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Games like Hive Blight

If Hive Blight is your kind of game, the closest matches are Against All Skies, Jupiter Moons: Mecha🦾 and Free of the Land — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging difficulty progression, atmospheric and challenging. 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 Hive Blight: Hive Blight is a roguelite autobattler where you lead a team of insect warriors against a corrupting Fungal Threat. Build powerful synergies, uncover the source of the plague, and destroy it to save your world!

2026StrategyRPGEarly Access12.49 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby OptizOnion
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Steam players who put hours into Hive Blight 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. Against All Skies

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Hive Blight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hive Blight.

    Uncover the true cost of power in this party-based RPG deckbuilder with roguelite storytelling. Navigate treacherous sky islands, build unique decks for a crew of unlikely heroes and breach the storm to deliver revolution to the skies.

    2027StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  2. Jupiter Moons: Mecha🦾

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Hive Blight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hive Blight.

    Choose your mech, customize your loadout, and build your perfect deck. Experiment with cards to find powerful combinations as you enjoy the tactical combat and deckbuilding in this roguelike adventure!

    2026StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  3. Free of the Land

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Hive Blight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hive Blight.

    A tactical roguelike deckbuilder of misfits and monsters. Build your deck, summon your minions, cast your spells and survive long enough to claim the land.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  4. Sunken Stones

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Hive Blight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hive Blight.

    A turn based Puzzle-Strategy game about pirates and cursed treasure. Choose a captain, gather your crew and defeat monsters by strategically placing units on a 5x5 grid.

    2025StrategyRPG11.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Crown Control

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Hive Blight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hive Blight.

    Tactical roguelike deckbuilder: play solo or in online co-op with up to 4 players. Choose your character, level up your class, collect and play cards to attack, defend, heal, summon allies, place traps, and alter the terrain in turn-based isometric battles to overthrow a tyrant king.

    2026StrategyRPGSteam ↗
  6. Gold and Graves

    WHY THIS

    Shares difficulty scaling, meta progression, roguelite and an atmospheric mood with Hive Blight.

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

    Gold and Graves is a roguelike extraction game where you bribe enemies to recruit them as allies, escape the dungeon, and bring back cards, relics, and mercenaries to your village to accumulate resources. Strengthen your deck and forces with the resources you gather and challenge deeper dungeons.

    2025StrategyIndie4.79 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Montabi

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Hive Blight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Hive Blight.

    Tame, collect, fight! Assemble an unstoppable team of unique Montabi in this Creature-Collector Roguelike Deckbuilder. Master their awesome abilities, synergize their strategic strengths and save the city in tactical turn-based combat!

    2026StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  8. Godslayer Arena

    WHY THIS

    Shares auto battler, auto battle, roguelite and an atmospheric mood with Hive Blight.

    Ranked #8 for Hive Blight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Early Access with Hive Blight.

    Godslayer Arena is a roguelike fusion of autobattlers and action-rpgs. Combat is performed completely automatically. Understanding complex interactions between the spells, gems, and items you draft will be key to success. Break the game. Become overpowered.

    2025ActionStrategyEarly Access14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Hive Blight

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 tactical positioning, procedural generation and an immersive mood with Hive Blight.

    Reviewers of Hive Blight cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Hive Blight.

    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. Monster Train 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares tactical positioning, roguelite progression and atmospheric with Hive Blight.

    Reviewers of Hive Blight cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Hive Blight.

    Monster Train returns with all new clans, new enemy factions, new challenges, new modes and more! Defend your Pyre in the classic three-tiered, vertical gameplay that made the original roguelike deckbuilder a hit.

    2025StrategyIndie18.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Slay the Spire 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares meta progression, procedural generation and an intense mood with Hive Blight.

    Reviewers of Hive Blight cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Early Access with Hive Blight.

    The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!

    2026StrategyIndieEarly Access24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Shares build crafting, character unlocks, roguelite and an immersive mood with Hive Blight.

    Reviewers of Hive Blight cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Hive Blight.

    From the creators of Vampire Survivors comes a turbo-charged, turn-based roguelite deckbuilder! Deal world-ending combos, blitz through infested dungeons, and master the Turboturn to obliterate hordes of familiar foes with a chaotic hand of cards.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Hive Blight on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Hive Blight.

    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 ↗
  2. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Hive Blight on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Hive Blight.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Shares tactical positioning, procedural generation and an immersive mood with Hive Blight.

    Priced ~50% under Hive Blight on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Hive Blight.

    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 ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Hive Blight on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Hive Blight.

    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 ↗
  5. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Hive Blight on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Hive Blight.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Hive Blight on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Hive Blight.

    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.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Hive Blight on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Hive Blight.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Hive Blight on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Hive Blight.

    Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?

    2010Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hive Blight.

    Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Hive Blight.

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hive Blight.

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Wheelchair Wizards

    WHY THIS

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

    Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.

    2025ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Shape of Dreams: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Hive Blight.

    A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

    2020StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  7. Dota 2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Hive Blight.

    Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.

    2013ActionStrategyFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Limbus Company

    WHY THIS

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

    As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.

    2023FreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Hive Blight

Does Hive Blight run on Steam Deck?
Hive Blight 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 Hive Blight cost?
Hive Blight is listed on Steam at 12.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Hive Blight?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hive Blight are Against All Skies, Jupiter Moons: Mecha🦾, Free of the Land.
Who developed Hive Blight?
Hive Blight was developed by OptizOnion.

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 Hive Blight.

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