Games like CBS: The Beginning
If CBS: The Beginning is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Dream Machine - The Definitive Edition, The Heirloom and BROK the InvestiGator — 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.
Get personalized picks →About CBS: The Beginning: Just like how it used to be; fight your way through the story of disasters and heroism in this turn based, combat heavy, story driven dystopian sci-fi rpg. CBS: The Beginning is a spinoff of the classic turn-based rpg rules embedded to the world of 'DOTD' with rules unique to itself and fresh story.
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Steam players who put hours into CBS: The Beginning 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.
The Dream Machine - The Definitive Edition
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Top pick for CBS: The Beginning fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with CBS: The Beginning.
An award-winning point & click adventure about exploring other people’s dreams. Uncover dark secrets in a strange apartment building and wander through a surreal, hand-crafted dreamscape built from clay, cardboard & broccoli.
The Heirloom
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Second-strongest match for CBS: The Beginning fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with CBS: The Beginning.
Uncover the secrets of your family and your grandfather's old lighthouse as you seek the truth behind the unusual happenings in The Heirloom, a mysterious thriller adventure inspired by the atmosphere of the Hebrides and Scottish folklore!
BROK the InvestiGator
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for CBS: The Beginning fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with CBS: The Beginning.
An innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be?
ELEX II
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Ranked #4 for CBS: The Beginning fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with CBS: The Beginning.
In this sequel to the vintage Open World RPG ELEX, Jax must once again unite the free people of the Science-Fantasy world of Magalan against a new threat - the Skyands, who want to change the face of the planet forever.
Diablo® IV
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Ranked #5 for CBS: The Beginning fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with CBS: The Beginning.
Join the fight for Sanctuary in Diablo® IV, the ultimate action RPG adventure. Experience the critically acclaimed campaign and new seasonal content.
Metaphor: ReFantazio
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Ranked #6 for CBS: The Beginning fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with CBS: The Beginning.
After his assassination, the will of the late king decrees the next monarch to be elected by the people. Forge bonds and win over a kingdom divided in this award-winning fantasy RPG with turn-based and action combat, party customization with powerful Archetypes, and hours of exploration.
Night Swarm
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Ranked #7 for CBS: The Beginning fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with CBS: The Beginning.
Claim your throne as Vampire Lord in this survivors-like. Each run is another step on your journey with new followers, quests and skills to unlock. The night is yours to conquer.
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
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Ranked #8 for CBS: The Beginning fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with CBS: The Beginning.
Hunt ghosts as two memorable characters in a story-driven Action-RPG where your decisions carry dramatic consequences. Torn between honoring your oath to the living and saving your departed partner, how far will you go for love?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with CBS: The Beginning.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with CBS: The Beginning.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with CBS: The Beginning.
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.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with CBS: The Beginning.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and RPG with CBS: The Beginning.
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.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
BROK the InvestiGator
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with CBS: The Beginning.
An innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be?
Diablo® IV
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with CBS: The Beginning.
Join the fight for Sanctuary in Diablo® IV, the ultimate action RPG adventure. Experience the critically acclaimed campaign and new seasonal content.
Night Swarm
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with CBS: The Beginning.
Claim your throne as Vampire Lord in this survivors-like. Each run is another step on your journey with new followers, quests and skills to unlock. The night is yours to conquer.
Frequently asked about CBS: The Beginning
- What games are most similar to CBS: The Beginning?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside CBS: The Beginning are The Dream Machine - The Definitive Edition, The Heirloom, BROK the InvestiGator.
- Who developed CBS: The Beginning?
- CBS: The Beginning was developed by Sim-plistic Studio.
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