Games like Behind the Sword
If Behind the Sword is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ascendant Realms, The Monstrous Frontier and GOAL! The Club Manager — 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 Behind the Sword: Behind the Sword is a fresh take on the turn-based strategy genre, featuring a fast-paced approach to conquering the world.
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Ascendant Realms
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Top pick for Behind the Sword fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Behind the Sword.
In Ascendant Realms you lead a nation in a struggle for glory. Cozy setting meets tactical thinking from classic turn based strategies, but twists it with compact gameplay. Develop your city, research new technologies, fight other leaders - or just create your own story in the sandbox.
The Monstrous Frontier
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Second-strongest match for Behind the Sword fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Behind the Sword.
A turn based city biulder, where you have to manage increasingly complex production lines, attract adventurers to your city and create Quests to protect yourself instead of controlling them directly.
GOAL! The Club Manager
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Behind the Sword fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Behind the Sword.
You are more than a coach. You are the undisputed club boss. Are you ready to dominate the league with your team in this re-imagining of the classic sports management franchise? Could you be the next manager sensation? Prove it!
Generals & Rulers
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Ranked #4 for Behind the Sword fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Behind the Sword.
What will be the strategy game if you throw out all the grind from it, all the boring annoying actions and leave only strategy and tactics? It became interesting to us and as a result we received Generals & Rulers. Try it now!
The Emperor and State
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Ranked #5 for Behind the Sword fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Behind the Sword.
The Emperor and State is a turn-based strategy game that simulates the rule of an ancient feudal monarch. It involves the administration, policy adjustment, diplomatic checks and balances, national wars, as well as the emperor's self-cultivation, the cultivation of successors and so on.
Evil Bank Manager
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Ranked #6 for Behind the Sword fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Behind the Sword.
What could be better than having a million dollars, a billion? This will not make you all powerful in the world, your goal will not only be to make lots of money, but to print money and become a Federal reserve system
Private Military Manager: Tactical Auto Battler
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Ranked #7 for Behind the Sword fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Behind the Sword.
You are the CEO of a private military company. Recruit capable mercenaries, purchase weapons, and develop your mercenaries according to their roles and characteristics. Observe how your mercenaries perform in combat and plan your tactics to ensure mission success.
Field of Glory II: Medieval
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Ranked #8 for Behind the Sword fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Behind the Sword.
Field of Glory II Medieval is a turn-based tactical game set in the High Middle Ages from 1040 AD to 1270 AD. Developed by legendary designer Richard Bodley Scott it brings the best from the tabletop world into the best digital framework.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Behind the Sword at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~88% under Behind the Sword on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Behind the Sword.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~63% under Behind the Sword on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Behind the Sword.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
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Priced ~53% under Behind the Sword on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Behind the Sword.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
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Priced ~75% under Behind the Sword on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Behind the Sword.
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 ~81% under Behind the Sword on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Behind the Sword.
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.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~88% under Behind the Sword on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Behind the Sword.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~63% under Behind the Sword on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Behind the Sword.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
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Priced ~50% under Behind the Sword on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Behind the Sword.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Behind the Sword.
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.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Behind the Sword.
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!
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Behind the Sword.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
The Last Sovereign
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Behind the Sword.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Behind the Sword.
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!
Counter-Strike 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.
Crusader Kings II
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Behind the Sword.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
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Frequently asked about Behind the Sword
- How much does Behind the Sword cost?
- Behind the Sword is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Behind the Sword?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Behind the Sword are Ascendant Realms, The Monstrous Frontier, GOAL! The Club Manager.
- Who developed Behind the Sword?
- Behind the Sword was developed by Agustin Vuelta.
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 Behind the Sword.
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