Games like Sol Cesto
If Sol Cesto is your kind of game, the closest matches are Forrader Hero, Pico Pico Dungeon! and Sproggiwood — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, immersive and mysterious. 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.
Get personalized picks →Sol Cesto is a row-based roguelite puzzle crawler with probability manipulation elements. Set in a dark fantasy dungeon, the 2026 indie release tasks players with selecting from multiple characters, each offering distinct mechanics, and descending through procedurally generated levels using meta-progression and item combination systems. Boss encounters demand pattern recognition skills, while hidden collectibles and character unlocks provide long-term engagement. Reviewers highlight intricate level design that rewards careful observation, along with great sound design and memorable character audio, while players describe a fast mastery curve that maintains meaningful progression across runs. Currently in Early Access at $13.99, the challenging tactical experience supports short-burst play sessions and runs on Steam Deck, holding an 89% positive rating from over 1,600 Steam reviews.
About Sol Cesto: Sol Cesto is a tactical and frantic roguelite where mastering your luck is key. Choose a hero, upgrade them using cursed teeth and magical items, and descend to the bottom of an ever-changing dungeon. In this dark world, every action has consequences…
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Forrader Hero
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Top pick for Sol Cesto fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Sol Cesto.
Forrader Hero – turn-based game with roguelike elements where heroes can’t step back and must fight through the end to save their soul in ‘Forgotten Proto.World’ fighting hordes of monsters, undead creatures, and their overlords.
Pico Pico Dungeon!
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Sol Cesto fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sol Cesto.
A turn-based roguelike RPG that's easy to pick up and play! Casual yet challenging! Strategic depth is preserved! In addition to roguelike stages, there are over 20 diverse stages, including puzzles and tower defense!
Sproggiwood
WHY THIS
Shares meta progression and a whimsical mood with Sol Cesto.
Third-strongest match for Sol Cesto fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sol Cesto.
Bring civilization to Sproggiwood, a story-driven, turn-based roguelike set in a humorous world inspired by Finnish mythology. Grow your civilization and plunder procedural dungeons with six unique classes. Outsmart mischievous monsters who work together in unexpected ways. No two dungeon dives are alike.
The Curse Of Yendor
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Sol Cesto.
Ranked #4 for Sol Cesto fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sol Cesto.
Kill monsters, get loot, solve puzzles, complete quests! A sword and sorcery adventure where your magic shapes the world. A classical rogue-like with a modern feel. "Your nemesis has found the Amulet of Yendor... Defeat him before he ascends to godhood!"
Desktop Dungeons: Rewind
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a punishing mood with Sol Cesto.
Ranked #5 for Sol Cesto fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sol Cesto.
Desktop Dungeons: Rewind bestows bites of tactical roguelike action, which will quickly fester into a deep, lingering, and strategic obsession. Bargain with gods, equip your spoon and pick your battles, before retreating into the healing darkness. But beware… there are still many monsters to face!
Crowntakers
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Sol Cesto.
Ranked #6 for Sol Cesto fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sol Cesto.
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.
Zavix Tower
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with Sol Cesto.
Ranked #7 for Sol Cesto fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sol Cesto.
Zavix Tower is an old-school, party-based, first-person CRPG with rogue-like elements, an upgrade-able and persistent town, and turn-based combat.
Robothorium
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Sol Cesto.
Ranked #8 for Sol Cesto fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sol Cesto.
Robothorium is a cyberpunk dungeon crawler with turn-based fights, where all your choices will have a direct impact on your revolution against Humankind. Deep Strategy, Crafting, Party Based management, Talents and so much more in this roguelike!
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The Binding of Isaac
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Shares procedural generation and an immersive mood with Sol Cesto.
Reviewers of Sol Cesto cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Sol Cesto.
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Risk of Rain 2
WHY THIS
Shares build variety with Sol Cesto.
Reviewers of Sol Cesto cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Sol Cesto.
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
Slay the Spire
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Shares procedural generation and an immersive mood with Sol Cesto.
Reviewers of Sol Cesto cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sol Cesto.
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!
Monument Valley
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Sol Cesto.
Reviewers of Sol Cesto cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sol Cesto.
Embark on a journey of forgiveness through impossible environments and illusionary puzzles. Experience this meditative and calming puzzle game by manipulating monuments and creating evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Sol Cesto at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~64% under Sol Cesto on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sol Cesto.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~64% under Sol Cesto on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sol Cesto.
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!
PEAK
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Priced ~43% under Sol Cesto on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sol Cesto.
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?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Sol Cesto on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sol Cesto.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an immersive mood with Sol Cesto.
Priced ~55% under Sol Cesto on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sol Cesto.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Sol Cesto on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sol Cesto.
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...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~64% under Sol Cesto on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sol Cesto.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~64% under Sol Cesto on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sol Cesto.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sol Cesto.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sol Cesto.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sol Cesto.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sol Cesto.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sol Cesto.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sol Cesto.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about Sol Cesto
- Does Sol Cesto run on Steam Deck?
- Sol Cesto 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 Sol Cesto cost?
- Sol Cesto is listed on Steam at 13.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Sol Cesto?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sol Cesto are Forrader Hero, Pico Pico Dungeon!, Sproggiwood.
- Who developed Sol Cesto?
- Sol Cesto was developed by Tambouille, Géraud Zucchini, Chariospirale and published by Goblinz Publishing, Maple Whispering Limited.
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