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Games like The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming

If The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming is your kind of game, the closest matches are Shieldwall Chronicles: Swords of the North, Heroes of Steel RPG and The Last Spell — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming: The Storm Guard is a challenging turn-based roguelike role-playing game inspired by the Night’s Watch in the Game of Thrones. You assume the role of the Lord Commander of the Storm Guard leading the order during difficult times. An ancient dragon and its minions have returned, threatening the realm of men.

2016ActionStrategyIndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDWindows · macOSby Bitmen Studios
The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming — Steam game cover
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Chess like tactical combat mattersClass synergies force strategic team buildingMission driven progression blends exploration and combatAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

Players who liked The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming also play

Steam players who put hours into The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming 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. Shieldwall Chronicles: Swords of the North

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Top pick for The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Shieldwall Chronicles: Swords of the North is a gripping, tactical RPG that lets you build a powerful band of adventurers and partake in a grand adventure.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Heroes of Steel RPG

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Second-strongest match for The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Heroes of Steel is a tactical RPG set in a grim post-apocalyptic fantasy world. Coordinate your party of four heroes in turn-based combat and navigate a engaging world and story.

    2014StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Last Spell

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Third-strongest match for The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Depth of Extinction

    WHY THIS

    Shares class synergy and an atmospheric mood with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Ranked #4 for The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Explore a flooded world and save humanity from a terrible threat in this turn based, tactical RPG with roguelike elements

    2018StrategyIndieRPG14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. The Last Spell: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Ranked #5 for The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Experience the first five days of The Last Spell. Lead a team of hardened heroes to defend the last bastion of humanity against hordes of monsters in this turn-based tactical RPG immersed in roguelite mechanics.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  6. Defend the Rook

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Ranked #6 for The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    A roguelike tactics board combat combined with tower defense elements. Defeat the invading hordes to stay alive and save the land! Enjoy more tactics than a normal TD game, combined with the added challenge of building towers and fighting off waves of enemies!

    2021StrategyIndieRPG17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Templar Battleforce

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Ranked #7 for The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    An addictive mix of strategic combat and army building, with the precision of an RPG. Design your squad members' exact build of equipment and talents to create unique fireteam combinations. Step into the pilot suit of a Leviathan mech, lead the Templar Knights in turn-based tactical warfare.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Pathway

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Ranked #8 for The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!

    2019StrategyIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Warbanners

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Reviewers of The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Warbanners: the turn-based, tactical strategy game with role-playing elements that lets you manage a squad of mercenaries, and survive 42 campaign missions. Your goal? To earn a place among ancient legends!

    2017StrategyIndieRPG19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Darkest Dungeon®

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?

    2016StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. XCOM® 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Reviewers of The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.

    2016Strategy2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Battle Brothers

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Reviewers of The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and RPG with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.

    2017StrategySimulationRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Hand of Merlin

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Reviewers of The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    The Hand of Merlin is a turn-based rogue-lite RPG in which Arthurian legend meets with sci-fi horror. Recruit mortal heroes to explore lands rife with otherworldly evil, make narrative bending choices in unique interactive encounters, and search for the lost fragments of your soul across the multiverse!

    2022StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Wartales

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Reviewers of The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe. Explore the world, recruit companions, collect bounties and unravel the secrets of the tombs of the ancients!

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Moonring

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

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

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. 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 The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    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 ↗
  4. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    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 ↗
  5. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 Strategy and Indie with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  7. Dota 2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.

    2013ActionStrategyFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Path of Exile

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

    You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. The game is completely free and will never be pay-to-win.

    2013ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming

How much does The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming cost?
The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming are Shieldwall Chronicles: Swords of the North, Heroes of Steel RPG, The Last Spell.
Who developed The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming?
The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming was developed by Bitmen Studios.

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 The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming.

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