Games like Shards of the Realm
If Shards of the Realm is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lair of the Leviathan, Glorious Companions and 江湖十一 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its base building feels rewarding, 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.
Get personalized picks →About Shards of the Realm: Create your own story in a deep Strategy/Tactical RPG. Manage your party and fortress, explore, craft gear, research technologies, and make impactful choices that shape the world.
Players who liked Shards of the Realm also play
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Lair of the Leviathan
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Top pick for Shards of the Realm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shards of the Realm.
Lair of the Leviathan is an open world RPG that aims to capture the best parts of classic RPGs of the past where you lead a party of heroes as you fight your way through a large, completely hand crafted open world with challenging turn based combat and deep RPG mechanics.
Glorious Companions
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shards of the Realm.
Second-strongest match for Shards of the Realm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shards of the Realm.
Explore the open world of Terscara as you advance through the challenging and tactical encounters in this epic turn-based tactical RPG. Form and lead a group of battle-proven companions, delve into the ancient dungeons to collect the elusive vault crystals, and end Xandar’s Wraith once and for all.
江湖十一
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shards of the Realm.
Third-strongest match for Shards of the Realm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Shards of the Realm.
Jianghu11 is an open-world cultivation RPG set in the wuxia world. In this game, you will create your own character or start as a fictional or historical figure. Explore the fascinating wuxia world with enormous NPCs, search for romance, and write your own legend.
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and a challenging mood with Shards of the Realm.
Ranked #4 for Shards of the Realm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shards of the Realm.
The critically acclaimed RPG that raised the bar, from the creators of Baldur's Gate 3. Gather your party. Master deep, tactical combat. Venture as a party of up to four - but know that only one of you will have the chance to become a God.
Those Who Rule
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Shards of the Realm.
Ranked #5 for Shards of the Realm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shards of the Realm.
Join three fresh recruits caught in a web of betrayal as war looms over the land. Lead your band of heroes through tactical turn-based battles, master unique abilities, and forge powerful gear to turn the tide of battle. Will you unravel the conspiracy driving the conflict—or be consumed by it?
The Iron Oath
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Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Shards of the Realm.
Ranked #6 for Shards of the Realm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shards of the Realm.
Command, endure, and prosper in The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. Customize your roster, build your renown, and discover the secrets that await in the medieval fantasy realm of Caelum.
Dungeon Scavenger
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Shares turn based combat, resource management and a contemplative mood with Shards of the Realm.
Ranked #7 for Shards of the Realm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shards of the Realm.
Dungeon Scavenger is a unique turn-based old school dungeon crawler that sets you on a challenging path of exploration. Select a hero to keep the threat of the dungeon and demon realms away from the town's people with an innovative combat system. Can you save the town from the danger below?
Alvora Tactics
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Shards of the Realm.
Ranked #8 for Shards of the Realm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shards of the Realm.
Alvora Tactics is an indie Tactics RPG that combines strategic combat with immersive exploration. Explore and conquer Great Serpent Alvora with your own customizable band of warriors!
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Mount & Blade
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and a challenging mood with Shards of the Realm.
Reviewers of Shards of the Realm cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Shards of the Realm.
Calradia is a land at war, offering great riches and even greater dangers to adventurers and mercenaries that flock to shed their blood on its soil. With courage and a strong sword, an unknown stranger can make a name as a warrior. Free-form sand-box gameplay.
Wartales
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Shards of the Realm.
Reviewers of Shards of the Realm cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shards of the Realm.
Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe. Explore the world, recruit companions, collect bounties and unravel the secrets of the tombs of the ancients!
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
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Reviewers of Shards of the Realm cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear. A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.
XCOM® 2
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Shards of the Realm.
Reviewers of Shards of the Realm cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Shards of the Realm.
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shards of the Realm at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~75% under Shards of the Realm on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shards of the Realm.
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
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Priced ~50% under Shards of the Realm on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shards of the Realm.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
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Priced ~50% under Shards of the Realm on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shards of the Realm.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~50% under Shards of the Realm on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Shards of the Realm.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~75% under Shards of the Realm on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Shards of the Realm.
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
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Priced ~60% under Shards of the Realm on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shards of the Realm.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shards of the Realm.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shards of the Realm.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shards of the Realm.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
Totally Accurate Battlegrounds
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shards of the Realm.
Grab your balloon crossbow and trusty inflatable hammer, because things are about to get wobbly! Be the last weirdo standing in the world-leading physics-based Battle Royale game.
STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Shards of the Realm.
STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ is a free-to-play MMORPG that puts you at the center of your own story-driven saga. Play as a Jedi, Sith, Bounty Hunter, or one of many other iconic STAR WARS roles in the galaxy far, far away over three thousand years before the classic films.
Crusader Kings II
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shards of the Realm.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
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Frequently asked about Shards of the Realm
- Does Shards of the Realm run on Steam Deck?
- Shards of the Realm 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 Shards of the Realm cost?
- Shards of the Realm is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Shards of the Realm?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shards of the Realm are Lair of the Leviathan, Glorious Companions, 江湖十一.
- Who developed Shards of the Realm?
- Shards of the Realm was developed by Yevhen Rebrakov.
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 Shards of the Realm.
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