Games like Dread Admiral
If Dread Admiral is your kind of game, the closest matches are Reclaim The Sea, Compacted and Forge the Fates — 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 Dread Admiral: Dread Admiral is a turn-based naval roguelite where every ship you lose is gone forever. Protect your Flagship from the Black Fleet, which hunts you relentlessly, and forge a floating empire to survive each hardcore campaign.
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Reclaim The Sea
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Top pick for Dread Admiral fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dread Admiral.
Reclaim the Sea is a roguelike strategy game set in a pirate fantasy world. Fight your way through randomly generated maps and text events. Command your pirate crew, upgrade your ship and make tactical decisions to beat the boss and save the world… or die trying.
Compacted
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Second-strongest match for Dread Admiral fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dread Admiral.
Spin a slot machine to push back crushing walls. Create powerful symbol combos, trigger jackpots, and escape crushing debt. Wishlist and try the demo to test your luck!
Forge the Fates
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Third-strongest match for Dread Admiral fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dread Admiral.
Take deckbuilding to the next level. Transform your hand of cards into a tactical grid of runes. Plan, shift, and strike to unleash powerful combos and chain match-3 bonuses. Choose your hero, master their deck, and fight through deadly dungeons to face a mysterious dark overlord.
The Royal Writ
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Ranked #4 for Dread Admiral fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Dread Admiral.
Sacrifice creates stories in this medieval roguelike deckbuilder. Watch your cards march to glory or permanent death as they battle toward the enemy. Each fallen hero becomes part of your kingdom's legend. Command wisely... some sacrifices are necessary.
Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes
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Ranked #5 for Dread Admiral fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dread Admiral.
In Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes, take command of a fleet escaping the annihilation of the Twelve Colonies. Manage crises on board as you prepare for the next encounter with the Cylon Fleet. Times are dire, and hard choices must be made. Your only hope: rejoin the Battlestar Galactica.
Hunter's Moon: A Sovereign Syndicate Adventure
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Ranked #6 for Dread Admiral fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Dread Admiral.
A Victorian Steampunk Roguelite Deckbuilder. Choose from four characters with unique cards and abilities. Customize your deck and character as you investigate a mysterious plague. Battle corrupted beasts and bosses in turn-based combat to unlock powerful relics and enchanted tarot cards.
As We Descend
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Ranked #7 for Dread Admiral fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dread Admiral.
The apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with squad sculpting and deep tactics. Recruit the right units and outmaneuver titanic foes on dangerous expeditions. Build up allies and resources in the feudal Vault-City. Can you survive all the perils that await the last bastion of humanity?
Barrel Roll
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Ranked #8 for Dread Admiral fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dread Admiral.
Barrel Roll is a roguelike deckbuilder, turn based, taking place in a futuristic far west. The deck ? A 6 slot revolver barrel. Gather bullets with special effects, customize your revolver's barrel to create strong synergies and take down as much criminals as you can.
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Grimm's Hollow
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The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dread Admiral.
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Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dread Admiral.
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Frequently asked about Dread Admiral
- What games are most similar to Dread Admiral?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dread Admiral are Reclaim The Sea, Compacted, Forge the Fates.
- Who developed Dread Admiral?
- Dread Admiral was developed by Tescrin Games.
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