Games like Mandrake
If Mandrake is your kind of game, the closest matches are Farmwand, Sally and You Are Not the Chosen One — 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 Mandrake: You are the last of the Mandrakes, a sorcerous line of gardeners. At long last, you’ve returned to your family's abandoned home. Make friends, tend your gardens, and put down roots. Fish, gather and delve in the wilds. Make a place for yourself, and uncover the mysteries your family left behind.
Players who liked Mandrake also play
Steam players who put hours into Mandrake 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.
Farmwand
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Top pick for Mandrake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Mandrake.
Immerse yourself in the enchanted world of Farmwand, where cozy farming meets magic, wonder and daring adventures! Master dozens of spells, brew powerful potions and meet unforgettable characters as you explore this vibrant open-world full of stories and secrets...either alone or with a friend!
Sally
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Second-strongest match for Mandrake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Mandrake.
Sally is a life-sim game about community and belonging. Embark on a grand journey aboard a magic flying ship. Navigate daily life as a kid with a diverse crew unique to every game. Craft, cook, farm, build and explore the skies as you become who you want to be amongst your found family.
You Are Not the Chosen One
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Third-strongest match for Mandrake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Mandrake.
An old school, single-player RPG where the fate of the world is someone else's problem. Inspired by the legendary MUDs of the past. Roll up a character then fight, scheme, and gamble your way across the continent of Vaelthara, writing your own chronicle in a world of ambition.
RPGSteam ↗Songs of Glimmerwick
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Ranked #4 for Mandrake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Mandrake.
Become immersed in a musical woodland fantasy world where casting a spell is as easy as playing a song. Attend classes, grow the university garden, make friends with classmates and townsfolk, and explore the island’s many oddities and mysteries in this story-driven witch academy RPG.
Behind the Horizon
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Ranked #5 for Mandrake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Mandrake.
Epic role-playing game with a mystical story and with crafting, magic and farming. Plays in a living, simulated world, where plants, animals and the land evolve. Huge hand-drawn underground areas invite you to explore and fight against your own demons.
Grimoire Groves
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Ranked #6 for Mandrake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Mandrake.
Join the witches in their quest to restore the Grimoire Groves! Master magic, grow cute plant creatures and discover the mystery of the Rainbow Socks in this cozy, rogue-lite dungeon crawler.
Winds Of Arcana: Ruination
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Ranked #7 for Mandrake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Mandrake.
Discover the secrets of a sundered world as you help Aryn save his comrades in this story-rich, fully-voiced, 2.5D action-platformer. Fight terrible dangers and explore ancient mysteries as Aryn uncovers the forces that forge his destiny.
Masquerada: Songs and Shadows
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Ranked #8 for Mandrake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Mandrake.
Masquerada is a single-player tactical RPG set in a Renaissance-inspired city of magic, where real-time combat can be paused to set up elemental combos powered by Venetian-styled masks. Come for gorgeous hand-drawn art; stay for the rich lore & a thoughtful, fully-voiced tale of intrigue & tragedy.
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
A Date with Death
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Mandrake.
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.
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Mandrake.
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.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Mandrake.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Mandrake.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Mandrake.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
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Other recommendable Steam games by Failbetter Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
SUNLESS SEA
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Another title from Failbetter Games, the studio behind Mandrake. Shares RPG with Mandrake.
LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.
Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition
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Another title from Failbetter Games, the studio behind Mandrake. Shares RPG with Mandrake.
SAIL THE STARS. BETRAY YOUR QUEEN. MURDER A SUN. Sunless Skies is a Gothic Horror roleplay game with a focus on exploration and exquisite storytelling.
Mask of the Rose
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Another title from Failbetter Games, the studio behind Mandrake. Shares RPG with Mandrake.
A marvellous romance with a hint of murder, where every playthrough is different! Seek love, friendship, or more... intimate encounters. Help a murdered man find justice. And watch out for the bats.
Frequently asked about Mandrake
- What games are most similar to Mandrake?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mandrake are Farmwand, Sally, You Are Not the Chosen One.
- Who developed Mandrake?
- Mandrake was developed by Failbetter Games.
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 Mandrake.
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