Games like HERETIC
If HERETIC is your kind of game, the closest matches are Kalamor, Lich Lords and Rogue Fortune — 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.
Kalamor
WHY THIS
Top pick for HERETIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with HERETIC.
Kalamor is an action roguelike with strong Souls-like influences. During a run, you'll explore dark dungeons, face challenging enemies, and discover chests with random upgrades. Outside of a run, you can spend the experience you've earned to improve your character or unlock new weapons.
Lich Lords
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for HERETIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HERETIC.
Lich Lords is an unforgiving roguelite dungeon crawler where the undead are cursed to fight eternally. Descend into ever-changing eldritch dungeons, forge powerful builds, defeat rival Liches and monstrous creatures, and uncover the truth behind the cycle to claim the crown.
Rogue Fortune
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for HERETIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with HERETIC.
A fast-paced action roguelite where your treasure is your health bar. Gamble your gold for the power to survive a hostile temple that wants it back. Arrange geometric relics into a puzzle grid to build devastating synergies.
Tears of Vanfell
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Ranked #4 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.
PinPow
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Ranked #5 for HERETIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HERETIC.
PinPow is a turn-based roguelike pinball RPG where you play as a hero sucked into an otherworldly pinball machine - battling your way through chaotic dungeons, and enemies to defeat the evil Pinball Wizard. Strategize your shots, upgrade your hero, and bounce your way to victory!
Blade
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Ranked #6 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?
Nothing Lost
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Ranked #7 for HERETIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HERETIC.
Nothing Lost is a generational action-roguelike where every death strengthens your next hero. Battle through ever-shifting dungeons, absorb the powers of your fallen heroes, and combine their abilities to conquer the Tower of Souls.
Ascension Trail
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 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.
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
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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
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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 Kalamor, Lich Lords, Rogue Fortune.
- 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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