Games like A Bastard's Tale
If A Bastard's Tale is your kind of game, the closest matches are End of Knights, Cubes and Knights and Driven Out — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its mastery of fundamentals matters, atmospheric and challenging. 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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End of Knights
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Top pick for A Bastard's Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Bastard's Tale.
Destroy unholy hoards of the undead and defend your stronghold! Gain new abilities and hone your skills in this challenging arcade action game. Can you survive the End of Knights?
Cubes and Knights
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Shares parrying and an atmospheric mood with A Bastard's Tale.
Second-strongest match for A Bastard's Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Bastard's Tale.
You are strong and huge, you have a heavy sword in your hands, and somewhere deep an ancient evil is hidden. The King himself sent you on a difficult campaign: to find the immortal enemy of all people. Find ancient artifacts and work your way through the labyrinths with steel and magic.
Driven Out
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Shares an atmospheric mood with A Bastard's Tale.
Third-strongest match for A Bastard's Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Bastard's Tale.
Beautiful 16 bit retro art style with fluid animations and deliberate combat. Read the enemy and act accordingly in this seamless world without any load screens.
Bot slash Bot
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Ranked #4 for A Bastard's Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Bastard's Tale.
You click - You dash - You slash. Bot slash Bot is a fast-paced, top-down Hack n‘ Slash in which you control a rogue robot slashing & dashing through your former co-machines holding you captive! It's all about speed. Time is running out.
Eternal Samurai
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Ranked #5 for A Bastard's Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Bastard's Tale.
Possess your enemies and take revenge against the evil lords of the land in this retro-platformer action game
The Violets of Amicus™
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Ranked #6 for A Bastard's Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Bastard's Tale.
Attack, dodge, and counter the monsters invading the land of Velare in The Violets of Amicus, a 2D action-adventure inspired by classic dungeon crawlers and modern combat games alike. The ferocious Violets are waking from their ancient gardens. Can a lowly courier save the kingdom?
Abberbury
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Shares a challenging mood with A Bastard's Tale.
Ranked #7 for A Bastard's Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Bastard's Tale.
Enter the dungeon of a medieval castle full of traps, enemies, mysteries! Can you overcome all obstacles to justice?
Treasure Drifter: Nian
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Ranked #8 for A Bastard's Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Bastard's Tale.
"Treasure Drifter: Nian" is a game combining defensive action and walking exploration. Bring your partner to learn different character stories, defeat difficult enemies, and unlock different puzzles on the long road. Grow and explore the world in the cycle of departure and return.
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EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair
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Reviewers of A Bastard's Tale cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with A Bastard's Tale.
It's a fight for the future of the planet between the Ravagers, a merciless swarm of alien invaders, and the Earth Defense Force (EDF) in this third-person shooter.Play as four different classes in over 80 missions with a range of 800 weapons at your disposal.Co-op play supported.
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
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Shares an atmospheric mood with A Bastard's Tale.
Reviewers of A Bastard's Tale cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with A Bastard's Tale.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
Shadows of the past
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Reviewers of A Bastard's Tale cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with A Bastard's Tale.
Shadows of the past is a visual novel for adults only. In a small town, private detective Josh Wilson leads a quiet and measured life, solving small problems for the locals. But everything changes when Ellie shows up on his office doorstep....
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below A Bastard's Tale at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~80% under A Bastard's Tale on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with A Bastard's Tale.
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?
The Test
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Priced ~60% under A Bastard's Tale on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Bastard's Tale.
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 ~70% under A Bastard's Tale on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Bastard's Tale.
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 ~80% under A Bastard's Tale on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with A Bastard's Tale.
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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
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Priced ~50% under A Bastard's Tale on Steam right now. Shares Action with A Bastard's Tale.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
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Priced ~80% under A Bastard's Tale on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Bastard's Tale.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
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Priced ~50% under A Bastard's Tale on Steam right now. Shares Action with A Bastard's Tale.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~60% under A Bastard's Tale on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Bastard's Tale.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
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. Shares Action and Adventure with A Bastard's Tale.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with A Bastard's Tale.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with A Bastard's Tale.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Bastard's Tale.
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.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with A Bastard's Tale.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Steam Engine Simulator
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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Frequently asked about A Bastard's Tale
- How much does A Bastard's Tale cost?
- A Bastard's Tale is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to A Bastard's Tale?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside A Bastard's Tale are End of Knights, Cubes and Knights, Driven Out.
- Who developed A Bastard's Tale?
- A Bastard's Tale was developed by No Pest Productions.
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