Games like Crimson Crusade
If Crimson Crusade is your kind of game, the closest matches are Become the Moon, Slay the Spire 2 and The Royal Writ — 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 Crimson Crusade: Crimson Crusade is a Dark Fantasy, Deckbuilding Roguelike Auto-Battler about war, necromancers, and resurrection. Draft your dark army, summon foul creatures, and wipe the battlefield clean of your enemies. Will you end the war, or simply extend it into eternity?
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Steam players who put hours into Crimson Crusade 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.
Become the Moon
WHY THIS
Top pick for Crimson Crusade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crimson Crusade.
Become the Moon is a challenging, deckbuilding auto battler. Choose from 10 unique characters, each with their own distinct playstyles. Assemble a team of powerful minions & cast cosmic spells where every run takes you one step closer to the moon.
Slay the Spire 2
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Crimson Crusade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crimson Crusade.
The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!
The Royal Writ
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Crimson Crusade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Crimson Crusade.
Sacrifice creates stories in this medieval roguelike deckbuilder. Watch your cards march to glory or permanent death as they battle toward the enemy. Each fallen hero becomes part of your kingdom's legend. Command wisely... some sacrifices are necessary.
Master of Piece
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Crimson Crusade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crimson Crusade.
Recruit mercenaries, combine their traits, and forge endless synergies. Venture through the mysterious medieval realm, facing powerful foes and mighty bosses. Simple turn-based rules hide deep strategic depth—build your ultimate team, master the pieces, and uncover the secrets of the Black fog.
Gold and Graves
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Ranked #5 for Crimson Crusade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crimson Crusade.
Gold and Graves is a roguelike extraction game where you bribe enemies to recruit them as allies, escape the dungeon, and bring back cards, relics, and mercenaries to your village to accumulate resources. Strengthen your deck and forces with the resources you gather and challenge deeper dungeons.
Squiggle Football
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Crimson Crusade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Crimson Crusade.
Squiggle Football is a deck-building football management roguelike, where you create a team and form powerful combinations of players, coaches, tactics and culture. Recruit, trade & innovate through nail-biting matches to reach & conquer the National League. Inspired by Australian Rules Football.
Stash: A Card Looter
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Crimson Crusade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Crimson Crusade.
Embark on a unique drafting adventure with an endless array of randomized cards inspired by classical ARPG-Loot. Transform your one-of-a-kind loot into powerful battle tactics! Take on enemy squads drafted by real players in a post-human world teeming with beasty conflicts.
Brawl To The West
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Crimson Crusade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crimson Crusade.
"Join this hilarious auto-battler! Equip gear, grow fruit trees, and tame monsters to build your team. Choose unique characters or battle others in ranked mode—every run is fresh! Weaklings perish; victors take all. Will you go the farthest? Dive in now!"
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Crimson Crusade.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Crimson Crusade.
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.
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Crimson Crusade.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Crimson Crusade.
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!
Electoral Carnage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Crimson Crusade.
Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?
one night, hot springs
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Crimson Crusade.
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...
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More from JIN
Other recommendable Steam games by JIN, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Spammerina
WHY THIS
Another title from JIN, the studio behind Crimson Crusade. Shares Indie with Crimson Crusade.
Ever wanted to just Spam a bunch of Spells? Discover and Enhance your new favourite spells to slay a myriad of monsters! Loot, Explore, and Uncover the Secrets of The Dark Continent! Blast beasts with Blood magic, Divine Judgement, and more! The Dark Continent is waiting...
16BitSurvivors
WHY THIS
Another title from JIN, the studio behind Crimson Crusade. Shares Action and Indie with Crimson Crusade.
16Bit Survivors is a retro horror horde-survival game with roguelike-elements, where you must annihilate ceaseless waves of monsters. Unlock, upgrade, and forge unbreakable synergies to become godlike against the hordes of demonic creatures coming for your flesh
After Eternity
WHY THIS
Another title from JIN, the studio behind Crimson Crusade. Shares Action with Crimson Crusade.
Awaken as the Inquisitor, prepare your soul, and dive into an epic sci-fi survival horror adventure. Fight ceaseless horrors, challenge abhorrent scientists, and protect the universe in its final moments. Will you ease humanity into a peaceful slumber or succumb to the dream of a new world?
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Slay the Spire 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crimson Crusade.
The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!
The Royal Writ
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Crimson Crusade.
Sacrifice creates stories in this medieval roguelike deckbuilder. Watch your cards march to glory or permanent death as they battle toward the enemy. Each fallen hero becomes part of your kingdom's legend. Command wisely... some sacrifices are necessary.
Master of Piece
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crimson Crusade.
Recruit mercenaries, combine their traits, and forge endless synergies. Venture through the mysterious medieval realm, facing powerful foes and mighty bosses. Simple turn-based rules hide deep strategic depth—build your ultimate team, master the pieces, and uncover the secrets of the Black fog.
Frequently asked about Crimson Crusade
- What games are most similar to Crimson Crusade?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Crimson Crusade are Become the Moon, Slay the Spire 2, The Royal Writ.
- Who developed Crimson Crusade?
- Crimson Crusade was developed by JIN.
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