Games like Shearline
If Shearline is your kind of game, the closest matches are Funeral Flowers Lament: Helena, Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked and Telepath Tactics Liberated — 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 Shearline: A turn-based tactical RPG where time is terrain. Fast, slow, and unstable ground change movement, status, and combat advantage. Put each character on the ground they understand best, adapt as the battlefield shifts, and win the fight on your terms before the gradient turns against you.
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Funeral Flowers Lament: Helena
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Top pick for Shearline fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shearline.
A small-squad tactical RPG featuring high-speed battles and gameplay built around fast-paced combat. With the Reverse Weapon Triangle system and a 13–15 character roster, enjoy strategic battles where every ally matters. The 30-chapter story branches based on choices made in Chapter 21.
Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked
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Second-strongest match for Shearline fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shearline.
A cooperative tactical RPG set in the D&D universe. Embark on a fantasy tabletop adventure. Your quest, on your schedule.
Telepath Tactics Liberated
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Third-strongest match for Shearline fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shearline.
An SRPG fan's SRPG! Imagine Fire Emblem with destructible battlefields; the ability to place traps; the ability to shove enemies off cliffs, into lava, or into each other; and a built-in campaign creator.
Crawl Tactics
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Ranked #4 for Shearline fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shearline.
Crawl Tactics combines classic turn-based tactics with roguelike progression. In Dungeon Mode, face challenging, ever-changing encounters as you explore procedurally generated maps. In Quest Mode, develop your village, train your mercenaries, and defend against growing enemy invasions.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
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Ranked #5 for Shearline fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shearline.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!
Together in Battle
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Ranked #6 for Shearline fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shearline.
Manage a team of fantasy gladiators in this Fire Emblem-style strategy RPG with vibrant characters, funny random events, and emergent relationship-building. Uncover a sinister conspiracy; fight deep turn-based tactical battles; watch your characters grow together!
Fae Tactics
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Ranked #7 for Shearline fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shearline.
In Fae Tactics, follow a young magic user named Peony on her journey across a vibrant world full of mystery and danger. Summon allies, cast spells, and befriend a motley crew of characters as you dive into the growing conflicts between man and magical beings known as fae.
The Dragoness: Command of the Flame
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Ranked #8 for Shearline fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shearline.
The Dragoness mixes HOMM-like exploration, city-building and turn-based strategic combat, with a roguelite twist. Choose your battles, paths and skills as you explore a world ravaged by war. Gather and manage your army of beasts, collect resources and expand your city.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Shearline.
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.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shearline.
A cooperative tactical RPG set in the D&D universe. Embark on a fantasy tabletop adventure. Your quest, on your schedule.
Telepath Tactics Liberated
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shearline.
An SRPG fan's SRPG! Imagine Fire Emblem with destructible battlefields; the ability to place traps; the ability to shove enemies off cliffs, into lava, or into each other; and a built-in campaign creator.
Crawl Tactics
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shearline.
Crawl Tactics combines classic turn-based tactics with roguelike progression. In Dungeon Mode, face challenging, ever-changing encounters as you explore procedurally generated maps. In Quest Mode, develop your village, train your mercenaries, and defend against growing enemy invasions.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shearline.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!
Together in Battle
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shearline.
Manage a team of fantasy gladiators in this Fire Emblem-style strategy RPG with vibrant characters, funny random events, and emergent relationship-building. Uncover a sinister conspiracy; fight deep turn-based tactical battles; watch your characters grow together!
Fae Tactics
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shearline.
In Fae Tactics, follow a young magic user named Peony on her journey across a vibrant world full of mystery and danger. Summon allies, cast spells, and befriend a motley crew of characters as you dive into the growing conflicts between man and magical beings known as fae.
Frequently asked about Shearline
- What games are most similar to Shearline?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shearline are Funeral Flowers Lament: Helena, Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked, Telepath Tactics Liberated.
- Who developed Shearline?
- Shearline was developed by Hasteward.
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 Shearline.
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