Games like The Ensign
If The Ensign is your kind of game, the closest matches are After the End, Voidwalker and Deluge — 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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After the End
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Top pick for The Ensign fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Ensign.
A top-down dark fantasy action RPG set in a broken world after Ragnarok, where exploration replaces guidance and meaning must be found, not given.
Voidwalker
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Second-strongest match for The Ensign fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Voidwalker is a dark Twin-Stick Shooter Roguelike in which you control the Walker, a defeated King who fights to rebuild the broken world. Upgrade your abilities and survive in this relentless world of darkness.
Deluge
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Third-strongest match for The Ensign fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Ensign.
Deluge is a horror-centric JRPG where you play as the resurrected warrior Hudson, a corpse tasked with infiltrating a battered community. Bound to a tyrant’s will, yet haunted by your own past, you must make choices and battle your path forward to either redemption or ruin.
Eternal Onslaught
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Ranked #4 for The Ensign fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
A vampire-survivors-style roguelike where bosses arrive every 90 seconds and the Butcher every 5 minutes Pick a hero, pick a weapon, then survive as the screen fills with the unkilled
ActionSteam ↗Deck of Darkness: Infernal Depths
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Ranked #5 for The Ensign fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Ensign.
Deck of Darkness: Infernal Depths is an atmospheric dark fantasy dungeon crawl sure to get the blood flowing. Battle your way through the many levels of the lightless abyss to come face to face with your terrifying destiny.
Chako
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Ranked #6 for The Ensign fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Ensign.
Survive enemy swarms in this isometric Action-Roguelite blending bullet-heaven combat with tabletop RPG mechanics. Auto-attack through procedural dungeons, roll d20s in event nodes, and gather loot to upgrade your spells and gear at the base. Dominate the leaderboards!
Halls of Torment
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Ranked #7 for The Ensign fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Ensign.
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
Vampires Dawn 3 - The Crimson Realm
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Ranked #8 for The Ensign fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Ensign.
Vampires Dawn 3 is a 2D retro pixel RPG full of vampires, blood and tragic moments! Follow Asgar Serrans bloody path through a world in which humankind only has the sacred crusade to prevent extinction.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Ensign at current Steam store prices.
The Test
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Priced ~72% under The Ensign on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Ensign.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~57% under The Ensign on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Ensign.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Streets of Rogue
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Priced ~43% under The Ensign on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Ensign.
Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.
Tower Wizard
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Priced ~57% under The Ensign on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Ensign.
Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~72% under The Ensign on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Ensign.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The Test: Final Revelation
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Priced ~72% under The Ensign on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Ensign.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
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Priced ~72% under The Ensign on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Ensign.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
A Date with Death
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with The Ensign.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Frequently asked about The Ensign
- How much does The Ensign cost?
- The Ensign is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Ensign?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Ensign are After the End, Voidwalker, Deluge.
- Who developed The Ensign?
- The Ensign was developed by Amir Rajan and published by Scratchwork Development LLC.
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 The Ensign.
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