Games like Dark Times
If Dark Times is your kind of game, the closest matches are Instruments of Power, Valor of Man and Ancient Frontier — 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 Dark Times: Dark Times is a turn-based tactical RPG in the dark fantasy genre. Build a team of heroes, battle an army of skeletons and bosses, upgrade your characters, and plan fights to defeat the Lord of Darkness. Explore locations and an epic story.
Players who liked Dark Times also play
Steam players who put hours into Dark Times 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.
Instruments of Power
WHY THIS
Top pick for Dark Times fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dark Times.
Prime the battlefield with the spells you built. Consume what you laid down to summon an army of your selves, then strike the shadows before your tether to this world gives out. A turn-based tactical RPG where every spell you cast is one you built, and every summon is a choice.
Valor of Man
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Dark Times fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dark Times.
Forge your party. Master your fate. In this turn-based roguelite RPG, lead four heroes through a fractured realm of danger and destiny. Build synergies, unlock powerful abilities, and face ever-shifting challenges in an epic battle for survival. No journey is ever the same.
Ancient Frontier
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Dark Times fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Dark Times.
Ancient Frontier is a turn-based strategy RPG set in the far future. You command the fleet. Buy new ships, outfit them with crew and equipment, then deploy and destroy the enemy. Take control of massive fleets of capital ships and support craft as you play through two unique campaigns.
Cell Command
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Dark Times fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dark Times.
TURN-BASED TACTICS meets SNAKE: A new roguelike in the Genome Guardian universe. SPLICE DNA to create new units, enhance their genetics, and take on the Abyss virus once more in a variety of different modes & match types.
Mortal Glory 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Dark Times fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dark Times.
Manage a team of traveling gladiators in this turn-based fantasy roguelike. Find the best recruits, discover powerful item combinations and come up with clever tactics on the battlefield. The tournament awaits those who desire MORTAL GLORY!
Cobalt Core
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Dark Times fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dark Times.
A sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder with a deep new single-axis spin on tactics games! Dodge missiles, line up your cannons, and blast 'em out of the sky... Then get to the bottom of these time loops, before it's too late!
The Last Spell
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Dark Times fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dark Times.
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.
Lost Eidolons
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Dark Times fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dark Times.
Lost Eidolons is a turn-based tactical RPG with a gripping cinematic narrative, set in a waning empire riven by civil war. Take on the role of a charming mercenary captain, Eden, and lead his band of allies through epic encounters on a classic turn-based battlefield.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dark Times at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Dark Times on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dark Times.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dark Times on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dark Times.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~63% under Dark Times on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dark Times.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Dark Times on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dark Times.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dark Times on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dark Times.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dark Times on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dark Times.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Dark Times on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dark Times.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dark Times.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
The Children of Clay
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dark Times.
The Children of Clay is a short stop motion archeology horror game, where you have to study an ancient artefact and discover its dark secret.
Lily's Well
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dark Times.
It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dark Times.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dark Times.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Children of Silentown: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dark Times.
Prologue to Children of Silentown, a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a young girl growing up in a village deep into a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon in the village, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
Limbus Company
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.
Dota Underlords
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Dark Times.
Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Cell Command
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dark Times.
TURN-BASED TACTICS meets SNAKE: A new roguelike in the Genome Guardian universe. SPLICE DNA to create new units, enhance their genetics, and take on the Abyss virus once more in a variety of different modes & match types.
Cobalt Core
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dark Times.
A sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder with a deep new single-axis spin on tactics games! Dodge missiles, line up your cannons, and blast 'em out of the sky... Then get to the bottom of these time loops, before it's too late!
The Last Spell
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dark Times.
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.
Lost Eidolons
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dark Times.
Lost Eidolons is a turn-based tactical RPG with a gripping cinematic narrative, set in a waning empire riven by civil war. Take on the role of a charming mercenary captain, Eden, and lead his band of allies through epic encounters on a classic turn-based battlefield.
Frequently asked about Dark Times
- How much does Dark Times cost?
- Dark Times is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Dark Times?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dark Times are Instruments of Power, Valor of Man, Ancient Frontier.
- Who developed Dark Times?
- Dark Times was developed by Gromov Studio.
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 Dark Times.
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