Games like Protect the Grimoire
If Protect the Grimoire is your kind of game, the closest matches are Vampire Memories - 吸血鬼的回忆, Starforged Legacy and Abyss Horde — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Protect the Grimoire: Survive, protect, and strike back in Protect the Grimoire! A fast-paced roguelite bullet hell shoot ’em up. Face relentless Dark Wizards and fight your way toward the most powerful grimoires in existence.
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Steam players who put hours into Protect the Grimoire 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.
Vampire Memories - 吸血鬼的回忆
WHY THIS
Top pick for Protect the Grimoire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Protect the Grimoire.
This is a SHMUP/STG game that allows anyone to experience and play happily; Games that will allow you to enjoy playing; Games that can make it easy for you to get started with low technical requirements; SHMUP/STG games that have completely different experiences from other games;
Starforged Legacy
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Protect the Grimoire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Protect the Grimoire.
Outlast the onslaught in a sci-fi survivors-like where your decisions matter as much as your firepower. Command customizable starships, enhance your arsenal with 100+ strategy-defining upgrades, and annihilate endless fleets of cosmic combatants! Carve your legacy among the stars or die trying!
Abyss Horde
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Protect the Grimoire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Protect the Grimoire.
Darkness tears reality apart. Hordes of beasts, monsters, and abyssal demons surge from the depths mindless, driven only by destruction. Adventurer, the line needs you! In 《Abyss Horde》, defend against ever-stronger waves. Every run builds a new defense; every upgrade shifts the tide.
Mortal Realm Survivors
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Protect the Grimoire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Protect the Grimoire.
Stranded in the fallen Mortal Realm, resistance fighter Li Anbang teams up with Luo, an intelligent entropy beast. Merge relics, activate powerful synergies, choose mutations, and survive escalating battles. Defeat the Entropy Beast King and reclaim the portal out of the Mortal Realm.
NeuroSquad - Slay the Horde
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Protect the Grimoire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Protect the Grimoire.
Invent your own weapons in this sci-fi Roguelike shooter! Combine any weapon with any upgrade to customize your arsenal. Form a squad of holographic soldiers, redesign their guns too, and slay hordes of cybernetic enemies!
Timber Fever
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Protect the Grimoire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Protect the Grimoire.
Cut down the infinitely tall Tree to grow stronger. Timber Fever is an action, incremental roguelike where you create chaos with wacky tools while surviving enemy waves.
Abyssalis
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Protect the Grimoire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Protect the Grimoire.
Descend through the ocean layers, purify marine life, and survive the abyss in this bullet hell roguelite. Face colossal bosses, choose powerful upgrades, and uncover the curse's origin. Can you save the ocean before you become fish bait?
Let Me Die
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Protect the Grimoire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Protect the Grimoire.
Let Me Die is a short incremental game about a hero trapped in a loop, fighting a monster. Every time you die, you gain the resources needed to push further. Turn death into power. Unlock upgrades, complete quests, create unique builds. Break the loop.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Protect the Grimoire at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Protect the Grimoire on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Protect the Grimoire.
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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Protect the Grimoire on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Protect the Grimoire.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Protect the Grimoire on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Protect the Grimoire.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Protect the Grimoire on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Protect the Grimoire.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Protect the Grimoire on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Protect the Grimoire.
"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!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Protect the Grimoire on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Protect the Grimoire.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Protect the Grimoire on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Casual with Protect the Grimoire.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Protect the Grimoire.
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 Action and Indie with Protect the Grimoire.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Protect the Grimoire.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Protect the Grimoire.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Protect the Grimoire.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Protect the Grimoire.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Protect the Grimoire.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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More from DIG Games
Other recommendable Steam games by DIG Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Aeve:Zero Gravity
WHY THIS
Another title from DIG Games, the studio behind Protect the Grimoire. Shares Action and Indie with Protect the Grimoire.
"Aeve:Zero Gravity" is an arcade space shooter about battles in open space. In a classic mode "Shoot'em'all"
Soccer Battle Royale
WHY THIS
Another title from DIG Games, the studio behind Protect the Grimoire. Shares Action and Indie with Protect the Grimoire.
Imagine battle royal and soccer will be combined in one game. This is exactly this game, Soccer Battle Royale.
Me And Dungeons
WHY THIS
Another title from DIG Games, the studio behind Protect the Grimoire. Shares Indie and Casual with Protect the Grimoire.
Me And Dungeons is a first-person action game for one player. Pass through all the dungeons to prove your courage and become a real warrior. Kill monsters, grab gains, and buy weapons. You may also create your own adventure with a simple dungeon editor.
Candy Mandy
WHY THIS
Another title from DIG Games, the studio behind Protect the Grimoire. Shares Indie and Casual with Protect the Grimoire.
Classic game in the popular "three in a row" genre.
Dust On Wheels
WHY THIS
Another title from DIG Games, the studio behind Protect the Grimoire. Shares Action with Protect the Grimoire.
Who comes first to the finish in this long grueling dusty race depends on you.
Dice Keeper
WHY THIS
Another title from DIG Games, the studio behind Protect the Grimoire. Shares Strategy and Indie with Protect the Grimoire.
Play chill or try to beat the world record in this dice-based Puzzle Game, Dice Keeper the very first game of Zanarka Studios.
Great Ball of Fire
WHY THIS
Another title from DIG Games, the studio behind Protect the Grimoire. Shares Action and Indie with Protect the Grimoire.
Help our round blue hero turn into fire in order to get rid of some nasty birds!
Cannibal Chickens
WHY THIS
Another title from DIG Games, the studio behind Protect the Grimoire. Shares Indie and Casual with Protect the Grimoire.
Even chickens love chicken! A feeding frenzy for up to four players! Straightforward play for casual and hardcore gamers alike!
Frequently asked about Protect the Grimoire
- How much does Protect the Grimoire cost?
- Protect the Grimoire is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Protect the Grimoire?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Protect the Grimoire are Vampire Memories - 吸血鬼的回忆, Starforged Legacy, Abyss Horde.
- Who developed Protect the Grimoire?
- Protect the Grimoire was developed by DIG 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 Protect the Grimoire.
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