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Games like Wardrum

If Wardrum is your kind of game, the closest matches are Blightstone, The Last Spell and Mordheim: City of the Damned — 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 Wardrum: Lead a tribal warband and time your attacks to the beat of the Wardrum in this tactical turn-based roguelite! Forge a path across a harsh fantasy world full of rhythm magic, face death and strengthen your warriors until you have the power to destroy the dark sorcery infecting the lands.

2026StrategyRPGDeck PlayableWindowsby Mopeful Games
Wardrum — Steam game cover

Players who liked Wardrum also play

Steam players who put hours into Wardrum 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. Blightstone

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Wardrum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Wardrum.

    A challenging, turn-based strategy with a roguelike edge. Lead a team of adventurers to destroy the Blightstone and free the world from corruption. Use free movement, dynamic environments and collectable skills to save the crystal, and save the world.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Last Spell

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Wardrum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Wardrum.

    Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Mordheim: City of the Damned

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Wardrum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Wardrum.

    Mordheim: City of the Damned is the first video game adaptation of Games Workshop's cult classic tabletop game Mordheim. Set in the Warhammer World's decimated Empire city, Mordheim: City of the Damned is a turn-based tactical game where you lead warbands into bloody and lethal skirmishes.

    2015StrategyRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Wardrum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Wardrum.

    A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.

    2018StrategyRPG34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Blackguards 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Wardrum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Wardrum.

    Blackguards 2 is a turn-based strategy-RPG and will deliver challenging hexfield battles and a gritty story filled with violence and crime. - Includes bonus content: Soundtrack, digital Art Book and Strategy Guide Book!

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Banner Saga 3

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Wardrum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Wardrum.

    Banner Saga 3 is the epic conclusion to a sweeping viking saga six years in the making. This strategic RPG, acclaimed for its strong story and compelling characters has won over 20 awards and been nominated for 4 BAFTA awards.

    2018StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Crowntakers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Wardrum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Wardrum.

    Crowntakers combines turn-based strategy with RPG elements and takes you at the behest of the crown into a medieval fantasy world full of challenging encounters and epic adventures. With its randomly generated world, Crowntakers offers a varied gaming experience every time you set out to fight evil.

    2014StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Into the Breach

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Wardrum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Wardrum.

    Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Control, I'm Not Coming Back

    WHY THIS

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

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. Tails Noir: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    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 Strategy with Wardrum.

    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 Wardrum.

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

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. The Last Spell

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Wardrum.

    Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Mordheim: City of the Damned

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Wardrum.

    Mordheim: City of the Damned is the first video game adaptation of Games Workshop's cult classic tabletop game Mordheim. Set in the Warhammer World's decimated Empire city, Mordheim: City of the Damned is a turn-based tactical game where you lead warbands into bloody and lethal skirmishes.

    2015StrategyRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Into the Breach

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Wardrum.

    Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Wardrum

Does Wardrum run on Steam Deck?
Wardrum is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
What games are most similar to Wardrum?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Wardrum are Blightstone, The Last Spell, Mordheim: City of the Damned.
Who developed Wardrum?
Wardrum was developed by Mopeful Games and published by Team17.

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 Wardrum.

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