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Games like Heavy Wake

If Heavy Wake is your kind of game, the closest matches are Deckrage, Deck Adventurers - Origins and Marvel's Midnight Suns — 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 Heavy Wake: Explore a cursed island in a short dark-fantasy deckbuilding RPG. Recruit strange survivors, build a party of unlikely allies, and survive tactical card battles as Fyodor searches for a cure for his dying tribe.

2026StrategyIndieAdventureRPG1.79 USDWindows · macOSby Cold and Wet Studios
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Players who liked Heavy Wake also play

Steam players who put hours into Heavy Wake 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. Deckrage

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Heavy Wake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heavy Wake.

    A grim single-player card-based tactical RPG where you assemble a party of four heroes, chart dangerous expeditions, and survive brutal battles by managing formation, stress, and resources.

    2026StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  2. Deck Adventurers - Origins

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Heavy Wake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heavy Wake.

    Hard game of tactical combat with cards, in which you customize the cards themselves, not just the deck. No grinding or random encounters, only combats designed for you to find the right strategy.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure3.49 USDSteam ↗
  3. Marvel's Midnight Suns

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Heavy Wake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Heavy Wake.

    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 ↗
  4. Deck of Souls

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Heavy Wake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Heavy Wake.

    Roguelite deck-building meets souls-like. Break out of an infinite loop to close the hell gates, turn enemies into cards, and build your own omnipotent Deck of Souls! Rolls included.

    2024StrategyRPG8.39 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Pyrene

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Heavy Wake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heavy Wake.

    Defeat hellish monsters and rebuild your home in Pyrene, a fast paced roguelike dungeon-crawler. Play with different heroes & spells, collect powerful relics to upgrade your deck while uncovering the mysteries behind your village’s destruction.

    2024StrategyIndie8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Dragon Chronicles: Black Tears

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Heavy Wake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Heavy Wake.

    Dragon Chronicles: Black Tears is a strategic RPG where you use combinations of various heroes to clear dungeons. Train and utilize heroes to fight off those corrupted by the Black Tears and overcome difficult trials.

    2024StrategyRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Aces & Adventures

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Heavy Wake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Heavy Wake.

    Aces & Adventures is a deckbuilding RPG with poker-powered combat. Craft your deck, combining poker hands with powerful ability cards. Journey through 13 fully-voiced campaigns to save the Life Tree, or tackle procedurally-generated runs in this strategic deckbuilder unlike any other.

    2023StrategyAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. VenusBlood HOLLOW International

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Heavy Wake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Heavy Wake.

    War hangs like the sword of Damocles over Helvetia, a land ruled by four Dark Lords. In this age of blood and strife, Leonhardt Arknoah, a war hero and leader of the Varganian Empire's secret task force, steps onto the battlefield once more, the flames of ambition burning brightly within him.

    2022StrategyAdventureSimulation31.49 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Heavy Wake at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Heavy Wake on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heavy Wake.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Heavy Wake on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Heavy Wake.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Heavy Wake on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heavy Wake.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Heavy Wake on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Heavy Wake.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Heavy Wake on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Heavy Wake.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Heavy Wake on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Heavy Wake.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Heavy Wake on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Heavy Wake.

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Heavy Wake on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heavy Wake.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heavy Wake.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heavy Wake.

    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 Indie and Adventure with Heavy Wake.

    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 Indie and RPG with Heavy Wake.

    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 Heavy Wake.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heavy Wake.

    Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heavy Wake.

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heavy Wake.

    USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.

    2025IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Heavy Wake

How much does Heavy Wake cost?
Heavy Wake is listed on Steam at 1.79 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Heavy Wake?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Heavy Wake are Deckrage, Deck Adventurers - Origins, Marvel's Midnight Suns.
Who developed Heavy Wake?
Heavy Wake was developed by Cold and Wet 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 Heavy Wake.

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