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Games like Ruminate: The First Oath

If Ruminate: The First Oath is your kind of game, the closest matches are Wildermyth, Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition and Popup Dungeon — 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 Ruminate: The First Oath: This is a dark fantasy where the world has been divided and cursed. Your party will go on adventures and have the chance to remove the curses from the kingdoms and unite them! The world depends on you. Will you be their saviour or their downfall?

AdventureRPGWindowsby Caffeineline
Ruminate: The First Oath — Steam game cover

Players who liked Ruminate: The First Oath also play

Steam players who put hours into Ruminate: The First Oath 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. Wildermyth

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Ruminate: The First Oath fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Ruminate: The First Oath.

    Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.

    2021StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Ruminate: The First Oath fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Ruminate: The First Oath.

    The critically acclaimed RPG that raised the bar, from the creators of Baldur's Gate 3. Gather your party. Master deep, tactical combat. Venture as a party of up to four - but know that only one of you will have the chance to become a God.

    2017StrategyAdventureRPG44.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Popup Dungeon

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Ruminate: The First Oath fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Ruminate: The First Oath.

    A tactical roguelike RPG inspired by our favorite tabletop games that lets you create any ability, item, villain, hero, and game imaginable.

    2020StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Knights of the Chalice 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Ruminate: The First Oath fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Ruminate: The First Oath.

    Knights of the Chalice 2 is a 2D RPG with turn-based combat. Create six Adventurers and set forth on an epic adventure against Evil. Overcome the odds with superior tactics. Enjoy a whole new dimension of complexity and variety based on the 3.5 ruleset! Includes a Module Editor.

    2022IndieAdventureRPG35.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Wasteland 3

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Ruminate: The First Oath fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Ruminate: The First Oath.

    Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.

    2020StrategyRPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Seer's Gambit

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Ruminate: The First Oath fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Ruminate: The First Oath.

    A strategic, hero-drafting roguelite RPG that rewards smart positioning, player agency, and synergies-building within your party. Explore a perilous world brimming with upgrades to discover and unlock. Choose the right combination of heroes, equipment, skills, and buffs to craft your perfect team.

    2024StrategyRPG9.74 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Inkbound

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Ruminate: The First Oath fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    A turn-based tactical roguelike from the creators of Monster Train. Play solo or co-op, create powerful builds, and save the Atheneum.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Ruminate: The First Oath fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Ruminate: The First Oath.

    The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep is the triumphant return of one of the most iconic RPG series of all-time. Delve into a tactically rich combat system that rewards creativity, solve puzzles to gain treasure and advantages, and discover a beautifully crafted world.

    2018RPGSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Ruminate: The First Oath.

    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 ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Ruminate: The First Oath.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Ruminate: The First Oath.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Ruminate: The First Oath.

    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 ↗
  7. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and RPG with Ruminate: The First Oath.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Caffeineline

Other recommendable Steam games by Caffeineline, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. NineHells

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Caffeineline, the studio behind Ruminate: The First Oath. Shares Adventure with Ruminate: The First Oath.

    Ninehells is a psychological horror first person single player, with an unraveling mystery, enriched with voice acting, and has virtual haunted attraction feeling. You play as Davie a man trying to remember his past while traveling though Hell. Play and find out what in the ninehells is going on!

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Rage Bait

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Caffeineline, the studio behind Ruminate: The First Oath. Shares Adventure and RPG with Ruminate: The First Oath.

    Rage Bait is a narrated meta comedy walking simulator. Gameplay combines physics, player choices, timing, and small actions which lead to wildly different outcomes. Enjoy exploration, branching decisions, light puzzles, and skill checks which are often subverted for comedic effect.

    2026AdventureSimulationRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Magical Ascent

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Caffeineline, the studio behind Ruminate: The First Oath.

    This is a card game mixed with roguelike elements together to make the best single player deck builder possible. You can Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics, curses, and Magical Ascension.

    StrategyEarly AccessSteam ↗
  4. Your Reputation Precedes You

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Caffeineline, the studio behind Ruminate: The First Oath. Shares RPG with Ruminate: The First Oath.

    In this incremental game you Gain reputation with 3 different morality factions; Good, neutral, and Evil. Doing quests boosting levels, rewards, and Reputation. The friends you make along the way, help by gaining favor for more quest. More level ups more loot! Pump those Reps for more Reputation.

    StrategySimulationRPGSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Ruminate: The First Oath

Does Ruminate: The First Oath have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Ruminate: The First Oath supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Ruminate: The First Oath?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ruminate: The First Oath are Wildermyth, Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition, Popup Dungeon.
Who developed Ruminate: The First Oath?
Ruminate: The First Oath was developed by Caffeineline.

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 Ruminate: The First Oath.

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