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Games like HEX: Shards of Fate

If HEX: Shards of Fate is your kind of game, the closest matches are Faeria, Infinity Wars: Animated Trading Card Game and Eternal Card Game — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and competitive. 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 HEX: Shards of Fate: HEX: Shards of Fate is a new breed of digital card game, combining classic TCG gameplay with elements of an online RPG. Create powerful decks from over 1,000 unique cards, battle your way through the single-player mode, or test your mettle against other players.

2016StrategyAdventureRPGFree To PlayMetacritic 87Windows · macOSby Hex Entertainment
HEX: Shards of Fate — Steam game cover
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Champion skills permanently reshape your deckDigital customization lets cards exploit effects physical games cantPriority system lets you react to almost everything your opponent doesAtmosphericChallengingCompetitive

Players who liked HEX: Shards of Fate also play

Steam players who put hours into HEX: Shards of Fate 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. Faeria

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for HEX: Shards of Fate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with HEX: Shards of Fate.

    With its unique living board, Faeria is also the only card game where you can gain all 300 cards in less than 50 hours.

    2017StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Infinity Wars: Animated Trading Card Game

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with HEX: Shards of Fate.

    Second-strongest match for HEX: Shards of Fate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with HEX: Shards of Fate.

    Outplay your opponent with simultaneous turns and commander-driven deck-building in a fully free-to-play PvP experience. Build your deck from 1000+ cards across 8 unique factions, and face opponents on a truly level playing field. In Infinity Wars, skill is the only factor that determines victory!

    2014ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  3. Eternal Card Game

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with HEX: Shards of Fate.

    Third-strongest match for HEX: Shards of Fate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Free To Play with HEX: Shards of Fate.

    Six-guns and sorcery collide in Eternal, the new strategy card game of unlimited choices and unbelievable fun. Eternal brings AAA pace and polish to the infinite possibilities of a deep strategy card game. The only limits are your own creativity.

    2018StrategyMassively MultiplayerFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Artifact

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with HEX: Shards of Fate.

    Ranked #4 for HEX: Shards of Fate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with HEX: Shards of Fate.

    Artifact now features two games: Artifact Classic, the original Dota 2 trading card game, and Artifact Foundry, a special edition with streamlined gameplay, new cards, new single-player content, and an improved new player experience.

    2018StrategyFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shadowverse CCG

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with HEX: Shards of Fate.

    Ranked #5 for HEX: Shards of Fate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Free To Play with HEX: Shards of Fate.

    Four million battles every day. One Shadowverse. Japan's #1 strategic card game. Made by card gamers for card gamers. 

    2016StrategyFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Duelyst

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with HEX: Shards of Fate.

    Ranked #6 for HEX: Shards of Fate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Free To Play with HEX: Shards of Fate.

    The depth of CCG meets the strategy of tabletop gaming in Duelyst! Every choice matters, from your General and deck to positioning on the 9x5 battleboard. Competitive head-to-head turn-based battles at its best!

    2016StrategyIndieFree To PlaySteam ↗
  7. Magic 2015 - Duels of the Planeswalkers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for HEX: Shards of Fate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with HEX: Shards of Fate.

    "Hunt bigger game on a bold new adventure with Magic 2015—Duels of the Planeswalkers! Hone your skills as you battle your way across the planes of the Multiverse. Beware though, Planeswalker. Your biggest danger is one of your own ... Garruk Wildspeaker, the greatest hunter known, is now hunting you!

    2014StrategySteam ↗
  8. Magic: The Gathering Arena

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with HEX: Shards of Fate.

    Ranked #8 for HEX: Shards of Fate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Free To Play with HEX: Shards of Fate.

    Magic: The Gathering Arena empowers you to discover your strategy, meet the planeswalkers, explore the multiverse, and battle friends around the world. Start playing for free, challenge your friends, unlock cards, and feel the magic of the original fantasy CCG!

    2023StrategyFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and Free To Play with HEX: Shards of Fate.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and RPG with HEX: Shards of Fate.

    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 ↗
  3. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and Free To Play with HEX: Shards of Fate.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG and Free To Play with HEX: Shards of Fate.

    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 ↗
  5. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG and Free To Play with HEX: Shards of Fate.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Free To Play with HEX: Shards of Fate.

    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 ↗
  7. Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Free To Play with HEX: Shards of Fate.

    The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...

    2017IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Tails Noir: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and RPG with HEX: Shards of Fate.

    Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about HEX: Shards of Fate

Does HEX: Shards of Fate have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — HEX: Shards of Fate supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
What games are most similar to HEX: Shards of Fate?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside HEX: Shards of Fate are Faeria, Infinity Wars: Animated Trading Card Game, Eternal Card Game.
Who developed HEX: Shards of Fate?
HEX: Shards of Fate was developed by Hex Entertainment.

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 HEX: Shards of Fate.

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