Games like Arcane Trigger
If Arcane Trigger is your kind of game, the closest matches are Abyss Deck, Realm of Advent and Sumeeper — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its characters play wildly differently, chill and contemplative. 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 Arcane Trigger: Arcane Trigger is a bullet-building roguelike where every shot is crafted before it's fired. Forge over 220 bullets, shape their effects with 150+ magical seals, and master infinite synergies in this endlessly replayable strategic shooter.
Players who liked Arcane Trigger also play
Steam players who put hours into Arcane Trigger 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.
Abyss Deck
WHY THIS
Top pick for Arcane Trigger fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Arcane Trigger.
A deckbuilding auto-battler roguelike.Build your team, shape your deck, and survive through random events and shifting rules.Every outcome depends on your decisions before battle.
Realm of Advent
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Arcane Trigger fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Arcane Trigger.
Realm of Advent is an endless eerie loop of Roguelike deckbuilding strategy. In this addictive card game, craft your unique deck, launch auto-battles with one tap, and unleash insane chain reactions from over 300 cards and relics to conquer mighty Apostle bosses!
Sumeeper
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Arcane Trigger fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Arcane Trigger.
Sumeeper is a puzzle dungeon roguelike where Minesweeper logic meets monster hunting. Uncover tiles, deduce monster levels from hint numbers, battle them in auto-combat, cook their drops, and descend deeper — or die trying.
Coin Devotee
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Arcane Trigger fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Arcane Trigger.
Flip a coin with the devil. Gain profit, pay some price, buy more items, and upgrade them. Let's become millionaires!
Beach Defense: Zombie Invasion
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Arcane Trigger fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Arcane Trigger.
Command soldiers, survive zombie waves! A light strategy game mixing turn-based & real-time strategy, bullet hell, and backpack-like mechanics. Fit troops into limited backpack slots, build max firepower, challenge difficulty levels, and defend the last beach. Perfect for tower defense & fans.
The Fight for Beardlandia
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Arcane Trigger fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Arcane Trigger.
An auto-battler roguelike. Recruit fighters, equip them with weapons and crystals, then watch your party brawl through endless waves. Forge legendary gear, build class synergies, push deeper each run, and bank gems to permanently strengthen your next attempt.
Undead Tide: Light's Defense
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Arcane Trigger fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Arcane Trigger.
Relaxed strategic bullet hell survival, defending against endless undead legions! A roguelite bullet hell shooter that blends hero development, talent builds, and weapon combinations, supporting multiple playstyles and strategies!
Free of the Land
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Arcane Trigger fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Arcane Trigger.
A tactical roguelike deckbuilder of misfits and monsters. Build your deck, summon your minions, cast your spells and survive long enough to claim the land.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Arcane Trigger at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Arcane Trigger on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Arcane Trigger.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Arcane Trigger on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Arcane Trigger.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Arcane Trigger on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Arcane Trigger.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Arcane Trigger on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Arcane Trigger.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~89% under Arcane Trigger on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Arcane Trigger.
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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Arcane Trigger on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Arcane Trigger.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Arcane Trigger on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Arcane Trigger.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Arcane Trigger on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Arcane Trigger.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Arcane Trigger.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Arcane Trigger.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Arcane Trigger.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Arcane Trigger.
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!
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Arcane Trigger.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Arcane Trigger.
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.
Narrow it down
Head-to-head comparisons
Frequently asked about Arcane Trigger
- Does Arcane Trigger run on Steam Deck?
- Arcane Trigger is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Arcane Trigger cost?
- Arcane Trigger is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Arcane Trigger?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Arcane Trigger are Abyss Deck, Realm of Advent, Sumeeper.
- Who developed Arcane Trigger?
- Arcane Trigger was developed by MiniWhale and published by MiniWhale, Anotherindie.
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 Arcane Trigger.
For library-aware picks tuned to your specific taste, sign in with Steam on the home page.