Games like Tin Star
If Tin Star is your kind of game, the closest matches are Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One, Sabres of Infinity and Guns of Infinity — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and epic. 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 Tin Star also play
Steam players who put hours into Tin Star 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.
Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tin Star.
Top pick for Tin Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Tin Star.
Your first case as a detective is forcing you to open your eyes to a world bigger than you thought. Or maybe it's better to keep them closed. Seems the supernatural didn’t get the memo that nothing exciting ever happens in the little town of Wayhaven.
Sabres of Infinity
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tin Star.
Second-strongest match for Tin Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Tin Star.
Wage a war of gunpowder and magic! As a gentleman-officer of the Royal Dragoons, will you sacrifice your fortune? Your honour? Your men? Your own life?
Guns of Infinity
WHY THIS
Shares stat based progression, branching narrative and an epic mood with Tin Star.
Third-strongest match for Tin Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Tin Star.
As commander of a squadron of cavalry, what will you sacrifice to win the war of gunpowder and magic? Fight for power, riches, love, or glory!
Choice of Robots
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Tin Star.
Ranked #4 for Tin Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Tin Star.
Your robots will change the world! Will you show them the true meaning of love, or conquer Alaska with your robot army? A 300,000-word epic interactive sci-fi novel.
Fallen Hero: Rebirth
WHY THIS
Shares branching narrative and a contemplative mood with Tin Star.
Ranked #5 for Tin Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Tin Star.
They called you a hero; you call them fools. Use your telepathy romance old friends and fight new enemies as you become the greatest villain Los Diablos has ever known!
Zombie Exodus
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tin Star.
Ranked #6 for Tin Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Tin Star.
It starts with a daring escape from a zombie-infested city; it ends at Zombie Exodus, when a horde of zombies swarms outlying settlements like locusts.
Samurai of Hyuga
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tin Star.
Ranked #7 for Tin Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Tin Star.
Samurai of Hyuga is a brutal, heart-pounding interactive tale. Prepare to enter the land of silk and steel, where fantasy clashes against grim reality, and where the good guys don't always win in the end. It's a harsh world with tough choices at every turn. Good thing you're the toughest ronin around.
Community College Hero: Trial by Fire
WHY THIS
Shares stat based progression and an atmospheric mood with Tin Star.
Ranked #8 for Tin Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Tin Star.
Outwit your professors at superpower school! Ace your exams, date classmates, and bring down the nation’s most wanted villains to earn your degree.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Tin Star at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Tin Star on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tin Star.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Tin Star on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Tin Star.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under Tin Star on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tin Star.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Tin Star on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tin Star.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Tin Star on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tin Star.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Tin Star on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tin Star.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Tin Star on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tin Star.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
OneShot
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tin Star on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tin Star.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tin Star.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
A Date with Death
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tin Star.
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.
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tin Star.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
The Test: Secrets of the Soul
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Tin Star.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tin Star.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Tin Star.
The free-to-play first episode of a horror-mystery game with dark humor and hand-drawn art by Black Tabby Games. Note — we are retiring this store page. While the build here is still up-to-date, please download the DEMO from the main Scarlet Hollow store page. Thank you and have fun!
The Test: Secrets of the Soul 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Tin Star.
You will answer questions that will reveal things deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to once again unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Emily is Away
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tin Star.
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Hosted Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Hosted Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Fallen Hero: Rebirth
WHY THIS
Shares branching narrative and a contemplative mood with Tin Star.
Another title from Hosted Games, the studio behind Tin Star. Shares Indie and RPG with Tin Star.
They called you a hero; you call them fools. Use your telepathy romance old friends and fight new enemies as you become the greatest villain Los Diablos has ever known!
Fallen Hero: Retribution
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tin Star.
Another title from Hosted Games, the studio behind Tin Star. Shares Indie and RPG with Tin Star.
So you're a villain now? Let's see if you survive the experience.
Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tin Star.
Another title from Hosted Games, the studio behind Tin Star. Shares Indie and RPG with Tin Star.
Your first case as a detective is forcing you to open your eyes to a world bigger than you thought. Or maybe it's better to keep them closed. Seems the supernatural didn’t get the memo that nothing exciting ever happens in the little town of Wayhaven.
Community College Hero: Trial by Fire
WHY THIS
Shares stat based progression and an atmospheric mood with Tin Star.
Another title from Hosted Games, the studio behind Tin Star. Shares Indie and RPG with Tin Star.
Outwit your professors at superpower school! Ace your exams, date classmates, and bring down the nation’s most wanted villains to earn your degree.
Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Tin Star.
Another title from Hosted Games, the studio behind Tin Star. Shares Indie and RPG with Tin Star.
Zombies rise again at the dawn of Apocalypse! In this companion to the smash-hit Zombie Exodus, can you survive the early days of society's collapse?
Lords of Infinity
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tin Star.
Another title from Hosted Games, the studio behind Tin Star. Shares Indie and RPG with Tin Star.
Lead an ancient and crumbling noble house in a rich gunpowder fantasy setting. Lie, bribe, and conspire to secure power and prestige – or to save a doomed kingdom from itself.
Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Two
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tin Star.
Another title from Hosted Games, the studio behind Tin Star. Shares Indie and RPG with Tin Star.
Under the lights of the carnival, will romance and adventure bloom anew? The quiet town of Wayhaven is once again the center of supernatural occurrences.
I, the Forgotten One
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Tin Star.
Another title from Hosted Games, the studio behind Tin Star. Shares Indie and RPG with Tin Star.
To defeat the rebel knights and stabilize the crown, you must journey through the most dangerous realm in the kingdom--your own wretched past.
Frequently asked about Tin Star
- How much does Tin Star cost?
- Tin Star is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Tin Star?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tin Star are Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One, Sabres of Infinity, Guns of Infinity.
- Who developed Tin Star?
- Tin Star was developed by Hosted Games.
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