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Games like Rise of Elements

If Rise of Elements is your kind of game, the closest matches are FIGHT, One Last Hand and Battle Runes of Metalaria — 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 Rise of Elements: Rise of Elements is a PvP Match-3 puzzle-battler. Players will duel each other by matching gems to power up their Champion's elemental abilities, strategically using those abilities to defeat their opponents. Players can also learn the backgrounds of different champions in the PvE Story Mode.

ActionStrategyIndieCasualWindowsby Wicked Fox Games
Rise of Elements — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Rise of Elements 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. FIGHT

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Rise of Elements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Rise of Elements.

    Let's FIGHT. Queue your steps, guards, and strikes, then commit blind and watch both plans collide into skill based warfare. Master over twenty weapon-bound fighters, posture breaks, parries, projectiles with real time replays to watch the battle back in style.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. One Last Hand

    WHY THIS

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

    Bid for cards, build your hand, then SLAP YOUR FRIENDS with it. A chaotic 2-6 player online party card battler full of secret bids, unfair Relics, lucky comebacks, and friendships that probably won’t survive the table.

    2026StrategyIndieCasual5.59 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Battle Runes of Metalaria

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Rise of Elements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rise of Elements.

    Battle Runes of Metalaria is an action packed, chaos infused board game for up to four players. Stack your runes on the board to make vertical and horizontal combos or smash your opponents pieces to smithereens

    2026ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  4. Echo Seekers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Rise of Elements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rise of Elements.

    Echo Seekers is a ruthless turn-based dungeon crawler where every decision counts. Master layers of tactics, learn your enemies, and find combinations strong enough to break the odds. But you’re not alone - other Seekers are fighting their way to the top. Can you outsmart them?

    StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  5. Exorder

    WHY THIS

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

    A fantasy turn-based strategy game, fight for Cerulean and claim the crown as her rightful heir! Enjoy hours of our single-player campaign and battle your friends with cross-platform multiplayer. Expand your skills as a commander with the challenge mode.

    2018StrategyIndieDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 13 柱庭 / Cabal 13

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to《Cabal 13》— an asynchronous roguelike auto-battler built around hero RPG progression! Every run is a fresh adventure, every choice shapes victory or defeat. Assemble your unique squad, clash with rivals on dynamic battlefields, and dive into deep, hero-focused roguelike auto-battler fun.

    2026StrategyIndieRPG11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 东方幻灵录 ~ Touhou Hakanai Cards

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Rise of Elements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rise of Elements.

    Touhou Hakanai Cards is an autochess-like leisure game, includes different styles and distinct characteristics roles, you can use these distinctive characters to organize your own team. Structure you battle economics and use the varied and graceful character cards to fight!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  8. Monster Sanctuary

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Rise of Elements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Rise of Elements.

    Monster taming meets metroidvania. Collect, train and battle monsters in a lovely side-scroller pixel world.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Rise of Elements.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Rise of Elements.

    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 ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Rise of Elements.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rise of Elements.

    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 ↗
  5. 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 Casual with Rise of Elements.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Rise of Elements.

    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 ↗
  7. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Rise of Elements.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Rise of Elements.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Rise of Elements

Does Rise of Elements have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Rise of Elements supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
What games are most similar to Rise of Elements?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Rise of Elements are FIGHT, One Last Hand, Battle Runes of Metalaria.
Who developed Rise of Elements?
Rise of Elements was developed by Wicked Fox Games.

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 Rise of Elements.

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