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Games like Valor of Man

If Valor of Man is your kind of game, the closest matches are Crownbreakers, Slay The Saxons and Blackbriar Crypt — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and epic. 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 Valor of Man: Forge your party. Master your fate. In this turn-based roguelite RPG, lead four heroes through a fractured realm of danger and destiny. Build synergies, unlock powerful abilities, and face ever-shifting challenges in an epic battle for survival. No journey is ever the same.

2026StrategyIndieRPG15.19 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Legacy Forge
Valor of Man — Steam game cover
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Build variety with synergies between abilities and equipmentChase for powerful broken buildsCombat feels dynamic and requires complex decision makingChallengingContemplativeEpic

Players who liked Valor of Man also play

Steam players who put hours into Valor of Man 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. Crownbreakers

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Valor of Man fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Valor of Man.

    Tyrants keep the magical city of Cascade in a chokehold. They grow fat by grinding everyone else's soul into profit. ✊ENOUGH! Crash into their districts and build your deck as you push forward. Use your champions and cards to pummel some demonic billionaires in this turn-based card-game brawler.

    StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  2. Slay The Saxons

    WHY THIS

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

    Slay The Saxons is a fast-paced, tactical rogue-lite game played on an isometric grid. Command a warband of Viking heroes, each with unique abilities, against endless waves of Saxons. Position your shield wall, shove enemies into hazards, and master the grid to survive against overwhelming odds. 

    StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Blackbriar Crypt

    WHY THIS

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

    Lead three doomed mercenaries through a plague-haunted roguelite. Loot drops as items you physically fit into 4x4 packs. What touches what unlocks combos, curses, fire, poison, and the tactics you need to survive.

    2026StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  4. Stones Keeper II: Chaos Lord

    WHY THIS

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

    In Stones Keeper II: Chaos Lord, you will find both the well-known game mechanics of the original game as well as many new features. A signature blend of RPG and strategy with turn-based tactical battles.

    StrategyRPGSteam ↗
  5. Rogue 'n' Roll: Dice of Fate

    WHY THIS

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

    A dark dice-based roguelike where every roll shapes your fate. Build powerful dice synergies, collect relics, and survive brutal turn-based battles in a world ruled by chance.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie4.49 USDSteam ↗
  6. Swords and Sandals 3 Redux

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Valor of Man.

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

    A legend returns! The beloved classic Swords and Sandals 3 is back, re-forged in glory! Step back into the Gladiae Ultratus once more and prepare to take on the greatest gladiators in all Brandor. It's the hardest, most metal gladiator game ever made.

    2025StrategyRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Deified

    WHY THIS

    Shares build variety, roguelite progression, roguelite and a tense mood with Valor of Man.

    Ranked #7 for Valor of Man fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Valor of Man.

    Forge your strategy around powerful relics in this turn-based tactical roguelite. Choose your slots, manage their constraints, and face formidable bosses.

    2026StrategyEarly Access12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cell Command

    WHY THIS

    Shares turn based tactics, grid based movement, roguelite and an intense mood with Valor of Man.

    Ranked #8 for Valor of Man fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Valor of Man.

    TURN-BASED TACTICS meets SNAKE: A new roguelike in the Genome Guardian universe. SPLICE DNA to create new units, enhance their genetics, and take on the Abyss virus once more in a variety of different modes & match types.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Valor of Man

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 an immersive mood with Valor of Man.

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

    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. The Bureau: XCOM Declassified

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Valor of Man cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear.  A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.

    2013Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. XCOM® 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares turn based tactics and a tense mood with Valor of Man.

    Reviewers of Valor of Man cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Valor of Man.

    XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.

    2016Strategy2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Baldur's Gate 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Valor of Man.

    Reviewers of Valor of Man cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and RPG with Valor of Man.

    Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power.

    2023StrategyAdventureRPG44.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Keep of the Witch

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Valor of Man cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Valor of Man.

    Ascend the castle and save the princess as one of her four hero's.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch

    WHY THIS

    Shares party management, class specialization, roguelite and a tense mood with Valor of Man.

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

    Veil of the Witch is a roguelite strategy RPG with turn-based combat and branching progression. Set in the world of “Lost Eidolons,” build a nimble squad of five, pick your skills as you level, and adapt to each unique run. May the gods favor the bold and the wise.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Valor of Man on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Valor of Man.

    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 ~67% under Valor of Man on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Valor of Man.

    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. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Valor of Man on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Valor of Man.

    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 ↗
  4. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Valor of Man on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Valor of Man.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Valor of Man.

    Priced ~59% under Valor of Man on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Valor of Man.

    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 ↗
  6. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Valor of Man on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Valor of Man.

    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 ↗
  7. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Valor of Man on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Valor of Man.

    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 ↗
  8. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Valor of Man on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Valor of Man.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Valor of Man.

    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 ↗
  2. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Valor of Man.

    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 ↗
  3. Moonring

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers

    WHY THIS

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

    If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.

    2021AdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Valor of Man.

    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 ↗
  6. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Valor of Man.

    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 ↗
  7. It gets so lonely here

    WHY THIS

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

    A yandere yuri visual novel with a fairytale theme. Can you escape from your mysterious pursuer?

    2023IndieFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Valor of Man.

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Valor of Man

Does Valor of Man run on Steam Deck?
Valor of Man 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 Valor of Man cost?
Valor of Man is listed on Steam at 15.19 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Valor of Man?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Valor of Man are Crownbreakers, Slay The Saxons, Blackbriar Crypt.
Who developed Valor of Man?
Valor of Man was developed by Legacy Forge and published by Numskull 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 Valor of Man.

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