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Games like For The Realm

If For The Realm is your kind of game, the closest matches are HELLCARD II, Thousand Ward and Eternal Embrace: Lumina's Sunshine — 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.

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About For The Realm: A co-op fantasy deck-building roguelike where players build decks, coordinate card combos, battle monsters, and survive dangerous runs across the realm together.

StrategyIndieAdventureRPGCasualEarly AccessWindows · macOSby For The Realm Studios
For The Realm — Steam game cover

Players who liked For The Realm also play

Steam players who put hours into For The Realm 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.

  1. HELLCARD II

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for For The Realm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The Realm.

    Hellcard II is a unique co-op deck-builder roguelike game. Descend into the paper dungeons on your own or invite friends to fast-paced tactical card battles against hordes of evil and dragons. Lots of dragons!

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Thousand Ward

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for For The Realm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The Realm.

    Thousand Ward is a tactical collector RPG where you build a 3x3 Band of Wardens, master turn-based Hold, Break, and Surge combat, conquer 1,000 levels across 10 realms, collect 200+ Wardens, and climb ranked online battles through strategy, synergy, and smart play.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  3. Eternal Embrace: Lumina's Sunshine

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for For The Realm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The Realm.

    A turn-based deck-building card game for solo play or co-op with up to four players. Craft and upgrade cards and equipment with materials brought back from dungeons, make the most of your favorite class’s role, and take on increasingly difficult dungeons.

    StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  4. Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for For The Realm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with For The Realm.

    The critically acclaimed RPG that raised the bar, from the creators of Baldur's Gate 3. Gather your party. Master deep, tactical combat. Venture as a party of up to four - but know that only one of you will have the chance to become a God.

    2017StrategyAdventureRPG44.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Renegades

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for For The Realm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with For The Realm.

    Renegades is a party RPG with deckbuilding combat: lead five hunted heroes, each with unique mechanics and their own deck, choose three for each fight, and survive a kingdom coming apart through tactical, story-driven battles.

    2027StrategyAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  6. Gloomhaven

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for For The Realm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with For The Realm.

    Lead your band of mercenaries in the land of Gloomhaven, work with unsavoury individuals, shape the fate of the region, fight your way through horrific places and get rich or die trying in this ruthless Tactical-RPG.

    2021StrategyAdventureRPG34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Beneath The Six

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for For The Realm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with For The Realm.

    Forge your hero and dive into the depths of The Six. In this turn-based roguelike, use unique dice sets to build powerful characters. Join forces in 4-player co-op, complete daily quests, and compete for the top spot on the Arena leaderboard.

    2025ActionStrategyAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. In Shine We Rise

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for For The Realm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with For The Realm.

    A co-op action rogue-lite/survivors game set in a doomed dark fantasy world. Join forces with friends to survive relentless enemy waves, combine unique abilities, and master teamwork as you fight your way up the mountain toward the ancient dread.

    ActionIndieRPGSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with For The Realm.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with For The Realm.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with For The Realm.

    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 ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with For The Realm.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 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 For The Realm.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with For The Realm.

    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!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with For The Realm.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with For The Realm.

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about For The Realm

Does For The Realm have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — For The Realm supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to For The Realm?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside For The Realm are HELLCARD II, Thousand Ward, Eternal Embrace: Lumina's Sunshine.
Who developed For The Realm?
For The Realm was developed by For The Realm Studios.

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 For The Realm.

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