Games like Crypt of the Shadow King
If Crypt of the Shadow King is your kind of game, the closest matches are Myth's and monster's, Arafinn Kontor and Akhena: Age of Evil — 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 Crypt of the Shadow King: A terminal RPG for 1-4 players built on 5E rules. Build a party from 12 classes and races, fight through 100+ rooms of cursed crypts and the Shadowfell, cast 146 spells, and face a villain who won't stay dead. Grid combat, narrated audio, and a three-act campaign dark enough to earn its name.
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Steam players who put hours into Crypt of the Shadow King 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.
Myth's and monster's
WHY THIS
Top pick for Crypt of the Shadow King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crypt of the Shadow King.
A classic style JRPG featuring party based turn-based combat open world exploration and a mature dark fantasy story.
Arafinn Kontor
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Crypt of the Shadow King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Crypt of the Shadow King.
The Arafinn Kontor is the central hub of the Arafinn Universe. Arafinn is a dark high-fantasy world full of epic tales and legends. Dwarves, elves, humans, giants, the orcish Uturi, and many other beings inhabiting a world in constant change, full of war, conflicts, and unexpected alliances.
Akhena: Age of Evil
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Crypt of the Shadow King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crypt of the Shadow King.
Akhena: Age of Evil is an open-world RPG where the player can explore a vast and dangerous world with a rich history rooted in gritty realism and filled with riches to discover. The story and characters are inspired by classic fantasy novels, where morality is nuanced and defined by cultural bias.
Crystals of Power
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Ranked #4 for Crypt of the Shadow King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crypt of the Shadow King.
The crystals hold the power to save Elicion—or destroy it. The choice lies in your hands.
Prophecy of Ashen
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Crypt of the Shadow King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crypt of the Shadow King.
Prophecy of Ashen: a dark fantasy tactical CRPG. Be a secret messenger between the Hall's judgment and the Ashborne's vengeance. Recruit allies, use terrain and magic in turn-based combat. Your choices reshape Rattalan: uphold order or ignite destruction.
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Crypt of the Shadow King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Crypt of the Shadow King.
The critically acclaimed RPG that raised the bar, from the creators of Baldur's Gate 3. Gather your party. Master deep, tactical combat. Venture as a party of up to four - but know that only one of you will have the chance to become a God.
Dark Deity 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Crypt of the Shadow King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crypt of the Shadow King.
Verroa is a peaceful continent on the brink of war as the Asverellian Empire seeks to expand - at your homeland’s expense. Command unlikely heroes, fight challenging turn-based battles, and watch hardship forge iron into steel. Dark Deity is back, bigger and better than before!
Dark Deity
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Crypt of the Shadow King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crypt of the Shadow King.
Step into the world of Terrazael and lead soon-to-be legendary heroes in a quest to restore a land fractured by broken oaths, reckless wars, and untamed magic. Fight back in turn-based battles, manage character relationships, collect dangerous artifacts, and hopefully restore the world...
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
A Date with Death
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Crypt of the Shadow King.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crypt of the Shadow King.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Warframe
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Crypt of the Shadow King.
Awaken as an unstoppable warrior and battle alongside your friends in this story-driven free-to-play online action game
Path of Exile
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crypt of the Shadow King.
You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. The game is completely free and will never be pay-to-win.
STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Crypt of the Shadow King.
STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ is a free-to-play MMORPG that puts you at the center of your own story-driven saga. Play as a Jedi, Sith, Bounty Hunter, or one of many other iconic STAR WARS roles in the galaxy far, far away over three thousand years before the classic films.
Limbus Company
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.
RuneScape ®
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Crypt of the Shadow King.
RuneScape is a high fantasy open world MMORPG. Explore an ever changing and evolving living world where new challenges, skills, and quests await. Featuring unprecedented player freedom, you choose how to play, adventure, and grow.
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Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Crypt of the Shadow King.
The critically acclaimed RPG that raised the bar, from the creators of Baldur's Gate 3. Gather your party. Master deep, tactical combat. Venture as a party of up to four - but know that only one of you will have the chance to become a God.
Dark Deity 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crypt of the Shadow King.
Verroa is a peaceful continent on the brink of war as the Asverellian Empire seeks to expand - at your homeland’s expense. Command unlikely heroes, fight challenging turn-based battles, and watch hardship forge iron into steel. Dark Deity is back, bigger and better than before!
Dark Deity
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crypt of the Shadow King.
Step into the world of Terrazael and lead soon-to-be legendary heroes in a quest to restore a land fractured by broken oaths, reckless wars, and untamed magic. Fight back in turn-based battles, manage character relationships, collect dangerous artifacts, and hopefully restore the world...
Frequently asked about Crypt of the Shadow King
- Does Crypt of the Shadow King have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Crypt of the Shadow King supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Crypt of the Shadow King?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Crypt of the Shadow King are Myth's and monster's, Arafinn Kontor, Akhena: Age of Evil.
- Who developed Crypt of the Shadow King?
- Crypt of the Shadow King was developed by James Zampa.
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 Crypt of the Shadow King.
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