Games like Shieldlinked
If Shieldlinked is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Great Wastes, Runerock Arena and Chaos Front — 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 Shieldlinked: In this turn-based tactical RPG, coordinate your attacks with close allies to overcome the enemy with the unique Link system. Win battles through clever planning, spare opponents to earn their equipment or recruit them to your cause, and resist those who sow division.
Players who liked Shieldlinked also play
Steam players who put hours into Shieldlinked 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.
The Great Wastes
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Top pick for Shieldlinked fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shieldlinked.
"The Great Wastes" is a pixelated fantasy RPG. Players take on the role of a mysterious young man living in an isolated village. One day, the village is suddenly attacked by a group of unidentified black-clad individuals, forcing the young man to flee with his childhood sweetheart and companions.
Runerock Arena
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Second-strongest match for Shieldlinked fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shieldlinked.
Forge a lasting dynasty across a Gladiator League of Runerock in this turn-based strategy game with RPG aspects. Hire your team, outfit them with equipment and spells, then lead them into tactical combat. Guide careers from raw recruits to seasoned legends, training new successors for arena glory.
Chaos Front
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Third-strongest match for Shieldlinked fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shieldlinked.
A turn-based space mecha mercenary game. You can recruit pilots and captains with varying stories and skills, buy and modify spaceships, mecha, artillery, and fighters, take missions, participate in battles between Galactic Powers, change the situations, and experience different stories.
Raise the banners
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Ranked #4 for Shieldlinked fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Shieldlinked.
An unforgiving medieval fantasy RPG of map conquest, moral choices, party combat, and army-scale sieges. It's time to raise the banners!
Chess Army
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Ranked #5 for Shieldlinked fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shieldlinked.
Build your army, merge your units, and dominate the battlefield in a chess-inspired turn-based strategy game.
SableSyn Protocol
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Ranked #6 for Shieldlinked fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shieldlinked.
Engage enemies in turn-based battles on an 8 X 5 grid where each team controls their half of the battlefield. Each battle is a test of planning and execution. Success depends on managing your resources and choosing the right tradeoffs at the right moment.
Warhounds
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Ranked #7 for Shieldlinked fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shieldlinked.
Warhounds is a turn-based tactical game about an elite mercenary squad with an old-school action movie vibe, inspired by XCOM and Jagged Alliance. Recruit unique fighters, upgrade your base, and fight for Africa’s future. Less fake RNG, more true ballistics and lethal tactics.
The Iron Oath
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Ranked #8 for Shieldlinked fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shieldlinked.
Command, endure, and prosper in The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. Customize your roster, build your renown, and discover the secrets that await in the medieval fantasy realm of Caelum.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Shieldlinked.
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.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Shieldlinked.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Shieldlinked.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Shieldlinked.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Shieldlinked.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Tails Noir: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Shieldlinked.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
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Frequently asked about Shieldlinked
- What games are most similar to Shieldlinked?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shieldlinked are The Great Wastes, Runerock Arena, Chaos Front.
- Who developed Shieldlinked?
- Shieldlinked was developed by Jebbester.
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 Shieldlinked.
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