Games like Codex Combat
If Codex Combat is your kind of game, the closest matches are 巨獸與傭兵, Soulreign and 卡牌冒险者 — 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 Codex Combat: Create a legendary spellbook to battle history's greatest mages in this arcane autobattler! Pick a hero, fill your codex with powerful sigils, cast mighty spells, discover ancient relics, and fulfill your destiny in this turn-based online PvP arena.
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巨獸與傭兵
WHY THIS
Top pick for Codex Combat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Codex Combat.
《巨獸與傭兵》 is a game that perfectly combines strategy with auto-chess gameplay. Here, you will explore a world brimming with magic and wonders. Summon powerful heroes, assemble your strongest lineup, take on countless dungeons and formidable foes, and write your own magical legend.
Soulreign
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Second-strongest match for Codex Combat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Codex Combat.
An indie soul-collector online RPG with inventory based auto-combat in the Backpack Battles lineage. Find and bind legendary souls, arrange their item grid, then watch the team fight. 10 regions, a roguelite Descent, ranked PvP. Buy once, no pay-to-win. Join now and shape the future of the game!
Claw and Conjure
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Ranked #4 for Codex Combat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Codex Combat.
Claw and Conjure is an async PvP auto-battler with a fantasy RPG soul. Upgrade your town to alter your shop each round, then battle other players on a 3D map. Hire assassins, deploy traps, and resurrect exploding minions as you climb the global leaderboards.
Oops, All Tanks!
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Ranked #5 for Codex Combat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Codex Combat.
Build a tiny 2×2 RPG warband, draft and upgrade gear, forge powerful weapons — then watch your terrible ideas fight other players’ saved builds and somehow turn four questionable heroes into an unstoppable wall of tanks.
Summoner's Gambit
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Ranked #6 for Codex Combat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Codex Combat.
Summoner's Gambit is an innovative duel game that blends strategy roguelike with auto-battler positioning. As a powerful summoner, you'll forge a dominant formation and clash against other players on the ever-shifting battlefield, where wit and luck collide.
Planks Wars
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Ranked #7 for Codex Combat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Codex Combat.
Planks Wars is a fast, irreverent cross-platform PvP card battler where 200-foot-tall sorcerers use kidnapped adventurers as tournament pawns. Build your strategy with CCG-style deckbuilding, command your puppets... I mean, heroes, and climb the ranks.
Auto Jurassic Knights
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Ranked #8 for Codex Combat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Codex Combat.
Build the strongest squad of knights and dinosaurs to clash with your friends! Progress through the shop, gamble, merge, synergize, and equip your way to victory!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Codex Combat at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~85% under Codex Combat on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Codex 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?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~56% under Codex Combat on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Codex Combat.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
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Priced ~45% under Codex Combat on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Codex Combat.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~71% under Codex Combat on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Codex Combat.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~78% under Codex Combat on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Codex Combat.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~85% under Codex Combat on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Codex Combat.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under Codex Combat on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Codex Combat.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under Codex Combat on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Codex Combat.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Codex Combat.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Codex Combat.
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 and RPG with Codex 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.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Codex Combat.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Codex Combat.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Codex Combat.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Codex Combat.
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Tails Noir: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Codex Combat.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
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Frequently asked about Codex Combat
- How much does Codex Combat cost?
- Codex Combat is listed on Steam at 6.79 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Codex Combat have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Codex Combat supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to Codex Combat?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Codex Combat are 巨獸與傭兵, Soulreign, 卡牌冒险者.
- Who developed Codex Combat?
- Codex Combat was developed by Moosecliff Games.
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 Codex Combat.
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