Games like Hero Tale
If Hero Tale is your kind of game, the closest matches are Incremental Quest - Dungeon Depths, Between Adventures IDLE and Legends of Dragaea: Idle Dungeons — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, chill and contemplative. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Hero Tale: A relaxing auto-battler running in the background. Watch your combat experience grow and occasionally develop the massive skill tree and upgrade your equipment to explore secrets of the island.
Players who liked Hero Tale also play
Steam players who put hours into Hero Tale 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.
Incremental Quest - Dungeon Depths
WHY THIS
Top pick for Hero Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG and Casual with Hero Tale.
An incremental RPG where you venture into a dungeon to delve as deep as possible—fighting monsters, looting, and leveling up. Can you defeat every boss? How deep can you go?
Between Adventures IDLE
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Hero Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hero Tale.
Idle RPG Strategy game where you gather resources, battle creatures, and upgrade your gear. Master 10+ skills to create items you can equip or sell. Your journey never stops, even offline. No Microtransactions, No P2W, just pure idle fun.
Legends of Dragaea: Idle Dungeons
WHY THIS
Shares idle progression, skill tree progression, action adventure and a chill mood with Hero Tale.
Third-strongest match for Hero Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Hero Tale.
Legends of Dragaea: Idle Dungeons is a First Person Idle Dungeon Crawler with 6 unique races, robust combat, a grand saga spanning a continent full of unique dungeons, a classless skill system, and extensive guild management system to master as you uncover the secrets of the world of Dragaea!
Bones and Coins
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Hero Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Hero Tale.
An incremental auto battler dungeon crawler where you build a synergized hero party to slay enemies and loot items. Unlock weapons with unique attack styles. Gear up your hero team and explore new dungeon rooms filled with enemies and legendary drops.
Megaloot
WHY THIS
Shares roguelite progression, meta progression, action adventure and a relaxing mood with Hero Tale.
Ranked #5 for Hero Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Hero Tale.
Megaloot is an addictive Inventory Management Roguelike RPG, where meticulous loot management lets you create diverse and powerful builds for each run. With every new attempt, start from scratch and loot strategically to craft dominating setups and become the ultimate power hunter.
Orb Of The Watcher
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Hero Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Hero Tale.
A tribute to the old adventure games of the nineties. Orb Of The Watcher is party based RPG where you explore the tunnels under a large city to find a magical artifact. Encountering friends, enemies and the odd pile of gold along the way.
Dig n Fight
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Hero Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Hero Tale.
Dig n Fight is a roguelite idle game with backpack management. Equip yourself with treasures, skills, and runes to defeat your foes and bring back all the loot.
Labyrinth of Doom
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Hero Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Hero Tale.
A dark fantasy multiplayer dungeon crawler. Fight, scavenge, and outwit rivals in procedurally generated labyrinths — Battle Royale or Co-op, up to 10 players, with legendary artifacts drawn from world mythology.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hero Tale at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Hero Tale on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hero Tale.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Hero Tale on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Hero Tale.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Hero Tale on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hero Tale.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Hero Tale on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Hero Tale.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Hero Tale on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Hero Tale.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Hero Tale on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Hero Tale.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Hero Tale on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Hero Tale.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Hero Tale on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Hero Tale.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Free To Play with Hero Tale.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Free To Play with Hero Tale.
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?
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Free To Play with Hero Tale.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Free To Play with Hero Tale.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Free To Play with Hero Tale.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Free To Play with Hero Tale.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Hero Tale.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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Frequently asked about Hero Tale
- Does Hero Tale run on Steam Deck?
- Hero Tale 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 Hero Tale cost?
- Hero Tale is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Hero Tale?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hero Tale are Incremental Quest - Dungeon Depths, Between Adventures IDLE, Legends of Dragaea: Idle Dungeons.
- Who developed Hero Tale?
- Hero Tale was developed by Weird Johnny Studio.
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 Hero Tale.
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