Games like How We Die
Below are 15 hand-picked alternatives to How We Die for fans of strategy, indie, adventure, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in How We Die also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About How We Die: Pack your bag with good tools, modify your character's dice, and reach the end of the story.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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How We Die: Prologue
Top pick for How We Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with How We Die.
Pack your bag with good tools, modify your character's dice, and reach the end of the story.
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Right and Down
Second-strongest match for How We Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with How We Die.
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?
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StarVaders
Third-strongest match for How We Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with How We Die.
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.
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Nowhere Prophet
Ranked #4 for How We Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with How We Die.
Prepare your decks and go on a pilgrimage through the wasteland! Nowhere Prophet is a unique single-player card game. Travel across randomly generated maps and lead your followers in deep tactical combat. Discover new cards and build your deck as you explore this strange, broken world.
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Monster Train
Ranked #5 for How We Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with How We Die.
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.
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Wildfrost
Ranked #6 for How We Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with How We Die.
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
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Drop Duchy
Ranked #7 for How We Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with How We Die.
Build your duchy piece by piece in this refreshing hybrid rogue-lite game. Use block-dropping mechanics to collect resources, recruit troops to fight against belligerent armies, and let every block shape your realm, leading your path to victory!
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Pirates Outlaws
Ranked #8 for How We Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with How We Die.
Pirates Outlaws is a roguelike card game in which you navigate dangerous seas and challenge their masters. Your expedition will be full of ambushes and will not be easy. Build your deck and combos to become a reputed pirate.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below How We Die at current Steam store prices.
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Right and Down
Priced ~77% under How We Die on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with How We Die.
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?
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Nowhere Prophet
Priced ~58% under How We Die on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with How We Die.
Prepare your decks and go on a pilgrimage through the wasteland! Nowhere Prophet is a unique single-player card game. Travel across randomly generated maps and lead your followers in deep tactical combat. Discover new cards and build your deck as you explore this strange, broken world.
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Monster Train
Priced ~67% under How We Die on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with How We Die.
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.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
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StarVaders
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with How We Die.
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.
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Nowhere Prophet
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with How We Die.
Prepare your decks and go on a pilgrimage through the wasteland! Nowhere Prophet is a unique single-player card game. Travel across randomly generated maps and lead your followers in deep tactical combat. Discover new cards and build your deck as you explore this strange, broken world.
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Wildfrost
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with How We Die.
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
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Pirates Outlaws
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with How We Die.
Pirates Outlaws is a roguelike card game in which you navigate dangerous seas and challenge their masters. Your expedition will be full of ambushes and will not be easy. Build your deck and combos to become a reputed pirate.
Frequently asked about How We Die
- How much does How We Die cost?
- How We Die is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to How We Die?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside How We Die are How We Die: Prologue, Right and Down, StarVaders.
- Who developed How We Die?
- How We Die was developed by Doublsb Soft and published by PsychoFlux Entertainment.
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 How We Die.
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