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Games like One Life, One Chronicle

If One Life, One Chronicle is your kind of game, the closest matches are Abjure, Crystal Core and Cave Crusade — 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 One Life, One Chronicle: A narrative-driven deckbuilding strategy game. Deeds, ties, skills, and scars shape what follows. Rebuild your deck before each clash; enemy moves lie open. Rumors entangle lives; clashes decide life and death. At life's end, all is written into one chronicle. One run, one life, one chronicle.

StrategyIndieWindowsby Tibsal Works
One Life, One Chronicle — Steam game cover

Players who liked One Life, One Chronicle also play

Steam players who put hours into One Life, One Chronicle 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. Abjure

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for One Life, One Chronicle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with One Life, One Chronicle.

    Win by emptying your hand. Abjure is a roguelike deckbuilder where the 2 of Spades reigns supreme — draft cards, stack relics, and outplay every opponent in a strategic twist on the Big 2 card game.

    2027StrategyIndieEarly AccessSteam ↗
  2. Crystal Core

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for One Life, One Chronicle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with One Life, One Chronicle.

    Crystal Core is a first-person roguelike deckbuilder where every card becomes an action in battle. Build your deck, choose your hero, and descend through the cursed Crystal Caves, battling monsters and growing stronger with every encounter. Can you survive the depths and destroy the Crystal Core?

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  3. Cave Crusade

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for One Life, One Chronicle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with One Life, One Chronicle.

    Classic roguelike deckbuilder designed for quick runs. Upgrade your cards, discover powerful artifacts, and master the Wheel of Fortune to maximize your rewards.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG3.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Leaf Us Alone

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for One Life, One Chronicle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with One Life, One Chronicle.

    Build a powerful army with synergistic abilities, and prove your strategic mastery in this unique deckbuilding roguelite. Command your forces in battle, triggering outrageous combo to defeat the invading Voidlings threatening to consume the world.

    2027StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  5. Forged Cards

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for One Life, One Chronicle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with One Life, One Chronicle.

    A roguelike deckbuilder where YOU forge the cards. Slot casts into molds, temper their power, and etch combo inscriptions. Pick your path, battle, bargain, or brave the unknown, then outplay your enemy in simultaneous, position-based combat. Each run is different and each deck yours.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  6. Epic Action Packs

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for One Life, One Chronicle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with One Life, One Chronicle.

    Become a master of Deckscovery when you combine cards, build your Master Deck and defeat the Deck Master while avoiding elemental weaknesses!

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  7. ON&OFF

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for One Life, One Chronicle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with One Life, One Chronicle.

    ON&OFF is a turn-based strategy game where you manipulate pieces on a grid to trigger explosive chain reactions. Toggle pieces ON to attack, defend, and heal. Read the enemy's telegraphed intents, unleash powerful skills, and master the board to survive!

    2026StrategyIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. POKOR

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for One Life, One Chronicle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with One Life, One Chronicle.

    POKOR is a story-driven roguelike tactical turn-based card RPG. Players take on the role of Heart, commanding a deck of playing card soldiers to engage in turn-based battles against enemies as they venture deeper into a vast, pale, and ever-changing palace to uncover the truth and the true self.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with One Life, One Chronicle.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with One Life, One Chronicle.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with One Life, One Chronicle.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with One Life, One Chronicle.

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with One Life, One Chronicle.

    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. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with One Life, One Chronicle.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with One Life, One Chronicle.

    Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about One Life, One Chronicle

What games are most similar to One Life, One Chronicle?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside One Life, One Chronicle are Abjure, Crystal Core, Cave Crusade.
Who developed One Life, One Chronicle?
One Life, One Chronicle was developed by Tibsal Works.

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 One Life, One Chronicle.

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