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Games like Folktale Misfits

If Folktale Misfits is your kind of game, the closest matches are Shrike, Dungeon Raid and Whispers of Elenrod — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Folktale Misfits: Folktale Misfits is the card game roguelike where you play as outcasts looking for answers in a whimsical world. Develop strategies and help the misfit heroes unlock their true potential.

StrategyIndieWindowsby Confused Mammoth Games
Folktale Misfits — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Folktale Misfits 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. Shrike

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Folktale Misfits fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Folktale Misfits.

    Pickpocket rival birds to build a deck. A turn-based roguelike deckbuilder about a tiny bird's grim migration north through a wretched medieval kingdom. Steal abilities, chart your migratory route, survive.

    2026StrategyRPGSteam ↗
  2. Dungeon Raid

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Folktale Misfits fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Folktale Misfits.

    Dungeon Raid is an adventure card roguelike. Dive deeper and deeper into the dungeon. Use everything you find to defeat enemies and kill the final boss. Good luck! And try not to die... from hunger.

    2026Strategy7.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Whispers of Elenrod

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Folktale Misfits fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Folktale Misfits.

    Deck-building meets strategy map exploration. Craft powerful decks. Discover mysterious artifacts on procedurally generated maps. Defeat enemies in turn-based combat and gain experience to evolve your hero. Create your best build…and find all the Whispers of Elenrod!

    2027StrategyRPGSteam ↗
  4. Auto-Arcana

    WHY THIS

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

    Devise the ultimate spell rotation and watch it obliterate your foes in this roguelike auto-battler. Seek forbidden knowledge to craft overpowered spells, assemble devastating combos, and break the game.

    2027StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  5. The Mice Plight

    WHY THIS

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

    Escape a treacherous labyrinthine prison by outsmarting guards in tactical card-based battles. Pick your abilities before each encounter, tailoring your strategy. Defeat guards to steal their skills, navigate deadly traps, and unleash your cunning to secure your freedom.

    StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  6. Vestibule

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Folktale Misfits fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Folktale Misfits.

    Every band dreams of a tour. Yours goes through Hell. Vestibule is a doom metal roguelite deckbuilder: recruit outcasts and burnouts, chain riffs, sign cursed pacts, stack damage, and play loud enough to kill the dead.

    StrategyIndieEarly AccessSteam ↗
  7. Forge the Fates

    WHY THIS

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

    Take deckbuilding to the next level. Transform your hand of cards into a tactical grid of runes. Plan, shift, and strike to unleash powerful combos and chain match-3 bonuses. Choose your hero, master their deck, and fight through deadly dungeons to face a mysterious dark overlord.

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  8. Super Fantasy Kingdom

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Folktale Misfits fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Folktale Misfits.

    Rebuild your kingdom and explore a vibrant fantasy world in this roguelite city builder. Defeat hordes of monsters with a unique team of defenders as you harvest, build, mine, cook, brew, and grow. But if your defenses should fail, be prepared to watch it all burn!

    2025StrategySimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    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 Folktale Misfits.

    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. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Folktale Misfits

What games are most similar to Folktale Misfits?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Folktale Misfits are Shrike, Dungeon Raid, Whispers of Elenrod.
Who developed Folktale Misfits?
Folktale Misfits was developed by Confused Mammoth Games.

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