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Games like Hunt for the Lost Folktales

If Hunt for the Lost Folktales is your kind of game, the closest matches are HUEMON, Nocturnis and Conjurers — 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 Hunt for the Lost Folktales: A folklore hunting, turn-based battling, creature collector adventure where you follow trails to hunt escaped folktale beasts, engage in strategic tactical battles where fear is your strength, and capture the lost folktales so they may live on in memory. Will you be another folktale to be written?

2027StrategyIndieAdventureRPGWindowsby Howling Lost Tales
Hunt for the Lost Folktales — Steam game cover

Players who liked Hunt for the Lost Folktales also play

Steam players who put hours into Hunt for the Lost Folktales 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. HUEMON

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Hunt for the Lost Folktales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hunt for the Lost Folktales.

    Discover and collect HUEMON, and lead your full team into tactical turn-based battles. Journey through a world powered by color, experiment with team compositions, positioning, and synergies to overcome every challenge.

    StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  2. Nocturnis

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Hunt for the Lost Folktales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hunt for the Lost Folktales.

    Nocturnis is a narrative-driven, party-based tactical RPG where a desperate attempt to restore magic twists mankind into beasts. Explore a handcrafted world, master tactical combat, and reach the Moon Temple before the night ends. Your choices and combat prowess will determine what remains by dawn.

    IndieAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  3. Conjurers

    WHY THIS

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

    Defeat the Conjurers. Take their constellations. Conquer the Zodiac. A classic turn-based tactics game where deckbuilding lets players summon Zodiac creatures and hybrids, then steal new constellations by defeating rival Conjurers. Will you become powerful enough to face the Immortal Aquarius?

    2026StrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Great Wastes

    WHY THIS

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

    "The Great Wastes" is a pixelated fantasy RPG. Players take on the role of a mysterious young man living in an isolated village. One day, the village is suddenly attacked by a group of unidentified black-clad individuals, forcing the young man to flee with his childhood sweetheart and companions.

    2026StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  5. Goddess of Strategy

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Hunt for the Lost Folktales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hunt for the Lost Folktales.

    Lead mortal heroes on grid-based maps in this Strategy-RPG-Roguelite and restore the power of the Olympians. Forge bonds with gods, level up your team and choose the most synergistic skills. Face limited resources, tough choices, and tactical challenges as you hunt down the Seven Deadly Sins.

    StrategyRPGSteam ↗
  6. SableSyn Protocol

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Hunt for the Lost Folktales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hunt for the Lost Folktales.

    Engage enemy fleets in turn-based tactical battles on an 8 X 5 grid. Command your half of the battlefield as you manage upgrades and limited resources. Success depends on choosing the right tradeoffs at the right moment to eliminate a menacing threat. No grinding, just strategy and conspiracy.

    2026StrategyRPGSteam ↗
  7. Bolero: The Shifting Isle

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Hunt for the Lost Folktales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Hunt for the Lost Folktales.

    In a genre defying blend of Tactics-Adventure gameplay, unravel the story of the four adventurers who braved the unknown and solved the mystery of The Shifting Isle.

    2028StrategyAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  8. 封神榜2022

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Hunt for the Lost Folktales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hunt for the Lost Folktales.

    This game takes Nezha, Xiaolongnv, Yang Jian and Jiang Taigong as the protagonists. It tells the legendary story of the protagonists going to various places to adventure, and finally to Chaoge City to destroy the three demons and defeat King Zhou.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hunt for the Lost Folktales.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hunt for the Lost Folktales.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hunt for the Lost Folktales.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hunt for the Lost Folktales.

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  5. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. An Arcade Full of Cats

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hunt for the Lost Folktales.

    Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 100 Asian Cats

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hunt for the Lost Folktales.

    🏮🐈 100 Asian Cats - Join the cutest adventure in the Asia! 😻 🌸 Explore the charming hand-drawn artwork of Asian temples 🏯 as you embark on a quest to find 100 adorable cats hidden throughout the game. 🕵️‍♂️❌ Can you find them all? 🕵️‍♂️🐈✅

    2023ActionSportsStrategyFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cube Escape: Paradox

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hunt for the Lost Folktales.

    The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.

    2018IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Hunt for the Lost Folktales

What games are most similar to Hunt for the Lost Folktales?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hunt for the Lost Folktales are HUEMON, Nocturnis, Conjurers.
Who developed Hunt for the Lost Folktales?
Hunt for the Lost Folktales was developed by Howling Lost Tales.

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 Hunt for the Lost Folktales.

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