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Games like The One Who Stands Behind

If The One Who Stands Behind is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Grimwood Hex, Tomebound and Petty Ungodliness — 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 The One Who Stands Behind: You are a God of Destruction. Realize your strength through powerfull card combos and burn your enemies from existence in the unique deckbuilder combined with hex-grid tactics.

2026StrategyIndieWindowsby Hexaltation
The One Who Stands Behind — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into The One Who Stands Behind 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. The Grimwood Hex

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The One Who Stands Behind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The One Who Stands Behind.

    Free the forgotten souls trapped inside a cursed board game. In this roguelike deckbuilder, time is against you. Place and explore a board of enchanted tiles, craft unique decks and fight twisted wooden creatures in the safety of daylight, rushing back to the town before nightfall.

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. Tomebound

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The One Who Stands Behind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The One Who Stands Behind.

    Rescue corrupted books from your library, harness their power and rally their forces to fight for you in this hexgrid tactics deckbuilder! Combine cards to create uniquely powerful spells. With thousands of permutations to explore every turn, no two battles will ever be the same.

    2027StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. Petty Ungodliness

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The One Who Stands Behind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The One Who Stands Behind.

    The gods lost their power and took retail jobs. A single-player roguelite deckbuilder where relationships shape your deck and every battle plays out across three tactical lanes. Rebuild your bond with them to reclaim their power.

    StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  4. Nether Spirits: Beyond the Gate

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The One Who Stands Behind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The One Who Stands Behind.

    Roguelike deckbuilder meets dark fantasy: Choose one of seven unique classes, explore the vast nether, and fight for salvation - solo, in co-op, or PvP!

    StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  5. Hex Blast

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The One Who Stands Behind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The One Who Stands Behind.

    Hex Blast is a horde survival x roguelike deckbuilder where you strategize on a hex grid, chaining explosive card combos to wipe out cyber hordes. Build your deck, collect overclocked chips, and discover the most broken builds to annihilate cyber threats—before they overwhelm you.

    2025Strategy1.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Jack Pottwin: House of Odds

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The One Who Stands Behind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The One Who Stands Behind.

    Fight your way up a 10-story casino tower to wake from a fever dream in this Roguelike Deckbuilder. Craft your deck, modify runs with lucky coins, and control the Odds. Fuse cards to build high value attacks, trigger poker combos to add powerful combat traits to your cards.

    2026StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  7. Hunter's Hand

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The One Who Stands Behind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The One Who Stands Behind.

    A dark fantasy roguelike deckbuilder where every clue you uncover wakes the thing hunting you. Build a lethal deck across branching paths, weather corrupting biomes, and raise the Threat - then discover how much of an Ancient's attention you can survive.

    2026StrategyAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  8. Soulsworn

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The One Who Stands Behind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The One Who Stands Behind.

    A Yu-Gi-Oh!-inspired roguelike where you fuse any two monsters and create your own custom cards. No mana, no restrictions: combo off, break boards, and OTK your way out of hell.

    StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Moonring

    WHY THIS

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

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. 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 The One Who Stands Behind.

    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!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Hello Charlotte EP2: Requiem Aeternam Deo

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The One Who Stands Behind.

    A eulogy for happiness, and a lament for connection that never was.

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeSteam ↗
  4. Dota Underlords

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with The One Who Stands Behind.

    Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.

    2019StrategyFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Super Auto Pets

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with The One Who Stands Behind.

    Build the strongest team of pets and tussle with your friends!

    2021StrategyFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Minion Masters

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with The One Who Stands Behind.

    An addictive fast-paced hybrid of Card games & Tower-Defense. Play 1v1 - or bring a friend for 2v2 - and engage in epic online multiplayer battles full of innovative strategy and awesome plays! Collect 200+ cards with unique mechanics, all free!

    2019ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  7. KARDS - The WW2 Card Game

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with The One Who Stands Behind.

    KARDS, The World War II Card Game, combines traditional CCG gameplay with innovative mechanics inspired by classic strategy games and real battlefield tactics. Take command and challenge other players in grand-scale warfare on the ground, air, or seas.

    2020StrategyIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Wizard101

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with The One Who Stands Behind.

    Unleash your inner magic and prepare to unravel the mysteries surrounding a death professor gone rogue. Darkness threatens to engulf the Spiral as you master powerful spells, explore over 22 whimsical worlds, and team-up with friends in this nostalgic wizard turn-based deckbuilding MMORPG.

    2018StrategyAdventureMassively MultiplayerFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The One Who Stands Behind

What games are most similar to The One Who Stands Behind?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The One Who Stands Behind are The Grimwood Hex, Tomebound, Petty Ungodliness.
Who developed The One Who Stands Behind?
The One Who Stands Behind was developed by Hexaltation.

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 The One Who Stands Behind.

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