Games like Sultan's Game
If Sultan's Game is your kind of game, the closest matches are BOOK OF HOURS, Death: The Ascension and Taurus War — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its anxious, atmospheric and dark. 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 →Sultan's Game is a dark fantasy resource management RPG developed by Double Cross and published by 2P Games. Released in 2025, it combines card-based mechanics with character progression, dialogue choices, inventory management, and an event-driven structure where choice-consequences shape the narrative. Set in a gritty, atmospheric world, the grind-based progression system supports the challenging solo experience. Players describe discovering hidden conditions and story branches as deeply rewarding, and reviewers highlight branching storylines with hundreds of endings and character arcs that encourage repeated playthroughs. Workshop mod support dramatically expands the game's replayability. Priced at $24.99 USD, it holds a 93% positive rating from 1233 Steam reviews and is verified on Steam Deck.
About Sultan's Game: Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?
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BOOK OF HOURS
WHY THIS
Shares time management, inventory management and an atmospheric mood with Sultan's Game.
Top pick for Sultan's Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sultan's Game.
Restore a crumbling occult library by a winter sea. Build the world’s foremost collection of grimoires and arcana. Master the invisible arts. BOOK OF HOURS is a narrative crafting RPG set in a 1930s world of hidden gods and secret histories. What sort of Librarian will you choose to be?
Death: The Ascension
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Sultan's Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sultan's Game.
“Sacrifice love to get more money, or do the reverse. You can't have it all. Sacrifices need to be made.” Unique turn-based card game with controllable chance. Play cards that have different outcome. Use the spilled blood to change fate and yourself. And avoid the eyes of law.
Taurus War
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Sultan's Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sultan's Game.
Taurus War is a Sci-Fi turn-based strategy game.Solemn promise: We will update this game for 10 years!
The Hearth and Harbour
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Sultan's Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Sultan's Game.
Transform a run-down restaurant and build a new life for yourself in this management RPG. Decide what kind of restaurant you want to create and what kind of person you want to be. As a storm brews outside, every choice you make has consequences.
Neuroshima Hex
WHY THIS
Shares turn based tactics, card based combat and an atmospheric mood with Sultan's Game.
Ranked #5 for Sultan's Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Sultan's Game.
Neuroshima Hex is a post-apocalyptic tactical game from the designers of Neuroshima, the board game. It is all about strategy and tactics on one hexagonal battlefield. The game offers many different units, technologies and special abilities that can be used for an effective strategy.
Armello
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Sultan's Game.
Ranked #6 for Sultan's Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sultan's Game.
Armello is a grim fairy-tale board game come to life, with every match combining deep, tactical card play, rich tabletop strategy and RPG elements. Leverage subterfuge, spells and careful strategy to wrangle control of the game's chaotic odds as you quest for the throne.
Cultist Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Sultan's Game.
Ranked #7 for Sultan's Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sultan's Game.
Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.
Reigns
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and a dark mood with Sultan's Game.
Ranked #8 for Sultan's Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sultan's Game.
Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age and swipe your royal controller either left or right to impose your will upon the kingdom.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Sultan's Game
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Vagrus - The Riven Realms
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Sultan's Game.
Reviewers of Sultan's Game cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sultan's Game.
Embark on a perilous journey across a realm forsaken by the gods and devastated by an arcane cataclysm. Accompanied by a hardy crew, you must trade, fight, and explore your way to success as the leader of a traveling company in Vagrus, an award-winning turn-based post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG.
SUNLESS SEA
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Sultan's Game.
Reviewers of Sultan's Game cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sultan's Game.
LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.
Cultist Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Sultan's Game.
Reviewers of Sultan's Game cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sultan's Game.
Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.
BOOK OF HOURS
WHY THIS
Shares time management, inventory management and an atmospheric mood with Sultan's Game.
Reviewers of Sultan's Game cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sultan's Game.
Restore a crumbling occult library by a winter sea. Build the world’s foremost collection of grimoires and arcana. Master the invisible arts. BOOK OF HOURS is a narrative crafting RPG set in a 1930s world of hidden gods and secret histories. What sort of Librarian will you choose to be?
Artist Life Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Sultan's Game.
Reviewers of Sultan's Game cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sultan's Game.
Live the life of a starving artist in 19th century alternative history. Survive poverty, alchoholism, madness, depression, and 67 different feelings. Paint masterpieces by combining inspirations, sell them for riches (or scraps) and create a painting that will change the world.
Ways of Alchemy
WHY THIS
Shares meta progression, inventory management and atmospheric with Sultan's Game.
Reviewers of Sultan's Game cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sultan's Game.
Become a medieval alchemist in this card game. Brew deadly potions, discover ancient recipes, hire adventurers, and outwit the Inquisition. Transform your humble shack into an alchemical empire. No wands are required — just knowledge and wit.
The Horror at Highrook
WHY THIS
Shares card based combat, time management and atmospheric with Sultan's Game.
Reviewers of Sultan's Game cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sultan's Game.
The Horror at Highrook is an occult card crafting narrative RPG. Explore a haunted mansion with your team of investigators, summon dark entities, craft powerful protections, uncover the fate of the missing family, and choose your own path through the darkness.
Card Survival: Tropical Island
WHY THIS
Shares time management with Sultan's Game.
Reviewers of Sultan's Game cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sultan's Game.
Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Sultan's Game at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Sultan's Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sultan's Game.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Sultan's Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sultan's Game.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Sultan's Game on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sultan's Game.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Sultan's Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sultan's Game.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Sultan's Game on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Sultan's Game.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sultan's Game.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Sultan's Game.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sultan's Game.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sultan's Game.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sultan's Game.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Sultan's Game.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sultan's Game.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sultan's Game.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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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.
BOOK OF HOURS
WHY THIS
Shares time management, inventory management and an atmospheric mood with Sultan's Game.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sultan's Game.
Restore a crumbling occult library by a winter sea. Build the world’s foremost collection of grimoires and arcana. Master the invisible arts. BOOK OF HOURS is a narrative crafting RPG set in a 1930s world of hidden gods and secret histories. What sort of Librarian will you choose to be?
Armello
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Sultan's Game.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sultan's Game.
Armello is a grim fairy-tale board game come to life, with every match combining deep, tactical card play, rich tabletop strategy and RPG elements. Leverage subterfuge, spells and careful strategy to wrangle control of the game's chaotic odds as you quest for the throne.
Cultist Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Sultan's Game.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sultan's Game.
Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.
Reigns
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and a dark mood with Sultan's Game.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sultan's Game.
Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age and swipe your royal controller either left or right to impose your will upon the kingdom.
Frequently asked about Sultan's Game
- Is Sultan's Game verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Sultan's Game is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Sultan's Game cost?
- Sultan's Game is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Sultan's Game?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sultan's Game are BOOK OF HOURS, Death: The Ascension, Taurus War.
- Who developed Sultan's Game?
- Sultan's Game was developed by Double Cross and published by 2P Games.
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