Games like Path of the Yaoguai
If Path of the Yaoguai is your kind of game, the closest matches are Talespinner, Gordian Quest and Black Book — 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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Players who liked Path of the Yaoguai also play
Steam players who put hours into Path of the Yaoguai 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.
Talespinner
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Top pick for Path of the Yaoguai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Path of the Yaoguai.
Enter a captivating realm woven with the tapestry of Japanese mythology in Talespinner, a deck-building roguelike adventure. As the storyteller, you will guide your chosen hero through an ever-changing narrative shaped by your decisions and deck construction.
Gordian Quest
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Second-strongest match for Path of the Yaoguai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Path of the Yaoguai.
An epic deckbuilding RPG inspired by old-school classics like Ultima and D&D, using modern gaming concepts like roguelite elements and turnbased strategic combat. Lead and nurture parties of heroes. Forge bonds and discover new skills among them. Guide them to unravel the curses laid upon the lands.
Black Book
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Third-strongest match for Path of the Yaoguai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Path of the Yaoguai.
“Black Book” is a dark RPG Adventure, based on Slavic myths, in which you play as a young sorceress. Fight evil forces in card-based battles and explore the world, where humans live alongside mythological creatures.
Dawncaster | The RPG Cardventure
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Ranked #4 for Path of the Yaoguai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Path of the Yaoguai.
What if you combine the best of story-driven RPGs with the strategic decision-making of cardgames? Dawncaster was created to answer that question, containing over 1100 handcrafted cards and over 100 unique challenges designed by veterans of the cardgame genre.
Slay the Spire
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Ranked #5 for Path of the Yaoguai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Path of the Yaoguai.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend
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Ranked #6 for Path of the Yaoguai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Path of the Yaoguai.
Welcome to Eientei, combine multiple colors of mana to build your ideal deck, duel with gensokyo girls, and chase back the mysterious moon treasure. Also, enjoy the unpredictable Roguelike with fantasy Danmaku!
Three Kingdoms: The Blood Moon
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Ranked #7 for Path of the Yaoguai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Path of the Yaoguai.
Three Kingdoms: The Blood Moon is a turn-based Roguelike card game where you assume the role of a Shu general. Explore dungeons, gather relics, and amass a collection of cards. In each round, you can assemble a unique combination of cards and treasures to defeat your enemies and rewrite history!
Active DBG: Brave's Rage
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Ranked #8 for Path of the Yaoguai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Path of the Yaoguai.
Brave's Rage is a challenging roguelite deckbuilding game that features an ATB combat system. Players will have to think critically to build their decks and make strategic decisions in the nick of time. Create your dynamic duo from a total of 9 playable Braves and face 20 different challenge tiers!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Path of the Yaoguai.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Path of the Yaoguai.
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 Indie with Path of the Yaoguai.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Path of the Yaoguai.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Path of the Yaoguai.
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.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Path of the Yaoguai.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
NGU IDLE
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Path of the Yaoguai.
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!
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Gordian Quest
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Path of the Yaoguai.
An epic deckbuilding RPG inspired by old-school classics like Ultima and D&D, using modern gaming concepts like roguelite elements and turnbased strategic combat. Lead and nurture parties of heroes. Forge bonds and discover new skills among them. Guide them to unravel the curses laid upon the lands.
Dawncaster | The RPG Cardventure
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Path of the Yaoguai.
What if you combine the best of story-driven RPGs with the strategic decision-making of cardgames? Dawncaster was created to answer that question, containing over 1100 handcrafted cards and over 100 unique challenges designed by veterans of the cardgame genre.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Path of the Yaoguai.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Frequently asked about Path of the Yaoguai
- What games are most similar to Path of the Yaoguai?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Path of the Yaoguai are Talespinner, Gordian Quest, Black Book.
- Who developed Path of the Yaoguai?
- Path of the Yaoguai was developed by RedKardia and published by Samar 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 Path of the Yaoguai.
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