Games like Hiragana Hero
If Hiragana Hero is your kind of game, the closest matches are Silent Tales: Vermilion Embers, Rave Heart+ and Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, lighthearted and nostalgic. 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 Hiragana Hero: Battle it out with hiragana in this dungeon crawler RPG designed to teach you to read Japanese. Utilizing a full professional music track and a fully voiced script to immerse you in the game, along with RPG elements and well-paced learning, you’ll master hiragana before you know it.
Players who liked Hiragana Hero also play
Steam players who put hours into Hiragana Hero 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.
Silent Tales: Vermilion Embers
WHY THIS
Shares skill progression, hidden collectibles and whimsical with Hiragana Hero.
Top pick for Hiragana Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Hiragana Hero.
As if hearing some kind of call, the six former companions returned to their hometown, a mountain covered with red leaves. Here, they will explore the familiar yet strange past, approach the hidden truth, and face the secrets buried in each other's hearts.
Rave Heart+
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Hiragana Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Hiragana Hero.
Rave Heart+ is a turn-based sci-fi RPG that takes you on an epic journey through the galaxy of Xerxes. Experience the rebirth of this classic adventure, where deep emotions, thrilling battles, and galactic secrets await among the stars.
Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Hiragana Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Hiragana Hero.
Abalon is a roguelike adventure that fuses tactical turn-based combat and card strategy. Choose your summoner and explore a tabletop world to discover its secrets. Build the perfect deck, outsmart your enemies and become legend!
DUNGEON ENCOUNTERS
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Hiragana Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Hiragana Hero.
Dungeon Encounters is a unique dungeon exploration RPG in which you lead an expedition to chart the depths of an otherworldly labyrinth. Plan and prepare to overcome numerous obstacles, solve puzzles, and defeat monsters. Strategize to survive!
Shattered Pixel Dungeon
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Hiragana Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Hiragana Hero.
Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a traditional roguelike dungeon crawler that's simple to start but hard to master! Every game is a unique challenge, with six different heroes, randomized levels and enemies, and hundreds of items to collect and use.
Wizardry: The Five Ordeals
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Hiragana Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Hiragana Hero.
Welcome to the world of dungeon crawling! The classic dungeon crawler released back in 2006, returns to Steam with improved UI and more.
Divided Reigns
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Hiragana Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Hiragana Hero.
The full-scale, epic fantasy role-playing experience you've wanted for decades--Divided Reigns retains what made the JRPG classics so fantastic while still feeling fresh. Expect strategic battles, an epic scale, well-developed characters, and a deep and emotional story. Perfect for your Steam Deck!
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Hiragana Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Hiragana Hero.
Battle Chasers: Nightwar is an RPG inspired by the classic console greats, featuring deep dungeon diving, turn-based combat presented in a classic JRPG format, and a rich story driven by exploration of the world.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hiragana Hero at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Hiragana Hero on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hiragana Hero.
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 ~50% under Hiragana Hero on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Hiragana Hero.
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 ~50% under Hiragana Hero on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hiragana Hero.
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 ~50% under Hiragana Hero on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hiragana Hero.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Hiragana Hero on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hiragana 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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Hiragana Hero on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hiragana Hero.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Hiragana Hero on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Hiragana Hero.
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.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Hiragana Hero on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hiragana Hero.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
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 and RPG with Hiragana 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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hiragana Hero.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hiragana Hero.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Hiragana 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.
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hiragana Hero.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Hiragana Hero.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hiragana Hero.
A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!
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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.
Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Hiragana Hero.
Abalon is a roguelike adventure that fuses tactical turn-based combat and card strategy. Choose your summoner and explore a tabletop world to discover its secrets. Build the perfect deck, outsmart your enemies and become legend!
DUNGEON ENCOUNTERS
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with Hiragana Hero.
Dungeon Encounters is a unique dungeon exploration RPG in which you lead an expedition to chart the depths of an otherworldly labyrinth. Plan and prepare to overcome numerous obstacles, solve puzzles, and defeat monsters. Strategize to survive!
Shattered Pixel Dungeon
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Hiragana Hero.
Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a traditional roguelike dungeon crawler that's simple to start but hard to master! Every game is a unique challenge, with six different heroes, randomized levels and enemies, and hundreds of items to collect and use.
Divided Reigns
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Hiragana Hero.
The full-scale, epic fantasy role-playing experience you've wanted for decades--Divided Reigns retains what made the JRPG classics so fantastic while still feeling fresh. Expect strategic battles, an epic scale, well-developed characters, and a deep and emotional story. Perfect for your Steam Deck!
Frequently asked about Hiragana Hero
- How much does Hiragana Hero cost?
- Hiragana Hero is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Hiragana Hero?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hiragana Hero are Silent Tales: Vermilion Embers, Rave Heart+, Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG.
- Who developed Hiragana Hero?
- Hiragana Hero was developed by Keen Reflex Language Games.
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