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Games like Garden of Witches

If Garden of Witches is your kind of game, the closest matches are Nigate Tale, Hades II and Dreamscaper — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging 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.

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About Garden of Witches: Garden of Witches is a cute roguelike action game full of danger. Help the protagonist, Sil, as she tries to round up her unruly fellow witches and save the Garden.

2025ActionIndieRPGCasualEarly Access18.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby Team Tapas
Garden of Witches — Steam game cover
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Accessible difficulty with adjustable challenge optionsAdorable witch character designs and charming presentationAdorable witch characters drive engagementAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

Players who liked Garden of Witches also play

Steam players who put hours into Garden of Witches 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. Nigate Tale

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Garden of Witches.

    Top pick for Garden of Witches fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Garden of Witches.

    Fight your way through a procedurally generated labyrinthic castle in this rogue-like dungeon crawler, set in a vibrant and colorful anime world. You’re lost in a spiritual realm, but powerful monster girls will help you get back home with new powers and weapons if you bring them the right presents!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Hades II

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Garden of Witches.

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

    Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.

    2025ActionIndieRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Dreamscaper

    WHY THIS

    Shares meta progression and an atmospheric mood with Garden of Witches.

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

    By night, delve deep into your subconscious and discover powerful artifacts to conquer your nightmares. By day, explore the city of Redhaven and build relationships to unlock the power of your dreams. DREAM. DIE. WAKE. REPEAT.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Asgard's Fall — Viking Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Shares wave based survival, build variety, roguelite and an atmospheric mood with Garden of Witches.

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

    Embark on an epic saga in Asgard's Fall, a norse Survivors-like Roguelite. Fight your way through hordes of creatures and let the gods feel your relentless wrath. How will your saga unfold?

    2025ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Hades

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Garden of Witches.

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

    Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.

    2020ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Ember Knights

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Garden of Witches.

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

    Ember Knights is an action rogue-lite for 1-4 players where you play as legendary knights, the last spark of hope against the mad sorcerer Praxis and his hordes of unwavering fiends. Wield weapons & skills, build synergies with game-changing relics and free the universe of Praxis’ corruption.

    2023ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. SWORN

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Garden of Witches.

    Ranked #7 for Garden of Witches fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Garden of Witches.

    SWORN is a 1-4 player co-op action rogue-like. Explore and reclaim a fallen Camelot from the reign of a corrupted Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.

    2025ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Hand of Fate 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Garden of Witches.

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

    A new hero rises to challenge the Dealer in Hand of Fate 2! Master a living boardgame of infinitely replayable quests - unlock new cards, build your adventure, then defeat your foes in brutal real-time combat! Draw your cards, play your hand and discover your fate!

    2017ActionIndieRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Garden of Witches

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. Team Fortress 2

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Garden of Witches cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Garden of Witches.

    Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities. Constantly updated with new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats!

    2007ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. NieR:Automata™

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Garden of Witches.

    Reviewers of Garden of Witches cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Garden of Witches.

    NieR: Automata tells the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2 and their battle to reclaim the machine-driven dystopia overrun by powerful machines.

    2017ActionRPG15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Garden of Witches.

    Reviewers of Garden of Witches cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Garden of Witches.

    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 ↗
  4. Touhou Mystia's Izakaya

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with Garden of Witches.

    Reviewers of Garden of Witches cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Garden of Witches.

    A brand new pixel art restaurant simulator based on the Touhou Project! Play as Mystia, the owner of a small izakaya. Collect ingredients by day, cater to the customers by night, learn recipes from familiar characters, and become the best izakaya owner in all of Gensokyo!

    2021IndieSimulationRPG4.19 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Garden of Witches.

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

    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 ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Garden of Witches at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Garden of Witches on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Garden of Witches.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~74% under Garden of Witches on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Garden of Witches.

    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 ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Garden of Witches on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Garden of Witches.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Garden of Witches on Steam right now. Shares Action with Garden of Witches.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Garden of Witches on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Garden of Witches.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Garden of Witches on Steam right now. Shares Action with Garden of Witches.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Garden of Witches on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Garden of Witches.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Garden of Witches on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Garden of Witches.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Garden of Witches.

    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 Action with Garden of Witches.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Garden of Witches.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Garden of Witches.

    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 ↗
  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 Garden of Witches.

    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 Action and Indie with Garden of Witches.

    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. Shares Action with Garden of Witches.

    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. Nigate Tale

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Garden of Witches.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Garden of Witches.

    Fight your way through a procedurally generated labyrinthic castle in this rogue-like dungeon crawler, set in a vibrant and colorful anime world. You’re lost in a spiritual realm, but powerful monster girls will help you get back home with new powers and weapons if you bring them the right presents!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Hades II

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Garden of Witches.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Garden of Witches.

    Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.

    2025ActionIndieRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Dreamscaper

    WHY THIS

    Shares meta progression and an atmospheric mood with Garden of Witches.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Garden of Witches.

    By night, delve deep into your subconscious and discover powerful artifacts to conquer your nightmares. By day, explore the city of Redhaven and build relationships to unlock the power of your dreams. DREAM. DIE. WAKE. REPEAT.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Hades

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Garden of Witches.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Garden of Witches.

    Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.

    2020ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Ember Knights

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Garden of Witches.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Garden of Witches.

    Ember Knights is an action rogue-lite for 1-4 players where you play as legendary knights, the last spark of hope against the mad sorcerer Praxis and his hordes of unwavering fiends. Wield weapons & skills, build synergies with game-changing relics and free the universe of Praxis’ corruption.

    2023ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. SWORN

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Garden of Witches.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Garden of Witches.

    SWORN is a 1-4 player co-op action rogue-like. Explore and reclaim a fallen Camelot from the reign of a corrupted Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.

    2025ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Hand of Fate 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Garden of Witches.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Garden of Witches.

    A new hero rises to challenge the Dealer in Hand of Fate 2! Master a living boardgame of infinitely replayable quests - unlock new cards, build your adventure, then defeat your foes in brutal real-time combat! Draw your cards, play your hand and discover your fate!

    2017ActionIndieRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Garden of Witches

Is Garden of Witches verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Garden of Witches is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Garden of Witches cost?
Garden of Witches is listed on Steam at 18.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Garden of Witches?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Garden of Witches are Nigate Tale, Hades II, Dreamscaper.
Who developed Garden of Witches?
Garden of Witches was developed by Team Tapas.

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 Garden of Witches.

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