Games like Pawns into the Dark
If Pawns into the Dark is your kind of game, the closest matches are Match! The 12 CZ Wars, Two Die and DDD: Dice, Dungeons, and Drakes — 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 Pawns into the Dark: The worst may be standing right next to you. Lead four adventurers through a dungeon shrouded in darkness, uncovering one tile at a time in a turn-based tactical game of limited resources and uncertain threats.
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Match! The 12 CZ Wars
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Top pick for Pawns into the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pawns into the Dark.
"Match! The 12 CZ Wars" is a roguelike strategy game blending match-3 and buff-building. Partner with 12 Zodiac Maidens to repel ancient primordial beasts. Navigate random events, battles, and upgrades. Carefully choose paths, manage resources, and empower your Maidens to secure victory.
Two Die
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Second-strongest match for Pawns into the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pawns into the Dark.
Two Die is a turn-based, tactical, roguelike RPG where every action is determined by the roll of two six sided dice. Battle enemies to upgrade your character and discover what hides in your lost memories.
DDD: Dice, Dungeons, and Drakes
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Third-strongest match for Pawns into the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Pawns into the Dark.
Master a unique tactical board-game battler! Roll to summon monsters and watch your dice disassemble into road-tiles to forge a path to the enemy Lord. Balance Summon and Action dice, manage crest inventories, and cast powerful spells to crush the rival Lord in DDD: Dice, Dungeons & Drakes.
Hero Quest - God of Chaos
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Ranked #4 for Pawns into the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pawns into the Dark.
Future Intellect's latest offering, Hero Quest, combines immersive strategic RPG gameplay with fantasy chess combat and a vast world to explore. Battle a variety of foes including beasts, demons, trolls, and undead, and collect legendary treasures. Invite friends for online turn-based RPG gameplay.
Mystical Tactics
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Ranked #5 for Pawns into the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Pawns into the Dark.
Mystical Tactics is a turn-based tactical-RPG roguelike in which you control a squad of adventurers in a mystical world. Train your heroes in fast-paced tactical battles, equip them with powerful items and lead them to repel the Dark Lord and his legions.
Maiden Covenant: The Infernal Citadel
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Ranked #6 for Pawns into the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pawns into the Dark.
A solo rogue-lite combining deckbuilding and board tactics. Build a deck and play cards governed by movement and combat rules. Seize Magic Ore, manage resources, and face relentless foes. Lead allies across four territories, challenge the Infernal Citadel, and restore order to a shattered world!
Below the Crown
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Ranked #7 for Pawns into the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pawns into the Dark.
Explore the dungeons Below the Crown, in this love letter to Roguelikes, Dungeon Crawlers, and Chess. Prepare for strategy, game-changing spells, psychological tests, and challenges from your fellow players. From the award-winning creators of Duskers & A Virus Named TOM.
Inkshade
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Ranked #8 for Pawns into the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pawns into the Dark.
Inkshade is a turn-based tactics game carved out of strange wooden miniatures, wrapped in a web of locked rooms, and orchestrated by an otherworldly game master. Victory is not guaranteed, and the only constant is the cruel black ink that flows within the pieces.
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Pawns into the Dark.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Pawns into the Dark.
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 Indie and RPG with Pawns into the Dark.
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Tails Noir: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Pawns into the Dark.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pawns into the Dark.
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!
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pawns into the Dark.
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!
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Pawns into the Dark.
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!
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Frequently asked about Pawns into the Dark
- What games are most similar to Pawns into the Dark?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pawns into the Dark are Match! The 12 CZ Wars, Two Die, DDD: Dice, Dungeons, and Drakes.
- Who developed Pawns into the Dark?
- Pawns into the Dark was developed by FLYING CAT INC..
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 Pawns into the Dark.
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