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Games like Ironcast

If Ironcast is your kind of game, the closest matches are fullybroKEN - A Unique Mix of 4X / Post-Apocalypse / RPG / Roguelike, Steam Marines and Templar Battleforce — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its build variety enables experimentation, resource scarcity forces creativity and steampunk setting is immersive. 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 Ironcast: Puzzlequest meets FTL in this Steampunk Victorian era roguelite.

2015StrategyIndieRPG14.99 USDMetacritic 75Windows · macOS · Linuxby Dreadbit
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Steam players who put hours into Ironcast 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. fullybroKEN - A Unique Mix of 4X / Post-Apocalypse / RPG / Roguelike

    WHY THIS

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

    Play as single character in a 4x game. Survive. Thrive. Die. Unite the country of Mir. Kill, make hard choice, become anything you want in this unique post-apocalyptic game. Die. With ideas from 4X, Match-3 RPGs, Traditional RPGs and roguelikes, fullybroKEN offers an experience unlike anything else.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation12.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Steam Marines

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Ironcast.

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

    Steam Marines is a squad based Roguelike set on a steampunk spaceship. It features tactical play focused on positioning and careful use of resources. Built to keep you on your toes as you progress through the decks of your besieged ship while clearing enemies and trying to reach each level's elevator.

    2014StrategyIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Templar Battleforce

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Ironcast.

    Third-strongest match for Ironcast fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ironcast.

    An addictive mix of strategic combat and army building, with the precision of an RPG. Design your squad members' exact build of equipment and talents to create unique fireteam combinations. Step into the pilot suit of a Leviathan mech, lead the Templar Knights in turn-based tactical warfare.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bionic Dues

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Ironcast.

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

    Bionic Dues is a tactical, turn-based roguelite with mech customization. Out-think wide-ranging tactical situations featuring robots with bad GPS, terrible aim, insecurity, a lack of focus, a tendency to backstab, and dozens of other maladies to exploit.

    2013StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Into the Breach

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Ironcast.

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

    Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Dead Hand

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Ironcast.

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

    Dead Hand is a turn based tactical roguelike game set in a fully destructible procedural environment. Guide your Autonomous Weapons Platform in a fatalistic trek through a multiple level underground cave complex in order to fulfill your directives.

    2019StrategyIndieRPG19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Acaratus

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Ironcast.

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

    Acaratus is a turnbased tactical RPG set in a medieval steampunk world where you build and fight with your mechanized battle suits to help Adina free the people enslaved by the emperor Helios, their oppressor.

    2017StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. WARMACHINE: Tactics

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Ironcast.

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

    Turn-based tactical combat set in the award-winning world of the Iron Kingdoms. Command your custom squad of steam-powered robots and elite warriors in raging battles dominated by magic and mechanika. Battle in online multiplayer and play the epic 21-mission single player campaign!

    2014StrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Ironcast

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. Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Ironcast.

    Reviewers of Ironcast cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and RPG with Ironcast.

    Scattered across five different regions, five special heroes must travel their own dangerous paths to grow in strength, unravel a demonic plot & ultimately save the world from chaos.

    2011StrategyRPGDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Ironcast cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Ironcast.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Peglin

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Ironcast.

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

    Peglin is a Pachinko Roguelike - Fight enemies by collecting special orbs and popping pegs to deal damage. Acquire special relics that radically change the game and ensure no two runs are the same. Aim carefully to survive in this unique turn-based RPG!

    2024StrategyIndieRPG11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Paint Puzzle Quest

    WHY THIS

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

    Embark on a vibrant and colorful journey with Paint Puzzle Quest, a strategic puzzle-solving game that will test your creativity and problem-solving skills. Explore 100 exciting levels, each presenting a new challenge to keep you engaged and entertained.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Ironcast on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ironcast.

    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 ~67% under Ironcast on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Ironcast.

    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. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Ironcast on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ironcast.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

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

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Ironcast on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ironcast.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Ironcast on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ironcast.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Ironcast on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ironcast.

    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 ↗
  8. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Ironcast on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ironcast.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

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

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  7. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015

    WHY THIS

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

    A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Ironcast

How much does Ironcast cost?
Ironcast is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Ironcast?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ironcast are fullybroKEN - A Unique Mix of 4X / Post-Apocalypse / RPG / Roguelike, Steam Marines, Templar Battleforce.
Who developed Ironcast?
Ironcast was developed by Dreadbit and published by Ripstone.

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 Ironcast.

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