Games like Run of the Nine
If Run of the Nine is your kind of game, the closest matches are High Roller, Bolariki and Reel & Deal — 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 Run of the Nine: A serene but tense Sudoku roguelike. Draft powerful relics, unlock unique character classes, and solve evolving grids under strict HP constraints as you journey through stylized Japanese gardens. Blends meditative puzzle-solving with high-stakes, risk-reward roguelike strategy.
Players who liked Run of the Nine also play
Steam players who put hours into Run of the Nine 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.
High Roller
WHY THIS
Top pick for Run of the Nine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Run of the Nine.
A roguelite blackjack strategy game where you build joker combos, manage streaks, and outscore escalating bosses across terminal‑style runs.
Bolariki
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Run of the Nine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Run of the Nine.
The match-3 roguelike. Stack relics, shatter rules, and pull off outrageous combos, all inside a puzzle game that boots like a fever dream from 1995. Crunchy, retro, and dangerously easy to start. Impossible to stop.
Reel & Deal
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Run of the Nine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Run of the Nine.
Reel & Deal is a single-player fishing roguelite where every trip is a high-stakes puzzle. Read the weather, match methods with bait, catch 100+ fish species from waters around the world, and turn a handful of casts into profit.
Pet Cross
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Run of the Nine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Run of the Nine.
Pet Cross is a chill, pet-themed puzzle game where you break blocks to make pictures, inspired by Picross/Nonograms. Use the numbered hints to solve the puzzles at your own pace and reveal the picture underneath! Unlock animal buddies who cheer you on and give you hints.
Study Abroad Sim
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Run of the Nine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Run of the Nine.
A life simulation game inspired by the real experiences of international students. Study, survive, pay rent, manage your mental health, and build your life in foreign cities across the world.
God, Save the Queens!
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Run of the Nine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Run of the Nine.
You are God. The king’s five daughters have been taken. Fight thousands of enemies, unlock powerful skills, and crush the evil wizard Zaharad in this brutal 2.5D roguelike!
PentaPip
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Run of the Nine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Run of the Nine.
Roll, hold, score and break the rules. Build powerful synergies across five scorecards, outplay bosses that change the game, and take on seeded challenges solo, in Daily Runs, or in competitive multiplayer.
ERLIK
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Run of the Nine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Run of the Nine.
A Turkic folk-horror bullet-heaven roguelite. Every run drifts between two gods; feed Erlik's corruption for savage power and lifesteal, or rise toward Tengri's light for shields and renewal. Every weapon evolves down two opposed paths. Survive the Long Night.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Run of the Nine at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Run of the Nine on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Run of the Nine.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Run of the Nine on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Run of the Nine.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Run of the Nine on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Run of the Nine.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Run of the Nine on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Run of the Nine.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Run of the Nine on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Run of the Nine.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Run of the Nine on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Run of the Nine.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Run of the Nine on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Run of the Nine.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Run of the Nine on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Run of the Nine.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Run of the Nine.
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?
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 Run of the Nine.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Run of the Nine.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Run of the Nine.
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.
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 Run of the Nine.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Run of the Nine.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Run of the Nine.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Frequently asked about Run of the Nine
- How much does Run of the Nine cost?
- Run of the Nine is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Run of the Nine?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Run of the Nine are High Roller, Bolariki, Reel & Deal.
- Who developed Run of the Nine?
- Run of the Nine was developed by Kratossos.
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 Run of the Nine.
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