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Games like Rebel's Ascent

If Rebel's Ascent is your kind of game, the closest matches are Loot Frog, Vanguard Tides and Idle Turrets Pixel Defense — 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 Rebel's Ascent: Defeat waves of enemies using everything from sticks to exploding throwing axe. Rebel's Ascent is an incremental roguelite RPG where you acquire and upgrade weapons, improve skills, and fight your way to freedom.

2026IndieRPGWindows · macOS · Linuxby erzigor
Rebel's Ascent — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Rebel's Ascent 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. Loot Frog

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Rebel's Ascent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Rebel's Ascent.

    Loot Frog is an incremental action bullet hell about breaking pots, collecting gems, and fighting an evil cult. Upgrade your gear, unlock new abilities, explore diverse biomes, and push deeper into increasingly chaotic battles.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Vanguard Tides

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Rebel's Ascent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Rebel's Ascent.

    Fight in massive-scale battles where armies paint the battlefield in their color. Captured territory affects both your health and your abilities. Level up your vanguard and your army, defend your castles, and survive the shifting tides of battle to claim ultimate victory!

    2026ActionIndieRPGSteam ↗
  3. Idle Turrets Pixel Defense

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Rebel's Ascent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Rebel's Ascent.

    Defend the pixel frontier! Upgrade your turrets AND your enemies in this unique idle defense game. Prestige, evolve, collect permanent perks, defeat bosses, and climb difficulty tiers. How deep can your defense go?

    2026IndieSimulationRPG6.79 USDSteam ↗
  4. PROJECT M.E.D.S.

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Rebel's Ascent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Rebel's Ascent.

    The body is under attack. Hordes of infectious germs are spreading rapidly, overwhelming its natural defenses. As the last line of defense, you'll battle through massive waves of pathogens, unlock powerful medical weapons, and fight to keep your host alive.

    ActionIndieRPGSteam ↗
  5. Swarm Survivor: Endless Siege

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Rebel's Ascent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Rebel's Ascent.

    Swarm Survivors: Endless Siege is a light roguelike bullet-hell idle shooter. You play as the last survivor of the Swarm, fighting to stay alive under the endless siege of alien fleets. Build overwhelming power and face wave after wave of relentless challenges.

    2026StrategyIndieRPG4.24 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Arena 5

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Rebel's Ascent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Rebel's Ascent.

    Arena 5 reinvents survival: command an entire squad, not a single hero. Collect loot with your cursor, position your units, and turn the tide with tactical abilities. Between waves, strengthen your team with items, relics and evolutions across increasingly deadly arenas.

    IndieCasualSteam ↗
  7. Pit Wizard

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Rebel's Ascent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Rebel's Ascent.

    Pit Wizard is a short incremental top-down shooter where you jump into magical pits to blast through hordes of dangerous enemies and mine rare resources while upgrading two huge skill trees.

    2026ActionIndieSteam ↗
  8. Zad Archery

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Rebel's Ascent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Rebel's Ascent.

    Shoot down waves of targets, collect their loot, and grow stronger through upgrades and skills in this endlessly expanding incremental game.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rebel's Ascent.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rebel's Ascent.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Rebel's Ascent.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rebel's Ascent.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rebel's Ascent.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Rebel's Ascent.

    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 ↗
  7. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rebel's Ascent.

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

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Rebel's Ascent.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Rebel's Ascent

What games are most similar to Rebel's Ascent?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Rebel's Ascent are Loot Frog, Vanguard Tides, Idle Turrets Pixel Defense.
Who developed Rebel's Ascent?
Rebel's Ascent was developed by erzigor.

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 Rebel's Ascent.

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