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Games like Into The Grid

If Into The Grid is your kind of game, the closest matches are Low Magic They Said, Against All Skies and Waystones — 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 Into The Grid: Become a master hacker in this Cyberpunk Roguelike Deckbuilder. Explore the dangers of cyberspace and fight evil corporations. Build and upgrade a deck of powerful programs. Unlock perks and skills, and unleash digital hell on your enemies. Dive Into The Grid!

2025StrategyIndieRPGEarly Access11.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOS · Linuxby Flatline Studios
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Players who liked Into The Grid also play

Steam players who put hours into Into The Grid 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. Low Magic They Said

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Into The Grid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into The Grid.

    A dark fantasy roguelike deckbuilder where broken builds are a feature, not a bug. Think Slay the Spire meets the unforgiving difficulty of Dark Souls, with Diablo 2's philosophy of letting you discover ridiculously powerful builds yourself. They lied about the magic being low.

    2026StrategyIndieRPG14.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Against All Skies

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Into The Grid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into The Grid.

    Uncover the true cost of power in this party-based RPG deckbuilder with roguelite storytelling. Navigate treacherous sky islands, build unique decks for a crew of unlikely heroes and breach the storm to deliver revolution to the skies.

    2027StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  3. Waystones

    WHY THIS

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

    All the strategic depth of deckbuilding classics taken to the extreme! Manage combat on a tactical map, pursuing divine boons and avoiding the deadly spread of corruption in Waystones, a turn-based roguelike deckbuilder!

    2025StrategyIndieRPG17.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Kegs of Eternity

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Into The Grid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into The Grid.

    A roguelite deckbuilder starrin' seven stubborn dwarves. Build yer decks, slay cursed monsters, crawl proper dungeons, drink plenty o' beer, find combos that ain't supposed to work, an' rebuild yer ruined settlement. One keg, one combo, one dwarf at a time.

    2027StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  5. Jupiter Moons: Mecha🦾

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Into The Grid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into The Grid.

    Choose your mech, customize your loadout, and build your perfect deck. Experiment with cards to find powerful combinations as you enjoy the tactical combat and deckbuilding in this roguelike adventure!

    2026StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  6. NET.CRAWL

    WHY THIS

    Shares ability gating, grid based movement, cyberpunk and an atmospheric mood with Into The Grid.

    Ranked #6 for Into The Grid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into The Grid.

    NET.CRAWL is a grid-building roguelike about a White Rabbit trapped in an unfriendly cyberspace. Dive deep into a bizarre digital world where levels are built with the nodes you drafted. Short runs, satisfying combos, dozens of unique bosses, and a ton of replayability.

    2026StrategyIndieRPG8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Etymancy

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Into The Grid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into The Grid.

    Etymancy is a dark fantasy roguelike dungeon crawler where every spell is a word. Craft your pile of magic letter tiles, collect strange grimoires to grow stronger, smite enemies, and descend deeper into the Lexicon.

    StrategyIndieEarly AccessSteam ↗
  8. Recall Rogue

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Into The Grid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into The Grid.

    The knowledge roguelite. Answer questions to hit harder, skip them to die faster. The deeper you go, the more the dungeon punishes ignorance. Bosses shrug off everything but proven knowledge. 98 decks, 7 languages, 67,000 real facts. Guilt-free gaming.

    2026StrategyIndieRPGFreeSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Into The Grid

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. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Into The Grid.

    Reviewers of Into The Grid cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into The Grid.

    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 ↗
  2. Shadowrun Returns

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Into The Grid cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into The Grid.

    The unique cyberpunk-meets-fantasy world of Shadowrun has gained a huge cult following since its creation nearly 25 years ago. Now, creator Jordan Weisman returns to the world of Shadowrun, modernizing this classic game setting as a single player, turn-based tactical RPG.

    2013StrategyIndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Shadowrun Chronicles - Boston Lockdown

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Into The Grid.

    Reviewers of Into The Grid cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into The Grid.

    Lead your team of Runners to survive a corrupt megacorporation’s intrigue threatening thousands of lives in this new action-strategy game set in the most popular cyberpunk universe of all times – Shadowrun.

    2015StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  4. Dream Quest

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and a contemplative mood with Into The Grid.

    Reviewers of Into The Grid cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Into The Grid.

    Play cards! Kill monsters! Level Up! Dream Quest is a roguelike deckbuilding game inspired by the likes of Ascension, Magic: the Gathering, and Shandalar. Explore randomly generated levels as one of 13 classes in short, 30 minute, sessions.

    2016RPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. The Netrunner Awaken1ng

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Into The Grid cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Into The Grid.

    Hack the Matrix. Speedrun, dash and jump from wall to wall on a dynamic electrobass music in procedurally generated levels to steal Datas and escape before the Disconnection() in this parkour Hack 'n' Dash game.

    2022ActionIndie11.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Into The Grid at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Into The Grid on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Into The Grid.

    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 ~58% under Into The Grid on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Into The Grid.

    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 ~42% under Into The Grid on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Into The Grid.

    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. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Into The Grid.

    Priced ~48% under Into The Grid on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into The Grid.

    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 ↗
  5. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Into The Grid on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into The Grid.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Into The Grid on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Into The Grid.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under Into The Grid on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Into The Grid.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Into The Grid on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Into The Grid.

    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.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Into The Grid.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Moonring

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Into The Grid.

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

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. 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 Into The Grid.

    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 ↗
  5. Shape of Dreams: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Into The Grid.

    《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. SCP: Secret Laboratory

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Into The Grid.

    Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.

    2017ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Aimlabs

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Into The Grid.

    Aimlabs is the aim trainer of choice for over 45 Million players, from beginners to esports pros. Our unique aim analysis optimizes your gameplay, targets your weaknesses & builds key skills for any FPS game! Time to warm up with our unlimited scenarios & rank up in-game!

    2023ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Limbus Company

    WHY THIS

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

    As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.

    2023FreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Into The Grid

Does Into The Grid run on Steam Deck?
Into The Grid 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 Into The Grid cost?
Into The Grid is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Into The Grid?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Into The Grid are Low Magic They Said, Against All Skies, Waystones.
Who developed Into The Grid?
Into The Grid was developed by Flatline Studios and published by Flatline Studios, Gamersky Games.

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 Into The Grid.

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