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Games like Keep the Heroes Out

If Keep the Heroes Out is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fortune Avenue, Walls And Tower Party and Clank! — 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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About Keep the Heroes Out: An asymmetric, cooperative dungeon defense game for 1-4 players where you play as the monsters protecting their hard earned treasures against invading hordes of looters (so-called heroes) trying to steal it.

2025StrategyIndie16.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOS · Linuxby Brueh Games, YarnCat Games
Keep the Heroes Out — Steam game cover

Players who liked Keep the Heroes Out also play

Steam players who put hours into Keep the Heroes Out 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. Fortune Avenue

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Keep the Heroes Out fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keep the Heroes Out.

    A competitive board game where players vote to shape their destiny. Transform caravans into 5-star hotels, collect wonders, and earn bounties for bankrupting opponents. Use airports to outmaneuver rivals, organize World Cups to multiply your rent. Can you turn your empire into a global monopoly?

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Walls And Tower Party

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Keep the Heroes Out fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keep the Heroes Out.

    A PvP Board games to play with friends and family both locally and online. Race with up to 6 players, block there path and eliminate them one by one. Friends not included ;)

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation5.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Clank!

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Keep the Heroes Out fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Keep the Heroes Out.

    Burgle your way to adventure in the award-winning board game!

    2024Strategy14.94 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Spirit Island

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Keep the Heroes Out fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keep the Heroes Out.

    Become the spirits of the land, and defend the island from colonizing Invaders spreading blight and destruction! Your spirits work with the native islanders to increase your power and drive the invading colonists from your island in this strategic area-control game.

    2020StrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. For The King II

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Keep the Heroes Out fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keep the Heroes Out.

    Battle against Fahrul's tyrannical Queen alone or as a party of four players in the sequel to For The King, the massively popular turn-based roguelite tabletop RPG. Will you unravel the once beloved Queen's terrible secret?

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure8.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Wingspan

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Keep the Heroes Out fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keep the Heroes Out.

    Wingspan is a relaxing, award-winning strategy card game about birds for 1 to 5 players. Each bird you play extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your three habitats. Your goal is to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves.

    2020StrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Concordia: Digital Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Keep the Heroes Out fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keep the Heroes Out.

    Concordia is a strategic, Euro-style board game. 🏺 Players take the roles of powerful Roman merchants and follow the Roman expansion with their trade routes, franchises, and production houses. 🏛️

    2021StrategyIndieCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Everdell

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Keep the Heroes Out fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keep the Heroes Out.

    Harvest resources to build a village of woodland critters in this adaptation of the award-winning tabletop board game!

    2022StrategyIndieCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Keep the Heroes Out at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Keep the Heroes Out on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Keep the Heroes Out.

    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 ~71% under Keep the Heroes Out on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Keep the Heroes Out.

    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 ~41% under Keep the Heroes Out on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Keep the Heroes Out.

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

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Keep the Heroes Out on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Keep the Heroes Out.

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

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Keep the Heroes Out on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Keep the Heroes Out.

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

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~71% under Keep the Heroes Out on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Keep the Heroes Out.

    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 ↗
  7. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Keep the Heroes Out on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Keep the Heroes Out.

    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 ↗
  8. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Keep the Heroes Out on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Keep the Heroes Out.

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

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Keep the Heroes Out.

    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 ↗
  2. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Keep the Heroes Out.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Keep the Heroes Out.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

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

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keep the Heroes Out.

    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 ↗
  6. Hello Neighbor Alpha 2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keep the Heroes Out.

    Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.

    2019StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  7. 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 Keep the Heroes Out.

    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 ↗
  8. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Keep the Heroes Out.

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck 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. Fortune Avenue

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keep the Heroes Out.

    A competitive board game where players vote to shape their destiny. Transform caravans into 5-star hotels, collect wonders, and earn bounties for bankrupting opponents. Use airports to outmaneuver rivals, organize World Cups to multiply your rent. Can you turn your empire into a global monopoly?

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. For The King II

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keep the Heroes Out.

    Battle against Fahrul's tyrannical Queen alone or as a party of four players in the sequel to For The King, the massively popular turn-based roguelite tabletop RPG. Will you unravel the once beloved Queen's terrible secret?

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure8.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Wingspan

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keep the Heroes Out.

    Wingspan is a relaxing, award-winning strategy card game about birds for 1 to 5 players. Each bird you play extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your three habitats. Your goal is to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves.

    2020StrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Concordia: Digital Edition

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keep the Heroes Out.

    Concordia is a strategic, Euro-style board game. 🏺 Players take the roles of powerful Roman merchants and follow the Roman expansion with their trade routes, franchises, and production houses. 🏛️

    2021StrategyIndieCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Everdell

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keep the Heroes Out.

    Harvest resources to build a village of woodland critters in this adaptation of the award-winning tabletop board game!

    2022StrategyIndieCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Keep the Heroes Out

Does Keep the Heroes Out run on Steam Deck?
Keep the Heroes Out 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 Keep the Heroes Out cost?
Keep the Heroes Out is listed on Steam at 16.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Keep the Heroes Out have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Keep the Heroes Out supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to Keep the Heroes Out?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Keep the Heroes Out are Fortune Avenue, Walls And Tower Party, Clank!.
Who developed Keep the Heroes Out?
Keep the Heroes Out was developed by Brueh Games, YarnCat Games and published by YarnCat Games, Brueh 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 Keep the Heroes Out.

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