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Games like Necroking

If Necroking is your kind of game, the closest matches are Monster Train, Cat God Ranch and Wildfrost — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its gothic necromancy fantasy setting, atmospheric 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 Necroking: Necroking is a turn-based tactics roguelite with vast deckbuilding. You play as a Master of Necromancy. Build your skulls deck, raise skeletons and other scum to defeat settlements desecrated by life.

2024StrategyIndieAdventure1.24 USDDeck VerifiedWindows · macOSby KORO.GAMES
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Charming pixel art with expressive unit animationsCommanding an undead army of skeletons and horrorsGothic necromancy fantasy settingAtmosphericDarkFunny

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Steam players who put hours into Necroking 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. Monster Train

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building with Necroking.

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

    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 ↗
  2. Cat God Ranch

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building, roguelite progression, roguelite and a whimsical mood with Necroking.

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

    Lead hundreds of "wise" little animals to pay tribute to the Cat God!! 7 animal families, 100+ animals, 10+ Cat Gods, 100+ items, and various animal combinations waiting for you to explore!

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Wildfrost

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building, procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Necroking.

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

    Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…

    2023StrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Hadean Tactics

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building, procedural generation and a whimsical mood with Necroking.

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

    Hadean Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding game fused with autobattler elements to create a unique strategy experience. Use your cards to influence the actions of your units and help your Hero defeat the Six Wings of Hell!

    2023StrategyIndie8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. LONESTAR

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Necroking.

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

    LONESTAR is a strategic Roguelike spaceship deckbuilder. As a bounty hunter, you will capture criminals scattered across the universe. Win the shockwave battle to gain rewards and vacations. Find treasures, customize spaceships, unlock talents, defeat the felons and be a legend!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gods vs Horrors

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building, roguelite progression, roguelite and an atmospheric mood with Necroking.

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

    A drafting roguelike focused on synergies and scaling, with short enjoyable runs. Recruit Gods from different mythologies, buff and upgrade them, arrange them in perfect formation, and fight cosmic Horrors in no-RNG autobattler combat to defend the Earth!

    2025StrategyCasual9.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Necroking.

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

    Astrea is a DICE-deck-building roguelike that flips the script on deckbuilders by using dice instead of cards and a unique dual “damage” system: Purification vs Corruption. Build a dice pool strong enough to purify Astrea's out-of-control corruption and save the Star System.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. StarVaders

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Necroking.

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

    Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure17.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Necroking on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Necroking.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Mining Mechs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Necroking on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Necroking.

    Unleash your inner miner as you commandeer a high-tech Mining Mech! Mine for valuable resources and upgrade your mech for even bigger hauls as you explore the underground. Fun to play alone or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer!

    2023IndieAdventureCasual0.59 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. ULTIMATE HARDBASS DEFENCE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Necroking on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Necroking.

    SHOOT. SURVIVE. DANCE HARDBASS.

    2019ActionIndieMassively Multiplayer0.59 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Necroking on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Necroking.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Necroking on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Necroking.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Necroking on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Necroking.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Necroking on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Necroking.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Necroking on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Necroking.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015

    WHY THIS

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

    A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  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 Necroking.

    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. Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.

    2021IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck 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. Wildfrost

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building, procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Necroking.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Necroking.

    Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…

    2023StrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Hadean Tactics

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building, procedural generation and a whimsical mood with Necroking.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Necroking.

    Hadean Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding game fused with autobattler elements to create a unique strategy experience. Use your cards to influence the actions of your units and help your Hero defeat the Six Wings of Hell!

    2023StrategyIndie8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. LONESTAR

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Necroking.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Necroking.

    LONESTAR is a strategic Roguelike spaceship deckbuilder. As a bounty hunter, you will capture criminals scattered across the universe. Win the shockwave battle to gain rewards and vacations. Find treasures, customize spaceships, unlock talents, defeat the felons and be a legend!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Gods vs Horrors

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building, roguelite progression, roguelite and an atmospheric mood with Necroking.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Necroking.

    A drafting roguelike focused on synergies and scaling, with short enjoyable runs. Recruit Gods from different mythologies, buff and upgrade them, arrange them in perfect formation, and fight cosmic Horrors in no-RNG autobattler combat to defend the Earth!

    2025StrategyCasual9.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. StarVaders

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Necroking.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Necroking.

    Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure17.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Necroking

Is Necroking verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Necroking 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 Necroking cost?
Necroking is listed on Steam at 1.24 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Necroking?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Necroking are Monster Train, Cat God Ranch, Wildfrost.
Who developed Necroking?
Necroking was developed by KORO.GAMES and published by Alawar.

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 Necroking.

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