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Games like Tears of Adria

If Tears of Adria is your kind of game, the closest matches are Gnome Online, Han Xiongnu Wars and For The King — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and cozy. 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 Tears of Adria: A real-time strategy adventure with autobattles. You begin with one hero. Soon you have a party, a dragon problem, a few questionable artifacts, and far too much confidence. Somehow this is the correct way to resurrect a dead goddess.

2023ActionStrategyIndieAdventureRPG13.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOSby Ark Island Studio
Tears of Adria — Steam game cover
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Auto battles feel tactical due to positioningEmergent storytelling from randomized eventsHigh replayability from randomized runs and multiple factions to exploreChallengingContemplativeCozy

Players who liked Tears of Adria also play

Steam players who put hours into Tears of Adria 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. Gnome Online

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Tears of Adria.

    Top pick for Tears of Adria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Tears of Adria.

    Gnome Online is an innovative, Real-Time, fast-paced, PvP, Sandbox MMORPG.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Han Xiongnu Wars

    WHY THIS

    Shares faction politics, procedural generation and a challenging mood with Tears of Adria.

    Second-strongest match for Tears of Adria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Tears of Adria.

    Welcome to Han Xiongnu Wars. A stand-along game and synergy of historical Far East and multiple features in role-playing, real-time strategy and action gameplay. This game brings you to the eventful years of the early Han Dynasty, and faithfully presents the ancient eastern culture with many objects and scenes faithfully reconstructed...

    2017ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. For The King

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a challenging mood with Tears of Adria.

    Third-strongest match for Tears of Adria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tears of Adria.

    For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Kingdom of Atham: Crown of the Champions

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Tears of Adria.

    Ranked #4 for Tears of Adria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Tears of Adria.

    "Kingdom of Atham: Crown of the Champions - Embark on a medieval fantasy survival odyssey. Reclaim the stolen Crown, battle dark forces, and explore diverse lands. Uncover secrets, wield magic, and craft your destiny. Will you become the true champion of Atham?"

    2024ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  5. AETHERIS

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Tears of Adria.

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

    Aetheris is a tactical RPG with challenging turn-based battles set in an immersive and vibrant environment. Make the right choices and find the best strategy to survive in the unforgiving Wilderness. Journey alone or as a party of four—the adventure awaits!

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Tears of Adria.

    Ranked #6 for Tears of Adria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Tears of Adria.

    Embark on a journey to a realm overrun by demons in a new epic RPG from the creators of the critically acclaimed Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Explore the nature of good and evil, learn the true cost of power, and rise as a Mythic Hero capable of deeds beyond mortal expectations.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. We Are The Dwarves

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Tears of Adria.

    Ranked #7 for Tears of Adria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Tears of Adria.

    We Are The Dwarves is a real-time tactical adventure where you take control of three Dwarven astronauts and lead them through the hordes of enemies in the depths of their Universe. Tactical Adventure Sci-Fi Space Dwarves

    2016ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Jagged Alliance: Rage!

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Tears of Adria.

    Ranked #8 for Tears of Adria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Tears of Adria.

    Jagged Alliance is back – With a new take on turn-based tactics, adventure elements and the well-known quirky mercenaries! Set 20 years after the first Jagged Alliance, this spin-off lets you experience a road trip into a jungle hell to test your mind and body to the limits!

    2018StrategyAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Tears of Adria

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. Runebound Bastion

    WHY THIS

    Shares build variety, resource management, adventure and a challenging mood with Tears of Adria.

    Reviewers of Tears of Adria cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tears of Adria.

    Each crystal can be upgraded to attack faster and deal more damage, helping you hold back stronger waves of enemies.

    2025SportsIndieAdventure39.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Talisman: Digital Classic Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Tears of Adria.

    Reviewers of Tears of Adria cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tears of Adria.

    The complete 4th Edition experience of the classic fantasy adventure board game, Talisman. On your travels, you will need strength, courage and some good dice rolls to survive the dangers you face and beat your opponents to the centre of the board!

    2014StrategyIndieRPG6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. King's Bounty II

    WHY THIS

    Shares faction politics and a challenging mood with Tears of Adria.

    Reviewers of Tears of Adria cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Tears of Adria.

    Legend returns! King’s Bounty II is the long-awaited sequel to the legendary King’s Bounty video games franchise, one of the most iconic representatives of the turn-based RPG genre.

    2021StrategyAdventureRPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Talisman Codes

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Tears of Adria cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tears of Adria.

    A cyberpunk × fantasy card battle RPG. Build your deck through diverse quests and grow an unstoppable party. Uncover the secrets of the Talisman Code — a mysterious device that summons spirits — in this deep deckbuilding experience.

    2026StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  5. Heroes Of Might And Magic III

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Tears of Adria cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Tears of Adria.

    This is the original version of the game from 1999. The pack includes the original Heroes of Might and Magic III and its two expansions: Armageddon's Blade and The Shadow of Death.

    2026Strategy9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Tears of Adria on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tears of Adria.

    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 ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Tears of Adria on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Tears of Adria.

    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 ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Tears of Adria on Steam right now. Shares Action with Tears of Adria.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Tears of Adria on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Tears of Adria.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~68% under Tears of Adria on Steam right now. Shares Action with Tears of Adria.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under Tears of Adria on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Tears of Adria.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Tears of Adria on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tears of Adria.

    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 ↗
  8. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Tears of Adria on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tears of Adria.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tears of Adria.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tears of Adria.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tears of Adria.

    Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.

    2021IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Tails Noir: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tears of Adria.

    Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Tears of Adria.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  8. Moonring

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Tears of Adria.

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

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Tears of Adria

Does Tears of Adria run on Steam Deck?
Tears of Adria 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 Tears of Adria cost?
Tears of Adria is listed on Steam at 13.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Tears of Adria have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Tears of Adria supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to Tears of Adria?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tears of Adria are Gnome Online, Han Xiongnu Wars, For The King.
Who developed Tears of Adria?
Tears of Adria was developed by Ark Island 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 Tears of Adria.

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