Games like Has-Been Heroes
If Has-Been Heroes is your kind of game, the closest matches are Crystania Wars 2, ENDLESS™ Dungeon - Definitive Edition and Trash of the Titans — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its build variety feels endless, humorous retro hero cast and challenging. 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 Has-Been Heroes: Has-Been Heroes is a challenging, lane-based roguelike game of strategy and action, featuring a band of heroes on a quest to escort the King's twin princesses to school!
Players who liked Has-Been Heroes also play
Steam players who put hours into Has-Been Heroes 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.
Crystania Wars 2
WHY THIS
Top pick for Has-Been Heroes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Has-Been Heroes.
A brand new tactical tower defense game series! Unique roguelike and Unique survival gameplay !
ENDLESS™ Dungeon - Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Has-Been Heroes.
Second-strongest match for Has-Been Heroes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Has-Been Heroes.
ENDLESS™ Dungeon is a Rogue-lite Tactical Action game, set in the award-winning ENDLESS™ Universe. Recruit a team of shipwrecked heroes, plunge into a long-abandoned space station, and protect your crystal against never-ending waves of monsters… or die trying, get reloaded, and try again.
Trash of the Titans
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Has-Been Heroes.
Third-strongest match for Has-Been Heroes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
It's turn-based fantasy tactics with trash animals. Defend your trash from invading rats, and eat your trash to upgrade your team. Think your way out of ruin by using the shape of each level to your advantage. Be creative, and try to not die.
Defend the Rook
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Has-Been Heroes.
Ranked #4 for Has-Been Heroes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
A roguelike tactics board combat combined with tower defense elements. Defeat the invading hordes to stay alive and save the land! Enjoy more tactics than a normal TD game, combined with the added challenge of building towers and fighting off waves of enemies!
Touhou Monster TD ~ 幻想乡妖怪塔防
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Has-Been Heroes.
Ranked #5 for Has-Been Heroes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Has-Been Heroes.
Easy to learn but hard to master, Touhou Monster TD is a unique Tower defense Game. Control your character, level up and unlock tower skills and character talents, use your wisdom to defeat incoming enemies. Travel the Gensokyo, find out why the “Incident” happened this time.
Inkbound
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Has-Been Heroes.
Ranked #6 for Has-Been Heroes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Has-Been Heroes.
A turn-based tactical roguelike from the creators of Monster Train. Play solo or co-op, create powerful builds, and save the Atheneum.
Star Renegades
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Has-Been Heroes.
Ranked #7 for Has-Been Heroes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Has-Been Heroes.
Star Renegades is a dimension spanning rogue-lite strategy RPG. Outsmart uniquely generated adversaries, forge bonds between heroes and end the cycle!
Rogue Waters
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a challenging mood with Has-Been Heroes.
Ranked #8 for Has-Been Heroes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Has-Been Heroes.
Rogue Waters is a Pirate Tactical Turn-Based Rogue-lite. Play as Captain Cutter, commanding your ship and crew through procedurally generated encounters to seek revenge. Recruit, train, and upgrade crew, use powerful sea creatures, and engage in dynamic naval and melee combat to gain the upper hand.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Has-Been Heroes
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Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Has-Been Heroes cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Has-Been Heroes.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
The Binding of Isaac
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Has-Been Heroes.
Reviewers of Has-Been Heroes cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
Magicka
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Has-Been Heroes cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Has-Been Heroes.
Magicka is a satirical action-adventure game set in a rich fantasy world based on Norse mythology. The player assumes the role of a wizard from a sacred order tasked with stopping an evil sorcerer who has thrown the world into turmoil, his foul creations besieging the forces of good.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Has-Been Heroes at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Has-Been Heroes on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Has-Been Heroes on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Has-Been Heroes on Steam right now. Shares Action with Has-Been Heroes.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Has-Been Heroes on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Has-Been Heroes on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Has-Been Heroes.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Has-Been Heroes.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Has-Been Heroes.
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.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Has-Been Heroes.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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More from Frozenbyte
Other recommendable Steam games by Frozenbyte, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Trine 2: Complete Story
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Has-Been Heroes.
Another title from Frozenbyte, the studio behind Has-Been Heroes. Shares Action and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.
Trine Enchanted Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Has-Been Heroes.
Another title from Frozenbyte, the studio behind Has-Been Heroes. Shares Action and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world of great castles and strange machinery, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Has-Been Heroes.
Another title from Frozenbyte, the studio behind Has-Been Heroes. Shares Action and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
The best-selling Trine series returns to the magic of 2.5D! Join three iconic heroes as they set off on a quest through fantastical fairytale landscapes to save the world from the Nightmare Prince’s shadows.
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Has-Been Heroes.
Another title from Frozenbyte, the studio behind Has-Been Heroes. Shares Action and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power is a platforming game of action, puzzles and adventure, and the sequel to the award winning Trine and Trine 2. Reunite with the three heroes in an all-new adventure, now for the first time in full 3D!
Starbase
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Has-Been Heroes.
Another title from Frozenbyte, the studio behind Has-Been Heroes. Shares Action with Has-Been Heroes.
Starbase is a hybrid voxel/vertex-based space MMO with a fully destructible and infinitely expanding universe, with a focus on building and designing spaceships and stations, exploration, resource gathering, crafting, trading, and combat.
Nine Parchments
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Has-Been Heroes.
Another title from Frozenbyte, the studio behind Has-Been Heroes. Shares Action and RPG with Has-Been Heroes.
Nine Parchments is a co-operative blast'em up game of magic mayhem from Frozenbyte, creators of the Trine series!
Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Has-Been Heroes.
Another title from Frozenbyte, the studio behind Has-Been Heroes. Shares Action and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
The Trine series is back with its biggest adventure! In their fifth outing, the Heroes of Trine are pitted against dastardly and duplicitous villains, who will stop at nothing to seize control of the kingdom. The clock is ticking to save the world of Trine!
Shadowgrounds
WHY THIS
Shares resource management with Has-Been Heroes.
Another title from Frozenbyte, the studio behind Has-Been Heroes. Shares Action with Has-Been Heroes.
Shadowgrounds breathes fresh air into the action genre with explosive combat sequences, an innovative weapon upgrade system, and an intriguing storyline. The adrenaline-pumping, top-down gameplay and audiovisual fireworks set the scene for this new action experience which also includes single computer (split keyboard or joystick) co-op...
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
ENDLESS™ Dungeon - Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Has-Been Heroes.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Has-Been Heroes.
ENDLESS™ Dungeon is a Rogue-lite Tactical Action game, set in the award-winning ENDLESS™ Universe. Recruit a team of shipwrecked heroes, plunge into a long-abandoned space station, and protect your crystal against never-ending waves of monsters… or die trying, get reloaded, and try again.
Defend the Rook
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Has-Been Heroes.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
A roguelike tactics board combat combined with tower defense elements. Defeat the invading hordes to stay alive and save the land! Enjoy more tactics than a normal TD game, combined with the added challenge of building towers and fighting off waves of enemies!
Star Renegades
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Has-Been Heroes.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Has-Been Heroes.
Star Renegades is a dimension spanning rogue-lite strategy RPG. Outsmart uniquely generated adversaries, forge bonds between heroes and end the cycle!
Frequently asked about Has-Been Heroes
- Does Has-Been Heroes run on Steam Deck?
- Has-Been Heroes is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Has-Been Heroes cost?
- Has-Been Heroes is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Has-Been Heroes?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Has-Been Heroes are Crystania Wars 2, ENDLESS™ Dungeon - Definitive Edition, Trash of the Titans.
- Who developed Has-Been Heroes?
- Has-Been Heroes was developed by Frozenbyte and published by GameTrust Games.
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