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Games like Trulon: The Shadow Engine

If Trulon: The Shadow Engine is your kind of game, the closest matches are Soul Saga, NEOVERSE and Children of Zodiarcs — 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 Trulon: The Shadow Engine: In a world of steampunk and magic you take the role of Gladia, a monster huntress set on a quest to find a cure to the disease that is spreading across Tripudia. Trulon combines adventure RPG elements with a unique card combat system.

2016StrategyIndieRPG19.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby Kyy Games
Trulon: The Shadow Engine — Steam game cover
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Combat depth grows as new mechanics are introducedEquipment alters card effects and adds unique abilitiesStory unfolds gradually with minimal hand holdingAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

Players who liked Trulon: The Shadow Engine also play

Steam players who put hours into Trulon: The Shadow Engine 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. Soul Saga

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Trulon: The Shadow Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Fly an airship, manage a guild, and defend your sky world from literal destruction.

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. NEOVERSE

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Second-strongest match for Trulon: The Shadow Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Neoverse is a beautiful, fantastic game consisting of adventures with thrilling challenges. It is a strategic, action, rogue-lite, deck building game that will test the player’s skill. Start an adventure with unique heroes to save the world along various timelines.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie5.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Children of Zodiarcs

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Third-strongest match for Trulon: The Shadow Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    A story-driven, tactical RPG set in the fantasy realm of Lumus; a world divided by affluence and poverty. Take control of Nahmi and her fellow outcasts, utilising a brand new deck and dice based combat system to strike a blow to the noble Lords’ and Ladies’ unquenchable thirst for profit.

    2017StrategyIndieRPG17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Detective Girl of the Steam City

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Ranked #4 for Trulon: The Shadow Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Play as Sophie, a private investigator not unlike Sherlock Holmes. It's up to Sophie to uncover the hidden truths of London through her investigations. What mysteries and intrigue await her? Find out in this steampunk RPG!

    2019IndieRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Rise Eterna

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Ranked #5 for Trulon: The Shadow Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Follow the story of Lua and unveil the mysteries surrounding her origins in the tactical RPG, reminiscence of the 16-bit era Japanese strategy games. Recruit up to 14 characters with unique abilities and defeat your worst nightmare in epic fights.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Skyborn

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Ranked #6 for Trulon: The Shadow Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Life under the iron rule of the winged Skyborn race isn’t so bad for Claret Spencer, the star mechanic of a successful airship repair shop, present her with broken machinery and she’s sure to fix it. She’s one of the fortunate ones, not all who live under the watchful eye of the Skyborn are so lucky…Little does she know that her stable,...

    2014RPGCasual14.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Trulon: The Shadow Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Gamindustri has been taken over by a new threat, and the CPUs are nowhere to be found! It’s now up to their younger sisters to step into the spotlight and save the day in this hilarious, deeply customizable JRPG!

    2015StrategyRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. SteamWorld Heist

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Ranked #8 for Trulon: The Shadow Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Command a steam-driven pirate crew in a series of epic tactical shootouts in SteamWorld Heist. This is turn-based strategy with a twist: You manually aim the guns of your robots, allowing for insane skill shots and bullet-bouncing action!

    2016StrategyRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Trulon: The Shadow Engine at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Trulon: The Shadow Engine on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    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 Trulon: The Shadow Engine on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    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 Trulon: The Shadow Engine on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

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

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Trulon: The Shadow Engine on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

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

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Trulon: The Shadow Engine on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Trulon: The Shadow Engine on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

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

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Trulon: The Shadow Engine on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Trulon: The Shadow Engine on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree 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 RPG with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    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. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

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

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...

    2017IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    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 ↗
  7. It gets so lonely here

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    A yandere yuri visual novel with a fairytale theme. Can you escape from your mysterious pursuer?

    2023IndieFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Trick & Treat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.

    2016IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Kyy Games

Other recommendable Steam games by Kyy Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Knights of Pen and Paper 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Another title from Kyy Games, the studio behind Trulon: The Shadow Engine. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Prepare to inhabit a world of chivalry, class warfare and off-beat pop references. Knights of Pen & Paper 2 is a turn-based, retro style, pixel-art adventure full of danger, intrigue, death, and saving throws!

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Knights of Pen and Paper 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Another title from Kyy Games, the studio behind Trulon: The Shadow Engine. Shares Strategy and RPG with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Enter the new and improved world of chivalry, class warfare and off-beat pop references. Knights of Pen & Paper 3 is a true sequel to the turn-based, retro style, pixel-art adventure full of danger and saving throws you hold so dear!

    2023StrategyAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  3. Cabals: Magic & Battle Cards

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Another title from Kyy Games, the studio behind Trulon: The Shadow Engine. Shares Strategy with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Cabals combines the strategic deck building of card games and tactics of a chess like board game. The classic collectible card game is now designed from the ground up for PC. Choose your side, build your perfect deck and battle in the War of Cabals to decide the fate of humankind!

    2018StrategyFree To PlayEarly AccessFreeSteam ↗
  4. Cabals: Card Blitz

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and a contemplative mood with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Another title from Kyy Games, the studio behind Trulon: The Shadow Engine. Shares Strategy with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Build decks and fight auto-battles.

    2017StrategyFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Knights of Pen and Paper 2: Free Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a retro mood with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Another title from Kyy Games, the studio behind Trulon: The Shadow Engine. Shares Indie and RPG with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Join the retro RPG world of Paperos - become a Knight of Pen and Paper in the newly revamped "Free Edition"!

    2018IndieSimulationRPGFreeSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Children of Zodiarcs

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    A story-driven, tactical RPG set in the fantasy realm of Lumus; a world divided by affluence and poverty. Take control of Nahmi and her fellow outcasts, utilising a brand new deck and dice based combat system to strike a blow to the noble Lords’ and Ladies’ unquenchable thirst for profit.

    2017StrategyIndieRPG17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Gamindustri has been taken over by a new threat, and the CPUs are nowhere to be found! It’s now up to their younger sisters to step into the spotlight and save the day in this hilarious, deeply customizable JRPG!

    2015StrategyRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. SteamWorld Heist

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

    Command a steam-driven pirate crew in a series of epic tactical shootouts in SteamWorld Heist. This is turn-based strategy with a twist: You manually aim the guns of your robots, allowing for insane skill shots and bullet-bouncing action!

    2016StrategyRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Trulon: The Shadow Engine

How much does Trulon: The Shadow Engine cost?
Trulon: The Shadow Engine is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Trulon: The Shadow Engine?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Trulon: The Shadow Engine are Soul Saga, NEOVERSE, Children of Zodiarcs.
Who developed Trulon: The Shadow Engine?
Trulon: The Shadow Engine was developed by Kyy 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 Trulon: The Shadow Engine.

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