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Games like Gilt & Grime

If Gilt & Grime is your kind of game, the closest matches are Swordsmith of Greyhaven, Blood Without a Name and Hollow Heart — 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 Gilt & Grime: Cast out penniless, stripped of your name and your love, you come to Tradeshaven, a town that respects only money. Build the fortune to win it all back. Honest work is slow and never quite enough. The other kind pays better. A medieval life-sim about how high you'll climb, and what it costs you.

2027AdventureSimulationRPGWindowsby Digital Emerald Studio
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Players who liked Gilt & Grime also play

Steam players who put hours into Gilt & Grime 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. Swordsmith of Greyhaven

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Gilt & Grime fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and RPG with Gilt & Grime.

    Run a weaponsmith shop in dark medieval city of Greyhaven. Sell weapons, manage gold, debt, materials, and fame, while customers, beggars, bandits, and rumors reveal the consequences of every choice.

    2026IndieSimulationRPGFreeSteam ↗
  2. Blood Without a Name

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Gilt & Grime fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Gilt & Grime.

    A fully voiced dark fantasy political life sim spanning childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Build relationships, pursue objectives, investigate secrets, govern a noble house, and shape Darian through choices whose consequences return across the years.

    2026StrategyAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  3. Hollow Heart

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Gilt & Grime fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Gilt & Grime.

    Hollow Heart is a growth‑simulation game about forbidden human transmutation and twisted sisterly devotion. As the elder sister, you gather materials, rebuild your little sister’s soul and body, and attempt to revive her in a more “perfect” form.

    2027IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  4. Ashes of Kardoria

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Gilt & Grime fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Gilt & Grime.

    A dark choice-driven RPG where moral decisions shape your path. Face a brutal island torn by plague, hunger, and a growing orc threat. Pick a faction, hone your skills, battle unique bosses, and fight for a future worth paying for.

    2026IndieAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  5. Luminara: The Second Dawn

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Gilt & Grime fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Gilt & Grime.

    You are a single father, and every step of your daughter's journey is yours to guide. Study, adventure, make friends, fall in love… 70+ endings, each playthrough a brand new story. Ready to raise the most wonderful daughter of all?

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  6. Seed of God

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Gilt & Grime fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Gilt & Grime.

    Seed of God is a epic scale turnbased Battle 2D/3d JRPG with a characterdriven story that will take you on a unforgettable journey in the style of FinalFantasy. Face choices that define your morale(Good/Bad) and change events as you explore a fantasy world and unfold this epic saga

    2026AdventureRPG9.87 USDSteam ↗
  7. Otaku Miracles

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Gilt & Grime fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Gilt & Grime.

    A story about you, an anti-social Otaku who is a student at Ashikaga Academy, a very traditional private high school in Japan. Suddenly, you awaken in a place called the Spirit Realm and are tasked with saving the world! How? Well, with the help of your friends of course!

    2025AdventureRPGSteam ↗
  8. Lawless Lands

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Gilt & Grime fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Gilt & Grime.

    Lawless Lands is a dark medieval role-playing game featuring a grim setting and innovative mechanics that allow players to delve into a low-fantasy, apocalyptic world of epic proportions. Defy and destroy the darkness that has taken hold over these Lawless Lands.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Gilt & Grime.

    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 ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Gilt & Grime.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Gilt & Grime.

    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 ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Gilt & Grime.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Gilt & Grime.

    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 ↗
  8. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Gilt & Grime.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Gilt & Grime

What games are most similar to Gilt & Grime?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Gilt & Grime are Swordsmith of Greyhaven, Blood Without a Name, Hollow Heart.
Who developed Gilt & Grime?
Gilt & Grime was developed by Digital Emerald Studio.

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 Gilt & Grime.

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