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Games like TALES: INK GUARDIAN

If TALES: INK GUARDIAN is your kind of game, the closest matches are FORJ, Realmlords and Tamespire — 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 TALES: INK GUARDIAN: A 2D roguelike where ink and plants define your fate. Combine skills, relics, and plant abilities to craft a unique build every run. Purify the Void Ink threatening to consume the world — because no two runs, and no two strategies, are ever the same.

2026ActionIndieAdventureCasualEarly AccessWindowsby OSSE
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  1. FORJ

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for TALES: INK GUARDIAN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with TALES: INK GUARDIAN.

    Fight through cursed arenas, extract with the loot, and reforge it into power. A co-op action roguelite where hand-built golems mine, craft and run your shop while you battle, and every weapon can be enhanced, imbued, socketed and rerolled at your forge.

    ActionAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  2. Realmlords

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for TALES: INK GUARDIAN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with TALES: INK GUARDIAN.

    REALMLORDS is a fast‑paced Bullet‑hell / Spell-hell roguelite with 12 distinct classes, each offering unique weapons, abilities, and build paths. Explore 9 dangerous Randomly Generated Elemental Realms filled with unique monsters, hazards, and loot as you fight to survive each run.

    2026ActionAdventureEarly Access3.74 USDSteam ↗
  3. Tamespire

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for TALES: INK GUARDIAN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with TALES: INK GUARDIAN.

    A cozy-dark creature-collection roguelite deckbuilder. Tame Spirelings, fuse their moves into a living deck, and climb a Spire that rebuilds itself every run. Evolve your team, master five clashing elements, and push your luck through endless Ascensions.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. PinPow

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for TALES: INK GUARDIAN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with TALES: INK GUARDIAN.

    PinPow is a turn-based roguelike pinball RPG where you play as a hero sucked into an otherworldly pinball machine - battling your way through chaotic dungeons, and enemies to defeat the evil Pinball Wizard. Strategize your shots, upgrade your hero, and bounce your way to victory!

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Shadows of Beginnings

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for TALES: INK GUARDIAN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with TALES: INK GUARDIAN.

    A dark fantasy action RPG. Arrive as an Outsider. Earn your place, rebuild a town from ash, master your class, and face the creatures threatening to consume what little remains. Your legend starts from nothing.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  6. Earth Forge

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for TALES: INK GUARDIAN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with TALES: INK GUARDIAN.

    COLLECT, UPGRADE, UNLOCK AND NAVIGATE Single player adventure gameplay involves mining for materials, finding and collecting enough minerals in a randomly generated world to unlock upgrades. The upgraded player can then navigate through mines and dungeons avoiding bats to reach treasure chests.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  7. Oathbreak Dungeons

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for TALES: INK GUARDIAN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with TALES: INK GUARDIAN.

    Oathbreak Dungeons is a frantic 2D action-platformer roguelite where light is a privilege and chaos is your only way out. Plunge through 50 floors of a procedurally generated abyss, collecting reality-bending cards and facing biomechanical horrors alone or with up to 4 friends!

    2026ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Bravemech: The Century War

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for TALES: INK GUARDIAN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with TALES: INK GUARDIAN.

    A mecha action-roguelite — one full war campaign per run, solo or in 4-player couch co-op. Command a squadron through Year One of a hundred-year war, build your roster, bury your dead, face nemesis aces who remember your scars, and take your career to the online ranked leaderboards.

    2027ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with TALES: INK GUARDIAN.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with TALES: INK GUARDIAN.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with TALES: INK GUARDIAN.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with TALES: INK GUARDIAN.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with TALES: INK GUARDIAN.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with TALES: INK GUARDIAN.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with TALES: INK GUARDIAN.

    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 ↗
  8. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with TALES: INK GUARDIAN.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about TALES: INK GUARDIAN

What games are most similar to TALES: INK GUARDIAN?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside TALES: INK GUARDIAN are FORJ, Realmlords, Tamespire.
Who developed TALES: INK GUARDIAN?
TALES: INK GUARDIAN was developed by OSSE.

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