Games like Lameguards
If Lameguards is your kind of game, the closest matches are FROGGLE, Nibelung and Dungeon Raid — 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 Lameguards: A creature collector roguelite where you capture the cave's weakest critters, shape their genetics, manipulate their emotions, and turn them into your guards. Survival means anything goes.
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FROGGLE
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Top pick for Lameguards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lameguards.
Rescue Tapo the baby tadpole in this unique turn-based Froggy roguelite (FROGuelite!) dungeon crawler! Assemble a team of Froggy heroes to conquer 20 shifting floors, discover game-breaking synergies, and unlock rare Platinum encounters. Death's shop is open - and cousin, business is boomin'!
Nibelung
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Second-strongest match for Lameguards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Lameguards.
The old gods are dead. Their debts are not. Nibelung is a turn-based roguelike RPG set in the ashes of Ragnarök. Delve the ever-shifting realms of Yggdrasil, fight with steel and seidr against goblins, cultists, the risen dead and outthink a world that only moves when you do.
Dungeon Raid
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Third-strongest match for Lameguards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Lameguards.
Dungeon Raid is an adventure card roguelike. Dive deeper and deeper into the dungeon. Use everything you find to defeat enemies and kill the final boss. Good luck! And try not to die... from hunger.
Critter Tactics
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Ranked #4 for Lameguards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lameguards.
A tactical farm-building auto-battler where you grow crops, place powerful objects, and assemble a team of Critters to survive escalating combat waves. Every grid tile shapes your strategy, and no two runs play the same.
Dig Dig Boom
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Ranked #5 for Lameguards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Lameguards.
Dig Dig Boom is a strategic mining roguelite set in a fully destructible world where time moves only when you move. Dig, blast, explore and fight your way through procedurally generated caves using a wide selection of mining tools with unique effects.
Hex Weaver
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Ranked #6 for Lameguards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Lameguards.
Hex Weaver is a bullet-hell dungeon crawler. Collect runes and craft your own spell combinations freely. Every run delivers a fresh shooting experience—shred the dungeon's darkness with endless, evolving bullet patterns!
Space Grunts: Chrono Shard
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Ranked #7 for Lameguards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Lameguards.
Master time. Stop the Ooze. Outsmart a galactic infection in this high-speed, turn-based roguelike. Use your Chrono Shard to loop the timeline, leaving gear and upgrades for your future self. Craft your arsenal, evolve your skills into elite sub-classes, and turn every death into an advantage.
Ironwake
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Ranked #8 for Lameguards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lameguards.
A gothic turn-based roguelite with a deep customization system via equipment, ability trees, and pet development. Become a keeper of the Ironwake gates. it. Raise a creature from an egg to adulthood. Descend ever-shifting dungeons for legendary loot. Grow your relationships with the town and ascend.
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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. Shares Action with Lameguards.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Lameguards.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lameguards.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Lameguards.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lameguards.
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.
Travellin Cats in Paris
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lameguards.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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Frequently asked about Lameguards
- What games are most similar to Lameguards?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lameguards are FROGGLE, Nibelung, Dungeon Raid.
- Who developed Lameguards?
- Lameguards was developed by Avodhel.
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