Games like Tales of Shandar
If Tales of Shandar is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Gate, Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery and Reigns: The Witcher — 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 Tales of Shandar: Embark on a tabletop-inspired fantasy adventure. Battle monsters, pass dice-roll skill checks, solve ancient puzzles, and uncover the lost Tomb of Mithras in this narrative-driven RPG-lite where every choice matters.
Players who liked Tales of Shandar also play
Steam players who put hours into Tales of Shandar 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 Gate
WHY THIS
Top pick for Tales of Shandar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Tales of Shandar.
The Gate is an interactive science fiction graphic novel. At various points in the story, you will be asked to make a choice, these choices will take you down different paths in the story. Your objective as you guide the story is to return back to earth. The game features 3 possible story endings.
Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Tales of Shandar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Tales of Shandar.
A visual novel paying satirical homage to the world’s greatest TTRPG. Make important choices, roll countless dice, build lasting relationships, explore magical lands and experience all the rest of the crap you expect from a fantasy game without the hassle of finding actual friends to play with!
Reigns: The Witcher
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Tales of Shandar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Tales of Shandar.
Adventure as Geralt through the ballads of Dandelion. Swipe right, swipe left, seek glory, find death! Will you hunt monsters, upset the locals, or run a hot bath? Compose an inspiring epic to claim immortality.
Bard Harder!
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Tales of Shandar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Tales of Shandar.
BARD HARDER! is a tabletop-inspired visual novel game about saving your friends from the Big Bad Evil Guy by using your strongest weapon: romance! So brush up on your pick-up lines and prepare some sexy tunes…what’s the worst that could happen?
VIDEOVERSE
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Tales of Shandar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Tales of Shandar.
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…
MareQuest: An Interactive Tail
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Tales of Shandar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Tales of Shandar.
A terrible darkness threatens a world of overwhelmingly adorable mares. Can a new cute mare with amnesia save the world or will she lose more than her memories along the way?
AI Dungeon
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Tales of Shandar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Tales of Shandar.
An AI-powered text-based RPG like you've never played before. Write stories, interact with realistic characters, and experience virtually infinite worlds and genres. Escape to alternate universes where you direct the action and anything is possible!
Signs of the Sojourner
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Tales of Shandar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Tales of Shandar.
In this narrative card game about relationships and communication, navigate conversations in a colorful world reminiscent of our own. Learn and grow through the cards you choose to play. Who will you become? What will you leave behind?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Tales of Shandar at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Tales of Shandar on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Tales of Shandar.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tales of Shandar on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Tales of Shandar.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Tales of Shandar on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Tales of Shandar.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Tales of Shandar on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Tales of Shandar.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tales of Shandar on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Tales of Shandar.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Tales of Shandar on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Tales of Shandar.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Tales of Shandar on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Tales of Shandar.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tales of Shandar on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Tales of Shandar.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
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 Adventure with Tales of Shandar.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and Casual with Tales of Shandar.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Tales of Shandar.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and Casual with Tales of Shandar.
A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Tales of Shandar.
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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More from Nexus Media
Other recommendable Steam games by Nexus Media, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Z Diaries
WHY THIS
Another title from Nexus Media, the studio behind Tales of Shandar. Shares Adventure with Tales of Shandar.
Z Diaries is an interactive zombie fiction game where you read daily diary entries. At various points in the story, you will be asked to make a choice, these choices will take you down different paths in the story. The objective is to escape from Portland before the bombs drop.
The Gate
WHY THIS
Another title from Nexus Media, the studio behind Tales of Shandar. Shares Adventure and Casual with Tales of Shandar.
The Gate is an interactive science fiction graphic novel. At various points in the story, you will be asked to make a choice, these choices will take you down different paths in the story. Your objective as you guide the story is to return back to earth. The game features 3 possible story endings.
DarkRealms
WHY THIS
Another title from Nexus Media, the studio behind Tales of Shandar.
A brutal 2.5D boomer shooter. Blast through demons and undead with shotguns, rockets, and a katana in fast-paced aerial combat. Dash through speedrun-focused levels packed with brutal bosses, aggressive movement, retro-inspired visuals, and heavy metal action.
Cold Dark
WHY THIS
Another title from Nexus Media, the studio behind Tales of Shandar.
Cold Dark is a survival horror boomer shooter. Wake up in a deserted hospital with no memory of how you got there. Battle zombies and mutated horrors with your shotgun and chainsaw as you uncover the truth behind a deadly outbreak consuming the city.
Recognition
WHY THIS
Another title from Nexus Media, the studio behind Tales of Shandar.
Recognition is a fast-paced cyberpunk boomer shooter. After waking in a chop shop with your memory wiped, you become the target of the ruthless Kurasawa Corporation. Blast your way through hordes of cyborg assassins and deadly mechs as you search for the truth behind your missing past.
Seven Seals
WHY THIS
Another title from Nexus Media, the studio behind Tales of Shandar. Shares Adventure and Casual with Tales of Shandar.
Seven Seals is a narrative-driven adventure game. Follow Mason Reed across Europe as he flees an ancient cult. Interrogate suspects, solve occult puzzles, make dice-roll decisions, and battle the forces of evil in strategic turn-based card combat.
Laura Bailey Mysteries
WHY THIS
Another title from Nexus Media, the studio behind Tales of Shandar. Shares Adventure with Tales of Shandar.
Join mystery writer Laura Bailey as she investigates two gripping murder mysteries. Search crime scenes for clues, interrogate suspects, solve puzzles, reconstruct torn notes, and make your final accusation. Includes a murder mystery-themed card game.
Replicant
WHY THIS
Another title from Nexus Media, the studio behind Tales of Shandar. Shares Adventure and Casual with Tales of Shandar.
Track down four rogue replicants in a narrative-driven cyberpunk adventure. Investigate crime scenes, interrogate suspects, uncover clues, solve classic point-and-click puzzles, and hack your way through a unique cyberpunk card game.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Casual with Tales of Shandar.
A visual novel paying satirical homage to the world’s greatest TTRPG. Make important choices, roll countless dice, build lasting relationships, explore magical lands and experience all the rest of the crap you expect from a fantasy game without the hassle of finding actual friends to play with!
Reigns: The Witcher
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Casual with Tales of Shandar.
Adventure as Geralt through the ballads of Dandelion. Swipe right, swipe left, seek glory, find death! Will you hunt monsters, upset the locals, or run a hot bath? Compose an inspiring epic to claim immortality.
VIDEOVERSE
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Casual with Tales of Shandar.
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…
Frequently asked about Tales of Shandar
- How much does Tales of Shandar cost?
- Tales of Shandar is listed on Steam at 4.00 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Tales of Shandar?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tales of Shandar are The Gate, Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery, Reigns: The Witcher.
- Who developed Tales of Shandar?
- Tales of Shandar was developed by Nexus Media.
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 Tales of Shandar.
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