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Games like Aethercrypt

If Aethercrypt is your kind of game, the closest matches are Phantom Cardia: Astral Card Duel, Vortex Siege and Requiem of Cards — 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 Aethercrypt: A tactical turn-based roguelike. Guide a party of adventurers and witches through procedural fantasy dungeons, expanding each class's unique deck as you win battles. Survive strategic card combat alone or in co-op with up to 4 players.

2026StrategyIndieRPG12.99 USDWindowsby AtneGames
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Players who liked Aethercrypt also play

Steam players who put hours into Aethercrypt 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. Phantom Cardia: Astral Card Duel

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Aethercrypt fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Aethercrypt.

    Phantom Cardia: Astral Card Duel is a turn-based card RPG. Build 30-card decks from 168 cards, fuse duplicates into permanent Startraces, and cross an eight-chapter campaign. In co-op, you and an AI companion or friend command separate decks and boards, chaining turns against multi-phase Bosses.

    2026StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  2. Vortex Siege

    WHY THIS

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

    Defend your city in Vortex Siege, a roguelike collectible card game where you can evolve your cards in unique ways for millions of possibilities. Defeat your enemies in battle, steal their cards, and customize them. Build and defend your town between battles. Collect, customize, and carry on!

    2026StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. Requiem of Cards

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Aethercrypt fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Aethercrypt.

    A tactical card battler where creatures move like chess pieces across a 7×7 battlefield. Build your deck, fuse cards into greater monsters and discover all Archtypes. Duel online in 1v1, 2v2, or free-for-all.

    StrategySteam ↗
  4. Viractal: Will You Trust Your Party?

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Aethercrypt fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Aethercrypt.

    A deckbuilding board game RPG where every roll shapes your strategy.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Dark Quest 4

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Aethercrypt fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Aethercrypt.

    A turn based dungeon crawler where you create a party of heroes to go on epic quests.

    2025StrategyRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Sunderfolk

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Aethercrypt fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Aethercrypt.

    Rediscover game night in this tactical RPG where shared strategy shapes every turn. Adventure across the Sunderlands with up to four players in online multiplayer using your mouse & keyboard or play couch co-op using phones as controllers. Play the first 4 missions for free!

    2025StrategyRPG49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fort Triumph

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Aethercrypt fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Aethercrypt.

    A strategy game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with the world exploration of HOMM. Build towns, collect artifacts, improve your heroes, and influence your tactical surroundings using physics!

    2020StrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Stolen Realm

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Aethercrypt fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Aethercrypt.

    Stolen Realm is a simultaneous turn-based tactical dungeon crawling looter with action RPG elements where you control up to 6 heroes, solo or through online co-op, venturing forth in adventures set in a high-fantasy, low-poly world.

    2024StrategyAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Aethercrypt at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Aethercrypt on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Aethercrypt.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Aethercrypt on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Aethercrypt.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~42% under Aethercrypt on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Aethercrypt.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Aethercrypt on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Aethercrypt.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. How to Fish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Aethercrypt on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Aethercrypt.

    A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation4.95 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Aethercrypt on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Aethercrypt.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Aethercrypt on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Aethercrypt.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under Aethercrypt on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Aethercrypt.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 Aethercrypt.

    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. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeSteam ↗
  6. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

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

    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!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  7. Silly Linguine Cat Simulator Deluxe Online

    WHY THIS

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

    Silly Linguine Cat Simulator Deluxe Online is a clicker game where progression is replaced with gambling, where the goal is simply to collect the rarest silly linguine cats.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  8. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

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

    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!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Dark Quest 4

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Aethercrypt.

    A turn based dungeon crawler where you create a party of heroes to go on epic quests.

    2025StrategyRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Sunderfolk

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Aethercrypt.

    Rediscover game night in this tactical RPG where shared strategy shapes every turn. Adventure across the Sunderlands with up to four players in online multiplayer using your mouse & keyboard or play couch co-op using phones as controllers. Play the first 4 missions for free!

    2025StrategyRPG49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Fort Triumph

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Aethercrypt.

    A strategy game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with the world exploration of HOMM. Build towns, collect artifacts, improve your heroes, and influence your tactical surroundings using physics!

    2020StrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Aethercrypt

How much does Aethercrypt cost?
Aethercrypt is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Aethercrypt have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Aethercrypt supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
What games are most similar to Aethercrypt?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Aethercrypt are Phantom Cardia: Astral Card Duel, Vortex Siege, Requiem of Cards.
Who developed Aethercrypt?
Aethercrypt was developed by AtneGames.

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