Games like Eldgear
If Eldgear is your kind of game, the closest matches are FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles, Fuga: Melodies of Steel 3 and Tactics Ogre: Reborn — 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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FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles
WHY THIS
Top pick for Eldgear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Eldgear.
Featuring fully voiced dialogue, beautifully enhanced graphics, and countless gameplay improvements, the genre-defining tactical RPG makes its long-awaited return.
Fuga: Melodies of Steel 3
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Eldgear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Eldgear.
The dramatic RPG Fuga: Melodies of Steel series is now complete!
Tactics Ogre: Reborn
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Eldgear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and RPG with Eldgear.
Tactics Ogre, crown jewel of the tactical role-playing genre, is reborn! Based on the 2010 release, the game features improved graphics and sound, as well as updated game design, bringing to life a new Tactics Ogre that remains true to its roots.
Fuga: Melodies of Steel
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Eldgear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Eldgear.
Fuga: Melodies of Steel is an RPG where you place children, each with their own unique characteristics and skills, at different gun turrets in a tank to fight against the enemy.
Mercenaries Blaze
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Eldgear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Eldgear.
“Mercenaries Blaze”is the 5th fantasy tactical simulation RPG. Turn-based battles are carried out on an isometric map. Attack and defense results vary depending on the direction you face, distance and elevation, making gameplay challenging enough to satisfy the even pickiest strategy lovers.
Lost Eidolons
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Eldgear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Eldgear.
Lost Eidolons is a turn-based tactical RPG with a gripping cinematic narrative, set in a waning empire riven by civil war. Take on the role of a charming mercenary captain, Eden, and lead his band of allies through epic encounters on a classic turn-based battlefield.
Super Robot Wars 30
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Eldgear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Eldgear.
30 years on, the battle for our world's future continues. Super Robot Wars is a tactical RPG that brings characters and robots from a variety of mecha anime together to battle their mutual foes.
Arcadian Atlas
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Eldgear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Eldgear.
Arcadian Atlas is a Tactical RPG about the choices people make for love and power, and how those decisions tear a kingdom apart.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Eldgear at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Eldgear on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Eldgear.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Eldgear on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Eldgear.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Eldgear on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Eldgear.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Eldgear on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Eldgear.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Eldgear on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Eldgear.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Eldgear on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Eldgear.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Eldgear on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Eldgear.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Eldgear on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Eldgear.
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
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.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Eldgear.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Eldgear.
‘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 Simulation with Eldgear.
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!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Eldgear.
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.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and RPG with Eldgear.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Eldgear.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Eldgear.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Eldgear.
Featuring fully voiced dialogue, beautifully enhanced graphics, and countless gameplay improvements, the genre-defining tactical RPG makes its long-awaited return.
Tactics Ogre: Reborn
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation and RPG with Eldgear.
Tactics Ogre, crown jewel of the tactical role-playing genre, is reborn! Based on the 2010 release, the game features improved graphics and sound, as well as updated game design, bringing to life a new Tactics Ogre that remains true to its roots.
Fuga: Melodies of Steel
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Eldgear.
Fuga: Melodies of Steel is an RPG where you place children, each with their own unique characteristics and skills, at different gun turrets in a tank to fight against the enemy.
Mercenaries Blaze
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Eldgear.
“Mercenaries Blaze”is the 5th fantasy tactical simulation RPG. Turn-based battles are carried out on an isometric map. Attack and defense results vary depending on the direction you face, distance and elevation, making gameplay challenging enough to satisfy the even pickiest strategy lovers.
Lost Eidolons
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Eldgear.
Lost Eidolons is a turn-based tactical RPG with a gripping cinematic narrative, set in a waning empire riven by civil war. Take on the role of a charming mercenary captain, Eden, and lead his band of allies through epic encounters on a classic turn-based battlefield.
Frequently asked about Eldgear
- Is Eldgear verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Eldgear 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 Eldgear cost?
- Eldgear is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Eldgear?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Eldgear are FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles, Fuga: Melodies of Steel 3, Tactics Ogre: Reborn.
- Who developed Eldgear?
- Eldgear was developed by MCF Co.,Ltd., Akira Kojima (studio APU) and published by KEMCO.
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