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Games like The Crimson Scales

If The Crimson Scales is your kind of game, the closest matches are POKOR, Deckrage and Triad: Elemental Saga — 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 The Crimson Scales: A fan-made expansion for Gloomhaven, now fully digital. Play a tactical campaign spanning over 50 scenarios, with 11 unique mercenaries to unlock, develop, and master.

2026StrategyIndieRPGFree To PlayEarly AccessFree to playWindowsby Tall Tree
The Crimson Scales — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into The Crimson Scales 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. POKOR

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Crimson Scales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Crimson Scales.

    POKOR is a story-driven roguelike tactical turn-based card RPG. Players take on the role of Heart, commanding a deck of playing card soldiers to engage in turn-based battles against enemies as they venture deeper into a vast, pale, and ever-changing palace to uncover the truth and the true self.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Deckrage

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Crimson Scales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Crimson Scales.

    A grim single-player card-based tactical RPG where you assemble a party of four heroes, chart dangerous expeditions, and survive brutal battles by managing formation, stress, and resources.

    2026StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  3. Triad: Elemental Saga

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Crimson Scales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Crimson Scales.

    A tactical card battler with dynamic decks. Pick three heroes, each channeling Fire, Water, Earth, or Air, each chasing a personal quest. Complete in-match quests to earn resources, and unlock epic items and spells from your Archives.

    2026StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  4. Crownbreakers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Crimson Scales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Crimson Scales.

    Tyrants keep the magical city of Cascade in a chokehold. They grow fat by grinding everyone else's soul into profit. ✊ENOUGH! Crash into their districts and build your deck as you push forward. Use your champions and cards to pummel some demonic billionaires in this turn-based card-game brawler.

    StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  5. Valor of Man

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Crimson Scales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Crimson Scales.

    Forge your party. Master your fate. In this turn-based roguelite RPG, lead four heroes through a fractured realm of danger and destiny. Build synergies, unlock powerful abilities, and face ever-shifting challenges in an epic battle for survival. No journey is ever the same.

    2026StrategyIndieRPG15.19 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Floppy Knights

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Crimson Scales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Crimson Scales.

    Meet the Floppy Knights: tangible projections summoned from floppy disks! Tactics fuse with card game mechanics as Phoebe and Carlton, a brilliant young inventor & her robot-arm bestie, square off in turn-based battles. Select your Knights, hone your deck, and execute your strategy for victory!

    2022StrategyIndie1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Montabi

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Crimson Scales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Crimson Scales.

    Tame, collect, fight! Assemble an unstoppable team of unique Montabi in this Creature-Collector Roguelike Deckbuilder. Master their awesome abilities, synergize their strategic strengths and save the city in tactical turn-based combat!

    2026StrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Battle Suit Aces

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Crimson Scales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Crimson Scales.

    Battle Suit Aces is a Saturday morning cartoon where you're at the helm! Grow your roster of charming mech pilots as you immerse yourself in thrilling story missions and charge into card combat. Suit Up!

    2025StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Crimson Scales

Is The Crimson Scales free to play?
Yes — The Crimson Scales is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
What games are most similar to The Crimson Scales?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Crimson Scales are POKOR, Deckrage, Triad: Elemental Saga.
Who developed The Crimson Scales?
The Crimson Scales was developed by Tall Tree.

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 The Crimson Scales.

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