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Games like Arcane Forge

If Arcane Forge is your kind of game, the closest matches are Slay the GoblinZ, Angel Clicker and Thousand Floors — 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 Arcane Forge: Early Access: Rebuild the greatest fantasy smithy from the ruins of a fallen empire. Dark fantasy idle RPG with 15 skills, prestige, combat and endzone. 7 pacts playable now, 21 planned across three cycles. Your feedback shapes updates. No pay-to-win. DE/EN.

IndieRPGCasualEarly AccessWindowsby Vayvolt
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Players who liked Arcane Forge also play

Steam players who put hours into Arcane Forge 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. Slay the GoblinZ

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Arcane Forge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Arcane Forge.

    The Princess has been kidnapped! Play as a knight hired to rescue Her Highness in this short fantasy incremental game. Craft unique equipment, experiment with deadly builds, and unlock dozens of powerful upgrades.

    2026IndieRPGCasualSteam ↗
  2. Angel Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Arcane Forge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Arcane Forge.

    It's Heaven vs. Hell in the annual Soul-Catching Contest...and there's an office-wide pizza party at stake! Angel Clicker is a short, relaxed incremental clicker with (optional) rhythm elements. Build quirky buildings, collect divine resources, get attacked by aliens, and... Go on a date?!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Thousand Floors

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Arcane Forge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Arcane Forge.

    Tower Climbers carry amber light; allies follow through misty pagodas in an endless Eastern tower. Thousands Floors blends side-view pixel art with hands-off combat—summon, upgrade, and let them climb. Grow via allies, floor lockdown, and relics.

    2026StrategyIndieCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. How To Grow a Black Hole

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Arcane Forge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Arcane Forge.

    How To Grow a Black Hole is about... well... how to grow a black hole. Manage your black hole, feed it to gain mass, and prevent catastrophic collapses. Compete globally or against your friends to achieve the biggest black hole. Maybe you'll be #1.

    2026IndieSimulationCasual3.39 USDSteam ↗
  5. Garbage Growth

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Arcane Forge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Arcane Forge.

    Garbage Growth is a short incremental trash game about collecting people's trash, bananas and even babies, to make money and pollute the world even more. Hire rats, grow your pollution, and make everything worse!

    2026IndieSimulationCasual4.49 USDSteam ↗
  6. Incredicer

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Arcane Forge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Arcane Forge.

    Incredicer is a short, incremental dice game where you roll dice, earn money, upgrade and buy helper hands to automate and increase your income.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. IDLE BOSS RUSH

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Arcane Forge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Arcane Forge.

    Slay giant bosses and turn the hollow wasteland into the almighty kingdom! Endlessly rewarding incremental game where you collect fountains of rare loot, unleash crazy combos and watch the monsters fall under your knees. Boss Rush that keeps on going when you're gone!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Fracture Field

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Arcane Forge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Arcane Forge.

    Fracture Field is an idle/incremental quarry mining game. Shatter rocks with timed swings then invest your earnings into upgrades. Build a fleet of drones to automate your empire, bomb tough layers, and unlock powerful prestige upgrades on your journey to master the quarry.

    2026IndieSimulationCasual6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Arcane Forge.

    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 ↗
  2. 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 Arcane Forge.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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 Arcane Forge.

    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 ↗
  4. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Arcane Forge.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Arcane Forge.

    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!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Arcane Forge.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Arcane Forge.

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Arcane Forge

What games are most similar to Arcane Forge?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Arcane Forge are Slay the GoblinZ, Angel Clicker, Thousand Floors.
Who developed Arcane Forge?
Arcane Forge was developed by Vayvolt.

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 Arcane Forge.

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