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Games like Blackguards 2

If Blackguards 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Blackguards, King's Bounty: Armored Princess and King's Bounty: Crossworlds — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its interrogation choices affect outcomes, atmospheric and challenging. 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 Blackguards 2: Blackguards 2 is a turn-based strategy-RPG and will deliver challenging hexfield battles and a gritty story filled with violence and crime. - Includes bonus content: Soundtrack, digital Art Book and Strategy Guide Book!

2015StrategyIndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableMetacritic 74Windows · macOSby Daedalic Entertainment
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Interrogation choices affect outcomesMorally ambiguous protagonist with voice actingPrisoner capture adds strategic depthAtmosphericChallengingDark

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Steam players who put hours into Blackguards 2 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. Blackguards

    WHY THIS

    Shares positioning matters and an atmospheric mood with Blackguards 2.

    Top pick for Blackguards 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Blackguards 2.

    What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. King's Bounty: Armored Princess

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Blackguards 2.

    Second-strongest match for Blackguards 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Blackguards 2.

    King’s Bounty: Armored Princess builds on the foundation of The Legend, expanding the classic formula with deeper turn-based tactics, a huge hand-crafted world, and new mechanics that change how you approach battles and progression.

    2009StrategyRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. King's Bounty: Crossworlds

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Blackguards 2.

    Third-strongest match for Blackguards 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Blackguards 2.

    King’s Bounty: Crossworlds is a standalone expansion that includes Armored Princess, two additional campaigns, and a world editor, expanding the classic King’s Bounty formula with new challenges and content.

    2010StrategyRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. King's Bounty II

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Blackguards 2.

    Ranked #4 for Blackguards 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Blackguards 2.

    Legend returns! King’s Bounty II is the long-awaited sequel to the legendary King’s Bounty video games franchise, one of the most iconic representatives of the turn-based RPG genre.

    2021StrategyAdventureRPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Blackguards 2.

    Ranked #5 for Blackguards 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Blackguards 2.

    Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!

    2019StrategyIndieRPG4.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Eador. Masters of the Broken World

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Blackguards 2.

    Ranked #6 for Blackguards 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Blackguards 2.

    Eador is a universe made of countless shards of land drifting in the Great Nothing. Each of the shards is a little world unto itself, with geography and denizens of its own. The power over the shards is bitterly contested by Masters, the immortal beings mortals believe to be gods.

    2013StrategyIndieRPG19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. King's Bounty: The Legend

    WHY THIS

    Shares morale system and an atmospheric mood with Blackguards 2.

    Ranked #7 for Blackguards 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Blackguards 2.

    King’s Bounty: The Legend is a fan-favorite classic fantasy adventure and an early entry into the modern King’s Bounty era, built around tough battles, smart decisions, and turn-based tactics.

    2009StrategyRPG6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Last Spell

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Blackguards 2.

    Ranked #8 for Blackguards 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Blackguards 2.

    Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Blackguards 2

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Blackguards

    WHY THIS

    Shares positioning matters and an atmospheric mood with Blackguards 2.

    Reviewers of Blackguards 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Blackguards 2.

    What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. FINAL FANTASY

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Blackguards 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Blackguards 2.

    The original FINAL FANTASY comes to life with completely new graphics and audio! A remodeled 2D take on the first game in the world-renowned FINAL FANTASY series! Enjoy the timeless story told through charming retro graphics.

    2021RPG7.79 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. DIVINITY

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Blackguards 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blackguards 2.

    A Mystery Puzzle game in First Person. You are a strange visitor in a family. Can you reveal their deepest desires and help them reach divinity?

    2022ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Blackguards 2 at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Blackguards 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Blackguards 2.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Blackguards 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Blackguards 2.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Blackguards 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Blackguards 2.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Blackguards 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Blackguards 2.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Blackguards 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blackguards 2.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Blackguards 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Blackguards 2.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Blackguards 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Blackguards 2.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Blackguards 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Blackguards 2.

    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.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 Blackguards 2.

    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. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Blackguards 2.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blackguards 2.

    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 ↗
  4. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blackguards 2.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blackguards 2.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Blackguards 2.

    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 ↗
  7. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Blackguards 2.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blackguards 2.

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from Daedalic Entertainment

Other recommendable Steam games by Daedalic Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Deponia

    WHY THIS

    Shares a grim mood with Blackguards 2.

    Another title from Daedalic Entertainment, the studio behind Blackguards 2. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blackguards 2.

    In Deponia, the world has degenerated into a vast garbage dump, in which the crotchety Rufus ekes out his sorry existence.

    2012IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Blackguards 2.

    Another title from Daedalic Entertainment, the studio behind Blackguards 2. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blackguards 2.

    12th century, England: In a time of poverty and war, a small town begins the construction of a cathedral to claim wealth and safety for its people. In their struggle to survive, lives and destinies intertwine. Based on Ken Follett's world-bestseller ‘The Pillars of the Earth’.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Deponia: The Complete Journey

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Daedalic Entertainment, the studio behind Blackguards 2. Shares Adventure with Blackguards 2.

    Junk, junk and even more junk. Life on the trash-planet Deponia is anything but a walk in the park. No surprise that Rufus had enough of that and hatches one ludicrous plan after the other to escape this bleak place.

    2014Adventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blackguards

    WHY THIS

    Shares positioning matters and an atmospheric mood with Blackguards 2.

    Another title from Daedalic Entertainment, the studio behind Blackguards 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with Blackguards 2.

    What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Deponia Doomsday

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Daedalic Entertainment, the studio behind Blackguards 2. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blackguards 2.

    Can you change Deponia's fate? Do you have what it takes to change Rufus' past, present and future without accidently destroying the whole planet? Fight time itself in this action-packed, platypus-tastic and insanely hilarious story.

    2016IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Night of the Rabbit

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Blackguards 2.

    Another title from Daedalic Entertainment, the studio behind Blackguards 2. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blackguards 2.

    Lose yourself in a tale of magic and wonder, where anything is possible and where nothing is quite as it seems: join young Jerry and follow a peculiar white rabbit to the wondrous realm of Mousewood, a land where critters can speak and where mystery abounds.

    2013IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Blackguards 2.

    Another title from Daedalic Entertainment, the studio behind Blackguards 2. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blackguards 2.

    From the creators of the award winning games “The Whispered World” and “Deponia” comes this extraordinary game Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes.

    2012IndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Chaos on Deponia

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Blackguards 2.

    Another title from Daedalic Entertainment, the studio behind Blackguards 2. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blackguards 2.

    With this long-expected sequel to the critically highly acclaimed and lavishly praised Deponia, the player enters round two. Chaos on Deponia turns out to be even wackier than its predecessor and instantly puts the player under its spell.

    2012IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Blackguards 2

Does Blackguards 2 run on Steam Deck?
Blackguards 2 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 Blackguards 2 cost?
Blackguards 2 is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Blackguards 2?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Blackguards 2 are Blackguards, King's Bounty: Armored Princess, King's Bounty: Crossworlds.
Who developed Blackguards 2?
Blackguards 2 was developed by Daedalic Entertainment.

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