Games like Crimson Quest
If Crimson Quest is your kind of game, the closest matches are Death Fortress, Dreadful Defenders and Maple Blade — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Crimson Quest: Crimson Quest lets players control a single character that acts as a production base. Players can create units and towers, explore the field, and experience real-time roguelike progression with action elements, offering a unique twist on traditional RTS gameplay.
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Steam players who put hours into Crimson Quest 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.
Death Fortress
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Top pick for Crimson Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Crimson Quest.
"Death Fortress" is an action Rogue lite game. You wake up from the darkness and kill in the darkness. The super refreshing hack-and-slash experience brings endless fear to this desperate world.
Dreadful Defenders
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Second-strongest match for Crimson Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Crimson Quest.
Choose an ancient deity to worship and use its power to defeat the unbelievers. Find Relics with eldritch abilities. Summon dreadful Defenders with unique traits, control the path by placing them, and combine their Benedictions to create otherworldly synergies!
StrategySteam ↗Maple Blade
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Third-strongest match for Crimson Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crimson Quest.
Explore a haunted forest and rescue the neighbor's cat! A grid-based exploration game where you chop your way through the woods, fight off restless spirits, solve little puzzles, and help the townsfolk. Every playthrough is different-- cut your own path and relax in a serene autumn world.
PESKY ORCS!
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Ranked #4 for Crimson Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Crimson Quest.
In "Pesky Orcs!" you take part in medieval fantasy battles between ancient foes: Orcs and humans. Dive into a unique mix of Autobattler, RTS and Roguelike in real retro pixelart fashion!
Slimecity
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Ranked #5 for Crimson Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Crimson Quest.
An ADORABLELY SQUISHY rougelite game~! Command your army of slimes using the power of overwhelming number of Slime to gather and claim resources! But be AWARE of the time, because if it runs out before your lil guys are home, then The Horsemen will come charging!
Eldritch Tactics: Apocalypse Rising
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Ranked #6 for Crimson Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crimson Quest.
A PvE roguelike auto-battler where YOU are the villain. Scheme from your evil tower, summon adorable abominations, and race to trigger the apocalypse before the world kicks down your door.
Gloomsday
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Ranked #7 for Crimson Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crimson Quest.
Gloomsday is an action-packed roguelite platformer with a unique spellcasting mechanic. Your spellcasting resource is in the world around you--no mana bars here! As you cast your "gloomspells", you'll find the serene, yet gloomy landscape go dark and grey... but the magic will return soon enough.
Dark Ruins
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Ranked #8 for Crimson Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crimson Quest.
Top-down RTS: Collect genes/gear, train warriors into 4-person squads, explore ruins and unlock secrets. Old maps persist; focus on progression to defeat all foes. Enemies drain SAN—use consumables wisely. Mix tactics for bursts; endless builds via loot, traits & 3-choice skills.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Crimson Quest.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Quest.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Crimson Quest.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Crimson Quest.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crimson Quest.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
NGU IDLE
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crimson Quest.
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!
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Frequently asked about Crimson Quest
- What games are most similar to Crimson Quest?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Crimson Quest are Death Fortress, Dreadful Defenders, Maple Blade.
- Who developed Crimson Quest?
- Crimson Quest was developed by CREBABOS.
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