Games like Shining Hero
If Shining Hero is your kind of game, the closest matches are Relapse, Circadian Dice and Prime of Flames — 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 Shining Hero: Shining Hero is a turn-based strategy game blending Slay the Spire and Into the Breach. As the chosen hero, you'll battle the resurrected Dark Lord, using cards and strategic positioning to defeat enemies. Collect new cards, refine your deck, and grow stronger as you face ever-greater challenges.
Players who liked Shining Hero also play
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Relapse
WHY THIS
Top pick for Shining Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Shining Hero.
A 3D deck building roguelike game. Collect over 240 abilities; level them up, enchant them, pair them up with over 100 trinkets, and synergize them with your companions' abilities to create endless combinations to defeat your foes.
Circadian Dice
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Shining Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Shining Hero.
Circadian Dice is a game inspired by single-player deck-building games, but instead of upgrading a deck, you build up a set of dice! Use 10 different heroes and 60 game-warping relics to take on 13 hand-crafted scenarios, in runs that take 10-30 minutes. Lots of secrets and unlocks to discover!
Prime of Flames
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Shining Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shining Hero.
This is a special strategy game that combines Wargame and Roguelike. As the guider of the former ancestors, you revived and arrived. In the name of Star Envoy, you leave for the Human camp, and lead the warriors of different clans with talents and abilities to find the truth of history and disaster.
Pawnbarian
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Shining Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shining Hero.
Pawnbarian is a quick-playing, turn-based puzzle roguelike. Play cards to move your hero like a chess piece, and conquer challenging dungeons full of cunning monsters!
StarVaders
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Shining Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shining Hero.
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.
Monster Train
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Shining Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Shining Hero.
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
Three Kingdoms: The Blood Moon
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Shining Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shining Hero.
Three Kingdoms: The Blood Moon is a turn-based Roguelike card game where you assume the role of a Shu general. Explore dungeons, gather relics, and amass a collection of cards. In each round, you can assemble a unique combination of cards and treasures to defeat your enemies and rewrite history!
Right and Down
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Shining Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shining Hero.
A deep roguelike and card game that is played using only two buttons: Right and Down! Choose your hero and explore randomly generated card dungeons, gather powerful artifacts to get new abilities, and fight against mighty enemies! Will you make it to level 50?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shining Hero at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Shining Hero on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shining Hero.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Shining Hero on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shining Hero.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Shining Hero on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shining Hero.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Shining Hero on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shining Hero.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Shining Hero on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Shining Hero.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Shining Hero on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shining Hero.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Shining Hero on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shining Hero.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shining Hero.
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.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shining Hero.
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.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shining Hero.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shining Hero.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shining Hero.
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!
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shining Hero.
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!
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shining Hero.
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.
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.
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Frequently asked about Shining Hero
- How much does Shining Hero cost?
- Shining Hero is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Shining Hero?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shining Hero are Relapse, Circadian Dice, Prime of Flames.
- Who developed Shining Hero?
- Shining Hero was developed by OrangeCat.
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