Games like Runeborn
If Runeborn is your kind of game, the closest matches are Realm of Advent, Vortex Siege and Slayer Souls — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its deep buildcrafting rewards theorycrafting, challenging and competitive. 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 Runeborn: Runeborn is a dark fantasy roguelike that merges deckbuilding with a slot-machine-like mechanic. Forge your Runebook, crush enemies, and combine Trinkets of boundless power to destroy the forces of Malakar!
Players who liked Runeborn also play
Steam players who put hours into Runeborn 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.
Realm of Advent
WHY THIS
Top pick for Runeborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Runeborn.
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!
Vortex Siege
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Runeborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Runeborn.
Defend your city in Vortex Siege, a roguelike collectible card game where you can evolve your cards in unique ways for millions of possibilities. Defeat your enemies in battle, steal their cards, and customize them. Build and defend your town between battles. Collect, customize, and carry on!
Slayer Souls
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Runeborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Runeborn.
Slayer Souls is a roguelike deckbuilder where you open card packs, fight dangerous enemies, and progress through an open node map. Earn insignias to unlock new paths and face stronger encounters.
Descent of Yomi
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Runeborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Runeborn.
Descend into Yomi — the Japanese realm of the dead — armed only with the cards you forge from your own deaths. A roguelike deckbuilder soaked in yokai folklore and soulslike tension, where a single misread breath ends your run.
Tomebound
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Runeborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Runeborn.
Rescue corrupted books from your library, harness their power and rally their forces to fight for you in this hexgrid tactics deckbuilder! Combine cards to create uniquely powerful spells. With thousands of permutations to explore every turn, no two battles will ever be the same.
Become the Moon
WHY THIS
Shares build variety, roguelite progression, roguelite and a contemplative mood with Runeborn.
Ranked #6 for Runeborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Runeborn.
Become the Moon is a challenging, deckbuilding auto battler. Choose from 10 unique characters, each with their own distinct playstyles. Assemble a team of powerful minions & cast cosmic spells where every run takes you one step closer to the moon.
Northwind
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Runeborn.
Ranked #7 for Runeborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Runeborn.
Northwind is a monster-hunting roguelite deckbuilder with a tug-of-war combat twist, card crafting, and a mana management system inspired by Magic: The Gathering.
Gambonanza
WHY THIS
Shares combo based combat, roguelite progression, roguelite and a competitive mood with Runeborn.
Ranked #8 for Runeborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Runeborn.
Gambonanza is a turn-based chess roguelike, set on a tiny board with higher stakes. Master tactical twists, invest your winnings and discover new rule-bending Gambits, tile and piece combinations. Face off against challenging bosses and get lost in all the ways you can break traditional chess!
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Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Runeborn.
Reviewers of Runeborn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Runeborn.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Monster Train
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Runeborn.
Reviewers of Runeborn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Runeborn.
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.
Balatro
WHY THIS
Shares endless mode, difficulty scaling and a competitive mood with Runeborn.
Reviewers of Runeborn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Runeborn.
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
Monster Train 2
WHY THIS
Shares combo based combat, build variety, strategy and a competitive mood with Runeborn.
Reviewers of Runeborn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Runeborn.
Monster Train returns with all new clans, new enemy factions, new challenges, new modes and more! Defend your Pyre in the classic three-tiered, vertical gameplay that made the original roguelike deckbuilder a hit.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Runeborn at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~64% under Runeborn on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Runeborn.
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 ~64% under Runeborn on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Runeborn.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Runeborn on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Runeborn.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Runeborn on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Runeborn.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Runeborn.
Priced ~55% under Runeborn on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Runeborn.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Runeborn on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Runeborn.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~64% under Runeborn on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Runeborn.
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 ~64% under Runeborn on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Runeborn.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Runeborn.
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 Runeborn.
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.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Runeborn.
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!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Runeborn.
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.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Runeborn.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Runeborn.
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.
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Frequently asked about Runeborn
- Does Runeborn run on Steam Deck?
- Runeborn 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 Runeborn cost?
- Runeborn is listed on Steam at 13.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Runeborn?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Runeborn are Realm of Advent, Vortex Siege, Slayer Souls.
- Who developed Runeborn?
- Runeborn was developed by iDream Interactive and published by Goblinz Publishing, Astrolabe Games.
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