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Games like Save the Forest

If Save the Forest is your kind of game, the closest matches are Urok, Knight's Errand and Valor of Man — 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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About Save the Forest: Save the Forest is a tactics roguelite where you recruit, upgrade and fight your way through focused, highly varied runs. Choose and combine from over 25 units and 100+ skills to defeat the evil spreading through the forest.

StrategyIndieWindows · macOS · Linuxby Jens Arvidsson
Save the Forest — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Save the Forest 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.

  1. Urok

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Save the Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Save the Forest.

    Use natural resources in your environment to cast epic elemental spells! In this turn-based RPG, every stone, tree and flame is yours to control. Discover new spell cards and outwit cunning enemies!

    StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Knight's Errand

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Save the Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Save the Forest.

    HoMM-like Rogue-Lite for those who don't have the energy for classic turn-based strategies, but crave deep tactics after work. Raise an army of units with unique abilities. Empower them with hero artifacts. Turn the tide of battle with spells. Defeat the armies of other players.

    StrategyRPGSteam ↗
  3. Valor of Man

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Save the Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Save the Forest.

    Forge your party. Master your fate. In this turn-based roguelite RPG, lead four heroes through a fractured realm of danger and destiny. Build synergies, unlock powerful abilities, and face ever-shifting challenges in an epic battle for survival. No journey is ever the same.

    2026StrategyIndieRPG15.19 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Nightmare Frontier

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Save the Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Save the Forest.

    Behold the first-ever Tactical Extraction Looter where you pit your courage and leadership against fears made manifest: the Dreadweavers. Lead a band of scavenger roughnecks into a devastated boom town of the alternative 1900s. Get in, face the monsters, grab what you can carry and get out. Alive.

    2025StrategyIndieEarly Access19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Dream of Corpse Lady

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Save the Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Save the Forest.

    Cards, battle! Someone woke up the sleeping Corpse Lady... Perhaps, the world needs to pay a price for the awakening... In this game, you will play the role of the awakened Corpse Lady, try various strange construction combinations, discover powerful opponents, and then knock them all down!

    2026StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Swords and Sandals 3 Redux

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Save the Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Save the Forest.

    A legend returns! The beloved classic Swords and Sandals 3 is back, re-forged in glory! Step back into the Gladiae Ultratus once more and prepare to take on the greatest gladiators in all Brandor. It's the hardest, most metal gladiator game ever made.

    2025StrategyRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Cell Command

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Save the Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Save the Forest.

    TURN-BASED TACTICS meets SNAKE: A new roguelike in the Genome Guardian universe. SPLICE DNA to create new units, enhance their genetics, and take on the Abyss virus once more in a variety of different modes & match types.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Marvel's Midnight Suns

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Save the Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Save the Forest.

    FIGHT AND STRATEGIZE LIKE A SUPER HERO IN THE DARKER CORNERS OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE. Play as The Hunter, a legendary demon slayer who must lead a team of Super Heroes and supernatural warriors facing apocalyptic threats.

    2022StrategyRPG8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Save the Forest.

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Save the Forest.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  3. Moonring

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Save the Forest.

    Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Save the Forest.

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Paladins®

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Save the Forest.

    Paladins is the ultimate fantasy team-based shooter experience, with over 50 customizable Champions fighting in 5v5 action across a diverse Realm of modes and maps!

    2018ActionStrategyAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  7. Limbus Company

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.

    2023FreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Dota Underlords

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Save the Forest.

    Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.

    2019StrategyFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Save the Forest

What games are most similar to Save the Forest?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Save the Forest are Urok, Knight's Errand, Valor of Man.
Who developed Save the Forest?
Save the Forest was developed by Jens Arvidsson.

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 Save the Forest.

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