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Games like Knucklebones

If Knucklebones is your kind of game, the closest matches are Grimroll, Set a Watch: Digital Edition and Roll and Die — 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.

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About Knucklebones: Knucklebones is a dark tactical dice builder on a snakes-and-ladders roguelike map. Roll, assign, and upgrade your dice as you fight your way to the end.

2026StrategyIndieRPGWindowsby Iron Quill Games Studio, Oisín Banville
Knucklebones — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Knucklebones 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. Grimroll

    WHY THIS

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

    Brave a forbidden forest, battling creatures from Slavic myths as you seek the legendary Old Crone, said to grant any wish, if you can survive her trials. Grimroll is a dice-based roguelike adventure where you wield dice in grid-based combat, chaining powerful combos.

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. Set a Watch: Digital Edition

    WHY THIS

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

    Assemble your party to survive in this dice-management game! Master steel and magic: roll dice and next use them to attack directly or for powerful abilities. Scout, light a fire, use ancient runes or equip perks to prepare before battle. Use tactics to fight monsters and Unhallowed. Set a watch!

    2026StrategyAdventureRPG11.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Roll and Die

    WHY THIS

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

    A push-your-luck dice roguelite. Greed gets you power. Greed gets you killed. Keep the rolls you like, push the rest, and pray you do not hit a skull. Climb the Pit to the god who runs it.

    StrategyRPGSteam ↗
  4. Ambrosia ~Dice Spam Dungeon~ PC

    WHY THIS

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

    Dive into the Dungeon where monsters spam dice (attacks), your barrier magic are able to convert those dice into your own dice (mana) for storage. By combining adjacent dice, you reflect the damage back to the monsters.

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  5. Warhammer Quest (Classic)

    WHY THIS

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

    Based on the classic tabletop game, Warhammer Quest is an addictive mix of role-playing and strategy.

    2015StrategyRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Die For The Lich

    WHY THIS

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

    Gather magical dice, adapt your gear and venture through a land haunted by folklore creatures.

    2025StrategyAdventureRPG10.19 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Knight Swap

    WHY THIS

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

    One chess piece, the mighty knight. One simple concept: exchange the knights from one colored square to another. One hundred hand-crafted levels in a beautiful minimalist set. Can you swap the knights?

    2019StrategyIndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Viractal: Will You Trust Your Party?

    WHY THIS

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

    A deckbuilding board game RPG where every roll shapes your strategy.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Knucklebones

What games are most similar to Knucklebones?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Knucklebones are Grimroll, Set a Watch: Digital Edition, Roll and Die.
Who developed Knucklebones?
Knucklebones was developed by Iron Quill Games Studio, Oisín Banville and published by Iron Quill Games 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 Knucklebones.

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