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Games like Serial World

If Serial World is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dala and the Cursed Forest, Kegs of Eternity and Jupiter Moons: Mecha🦾 β€” 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 β€” not a generic popularity list.

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About Serial World: Something strange is happening in Bricktown, and Milo’s on a mission to get to the bottom of it! Leave your home behind as you explore a series of dungeons with the help of your Anima - unusual creatures with unique personalities, abilities, and evolutions - to solve this mystery once and for all.

2026IndieAdventureRPGWindowsby Serial Project
Serial World β€” Steam game cover

Players who liked Serial World also play

Steam players who put hours into Serial World also tend to own these titles β€” 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.

  1. Dala and the Cursed Forest

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Serial World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Serial World.

    Fuse cards. Evolve your build. Break the cycle. Dala and the Cursed Forest is a roguelike deckbuilder rooted in Southeast Asian forest mythology. Every card combination reshapes how you fight. Lift the curse before the forest consumes you.

    StrategyIndieSteam β†—
  2. Kegs of Eternity

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Serial World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Serial World.

    A roguelite deckbuilder starrin' seven stubborn dwarves. Build yer decks, slay cursed monsters, crawl proper dungeons, drink plenty o' beer, find combos that ain't supposed to work, an' rebuild yer ruined settlement. One keg, one combo, one dwarf at a time.

    2027StrategyIndieRPGSteam β†—
  3. Jupiter Moons: Mecha🦾

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Serial World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Serial World.

    Choose your mech, customize your loadout, and build your perfect deck. Experiment with cards to find powerful combinations as you enjoy the tactical combat and deckbuilding in this roguelike adventure!

    2026StrategyIndieRPGSteam β†—
  4. Dreamians: Card Battle

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Serial World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Serial World.

    Dreamians: Card Battle is a Roguelike Deckbuilder with creatures that can evolve and change the course of battles unexpectedly. Play with one of the 3 main characters and face epic battles using over a hundred cards to save the dream world.

    2025IndieRPGCasual2.99 USDSteam β†—
  5. Super Fantasy Kingdom

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Serial World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Serial World.

    Rebuild your kingdom and explore a vibrant fantasy world in this roguelite city builder. Defeat hordes of monsters with a unique team of defenders as you harvest, build, mine, cook, brew, and grow. But if your defenses should fail, be prepared to watch it all burn!

    2025StrategySimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam β†—
  6. He is Coming

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Serial World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Serial World.

    Deep in the forgotten corners of the world, a dark force stirs – the Demon King rises once more. Sharpen your wits, seek out powerful artifacts, and stand firm in the face of the apocalypse in this roguelite RPG auto battler.

    2025StrategyRPGEarly Access19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam β†—
  7. Slay the Spire 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Serial World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Serial World.

    The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!

    2026StrategyIndieEarly Access24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam β†—
  8. Hive Blight

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Serial World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Serial World.

    Hive Blight is a roguelite autobattler where you lead a team of insect warriors against a corrupting Fungal Threat. Build powerful synergies, uncover the source of the plague, and destroy it to save your world!

    2026StrategyRPGEarly Access12.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam β†—

Free alternatives

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

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool β€” no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Serial World.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam β†—
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool β€” no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Serial World.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam β†—
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool β€” no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Serial World.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam β†—
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool β€” no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Serial World.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam β†—
  5. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool β€” no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Serial World.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam β†—
  6. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool β€” no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Serial World.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam β†—
  7. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool β€” no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam β†—
  8. An Arcade Full of Cats

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool β€” no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Serial World.

    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 β†—

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool β€” ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Super Fantasy Kingdom

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified β€” runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with Serial World.

    Rebuild your kingdom and explore a vibrant fantasy world in this roguelite city builder. Defeat hordes of monsters with a unique team of defenders as you harvest, build, mine, cook, brew, and grow. But if your defenses should fail, be prepared to watch it all burn!

    2025StrategySimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam β†—
  2. He is Coming

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified β€” runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with Serial World.

    Deep in the forgotten corners of the world, a dark force stirs – the Demon King rises once more. Sharpen your wits, seek out powerful artifacts, and stand firm in the face of the apocalypse in this roguelite RPG auto battler.

    2025StrategyRPGEarly Access19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam β†—
  3. Slay the Spire 2

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified β€” runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Serial World.

    The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!

    2026StrategyIndieEarly Access24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam β†—

Frequently asked about Serial World

What games are most similar to Serial World?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Serial World are Dala and the Cursed Forest, Kegs of Eternity, Jupiter Moons: Mecha🦾.
Who developed Serial World?
Serial World was developed by Serial Project and published by Kakehashi 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 Serial World.

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19 Games Like Serial World β€” Ranked for 2026 Β· imho.run