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Games like ARC: Antic Runes Combat

If ARC: Antic Runes Combat is your kind of game, the closest matches are F.R.E.D.'s Ascent, Glimmer Chain and Runner Roy — picked from the ranked list below. 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 ARC: Antic Runes Combat: Classic 2D Arcade ! You are "Shadow", a lost soul who has the mission to rescue other souls after the great apocalypse. New for Steam Launch, Events and FREE DLC "Underworld" includes in version 1.5.

2024IndieCasual9.99 USDWindowsby ima shouganai
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  1. F.R.E.D.'s Ascent

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for ARC: Antic Runes Combat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

    A 2.5D rage platformer. Nine zones, each with its own physics — ice, wind, sticky floors, low gravity. You are F.R.E.D., a small machine kept asleep beneath a world that never wanted you to wake. Climb anyway. Wanderer, No-Save, and Speedrun modes.

    2026ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Glimmer Chain

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for ARC: Antic Runes Combat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

    Use the chain to swing and propel yourself through the buildings. Execute fluid and epic moves to light up the city in the shortest possible time!

    2024ActionIndieCasual7.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Runner Roy

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for ARC: Antic Runes Combat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

    Runner Roy is a sidescroller platformer where you have to count both on your skills and luck to overcome (and survive!) as many machines and obstacles along the way as you can.

    2023ActionIndieCasual0.49 USDSteam ↗
  4. SnowKnight: Super Strength, Big Head, Twin Tails

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for ARC: Antic Runes Combat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

    A 2D side-scrolling beat'em up with story, puzzles and sarcasm. A quirky strong loli wakes in snow, wields a broken hammer, battles thugs, zombies, mutants and talking creatures, smashing her way through the post-apocalyptic wasteland.

    IndieAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  5. Neon Shard

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for ARC: Antic Runes Combat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

    Neon Shard is a 2D Platformer game featuring challenging time limited levels. Jump and stomp! Break the shards to gather resources that will help you to upgrade your factory and your character to face harder challanges.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. GrassChopper

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for ARC: Antic Runes Combat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

    Swing your scythe, earn coins, and spend them on a variety of upgrades to cut deeper into the overgrowth. An incremental action game about pushing further than anyone has gone before

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Blockpocalypse

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for ARC: Antic Runes Combat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

    Blockpocalypse is the shared screen multiplayer party platformer about surviving with your friends... or at least outliving them.

    2016ActionSportsIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Witcheye

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for ARC: Antic Runes Combat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

    Set off on an adventure as a mild-mannered witch who transforms into a flying eyeball of vengeance after a smarmy knight and wizard steal her spell ingredients.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below ARC: Antic Runes Combat at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under ARC: Antic Runes Combat on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

    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 ~50% under ARC: Antic Runes Combat on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

    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. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under ARC: Antic Runes Combat on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

    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 ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under ARC: Antic Runes Combat on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under ARC: Antic Runes Combat on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under ARC: Antic Runes Combat on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under ARC: Antic Runes Combat on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

    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 ↗
  8. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under ARC: Antic Runes Combat on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

    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 ↗
  6. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  7. An Arcade Full of Cats

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

    Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

More from ima shouganai

Other recommendable Steam games by ima shouganai, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Level UP! Factory

    WHY THIS

    Another title from ima shouganai, the studio behind ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

    Commander! Manage your shelter with survivors in a abandoned nuclear power plant. Search resources to make different types of boxes, send expeditions, repair work areas, face enemies to defend your facilities, deploy drones and rc cars, prepare for special events and more. All in real-time.

    2024Simulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Time Re:Quest

    WHY THIS

    Another title from ima shouganai, the studio behind ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

    A survival game with a classic style of the graphic adventures of the 80s. Current graphics, updated to the new generations and with a simple way to play. Two game modes. Discover your way and one great game. Procedural game, it is generated as you progress. Every game is different. Survive!

    2024Simulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Hidden Pinball

    WHY THIS

    Another title from ima shouganai, the studio behind ARC: Antic Runes Combat. Shares Casual with ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

    The secret game for your desktop. Enjoy over 100 themed tables, over 50 daily special events and real-time challenges. Beat the records at all the tables and earn your crowns, badges and increase your prestige. Configure it to play the way you want, even in full screen. Improve yourself.

    2024Casual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Magical Frontline

    WHY THIS

    Another title from ima shouganai, the studio behind ARC: Antic Runes Combat. Shares Indie and Casual with ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

    The Fantasy Card Game is available in version 2.0 with 3 New Game Modes, more advanced enemies, cards and more. The Magic Battles for the supremacy in the territory, Local Multiplayer, Tower of Mytikas and Conquest in Ziliana Gorge. Zeus awaits in the Top, the glory awaits for you. Play Now.

    2025IndieRPGCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about ARC: Antic Runes Combat

How much does ARC: Antic Runes Combat cost?
ARC: Antic Runes Combat is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to ARC: Antic Runes Combat?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ARC: Antic Runes Combat are F.R.E.D.'s Ascent, Glimmer Chain, Runner Roy.
Who developed ARC: Antic Runes Combat?
ARC: Antic Runes Combat was developed by ima shouganai.

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 ARC: Antic Runes Combat.

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