Games like HERETIC
If HERETIC is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tears of Vanfell, Aksun and Blade — 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 HERETIC: Faith remains, even after the gods are dead. Branded a heretic, you must explore perilous sanctuaries to uncover a forgotten truth. Master ever-changing battles, craft powerful item and skill synergies, and overcome relentless foes in this dark fantasy roguelite action RPG.
Players who liked HERETIC also play
Steam players who put hours into HERETIC 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.
Tears of Vanfell
WHY THIS
Top pick for HERETIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HERETIC.
Your life begins anew in front of an imposing mountain... Climb and explore it with a wide cast of characters in this dungeon crawler RPG with up to four player Co-op.
Aksun
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for HERETIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HERETIC.
A hack & slash roguelite rooted in Korean shamanism. Descend to the dark shadows of Aksun, chain hundreds of elemental artifacts and abilities into devastating reactions, and break the cursed cycle.
Blade
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for HERETIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HERETIC.
"Soulblade: Dawnbreaker" is a sidescrolling action-adventure that packs satisfying combat with immersive story exploration! Every run offers a fresh journey—are you ready to rise to the challenge? If your edge remains undrawn, can youth truly be called youth?
Ascension Trail
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Ranked #4 for HERETIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HERETIC.
A top-down co-op action roguelike where horde-slaying combat meets a real dungeon crawl. Fight with swords, bows, spells, or bare fists, manual or full auto-aim, solo or with a friend. Just climb faster than your shard-fire burns. The dark is hungry.
hexGame: Hero Path
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for HERETIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HERETIC.
The world needs a hero — choose yours. Any NPC can become the chosen one. Explore a living, procedurally generated hex world, carve your own path, craft unique combinations of weapons, tools, and relics, and fight through relentless hordes in fast-paced combat. Every run is different.
Oiran Survival: Edo Yokai Rush
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Ranked #6 for HERETIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with HERETIC.
Defeat, choose, grow, and break the battlefield. A Japanese dark fantasy survivor-style roguelite where you Limit Break 14 skills and cut down hordes of yokai. Defeat bosses, forge gear from their rewards, and face even stronger foes.
Heaven Crawler
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for HERETIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HERETIC.
Explore The Womb, a forgotten man-made tower built to reach the heavens. Wield Mechanical Arms to overcome deadly enemies and carve your path upward on a deeply personal journey. And remember: Bring her back.
Shadows of Beginnings
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for HERETIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HERETIC.
A dark fantasy action RPG. Arrive as an Outsider. Earn your place, rebuild a town from ash, master your class, and face the creatures threatening to consume what little remains. Your legend starts from nothing.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with HERETIC.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with HERETIC.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with HERETIC.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with HERETIC.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with HERETIC.
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 HERETIC.
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!
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with HERETIC.
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.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with HERETIC.
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.
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Frequently asked about HERETIC
- What games are most similar to HERETIC?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside HERETIC are Tears of Vanfell, Aksun, Blade.
- Who developed HERETIC?
- HERETIC was developed by RawDepth.
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 HERETIC.
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