Games like Heroes, Warlords and Ruin
If Heroes, Warlords and Ruin is your kind of game, the closest matches are ZEPHON, Valor of Man and The Iron Oath — 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 Heroes, Warlords and Ruin: Create your hero, manage resources, raise armies and build an empire. This fantasy turn-based 4x strategy game features empire management, large-scale tactical battles, and RPG mechanics.
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ZEPHON
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Top pick for Heroes, Warlords and Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Heroes, Warlords and Ruin.
From the developers of Warhammer 40,000: Gladius, ZEPHON is a post-apocalyptic 4X strategy game built on Proxy’s unique tactical combat system. Guide survivors through a turbulent future, navigating unexpected disasters, eldritch horror and cyberpunk monstrosities. What will you do to survive?
Valor of Man
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Second-strongest match for Heroes, Warlords and Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heroes, Warlords and Ruin.
Forge your party. Master your fate. In this turn-based roguelite RPG, lead four heroes through a fractured realm of danger and destiny. Build synergies, unlock powerful abilities, and face ever-shifting challenges in an epic battle for survival. No journey is ever the same.
The Iron Oath
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Third-strongest match for Heroes, Warlords and Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heroes, Warlords and Ruin.
Command, endure, and prosper in The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. Customize your roster, build your renown, and discover the secrets that await in the medieval fantasy realm of Caelum.
Songs of Silence
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Ranked #4 for Heroes, Warlords and Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heroes, Warlords and Ruin.
Lead armies, rebuild fallen kingdoms, and rise to greatness! Embark on an epic journey of strategy in a visually stunning world. Fight intense battles and uncover a captivating story.
Battle Brothers
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Ranked #5 for Heroes, Warlords and Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Heroes, Warlords and Ruin.
Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.
The Last Spell
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Ranked #6 for Heroes, Warlords and Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heroes, Warlords and Ruin.
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
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Ranked #7 for Heroes, Warlords and Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heroes, Warlords and Ruin.
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!
Eador. Masters of the Broken World
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Ranked #8 for Heroes, Warlords and Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heroes, Warlords and Ruin.
Eador is a universe made of countless shards of land drifting in the Great Nothing. Each of the shards is a little world unto itself, with geography and denizens of its own. The power over the shards is bitterly contested by Masters, the immortal beings mortals believe to be gods.
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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. Shares Indie with Heroes, Warlords and Ruin.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
NGU IDLE
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Heroes, Warlords and Ruin.
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 Heroes, Warlords and Ruin.
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. Shares Indie with Heroes, Warlords and Ruin.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Heroes, Warlords and Ruin.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Heroes, Warlords and Ruin.
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.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Heroes, Warlords and Ruin.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Heroes, Warlords and Ruin.
A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Songs of Silence
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Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heroes, Warlords and Ruin.
Lead armies, rebuild fallen kingdoms, and rise to greatness! Embark on an epic journey of strategy in a visually stunning world. Fight intense battles and uncover a captivating story.
The Last Spell
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Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heroes, Warlords and Ruin.
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heroes, Warlords and Ruin.
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!
Frequently asked about Heroes, Warlords and Ruin
- What games are most similar to Heroes, Warlords and Ruin?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Heroes, Warlords and Ruin are ZEPHON, Valor of Man, The Iron Oath.
- Who developed Heroes, Warlords and Ruin?
- Heroes, Warlords and Ruin was developed by Autware.
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