Games like Children of Zodiarcs
If Children of Zodiarcs is your kind of game, the closest matches are Nowhere Prophet, Dragon Evo and Trials of Fire — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Children of Zodiarcs: 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.
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Steam players who put hours into Children of Zodiarcs 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.
Nowhere Prophet
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Children of Zodiarcs.
Top pick for Children of Zodiarcs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Children of Zodiarcs.
Prepare your decks and go on a pilgrimage through the wasteland! Nowhere Prophet is a unique single-player card game. Travel across randomly generated maps and lead your followers in deep tactical combat. Discover new cards and build your deck as you explore this strange, broken world.
Dragon Evo
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Children of Zodiarcs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Children of Zodiarcs.
A fantasy themed card game and deckbuilder with elements from RPGs and strategy games. Manage resources, utilize strategic placement and use additional building cards, event cards and action cards to win. Single player, online ranked or unranked - play with or without your friends.
Trials of Fire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Children of Zodiarcs.
Third-strongest match for Children of Zodiarcs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Children of Zodiarcs.
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
NEOVERSE
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Children of Zodiarcs.
Ranked #4 for Children of Zodiarcs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Children of Zodiarcs.
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.
XenoWorld ~The Rondeau of Astra~
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Children of Zodiarcs.
Ranked #5 for Children of Zodiarcs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Children of Zodiarcs.
《異境迷走TRoA》是一款結合戰棋、卡牌和Rogue的戰棋遊戲。你將操控「主戰者」，在一關又一關的迷霧森林中，擊敗所有敵人，並揭開異世界「亞斯特大陸」的秘密......
Magic 2014 — Duels of the Planeswalkers
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Children of Zodiarcs.
Ranked #6 for Children of Zodiarcs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Children of Zodiarcs.
Ignite your spark with Magic 2014 — Duels of the Planeswalkers! With over 12 million fans, discover what makes Magic: The Gathering the world’s premier trading card game.Become a Planeswalker and travel the planes of existence unleashing a torrent of spells and creatures to devastate your opponents.
Zero Division
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Children of Zodiarcs.
Ranked #7 for Children of Zodiarcs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Children of Zodiarcs.
A roguelite deckbuilder crossed with a CCG, set in a dark cyberpunk world. You will lead a three-man squad against competing factions fighting among the ashes of a world-wide war. Each operator comes with a unique deck that can be customized and augmented.
Black Book
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Children of Zodiarcs.
Ranked #8 for Children of Zodiarcs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Children of Zodiarcs.
“Black Book” is a dark RPG Adventure, based on Slavic myths, in which you play as a young sorceress. Fight evil forces in card-based battles and explore the world, where humans live alongside mythological creatures.
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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Children of Zodiarcs cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear. A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.
XCOM® 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Children of Zodiarcs.
Reviewers of Children of Zodiarcs cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Children of Zodiarcs.
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.
FINAL FANTASY
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Children of Zodiarcs cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Children of Zodiarcs.
The original FINAL FANTASY comes to life with completely new graphics and audio! A remodeled 2D take on the first game in the world-renowned FINAL FANTASY series! Enjoy the timeless story told through charming retro graphics.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Children of Zodiarcs at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Children of Zodiarcs on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Children of Zodiarcs.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Children of Zodiarcs on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Children of Zodiarcs.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Children of Zodiarcs on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Children of Zodiarcs.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Children of Zodiarcs on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Children of Zodiarcs.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Children of Zodiarcs on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Children of Zodiarcs.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under Children of Zodiarcs on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Children of Zodiarcs.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Children of Zodiarcs.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Children of Zodiarcs.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Children of Zodiarcs.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Children of Zodiarcs.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Children of Zodiarcs.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Children of Zodiarcs.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Children of Zodiarcs.
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.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Nowhere Prophet
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Children of Zodiarcs.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Children of Zodiarcs.
Prepare your decks and go on a pilgrimage through the wasteland! Nowhere Prophet is a unique single-player card game. Travel across randomly generated maps and lead your followers in deep tactical combat. Discover new cards and build your deck as you explore this strange, broken world.
Trials of Fire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Children of Zodiarcs.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Children of Zodiarcs.
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
Magic 2014 — Duels of the Planeswalkers
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Children of Zodiarcs.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Children of Zodiarcs.
Ignite your spark with Magic 2014 — Duels of the Planeswalkers! With over 12 million fans, discover what makes Magic: The Gathering the world’s premier trading card game.Become a Planeswalker and travel the planes of existence unleashing a torrent of spells and creatures to devastate your opponents.
Frequently asked about Children of Zodiarcs
- Is Children of Zodiarcs verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Children of Zodiarcs is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Children of Zodiarcs cost?
- Children of Zodiarcs is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Children of Zodiarcs?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Children of Zodiarcs are Nowhere Prophet, Dragon Evo, Trials of Fire.
- Who developed Children of Zodiarcs?
- Children of Zodiarcs was developed by Cardboard Utopia and published by Square Enix.
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