Games like Mandrake
If Mandrake is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sally, You Are Not the Chosen One and Behind the Horizon — 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.
Sally
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Top pick 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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Second-strongest match for Mandrake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Mandrake.
An old school, single-player RPG inspired by the legendary MUDs of the past. Roll up a character from one of 8 classes and 7 races, then fight, scheme, and gamble your way across the continent of Vaelthara, writing your own chronicle in a world of ambition.
RPGSteam ↗Behind the Horizon
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Third-strongest match 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.
Cirrus Business
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Ranked #4 for Mandrake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Mandrake.
Help Cloudi and friends restore their home in this whimsical story-driven farming adventure. You’ll learn that growing and managing magical crops while defending against the slobsters isn’t a breeze, but very serious business.
Grimoire Groves
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Ranked #5 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.
Faerie's Bargain: The Price of Business
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Ranked #6 for Mandrake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Mandrake.
Become the greatest of the goblin merchants in this gaslamp faery-tale! Buy and sell secrets and memories! Trade in time, shadows, and stranger things!
Masquerada: Songs and Shadows
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Ranked #7 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.
Brookhaven Grimoire
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Ranked #8 for Mandrake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Mandrake.
A Wizard has trapped you in a dark storybook, transporting you to the magical town of Brookhaven. With spells, swords, and the power of friendship, begin your new life in this strange land. But remember, escape may yet be possible for those who unravel this world’s mysteries...
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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 Sally, You Are Not the Chosen One, Behind the Horizon.
- 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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