Games like A Snail's Tale
If A Snail's Tale is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dragon Spira, Eve of Calamity and FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles — 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 A Snail's Tale: A retro jRPG with a twist. Have you heard the one about the million dollars and the immortal snail? A Snail's Tale will let you play out the story and answer the question once and for all - can he be stopped?
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Dragon Spira
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Top pick for A Snail's Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with A Snail's Tale.
A pixel-art fantasy RPG where Spirit Beasts and board game battles await! Dive into a retro turn-based adventure, raise evolving beasts, master jobs, spin the roulette, and uncover the truth sealed for a thousand years!
Eve of Calamity
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Second-strongest match for A Snail's Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with A Snail's Tale.
Prevent a world-ending Calamity your way! A player-driven old-school RPG inspired by both the Japanese and western classics of the 80s and 90s.
FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles
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Third-strongest match for A Snail's Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with A Snail's Tale.
Featuring fully voiced dialogue, beautifully enhanced graphics, and countless gameplay improvements, the genre-defining tactical RPG makes its long-awaited return.
Artifact Adventure
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Ranked #4 for A Snail's Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with A Snail's Tale.
The horribly toxic Swamp King has risen once again! Gather your party and set out on an open world, retro-styled, RPG adventure. Powerful mystical artifacts are scattered about the world, each able to grant you new powers. Which will you choose? What is your destiny?
8-Bit Adventures 2
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Ranked #5 for A Snail's Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with A Snail's Tale.
Pilot your Airship, prepare your party, and explore a vast World Map in 8-Bit Adventures 2 – an exciting, emotional tribute to the Golden Age of JRPGs. Dynamic turn-based battles & pixels with personality!
My Holiday 2
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Ranked #6 for A Snail's Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with A Snail's Tale.
This is the second part of the long holiday of labor and capital! It tells the story of the protagonist's return to his hometown in the summer vacation three years after his previous work, but he is invaded by the meow man.
Crystal Project
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Ranked #7 for A Snail's Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with A Snail's Tale.
Crystal Project is a non-linear JRPG where you are the maker of your own adventure. Explore the world while you find Crystals, unlock classes, learn abilities, and create a strategy capable of taking down the world's toughest bosses. Or just stick to exploring; it's up to you.
BRAVELY DEFAULT II
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Ranked #8 for A Snail's Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with A Snail's Tale.
A new entry in the “Bravely" series! Four new Heroes of Light emerge in a new world and story!
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Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Snail's Tale.
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Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Snail's Tale.
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ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Snail's Tale.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Snail's Tale.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Snail's Tale.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Snail's Tale.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
NGU IDLE
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Snail's Tale.
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!
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Dragon Spira
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Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with A Snail's Tale.
A pixel-art fantasy RPG where Spirit Beasts and board game battles await! Dive into a retro turn-based adventure, raise evolving beasts, master jobs, spin the roulette, and uncover the truth sealed for a thousand years!
Eve of Calamity
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Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with A Snail's Tale.
Prevent a world-ending Calamity your way! A player-driven old-school RPG inspired by both the Japanese and western classics of the 80s and 90s.
FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with A Snail's Tale.
Featuring fully voiced dialogue, beautifully enhanced graphics, and countless gameplay improvements, the genre-defining tactical RPG makes its long-awaited return.
8-Bit Adventures 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with A Snail's Tale.
Pilot your Airship, prepare your party, and explore a vast World Map in 8-Bit Adventures 2 – an exciting, emotional tribute to the Golden Age of JRPGs. Dynamic turn-based battles & pixels with personality!
Crystal Project
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with A Snail's Tale.
Crystal Project is a non-linear JRPG where you are the maker of your own adventure. Explore the world while you find Crystals, unlock classes, learn abilities, and create a strategy capable of taking down the world's toughest bosses. Or just stick to exploring; it's up to you.
Frequently asked about A Snail's Tale
- What games are most similar to A Snail's Tale?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside A Snail's Tale are Dragon Spira, Eve of Calamity, FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles.
- Who developed A Snail's Tale?
- A Snail's Tale was developed by Retreaux Games.
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