Games like Into the Restless Ruins
If Into the Restless Ruins is your kind of game, the closest matches are Slay the Spire, Moon Watch and Hadean Tactics — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 →About Into the Restless Ruins: A roguelike deckbuilder where you create the dungeon you fight through. Each night use your cards to expand the ruins then battle through them, harvesting Glimour from the lost souls and improving your deck. Can you reach The Warden and defeat it, so The Maiden will grant your heart’s desire?
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Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, procedural generation and an immersive mood with Into the Restless Ruins.
Top pick for Into the Restless Ruins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into the Restless Ruins.
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!
Moon Watch
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, roguelite progression and atmospheric with Into the Restless Ruins.
Second-strongest match for Into the Restless Ruins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Into the Restless Ruins.
Bullet heaven, deckbuilding, and strategy – Moon Watch is a wild new mix from the creators of Backpack Hero! Master your tactics, not reflexes: stop time at will, craft a killer deck, stop the horde in their tracks!
Hadean Tactics
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, procedural generation and a whimsical mood with Into the Restless Ruins.
Third-strongest match for Into the Restless Ruins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into the Restless Ruins.
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!
Roguebook
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Into the Restless Ruins.
Ranked #4 for Into the Restless Ruins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into the Restless Ruins.
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!
Hand of Fate 2
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Into the Restless Ruins.
Ranked #5 for Into the Restless Ruins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Restless Ruins.
A new hero rises to challenge the Dealer in Hand of Fate 2! Master a living boardgame of infinitely replayable quests - unlock new cards, build your adventure, then defeat your foes in brutal real-time combat! Draw your cards, play your hand and discover your fate!
Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Into the Restless Ruins.
Ranked #6 for Into the Restless Ruins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into the Restless Ruins.
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.
Hand of Fate
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Into the Restless Ruins.
Ranked #7 for Into the Restless Ruins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Restless Ruins.
Deckbuilding comes to life in Hand of Fate! An infinitely replayable series of quests - earn new cards, build your deck, then try to defeat it! In a cabin at the end of the world, the game of life and death is played. Draw your cards, play your hand, and discover your fate.
FORCED SHOWDOWN
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a whimsical mood with Into the Restless Ruins.
Ranked #8 for Into the Restless Ruins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Into the Restless Ruins.
Deckbuilding empowers this challenging bullet hell adventure! Each character is a unique experience: Choose a deck of unlockable cards to boost you in new ways every battle - "My whirlwind shoots fireballs!?". Battle hordes of brutal foes to become a superstar in C-SAR’s ever-changing game show.
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Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an immersive mood with Into the Restless Ruins.
Reviewers of Into the Restless Ruins cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Restless Ruins.
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!
Loop Hero
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Into the Restless Ruins.
Reviewers of Into the Restless Ruins cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into the Restless Ruins.
The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.
Brotato
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Into the Restless Ruins.
Reviewers of Into the Restless Ruins cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Restless Ruins.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Into the Restless Ruins at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~87% under Into the Restless Ruins on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Restless Ruins.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Into the Restless Ruins on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Restless Ruins.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Into the Restless Ruins on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Into the Restless Ruins.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~73% under Into the Restless Ruins on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Into the Restless Ruins.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Into the Restless Ruins on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Into the Restless Ruins.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~87% under Into the Restless Ruins on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Into the Restless Ruins.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Into the Restless Ruins on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Restless Ruins.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Into the Restless Ruins on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Into the Restless Ruins.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Restless Ruins.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Restless Ruins.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Into the Restless Ruins.
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.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Restless Ruins.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Restless Ruins.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Restless Ruins.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Lily's Well
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Into the Restless Ruins.
It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.
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More from Ant Workshop Ltd
Other recommendable Steam games by Ant Workshop Ltd, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Binaries
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Into the Restless Ruins.
Another title from Ant Workshop Ltd, the studio behind Into the Restless Ruins. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Restless Ruins.
Test your reflexes and awareness as you simultaneously guide two lovable balls through over 100 brightly-coloured challenges in a controller-smashingly tough BAFTA nominated platformer.
Dead End Job
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Into the Restless Ruins.
Another title from Ant Workshop Ltd, the studio behind Into the Restless Ruins. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Restless Ruins.
Dead End Job sends you into a madcap, Ren & Stimpy-esque world to bust up ghosts. It’s a procedurally generated, couch co-op, twin-stick shooter that straps a vacuum pack to your back and puts a plasma blaster in your hand. For you, it’s just another day in the office.
Dungeon Golf
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Into the Restless Ruins.
Another title from Ant Workshop Ltd, the studio behind Into the Restless Ruins. Shares Indie with Into the Restless Ruins.
It’s mini golf in a dungeon (duh). Whack your way through lava, traps and monsters using a lute, your fists, or your own skeletal leg. You can even score a hole-in-none! Compete with your friends online or together to be the true Dungeon Golf champion.
Ice Cream Wars
WHY THIS
Another title from Ant Workshop Ltd, the studio behind Into the Restless Ruins. Shares Indie with Into the Restless Ruins.
A madcap arcade driving game in the unexpectedly cut-throat world of the frozen confectionary distribution industry. Race against the clock (and Gelatoni's henchmen) to provide the residents of Rippleton with the sweet frozen treats they're craving.
Into the Slimy Mines
WHY THIS
Another title from Ant Workshop Ltd, the studio behind Into the Restless Ruins. Shares Action and Strategy with Into the Restless Ruins.
A roguelike tower defense with a card-driven twist. Build your deck, carve out tunnels, and deploy defences directly into the path of the swarm. Rank up your chosen Guild and rescue your Dwarven crew to get off this frackin’ slime-infested moon!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, procedural generation and an immersive mood with Into the Restless Ruins.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into the Restless Ruins.
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!
Hadean Tactics
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, procedural generation and a whimsical mood with Into the Restless Ruins.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into the Restless Ruins.
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!
Hand of Fate 2
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Into the Restless Ruins.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Restless Ruins.
A new hero rises to challenge the Dealer in Hand of Fate 2! Master a living boardgame of infinitely replayable quests - unlock new cards, build your adventure, then defeat your foes in brutal real-time combat! Draw your cards, play your hand and discover your fate!
Frequently asked about Into the Restless Ruins
- Is Into the Restless Ruins verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Into the Restless Ruins 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 Into the Restless Ruins cost?
- Into the Restless Ruins is listed on Steam at 7.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Into the Restless Ruins?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Into the Restless Ruins are Slay the Spire, Moon Watch, Hadean Tactics.
- Who developed Into the Restless Ruins?
- Into the Restless Ruins was developed by Ant Workshop Ltd and published by Wales Interactive.
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