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Games like Deathless. The Hero Quest

If Deathless. The Hero Quest is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pirates Outlaws, Knock on the Coffin Lid and Deep Sky Derelicts — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and dark. 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 Deathless. The Hero Quest: In Deathless, elements of a collectible card game, roguelike, and turn-based strategy combine seamlessly. Build a unique deck of cards, discover unusual relics, and defeat legendary bosses. No two journeys will ever be the same with endless Path. Crush the Evil and save the world!

2024StrategyIndieAdventure13.74 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby 1C Game Studios
Deathless. The Hero Quest — Steam game cover
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Steam players who put hours into Deathless. The Hero Quest 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. Pirates Outlaws

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    Top pick for Deathless. The Hero Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    Pirates Outlaws is a roguelike card game in which you navigate dangerous seas and challenge their masters. Your expedition will be full of ambushes and will not be easy. Build your deck and combos to become a reputed pirate.

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Knock on the Coffin Lid

    WHY THIS

    Shares roguelike progression, deck building and an atmospheric mood with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

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

    Investigate your own death, find ways to break free from a time loop, choose a hero who will ascend to the throne and rule the Northern gate! The fates of whole nations of the land of Midian depend on your choices.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure16.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Deep Sky Derelicts

    WHY THIS

    Shares card based combat, deck building and an atmospheric mood with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

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

    Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.

    2018StrategyIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Union of Gnomes

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building, resource management and a challenging mood with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

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

    Onwards to revolution in this challenging deck-building roguelite. Free your gnome comrades, assemble your squad, mind wieners (supplies), slay the slavers, and take down the fiercest of them all – Snow White! FREEDOM TO GNOMES!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure11.24 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Gordian Quest

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

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

    An epic deckbuilding RPG inspired by old-school classics like Ultima and D&D, using modern gaming concepts like roguelite elements and turnbased strategic combat. Lead and nurture parties of heroes. Forge bonds and discover new skills among them. Guide them to unravel the curses laid upon the lands.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Roguebook

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

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

    Embrace the challenge of a roguelike deckbuilder with unique mechanics from the developers of Faeria and Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: The Gathering™. Build a team of two heroes, unleash powerful combos and defeat the legends of the Roguebook!

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and an immersive mood with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

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

    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. Menace from the Deep

    WHY THIS

    Shares relic collection, card based combat and atmospheric with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

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

    Menace from the Deep is an enthralling Roguelike Deckbuilding card game that unfolds in a dark world, drawing inspiration from Howard Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos.Set against the backdrop of 1920s USA, the narrative revolves around a clandestine occult society.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure16.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Deathless. The Hero Quest

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 an immersive mood with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    Reviewers of Deathless. The Hero Quest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    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. 月圆之夜 (Night of Full Moon)

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    Reviewers of Deathless. The Hero Quest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    "Night of the Full Moon" is a stand-alone roguelike card game. Take adventure into Black Forest. Random event, random plot leads to different endings.

    2019StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Monster Train

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    Reviewers of Deathless. The Hero Quest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.

    2020Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Black Book

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    Reviewers of Deathless. The Hero Quest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    “Black Book” is a dark RPG Adventure, based on Slavic myths, in which you play as a young sorceress. Fight evil forces in card-based battles and explore the world, where humans live alongside mythological creatures.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Knock on the Coffin Lid

    WHY THIS

    Shares roguelike progression, deck building and an atmospheric mood with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    Reviewers of Deathless. The Hero Quest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    Investigate your own death, find ways to break free from a time loop, choose a hero who will ascend to the throne and rule the Northern gate! The fates of whole nations of the land of Midian depend on your choices.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure16.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Deathless. The Hero Quest at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Deathless. The Hero Quest on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    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 Deathless. The Hero Quest on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    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 ~42% under Deathless. The Hero Quest on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    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 ~45% under Deathless. The Hero Quest on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and an immersive mood with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    Priced ~55% under Deathless. The Hero Quest on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    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 ~42% under Deathless. The Hero Quest on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    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 ~64% under Deathless. The Hero Quest on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    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 ~64% under Deathless. The Hero Quest on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    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. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    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 Deathless. The Hero Quest.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    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 ↗
  4. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. 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 ↗
  7. Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.

    2025IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.

    2015AdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from 1C Game Studios

Other recommendable Steam games by 1C Game Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    Another title from 1C Game Studios, the studio behind Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad is the continuation of the legendary IL-2 Sturmovik series that has set the standard for PC combat flight games for more than ten years. This new entry into the series will offer virtual pilots an even more accurate simulation of the most famous air battles.

    2014ActionSimulation9.49 USDSteam ↗
  2. Rise of Flight United

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    Another title from 1C Game Studios, the studio behind Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    Pilot legendary aircraft of the early years of aviation, French Spad 13, German Albatros D.Va and Russian built Nieuport 17, in the free-to-play Rise of Flight United! This WWI aviation sim that has something for every flight-sim fan, from single player skirmish and career to multiplayer dogfights, but one thing is for certain, the...

    2013SimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Caliber

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    Another title from 1C Game Studios, the studio behind Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    Caliber is a team-based online shooter focused on special forces units from all over the world. More than 70 operators with unique abilities and weapons as well as various game modes and maps are waiting for you.

    2023ActionMassively MultiplayerFree To PlayFreeDeck 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. Pirates Outlaws

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    Pirates Outlaws is a roguelike card game in which you navigate dangerous seas and challenge their masters. Your expedition will be full of ambushes and will not be easy. Build your deck and combos to become a reputed pirate.

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Knock on the Coffin Lid

    WHY THIS

    Shares roguelike progression, deck building and an atmospheric mood with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    Investigate your own death, find ways to break free from a time loop, choose a hero who will ascend to the throne and rule the Northern gate! The fates of whole nations of the land of Midian depend on your choices.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure16.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Gordian Quest

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    An epic deckbuilding RPG inspired by old-school classics like Ultima and D&D, using modern gaming concepts like roguelite elements and turnbased strategic combat. Lead and nurture parties of heroes. Forge bonds and discover new skills among them. Guide them to unravel the curses laid upon the lands.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and an immersive mood with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deathless. The Hero Quest.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Deathless. The Hero Quest

Is Deathless. The Hero Quest verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Deathless. The Hero Quest is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Deathless. The Hero Quest cost?
Deathless. The Hero Quest is listed on Steam at 13.74 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Deathless. The Hero Quest?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Deathless. The Hero Quest are Pirates Outlaws, Knock on the Coffin Lid, Deep Sky Derelicts.
Who developed Deathless. The Hero Quest?
Deathless. The Hero Quest was developed by 1C Game Studios and published by FOR-GAMES CR LTD.

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 Deathless. The Hero Quest.

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