingdoms Rise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Kingdoms Rise.

    MORDHAU is a multiplayer medieval slasher. Create your mercenary and fight in brutal battles where you will experience fast paced combat, castle sieges, cavalry charges, and more.

    2019ActionIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. qb

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Kingdoms Rise.

    Ranked #4 for Kingdoms Rise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Kingdoms Rise.

    qb is an open world sandbox adventure game. Play together with your friends or singeplayer. Craft and enchant items. Skill your character. Earn rewards through quests. Help the villagers and let their homeland grow. Don't like the scenery? Modify it to your likings and share it!

    2017ActionIndieAdventureDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Dragon Extinction VR

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Kingdoms Rise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Kingdoms Rise.

    Enter a fantasy world where humanity has brought dragons to the brink of extinction. This ARPG features hundreds of unique items, crafting and procedural dungeons.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Kingdoms Rise.

    Ranked #6 for Kingdoms Rise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Kingdoms Rise.

    Battle hordes of yokai in this masocore Action RPG. Create your protagonist and embark on an adventure through a myriad of locales across Japan during the Sengoku period. Utilize the new Yokai Shift ability to defeat even the most ferocious yokai and be prepared to brave through Dark Realms created by your enemies.

    2021ActionRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Bless Online

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Kingdoms Rise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Kingdoms Rise.

    Live your own adventure in the breathtaking world of Bless Online! Fight for your faction in RvR battles and field PvP, explore treacherous dungeons with your friends, tame fantastic monsters, and become a legend.

    2018ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerSteam ↗
  8. Chivalry: Medieval Warfare

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Kingdoms Rise.

    Ranked #8 for Kingdoms Rise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Kingdoms Rise.

    Besiege castles and raid villages in Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, a fast-paced medieval first person slasher with a focus on multiplayer battles

    2012ActionIndie24.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Kingdoms Rise

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. No Man's Sky

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Kingdoms Rise cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Kingdoms Rise.

    No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.

    2016ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. MORDHAU

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Kingdoms Rise cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Kingdoms Rise.

    MORDHAU is a multiplayer medieval slasher. Create your mercenary and fight in brutal battles where you will experience fast paced combat, castle sieges, cavalry charges, and more.

    2019ActionIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Rocket League®

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Kingdoms Rise.

    Reviewers of Kingdoms Rise cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Kingdoms Rise.

    Rocket League is a high-powered hybrid of arcade-style soccer and vehicular mayhem with easy-to-understand controls and fluid, physics-driven competition. Rocket League includes casual and competitive Online Matches, a fully-featured offline Season Mode, special “Mutators” that let you change the rules entirely, hockey and...

    2015ActionSportsIndieDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. FOR HONOR™

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Kingdoms Rise.

    Reviewers of Kingdoms Rise cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Kingdoms Rise.

    Fight alone or with friends in For Honor, a third-person hero-based melee fighting game. Enter the chaos of war as a Knight, a Viking, a Samurai, a Wu Lin, or an Outlander. Fight in brutal PvP and team-oriented modes, or play the thrilling story campaign.

    2017Action29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Kingdoms Rise.

    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 ↗
  2. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Kingdoms Rise.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Electoral Carnage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Early Access with Kingdoms Rise.

    Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?

    2026ActionFree To PlayEarly AccessFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Kingdoms Rise.

    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 ↗
  7. NERTS! Online

    WHY THIS

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

    NERTS! Online is a fast-paced competitive solitaire game for you and up to five of your friends, played the same way we play it at the Zachtronics office!

    2021ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Wheelchair Wizards

    WHY THIS

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

    Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.

    2025ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Kingdoms Rise

Does Kingdoms Rise have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Kingdoms Rise supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Kingdoms Rise?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Kingdoms Rise are Champion of Andia, Absolver, MORDHAU.
Who developed Kingdoms Rise?
Kingdoms Rise was developed by Flyleap Studios Pty. Ltd..

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 Kingdoms Rise.

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