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Games like Spire of Deny

If Spire of Deny is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dogma Shutdown, Noir Lords and How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Kill Line — 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 Spire of Deny: This is a rogue-like deck-building game. In The Spire of Deny, you will encounter sixteen 'Thought-Friends' with entirely unique mechanics. Whether you choose to defeat them or offer them salvation, you are the one who will write your own unique poetic chapter.

2026StrategyIndieEarly Access4.99 USDWindowsby 臨狼
Spire of Deny — Steam game cover

Players who liked Spire of Deny also play

Steam players who put hours into Spire of Deny 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. Dogma Shutdown

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Spire of Deny fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Spire of Deny.

    A satirical roguelike deckbuilder where suffering fuels power, sin becomes currency, and faith is performative spectacle.

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. Noir Lords

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Spire of Deny fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Spire of Deny.

    A fast-paced single-player card battler with tactical choices, quick rounds, and upgradeable cards. Build your deck and outsmart the city’s crime lords.

    2025StrategyIndieCasual5.19 USDSteam ↗
  3. How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Kill Line

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Spire of Deny fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Spire of Deny.

    Your paycheck is delayed. Your bills are not. Play one card per turn in a darkly comic roguelike where cash is your health. Build a survival deck, postpone disasters, and turn the system's own paperwork against it. Make it to Friday. Keep the receipts.

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  4. TOP CUT: Locals to Worlds

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Spire of Deny fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Spire of Deny.

    he card-game tournament roguelike. Build your deck, play powerful cards, and turn clever combos into match-winning plays. Counter opponents with hand traps, upgrade your favorites into shimmering foils, and climb from the local card shop toward being world champ

    2026StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  5. FRAMEOUT

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Spire of Deny fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Spire of Deny.

    A dark 1930s cartoon roguelike deckbuilder fused with real-time tower defense. Turn cards into living towers, survive escalating waves, choose risky routes, buy new cards, and stamp powerful sigils into your deck.

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  6. Spell Death

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Spire of Deny fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Spire of Deny.

    Your deck is the alphabet. A roguelike deckbuilder where you spell words to kill things, and every letter rides a paper stock: Iron turns damage into Block, Jagged only cuts when you throw it, Volatile explodes if you sit on it.

    2026StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  7. Slay the Spire 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Spire of Deny fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Spire of Deny.

    The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!

    2026StrategyIndieEarly Access24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Brawl To The West

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Spire of Deny fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Spire of Deny.

    "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!"

    2025StrategyIndieCasual8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Spire of Deny at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Spire of Deny on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spire of Deny.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Spire of Deny on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spire of Deny.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Spire of Deny on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spire of Deny.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Spire of Deny on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Spire of Deny.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Spire of Deny on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spire of Deny.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Spire of Deny on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spire of Deny.

    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".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Spire of Deny on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spire of Deny.

    "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!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Spire of Deny on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spire of Deny.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Meteor 60 Seconds!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Spire of Deny.

    Meteor 60 seconds! is a simple, fun, comic-like action game that simulates your life if there were a meteor heading towards Earth and you had 60 seconds to live. Do anything you want to do with your last 60 seconds, even if it's illegal! What about planting an apple tree?

    2018ActionIndieSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Spire of Deny.

    Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Spire of Deny.

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Spire of Deny.

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Limbus Company

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.

    2023FreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Dota Underlords

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Spire of Deny.

    Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.

    2019StrategyFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Clicker Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Spire of Deny.

    Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.

    2015StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Super Auto Pets

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Spire of Deny.

    Build the strongest team of pets and tussle with your friends!

    2021StrategyFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Spire of Deny

How much does Spire of Deny cost?
Spire of Deny is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Spire of Deny?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Spire of Deny are Dogma Shutdown, Noir Lords, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Kill Line.
Who developed Spire of Deny?
Spire of Deny was developed by 臨狼.

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 Spire of Deny.

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