Games like When the Light Dies
If When the Light Dies is your kind of game, the closest matches are Echoes of Numa, Dragon Daughter and The Flame's Heir — 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 When the Light Dies: A lady's life is bound to a mysterious artifact. And as its power dies out, so will the lady, unless Rick and his friends can identify the source of the evil and overturn it.
Players who liked When the Light Dies also play
Steam players who put hours into When the Light Dies 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.
Echoes of Numa
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Top pick for When the Light Dies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with When the Light Dies.
Jessabel is the guardian of the next Vessel, Allegra. Responsible for training her, she'll soon find out that there is more to Allegra than she could have ever imagined. This 1 Vessel has the power to change everything. It's Jessabel's duty to make sure Allegra does well. For the sake of humankind.
Dragon Daughter
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Second-strongest match for When the Light Dies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with When the Light Dies.
Aurora is a famous healer who lives in a place known as the boathouse and hides a dangerous past that comes back to haunt her. As the last of her kind, Aurora is being hunted and now so is her daughter Alma. To survive, she will need to master her powers and fight for those she loves.
The Flame's Heir
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for When the Light Dies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with When the Light Dies.
The Kingdom is protected by the Sacred Flame, a source of power that can only be used by the Flame's Heir. This individual comes from a very long lineage of warriors that wage an eternal war against evil. Vaynard, the son of a veteran of war, is called upon a quest he could never anticipate.
Fall From Eden
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Ranked #4 for When the Light Dies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with When the Light Dies.
The world is divided in three realms. Eden is the realm that keeps the world together, when a unknown force threatens it's balance, it's time for an incursion between all realms to find the solution.
The Last Vampire Hunter
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Ranked #5 for When the Light Dies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with When the Light Dies.
As the last of a long lineage of Vampire Hunters, Beaumont Lacaster finds himself in the doorsteps of Nosferatu's Castle. By defeating him, he can rid humanity of the curse and evil of vampires. Will he be able to defeat Nosferatu?
Cradle of Souls
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Ranked #6 for When the Light Dies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with When the Light Dies.
After winning the war, Alastria is enjoying peace, but not the King. His wife is sick with a dangerous disease. In charge of finding an antidote is Orlando, the veteran Crusader, and Saigo, the Demon Hunter. What will happen as consequences of this mission and it's outcome will change everything...
Chains of Time
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Ranked #7 for When the Light Dies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with When the Light Dies.
In this 2D RPG, Rollo will have to become much more than a street urchin and care for the survival of all people, instead of only his own.
Save the Queen
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Ranked #8 for When the Light Dies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with When the Light Dies.
The Skull King has risen once more. As the last bastion against evil, it is your duty to stop him and restore the country to it's peaceful form.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below When the Light Dies at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~44% under When the Light Dies on Steam right now. Shares Indie with When the Light Dies.
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.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~44% under When the Light Dies on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with When the Light Dies.
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!
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~44% under When the Light Dies on Steam right now. Shares Indie with When the Light Dies.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
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Priced ~44% under When the Light Dies on Steam right now. Shares Indie with When the Light Dies.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~89% under When the Light Dies on Steam right now. Shares Indie with When the Light Dies.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~67% under When the Light Dies on Steam right now. Shares Indie with When the Light Dies.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
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Priced ~44% under When the Light Dies on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with When the Light Dies.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
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Priced ~44% under When the Light Dies on Steam right now. Shares Indie with When the Light Dies.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
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.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with When the Light Dies.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with When the Light Dies.
‘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 When the Light Dies.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with When the Light Dies.
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.
Steam Engine Simulator
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Aldorlea Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Aldorlea Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Millennium - A New Hope
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Another title from Aldorlea Games, the studio behind When the Light Dies. Shares Indie and RPG with When the Light Dies.
Traverse through rich, detailed environments, recruit colorful characters and fight your way through dangerous hordes of enemies in this exciting old-school RPG incorporating 40 quests, 26 secret rooms, 8 animal kings and countless secrets and items to discover.
The Book of Legends
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Another title from Aldorlea Games, the studio behind When the Light Dies. Shares Indie and RPG with When the Light Dies.
Huge RPG in the 16-bit style (Final Fantasy, Breath of Fire etc.), featuring an epic, exciting adventure in a fantasy world and packed full of characters (more than 30!), quests and secrets.
Girlfriend Rescue
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Another title from Aldorlea Games, the studio behind When the Light Dies. Shares Indie with When the Light Dies.
Girlfriend Rescue is a thrilling adventure where the gameplay of "Dragon Quest" meets the atmosphere of "Streets of Rage". Innovative, mixing rogue-style RPG and Beat'em Up atmosphere in a unique way, this game features a great deal of strategy through a mix of character selection & creative skills.
Undefeated
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Another title from Aldorlea Games, the studio behind When the Light Dies. Shares Indie and RPG with When the Light Dies.
16-bit RPG magic is back! Can you stop the Wastelands from spreading and overtaking the world? Play as Marcus, Bastien and Fela, 3 army conscripts with little liking for their new life, yet who find themselves engulfed in a mystery that could very well cause the demise of their nation.
Dreamscape
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Another title from Aldorlea Games, the studio behind When the Light Dies. Shares Indie and RPG with When the Light Dies.
Addictive RPG with bits of strategy to enhance the gameplay, Dreamscape can be played in 4 different modes and features different rewards for completing them. You even get bonus heroes if you complete a mode without using the healing goddess!
3 Stars of Destiny
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Another title from Aldorlea Games, the studio behind When the Light Dies. Shares Indie and RPG with When the Light Dies.
In this extensive old-school RPG, explore countless unique places, defeat tons of enemies and complete richly developed quests. The game features addictive gameplay and an adventure worth about 40H of playtime.
Millennium 2 - Take Me Higher
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Another title from Aldorlea Games, the studio behind When the Light Dies. Shares Indie and RPG with When the Light Dies.
Can Marine, Benoit, Karine and her friends find 12 warriors to confront the 13 dreaded Lords of Mystrock? Will Jeanne the magical fairy still support them and unleash her devastating spells on the foes? Play Millennium 2, live the tale and find out!
Millennium 3 - Cry Wolf
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Another title from Aldorlea Games, the studio behind When the Light Dies. Shares Indie and RPG with When the Light Dies.
Time is running out for Marine and her friends. She needs to find warriors at all costs, but all she seems to stumble into is a mermaid, a werewolf, a dragon and hordes of crazy orcs... can you get her out of trouble, in one of the best episodes of the award-winning Millennium series?
Frequently asked about When the Light Dies
- How much does When the Light Dies cost?
- When the Light Dies is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to When the Light Dies?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside When the Light Dies are Echoes of Numa, Dragon Daughter, The Flame's Heir.
- Who developed When the Light Dies?
- When the Light Dies was developed by Aldorlea Games.
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