Games like Second Chances
If Second Chances is your kind of game, the closest matches are Animus: Revenant, Furion Chronicles 3 and Evercrown — 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 Second Chances: A turn-based RPG where every battle is a puzzle, and every choice carries weight. Guide Paul Kimbel, a troubled author trapped between life and death, through a haunting world built from his own imagination. No grinding—just pure strategy, exploration, and high-stakes combat.
Players who liked Second Chances also play
Steam players who put hours into Second Chances 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.
Animus: Revenant
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Top pick for Second Chances fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Second Chances.
You, keeper of a long abandoned refuge, must gather the dying memories of an an ill-fated world. Pick up your war hammer. Bring peace to the condemned, silence to the corrupt, and retribution against the deceitful. Fight, farm, craft, collect, end. (* Keyboard & mouse support available.)
Furion Chronicles 3
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Second-strongest match for Second Chances fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Second Chances.
The story follows a young girl, Sigma, who is forced to become an adventurer, meet her companions, and eventually establish the Gallia Mercenary Corps in order to pay the dramatically increased poll tax in the Imperial Territories. However, the rapids of the times, what will ultimately await her?
Evercrown
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Third-strongest match for Second Chances fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Second Chances.
A turn-based tactical roguelike where your heroes’ actions are decided by a slot machine. Spin, lock, and reroll abilities, read enemy intentions, build powerful synergies, and push your run into explosive late-game scaling.
Build a Mecha
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Ranked #4 for Second Chances fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Second Chances.
You must upgrade your mech as you battle your way through an army of robots to destroy their central generator.
Synvector
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Ranked #5 for Second Chances fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Second Chances.
Synvector is a sci-fi action RPG where you command a mercenary fleet in massive real-time space battles with tactical pause, control squadrons through a command interface, and shape the fate of a living galaxy torn apart by war, piracy, and faction conflict. Nothing personal. Just contract.
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition
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Ranked #6 for Second Chances fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Second Chances.
Embark on a journey to a realm overrun by demons in a new epic RPG from the creators of the critically acclaimed Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Explore the nature of good and evil, learn the true cost of power, and rise as a Mythic Hero capable of deeds beyond mortal expectations.
Element Space
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Ranked #7 for Second Chances fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Second Chances.
Year 2199. Assemble an elite crew and make allies to combat a shadowy organization threatening the future of humanity. Face overwhelming odds with strategy. Make your choices and save us from extinction.
Songs of Conquest
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Ranked #8 for Second Chances fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Second Chances.
Raise mighty armies, wield ancient magic and forge an empire. This turn-based strategy adventure game fuses strategic decision making, tactical combat and kingdom management.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Second Chances at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~50% under Second Chances on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Second Chances.
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.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~50% under Second Chances on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Second Chances.
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!
Titanfall® 2
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Priced ~55% under Second Chances on Steam right now. Shares Action with Second Chances.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~50% under Second Chances on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Second Chances.
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.
WEBFISHING
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Priced ~50% under Second Chances on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Second Chances.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~90% under Second Chances on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Second Chances.
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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
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Priced ~50% under Second Chances on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Second Chances.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~70% under Second Chances on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Second Chances.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
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 Second Chances.
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 Second Chances.
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 Second Chances.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Second Chances.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Second Chances.
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 Second Chances.
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 Second Chances.
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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More from Deadpixel
Other recommendable Steam games by Deadpixel, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Machick 2
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Another title from Deadpixel, the studio behind Second Chances. Shares Action and Indie with Second Chances.
A magical, chaotic roguelike-survivor. Craft insane wands, evolve and fuse powerful spells, equip crazy gear, and wield the power of divine relics. Get ready to wipe out hordes of hungry frogs and face mighty bosses in unique, unpredictable runs.
Machick
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Another title from Deadpixel, the studio behind Second Chances. Shares Action and Indie with Second Chances.
Defeat the heavily armed army of anti-magic toads and free the forest from destruction. Machick is a casual game where you craft your own wands, vanquish enemies, collect XP, and choose upgrades to go further on the journey.
Eclipse: Shine of Dawn
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Another title from Deadpixel, the studio behind Second Chances. Shares Action and Indie with Second Chances.
The true darkness approaches Absalom, and through the hands of Luke, you will wield the true power capable of cutting it at its roots while seeking to rescue Prince Nylo. Evolve the power of the Suncatcher sword and legendary weapons to face hordes of creatures, iconic puzzles, and bosses.
Bees vs Zombees
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Another title from Deadpixel, the studio behind Second Chances. Shares Strategy and Indie with Second Chances.
A fast-paced roguelike tower defense where you choose your Queen Bee with unique skills and the Artisan to build turrets and cast powerful spells to defend your hive through regions infested with zombees. Face bosses with insane mechanics and survive the Zumbeecalypse!
Terraclysm Survivors
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Another title from Deadpixel, the studio behind Second Chances. Shares Action and Indie with Second Chances.
Terraclysm Survivors is a fast-paced action roguelike sidescroller. Earth is in peril, jump and attack through treacherous stages packed with enemy hordes while building the ultimate loadout. With up to 8 players online, defeat the invaders and survive in this apocalyptic and chaotic challenge!
Frequently asked about Second Chances
- Does Second Chances run on Steam Deck?
- Second Chances 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 Second Chances cost?
- Second Chances is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Second Chances?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Second Chances are Animus: Revenant, Furion Chronicles 3, Evercrown.
- Who developed Second Chances?
- Second Chances was developed by Deadpixel and published by indie.io.
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