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Games like Realms of Arkania: Star Trail

If Realms of Arkania: Star Trail is your kind of game, the closest matches are Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny, Realms of Arkania 2 - Star Trail Classic and The Bard's Tale Trilogy — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and nostalgic. 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 Realms of Arkania: Star Trail: Star Trail is a faithful remake of Realms of Arkania’s classic sequel. This hardcore RPG features dozens of talents and spells, distinct races and character classes as well as a challenging isometric turn-based combat system.

2017IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby United Independent Entertainment GmbH, Crafty Studios
Realms of Arkania: Star Trail — Steam game cover
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Deep character customization and progressionDungeons feel like interactive puzzlesEncumbrance matters more than in most crpgsAtmosphericChallengingNostalgic

Players who liked Realms of Arkania: Star Trail also play

Steam players who put hours into Realms of Arkania: Star Trail 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. Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    Top pick for Realms of Arkania: Star Trail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    A legend reborn as Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny returns!Developed by Austrian developer Crafty Studios, Realms of Arkania – Blade of Destiny is a faithful remake of the 1992 original, adored by a generation of Role Players and one of the most successful RPG’s of the 1990’s.

    2013IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Realms of Arkania 2 - Star Trail Classic

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    Second-strongest match for Realms of Arkania: Star Trail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    Star Trail (1994) is the second part of the glorious Realms of Arkania Trilogy...Can you join together the elves and dwarves in common war against the orc invaders? Star Trail features over 70 spells, 50 skills, over 350 types of items and weapons.

    2014RPG2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Bard's Tale Trilogy

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    Third-strongest match for Realms of Arkania: Star Trail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    The Bard's Tale Trilogy is a complete remaster of the iconic series that helped define the RPG genre. Featuring updated graphics and optional quality of life gameplay features, this is the ideal way to experience the dungeon crawling challenge that made the original games beloved classics.

    2018RPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Realms of Arkania 1 - Blade of Destiny Classic

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    Ranked #4 for Realms of Arkania: Star Trail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    Blade of Destiny (1992) is the first part of the glorious Realms of Arkania Trilogy...An Orc army stands ready to attack Arkania's villages and towns. The only hope of saving the land lies in the legendary Blade of Destiny. Can you find this magical weapon in time to stop the siege?

    2014RPG2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Avernum: Escape From the Pit

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    Ranked #5 for Realms of Arkania: Star Trail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    Avernum is a land underground, a subterranean nation full of rogues, misfits, and brigands, struggling for survival in the monster-infested darkness. Hunt for glory, treasure, and justice in the underworld. Fight for survival, freedom, and even vengeance in the epic indie cult-classic.

    2012StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Wizardry 8

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    Ranked #6 for Realms of Arkania: Star Trail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    A New Wizardry for a New GenerationThe universe is in the throes of violent upheaval and change. Vast and mysterious forces are preparing for the final confrontation. A small group of heroes from distant lands must plunge into the heart of the maelstrom, to uncover long-forgotten secrets, and bring about a new era.

    2013AdventureRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Elminage Gothic

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    Ranked #7 for Realms of Arkania: Star Trail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    From the makers of the world renowned “Wizardry Empire” titles, Starfish SD brings you the latest entry in their popular series of dungeon crawlers. Elminage Gothic, previously only available in Japanese on PlayStation® Portable, now comes to PC offering a classic old school dungeon crawling experience with a dark, gothic twist!

    2014ActionStrategyAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Swords and Sorcery - Underworld - Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    Ranked #8 for Realms of Arkania: Star Trail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    Swords and Sorcery - Underworld is a party-based, first person view role-playing game with turn-based combat and a square grid 3D environment. The art was made by a professional comics illustrator.

    2015IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Realms of Arkania: Star Trail

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. Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    Reviewers of Realms of Arkania: Star Trail cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    For the first time in over 20 years, we are heralding the return of a much loved piece of gaming history with the classic RPG, Wasteland! Mutants. Again. Even more than there were last time: they seem to materialize out of the very grains of the radioactive desert sand. Venomous yellow eyes.

    2013StrategyIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Realms of Arkania 3 - Shadows over Riva Classic

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    Reviewers of Realms of Arkania: Star Trail cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    Shadows over Riva (1997) is the third part of the glorious Realms of Arkania Trilogy...Something sinister lurks in the seaside town of Riva. An evil force has subverted the city's leaders, and evil things lurk in the town's sewers. Explore the huge city, dungeons and even underwater regions in stunningly detailed 3D.

    2014RPG2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Wasteland 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    Reviewers of Realms of Arkania: Star Trail cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.

    2020StrategyRPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Mines and Magic

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    Reviewers of Realms of Arkania: Star Trail cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Multiplayer tower defense auto battler with economy. Combine unique abilities of your units. Expand territory and build mines to get resources. Find a balance between economy and army. Use spells to help your army. Relaxing, but challenging singleplayer campaign is available.

    2024Strategy14.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Realms of Arkania: Star Trail at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Realms of Arkania: Star Trail on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    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 Realms of Arkania: Star Trail on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    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 Realms of Arkania: Star Trail on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    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 Realms of Arkania: Star Trail on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    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 Realms of Arkania: Star Trail on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    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 Realms of Arkania: Star Trail on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    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 Realms of Arkania: Star Trail on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Realms of Arkania: Star Trail on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    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. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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 Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    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 ↗
  3. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    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 ↗
  6. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    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 ↗
  7. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

    The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...

    2017IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Realms of Arkania: Star Trail

How much does Realms of Arkania: Star Trail cost?
Realms of Arkania: Star Trail is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Realms of Arkania: Star Trail?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Realms of Arkania: Star Trail are Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny, Realms of Arkania 2 - Star Trail Classic, The Bard's Tale Trilogy.
Who developed Realms of Arkania: Star Trail?
Realms of Arkania: Star Trail was developed by United Independent Entertainment GmbH, Crafty Studios and published by United Independent Entertainment.

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 Realms of Arkania: Star Trail.

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