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Games like Grand Soul Story

If Grand Soul Story is your kind of game, the closest matches are VoltAge:Genesis, Corvos Dynasty and Foundlings — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative 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 Grand Soul Story: You are a refugee, recently landed in the turbulent city-state of DuPont and seeking passage to the distant port of Yerdan where your family waits. Get lost in a mature JRPG adventure featuring an immersive world, character-driven narrative, stirring original soundtrack, and tough battle system.

2024IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOSby Jeremy Reineck
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Steam players who put hours into Grand Soul Story 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. VoltAge:Genesis

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Grand Soul Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Grand Soul Story.

    Freely explore a deadly wasteland as you uncover a plot to awaken an ancient evil.

    2023AdventureRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Corvos Dynasty

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Grand Soul Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Grand Soul Story.

    Build your heroes, loot the kingdom, and discover rare treasures. Corvos Dynasty is an RPG inspired by old-school classics. Will you be the legendary hero who saves the princess or the conquerer who burns the monarchy to the ground?

    2024RPG5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Foundlings

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Grand Soul Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grand Soul Story.

    Guide two troubled mages through a civil war-torn 12th-century England in this spellcasting RPG. Forge spells by combining conduits, trade favours with lords and serfs, watch the motions of the planets and keep your Humours in check as you help them find their purpose.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Chained Echoes

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Grand Soul Story.

    Ranked #4 for Grand Soul Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Grand Soul Story.

    Take up your sword, channel your magic or board your Mech. Chained Echoes is a 16-bit style RPG set in a fantasy world where dragons are as common as piloted mechanical suits.

    2022IndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Fates of Ort

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Grand Soul Story.

    Ranked #5 for Grand Soul Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grand Soul Story.

    Fates of Ort is a retro fantasy RPG focused on strategic action, in a land where time is frozen when you stand still. Cast powerful spells - but beware, they will cost you your life.

    2020IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Beast Saga

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Grand Soul Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grand Soul Story.

    Beast Saga is an open-world RPG set in a martial arts universe where you play as a young wolf tribe member named Lang Jiusi. Immerse yourself in a world of free exploration, gathering, crafting, life skills, martial arts cultivation, forming alliances and experiencing unique Jianghu adventures.

    2026IndieAdventureRPG15.29 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Songbringer

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Grand Soul Story.

    Ranked #7 for Grand Soul Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grand Soul Story.

    Imagine if the original Zelda game was set in a science-fiction galaxy. Explore this open-world, action RPG with roguelike and metroidvania elements. Mighty bosses lurk deep within procedurally-generated dungeons. Wield, vanquish, unearth, collect, craft, progress, trip, adventure.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. FINAL FANTASY VII

    WHY THIS

    Shares side quests, turn based combat and an emotional mood with Grand Soul Story.

    Ranked #8 for Grand Soul Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Grand Soul Story.

    The RPG classic FINAL FANTASY VII returns to PC, now with brand new online features!

    2012RPGDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Grand Soul Story at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Grand Soul Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Grand Soul Story.

    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 Grand Soul Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Grand Soul Story.

    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 Grand Soul Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grand Soul Story.

    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. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Grand Soul Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Grand Soul Story.

    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 ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Grand Soul Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grand Soul Story.

    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 ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Grand Soul Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Grand Soul Story.

    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 ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Grand Soul Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Grand Soul Story.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Grand Soul Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grand Soul Story.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Grand Soul Story.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grand Soul Story.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grand Soul Story.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grand Soul Story.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Grand Soul Story.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grand Soul Story.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Grand Soul Story.

    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.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Grand Soul Story.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Grand Soul Story

Does Grand Soul Story run on Steam Deck?
Grand Soul Story 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 Grand Soul Story cost?
Grand Soul Story is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Grand Soul Story?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Grand Soul Story are VoltAge:Genesis, Corvos Dynasty, Foundlings.
Who developed Grand Soul Story?
Grand Soul Story was developed by Jeremy Reineck and published by Moon Soul 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 Grand Soul Story.

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