Games like Scallywags
If Scallywags is your kind of game, the closest matches are Slotbound, Reclaim The Sea and Slimecity — 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 Scallywags: Set sail with a ragtag group of Scallywags in a strategic pirate crew‑management roguelike. Improve your ship, learn fantastical abilities, and hunt down the infamous Aces and their treasures. Every run is a fresh adventure and brings you closer to becoming a true Pirate Legend.
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Steam players who put hours into Scallywags 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.
Slotbound
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Top pick for Scallywags fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scallywags.
A roguelike auto-battler defense where luck meets strategy. Spin a 3x3 slot machine to summon units and grow your army by absorbing others. Use Items and Cores to manipulate the odds and survive challenging judgement waves and boss waves. Every spin and every choice counts.
Reclaim The Sea
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Second-strongest match for Scallywags fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scallywags.
Reclaim the Sea is a roguelike strategy game set in a pirate fantasy world. Fight your way through randomly generated maps and text events. Command your pirate crew, upgrade your ship and make tactical decisions to beat the boss and save the world… or die trying.
Slimecity
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Third-strongest match for Scallywags fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Scallywags.
A cute roguelite game where you command an army of slimes. Use the power of overwhelming numbers to claim resources in order to grow your forces before the time runs out or else THE HORSEMEN arrive.
BARDA: Backpack Roguelike
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Ranked #4 for Scallywags fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scallywags.
In Barda, it won't be your sword that saves you. It's how you pack your bag. But hunger, fatigue and madness will take up space! Do your best as you climb an ever-changing mountain to spread the ashes of your grandfather, improve your base camp, and try again.
Three Kingdoms Club Manager
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Ranked #5 for Scallywags fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scallywags.
This is a tactical roguelike with grid battles. Recruit heroes, collect gear and passives to build teams. The roguelike mode has Slay the Spire-style maps, 6 classes with unique difficulties. Shop pulls items and rare upgrades. League mode offers 18 factions with football-style ranks.
Poly Pirates
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Ranked #6 for Scallywags fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Scallywags.
Build ye ship, battle ye enemies, and take the plunder! But beware, there be dangers in these waters...
Xenopurge
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Ranked #7 for Scallywags fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scallywags.
Xenopurge is a tactical auto-battler where you are a Commander tasked with purging the Xenos threat. Operate from a remote command center, issuing indirect orders via multi-screen interfaces. Plan routes, set priorities, and adapt as missions escalate and feel the true weight of being in command.
Trailblazers: Into the March
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Ranked #8 for Scallywags fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Scallywags.
Embark on a thrilling adventure in this roguelite colony-sim strategy game. Command your Landship in tactical battles, care for a crew composed of all sorts of characters, shape your home, manage resources, and lead expeditions into the March. Discover what lies at its heart... and in yours.
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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 with Scallywags.
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 Scallywags.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Scallywags.
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.
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Scallywags.
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.
Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Scallywags.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Scallywags.
The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...
SuchArt: Creative Space
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Scallywags.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
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Frequently asked about Scallywags
- What games are most similar to Scallywags?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Scallywags are Slotbound, Reclaim The Sea, Slimecity.
- Who developed Scallywags?
- Scallywags was developed by FloWHOA.
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 Scallywags.
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