Games like The Crystalline Realm
If The Crystalline Realm is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Last Admiral, Chemical Combat and Nocturnal Throne — 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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Steam players who put hours into The Crystalline Realm 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.
The Last Admiral
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Top pick for The Crystalline Realm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Crystalline Realm.
Command a fleet of warships in turn-based tactical battles. Push through a procedural galaxy, win fights, upgrade your fleet, and grow your empire. Lose a run, keep your ships and upgrades. 4 factions, 7 ship classes, 4 sectors, and endless mode. You are the Last Admiral.
Chemical Combat
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Second-strongest match for The Crystalline Realm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Crystalline Realm.
Combine chemicals, prepare potions, and battle hordes of mythical monsters in this action-packed, chemistry-themed roguelike. You'll fight your way through a procedurally-generated science lab, exploding endless enemies and solving various puzzles, all to earn coins and upgrade your equipment.
Nocturnal Throne
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Third-strongest match for The Crystalline Realm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Crystalline Realm.
Time is difficulty. The longer you play, the harder it gets. Collect 100s of items to secure your build and obliterate anything that crosses your path in Nocturnal Throne. There are no limits in this rogue-lite.
Curse of Deflection
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Ranked #4 for The Crystalline Realm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Crystalline Realm.
Curse of Deflection is an action roguelike where you bounce through a dungeon. Hit enemies with your weapons but watch out for where your trajectory leads next. Choose an adventurer and enter the dungeon to find loot and powerful weapons. Choose your build carefully because death comes at you fast.
The Punchbag Machine
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Ranked #5 for The Crystalline Realm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Crystalline Realm.
A fast-paced pixel-neon rhythm roguelite where every missed punch can end your run. Hit falling notes, chain combos, upgrade your boxer, defeat 9 bosses, and climb the leaderboard.
Nullbreak Protocol
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Ranked #6 for The Crystalline Realm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Crystalline Realm.
A sci-fi arcade roguelite of fast, escalating runs. Launch your core, shatter every block, survive what the room fires back. Draw stacking protocols to build your run, push deeper into the system, and beat your record — the descent never ends.
Meteor Rush
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Ranked #7 for The Crystalline Realm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Crystalline Realm.
Meteor Rush is a high-intensity space Bullet Heaven where you defend a fragile core against endless cosmic threats. Harvest meteor gems, loot powerful gear, and evolve your ship and core into an unstoppable force of destruction.
ActionSteam ↗Deflector: Specimen One
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Ranked #8 for The Crystalline Realm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Crystalline Realm.
Wield Slasher’s sword in high-octane bullet hell roguelite action. Enter the trial for the cure to a deadly virus in the hostile microcosm of Deflector. Dodge and repel enemy projectiles, evolve with collected DNA and cut down all opposition.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Crystalline Realm at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~75% under The Crystalline Realm on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Crystalline Realm.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
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Priced ~50% under The Crystalline Realm on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Crystalline Realm.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~63% under The Crystalline Realm on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Crystalline Realm.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~75% under The Crystalline Realm on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Crystalline Realm.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
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Priced ~75% under The Crystalline Realm on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Crystalline Realm.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~50% under The Crystalline Realm on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Crystalline Realm.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
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Priced ~50% under The Crystalline Realm on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Crystalline Realm.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~75% under The Crystalline Realm on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Crystalline Realm.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Crystalline Realm.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Crystalline Realm.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Crystalline Realm.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Crystalline Realm.
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 with The Crystalline Realm.
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 Action and Indie with The Crystalline Realm.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Crystalline Realm.
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!
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Frequently asked about The Crystalline Realm
- How much does The Crystalline Realm cost?
- The Crystalline Realm is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Crystalline Realm?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Crystalline Realm are The Last Admiral, Chemical Combat, Nocturnal Throne.
- Who developed The Crystalline Realm?
- The Crystalline Realm was developed by T's Gaming Emporium.
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