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Games like Serpent in the Staglands

If Serpent in the Staglands is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pillars of Eternity, Tyranny and Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, bleak 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.

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About Serpent in the Staglands: A true role-playing adventure. Set in the icy Staglands, this party-based CRPG has you take the role of a trapped god on a perilous journey across a beautiful, deadly peninsula.

2015AdventureRPG13.99 USDMetacritic 75Windows · macOS · Linuxby Whalenought Studios
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  1. Pillars of Eternity

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Serpent in the Staglands.

    Top pick for Serpent in the Staglands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Serpent in the Staglands.

    Prepare to be enchanted by a world where the choices you make and the paths you choose shape your destiny. Obsidian Entertainment, the developer of Fallout: New Vegas™ and South Park: The Stick of Truth™, together with Paradox Interactive is proud to present Pillars of Eternity.

    2015RPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Tyranny

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Serpent in the Staglands.

    Second-strongest match for Serpent in the Staglands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Serpent in the Staglands.

    Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.

    2016AdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Serpent in the Staglands.

    Third-strongest match for Serpent in the Staglands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Serpent in the Staglands.

    Black Geyser is an isometric, party-based fantasy RPG inspired by genre classics. Recruit characters with unique personalities and explore a land ravaged by civil war and a mysterious curse of greed. Your choices, good or evil, will decide the fate of the Kingdom of Isilmerald.

    2022IndieRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Torment: Tides of Numenera

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Serpent in the Staglands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Serpent in the Staglands.

    Torment: Tides of Numenera is the thematic successor to Planescape: Torment, one of the most critically acclaimed role-playing games of all time. Immerse yourself in a single-player, isometric, story-driven RPG set in Monte Cook’s Numenera universe. What does one life matter? Find your answer.

    2017StrategyIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Lords of Xulima

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Serpent in the Staglands.

    Ranked #5 for Serpent in the Staglands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Serpent in the Staglands.

    Lords of Xulima is a challenging Role-playing game set on the mythical continent of Xulima, where Gods and humans once walked side by side. Experience a genuine RPG featuring over 100 hours of gameplay, and discover one of the most epic sagas ever told.

    2014RPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Divine Divinity

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Serpent in the Staglands.

    Ranked #6 for Serpent in the Staglands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Serpent in the Staglands.

    Divine Divinity is an epic role-playing game with hack-and-slash action, offering a huge world to explore and thousands of items to investigate, trade and use.

    2012RPG5.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Serpent in the Staglands.

    Ranked #7 for Serpent in the Staglands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Serpent in the Staglands.

    Uncover secrets of past lives in this story-rich, tactical roleplaying game set in Sigil, a dark fantasy city at the heart of the Dungeons & Dragons multiverse. Explore the planes, survive combat alongside a party of bizarre companions, and solve puzzles unlike any ever seen in the genre.

    2017AdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Serpent in the Staglands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Serpent in the Staglands.

    The classic adventure returns! Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition includes the original Baldur’s Gate adventure, the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion, and all-new content including three new party members.

    2013AdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Serpent in the Staglands

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. UnderRail

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Serpent in the Staglands.

    Reviewers of Serpent in the Staglands cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Serpent in the Staglands.

    UnderRail is an old-school turn-based isometric role-playing game that features a large open post-apocalyptic world, deep and challenging combat and an intricate storyline.

    2015IndieRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Serpent in the Staglands.

    Reviewers of Serpent in the Staglands cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and RPG with Serpent in the Staglands.

    Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition revives the classic RPG with fresh updates for modern players. Build a party of Dungeons & Dragons heroes and explore the frozen tundra in this retro fantasy adventure.

    2014AdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Fallout 4

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Serpent in the Staglands.

    Reviewers of Serpent in the Staglands cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Serpent in the Staglands.

    From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.

    2015RPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Serpent in the Staglands.

    Reviewers of Serpent in the Staglands cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and RPG with Serpent in the Staglands.

    Uncover secrets of past lives in this story-rich, tactical roleplaying game set in Sigil, a dark fantasy city at the heart of the Dungeons & Dragons multiverse. Explore the planes, survive combat alongside a party of bizarre companions, and solve puzzles unlike any ever seen in the genre.

    2017AdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Mechajammer

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Serpent in the Staglands.

    Reviewers of Serpent in the Staglands cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Serpent in the Staglands.

    A tactical cyberpunk turn-based RPG set on an off-world grindhouse jungle colony. Skulk through the shadows or charge in guns blazing. Recruit a unique party for large squad-based assaults as your adventure plunges you deep into the city’s secrets.

    2021StrategyIndieRPG12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Elysium

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Serpent in the Staglands cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Serpent in the Staglands.

    Wake up on a paradise-like abandoned island with your friends. Explore the lands of an ancient civilization and uncover the mysteries behind their collapse as you build, craft, and tame corrupted machines. Most importantly, survive the unwelcome lands of Elysium!

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Serpent in the Staglands cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and RPG with Serpent in the Staglands.

    The classic adventure returns! Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition includes the original Baldur’s Gate adventure, the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion, and all-new content including three new party members.

    2013AdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. MARS

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Serpent in the Staglands cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Survival is temporary. Legacy is forever. Rule the last colony on Mars in this RTS x Colony Sim. Build domes for colonists as they harvest crops to survive, and command Mech armies against endless Marsect swarms. With hostile enemies and climate threatening your expedition, every choice matters.

    StrategySimulationSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Serpent in the Staglands on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Serpent in the Staglands.

    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 ↗
  2. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Serpent in the Staglands on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Serpent in the Staglands.

    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 ↗
  3. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Serpent in the Staglands on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Serpent in the Staglands.

    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 ↗
  4. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Serpent in the Staglands on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Serpent in the Staglands.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~93% under Serpent in the Staglands on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Serpent in the Staglands.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. OneShot

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Serpent in the Staglands on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Serpent in the Staglands.

    OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Human Fall Flat

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Serpent in the Staglands on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Serpent in the Staglands.

    Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.

    2016IndieAdventureSimulation5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Serpent in the Staglands on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Serpent in the Staglands.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Serpent in the Staglands.

    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 ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Serpent in the Staglands.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Serpent in the Staglands.

    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 ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Serpent in the Staglands.

    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 ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and RPG with Serpent in the Staglands.

    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 ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Serpent in the Staglands.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Serpent in the Staglands.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Serpent in the Staglands

How much does Serpent in the Staglands cost?
Serpent in the Staglands is listed on Steam at 13.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Serpent in the Staglands?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Serpent in the Staglands are Pillars of Eternity, Tyranny, Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness.
Who developed Serpent in the Staglands?
Serpent in the Staglands was developed by Whalenought Studios.

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 Serpent in the Staglands.

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