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Games like Onward! Autobattles

If Onward! Autobattles is your kind of game, the closest matches are Guildrun, Free of the Land and Backpack Dungeon — 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.

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About Onward! Autobattles: Plan your line-up, set your formation and unleash devastating synergies to crush your enemies. Win battles to unlock more unique units and powerful artifacts in Onwards! Autobattles - a roguelike autobattler, where positioning is everything.

2026StrategyIndieWindowsby Dream Parable
Onward! Autobattles — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Onward! Autobattles 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.

  1. Guildrun

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Onward! Autobattles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Onward! Autobattles.

    Turn a simple team into an unstoppable force and crush waves of monsters in this PvE autobattler roguelike. No two runs feel the same as you bend heroes beyond their class roles and discover countless combinations and synergies. Seal the rifts at your own pace and uncover what tore them open.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. Free of the Land

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Onward! Autobattles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Onward! Autobattles.

    A tactical roguelike deckbuilder of misfits and monsters. Build your deck, summon your minions, cast your spells and survive long enough to claim the land.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  3. Backpack Dungeon

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Onward! Autobattles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Onward! Autobattles.

    A unique pixel-art backpack management roguelike. Your backpack isn't just storage—it's your combat core. Item placement, adjacency, and trigger mechanics determine your survival in the dungeon. A mental challenge of spatial planning and strategy.

    2026StrategyIndieRPG3.19 USDSteam ↗
  4. ploink

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Onward! Autobattles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Onward! Autobattles.

    A chaotic plinko inspired roguelike with a focus on wacky items and creative setups. Design a board of random crap and fill the screen with balls and numbers. There are no bad items you just gotta figure out how to use them.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  5. River Devil/河牌恶魔

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Onward! Autobattles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Onward! Autobattles.

    River Devil is a single-player Texas Hold’em roguelike about bluffing demons, managing chips, surviving boss tables, and spinning the Fate Wheel. Read opponents, take risks, push all-in at the right moment, and win with either a monster hand or a perfect lie.

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  6. Janwar

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Onward! Autobattles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Onward! Autobattles.

    Janwar is a tactical auto battler in a roguelike format. Build your roster, level up your animals and find powerful synergies. Formidable enemies in themed biomes will challenge your strategy on the battle grid. A vast choice of unlockable animals, items and perks guarantee new strategies each run.

    2026StrategySteam ↗
  7. Spinny Dungeon

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Onward! Autobattles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Onward! Autobattles.

    The slot machine roguelike. Each time you hit the SPIN button monsters creep closer. KILL 'em! LOOT 'em! EAT 'em! Focus on spells or synergies between symbols. Spin to DIE or spin to SURVIVE!

    2026StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Conquest Tactics : Realm of Sin

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Onward! Autobattles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Onward! Autobattles.

    Conquest Tactics: Realm of Sin is a dark-fantasy roguelite tactics game. Command your army and engage in turn-based battles on a hex-based board as you advance step by step to conquer a land shrouded in sin. Your choices carry weight: will you restore order… or allow eternal darkness to reign?

    2026StrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Onward! Autobattles.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Onward! Autobattles.

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  3. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Onward! Autobattles.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cube Escape: Paradox

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Onward! Autobattles.

    The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.

    2018IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Samsara Room

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Onward! Autobattles.

    You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Onward! Autobattles.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  7. Moonring

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Tukoni: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Onward! Autobattles.

    Tukoni: Prologue is a point-and-click puzzle adventure, based on a series of award-winning books by the Ukrainian artist Oksana Bula. Play as Tukoni, the forest spirits, as you meet unique characters, solve captivating puzzles, craft new items, and explore a magical world filled with kindness.

    2020IndieAdventureCasualFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Onward! Autobattles

What games are most similar to Onward! Autobattles?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Onward! Autobattles are Guildrun, Free of the Land, Backpack Dungeon.
Who developed Onward! Autobattles?
Onward! Autobattles was developed by Dream Parable.

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 Onward! Autobattles.

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16 Games Like Onward! Autobattles — Ranked for 2026 · imho.run