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Games like Water Margin Scrolls

If Water Margin Scrolls is your kind of game, the closest matches are NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters, 云梦之音 The Melody of Yunmeng and RAID: Shadow Legends — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and punishing. 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 Water Margin Scrolls: "Water Margin Scrolls" is a squad-building loot-hunting game set in the world of Water Margin. Collect iconic heroes from the classic tale and challenge other players in strategic battles.

2026StrategyIndieRPG5.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOSby QingHe Games
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Art direction praised as charming and nostalgicCard synthesis rewards deep deck buildingEquipment crafting enables creative buildsChallengingContemplativePunishing

Players who liked Water Margin Scrolls also play

Steam players who put hours into Water Margin Scrolls 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. NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters

    WHY THIS

    Shares indie and a contemplative mood with Water Margin Scrolls.

    Top pick for Water Margin Scrolls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Water Margin Scrolls.

    NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters is an inventory auto-battler with a monster-trainer twist! Collect Cosmions and items, and strategically manage your backpack to create unbeatable combos in tactical duels. Rise through the leagues to become the ultimate Cosmion master!

    2024StrategyRPGCasual5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 云梦之音 The Melody of Yunmeng

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Water Margin Scrolls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Water Margin Scrolls.

    This is an auto battler game that requires backpack management and equipment management! Buy rare equipment to create a powerful combination and then compete with other players!

    2024StrategyIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. RAID: Shadow Legends

    WHY THIS

    Shares equipment upgrades, character progression, grind based progression and a stressful mood with Water Margin Scrolls.

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

    RAID: Shadow Legends is a free-to-play collection RPG with 800+ playable Champions and 8 game modes. Heed the Arbiter's call and defend the dark fantasy world of Teleria.

    2024StrategyMassively MultiplayerRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Stash: A Card Looter

    WHY THIS

    Shares loot collection, card based combat, indie and a tense mood with Water Margin Scrolls.

    Ranked #4 for Water Margin Scrolls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Water Margin Scrolls.

    Embark on a unique drafting adventure with an endless array of randomized cards inspired by classical ARPG-Loot. Transform your one-of-a-kind loot into powerful battle tactics! Take on enemy squads drafted by real players in a post-human world teeming with beasty conflicts.

    2025Strategy5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Royal Merchant

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a contemplative mood with Water Margin Scrolls.

    Ranked #5 for Water Margin Scrolls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Water Margin Scrolls.

    Manage your team of Heroes and Crafters while upgrading your Castle in Royal Merchant! A blend of RPG, clicker, idler, and management gameplay with epic quests, crafting, and conquering bosses. Master the trade, outfit your Heroes, and grow your trade empire.

    2023SportsStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Batomon Showdown

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Water Margin Scrolls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Water Margin Scrolls.

    Discover and battle with hundreds of Batomon! Assemble the ultimate team to take down other players! Play at your own pace while you discover new deadly team combos and synergies! Break the game by training your Batomon to overpowered levels.

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  7. Phobies

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a contemplative mood with Water Margin Scrolls.

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

    Phobies is a tactical card collecting strategy game where players battle one another in the surreal realm of the subconscious, where fears manifest. Use devious tactics and unleash a dazzling array of attacks and abilities to achieve victory!

    2022StrategyIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Hive Blight

    WHY THIS

    Shares indie and a contemplative mood with Water Margin Scrolls.

    Ranked #8 for Water Margin Scrolls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Water Margin Scrolls.

    Hive Blight is a roguelite autobattler where you lead a team of insect warriors against a corrupting Fungal Threat. Build powerful synergies, uncover the source of the plague, and destroy it to save your world!

    2026StrategyRPGEarly Access12.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Water Margin Scrolls at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~83% under Water Margin Scrolls on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Water Margin Scrolls.

    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 ↗
  2. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Water Margin Scrolls on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Water Margin Scrolls.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Water Margin Scrolls on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Water Margin Scrolls.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Water Margin Scrolls on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Water Margin Scrolls.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Water Margin Scrolls on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Water Margin Scrolls.

    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!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Super Hexagon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Water Margin Scrolls on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Water Margin Scrolls.

    Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

    2012ActionIndie2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Nodebuster

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Water Margin Scrolls on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Water Margin Scrolls.

    Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Sally Face - Episode One

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Water Margin Scrolls on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Water Margin Scrolls.

    Delve into a dark adventure following the boy with a prosthetic face and a tragic past. Unravel the sinister mysteries of Sally's world to find the truth that lies hidden beneath the shadows.

    2016IndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Water Margin Scrolls.

    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 ↗
  2. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Water Margin Scrolls.

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Water Margin Scrolls.

    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!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  4. Samorost 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore the beginnings of the Samorost series in the space gnome’s original bite-sized adventure, formerly released in 2003. Now with remastered sounds, enhanced graphics, and new music by Floex.

    2021IndieAdventureCasualFreeSteam ↗
  5. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Water Margin Scrolls.

    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!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Water Margin Scrolls.

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Water Margin Scrolls.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Mizi NO!

    WHY THIS

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

    In this free 2D puzzle game, you must reassemble broken objects that your cat has knocked over.

    2024IndieCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Water Margin Scrolls

Does Water Margin Scrolls run on Steam Deck?
Water Margin Scrolls 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 Water Margin Scrolls cost?
Water Margin Scrolls is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Water Margin Scrolls have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Water Margin Scrolls supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
What games are most similar to Water Margin Scrolls?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Water Margin Scrolls are NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters, 云梦之音 The Melody of Yunmeng, RAID: Shadow Legends.
Who developed Water Margin Scrolls?
Water Margin Scrolls was developed by QingHe Games and published by The Bueno Interactive.

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 Water Margin Scrolls.

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