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Games like The Black Breath

If The Black Breath is your kind of game, the closest matches are Primus Numen, Mystical Tactics and Bloodgrounds — 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 The Black Breath: Guide a desperate caravan through a cursed land consumed by The Black Breath. Manage survivors, resources, and hope while making hard choices and fighting tactical turn-based battles.

2026StrategyIndieRPGWindowsby Silverland Games
The Black Breath — Steam game cover

Players who liked The Black Breath also play

Steam players who put hours into The Black Breath 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. Primus Numen

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Black Breath fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Black Breath.

    A dark fantasy tactical RPG where you can combine classes and join together to unleash an evolving Nexus Beast.

    StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  2. Mystical Tactics

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Black Breath fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with The Black Breath.

    Mystical Tactics is a turn-based tactical-RPG roguelike in which you control a squad of adventurers in a mystical world. Train your heroes in fast-paced tactical battles, equip them with powerful items and lead them to repel the Dark Lord and his legions.

    2026StrategyRPGSteam ↗
  3. Bloodgrounds

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Black Breath fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Black Breath.

    Bloodgrounds merges tactical turn-based combat with strategic management, RPG and roguelite elements. Forged in the pits of the arena, you fought your way out and now as a wealthy patron you recruit, train, and command your team of hardened Gladiators to glory - or death.

    2026StrategyIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Black Breath fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Black Breath.

    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.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Lost In The Open

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Black Breath fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Black Breath.

    An unexpected assassination attempt leaves you wounded and fleeing across no man's land. To survive in this roguelike, low-fantasy tactical RPG, you must recruit strategically, fight desperately and repent sincerely.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Last Spell

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Black Breath fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Black Breath.

    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 ↗
  7. WARSAW RISING: City of Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Black Breath fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Black Breath.

    WARSAW RISING: City of Heroes is a challenging turn-based tactical RPG set in an occupied capital during WWII. Pick your heroes. Navigate historic streets. Confront occupiers. And try to survive the 63 days of hell in this historically accurate portrayal of Poles fighting for their city.

    2019IndieRPGFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Age of Fear 3: The Legend

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Black Breath fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Black Breath.

    Play as either Nairi, an imprisoned Dryad fighting for her freedom, or Gilrock, a drunken Dwarven Lord on a quest to restore his family's honour (or just to kick some arse!). The Age of Fear series is a deep and complex turn-based strategy that fuses a tabletop wargame with RPG elements.

    2017StrategyIndieRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Black Breath.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with The Black Breath.

    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. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Black Breath.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with The Black Breath.

    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 Indie and RPG with The Black Breath.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Black Breath.

    The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...

    2017IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. Tails Noir: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with The Black Breath.

    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 ↗
  8. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about The Black Breath

What games are most similar to The Black Breath?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Black Breath are Primus Numen, Mystical Tactics, Bloodgrounds.
Who developed The Black Breath?
The Black Breath was developed by Silverland Games.

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 Black Breath.

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16 Games Like The Black Breath — Ranked for 2026 · imho.run