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Games like Realm Runners

If Realm Runners is your kind of game, the closest matches are GloomDelve, Bonehold and Last Epoch — 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 Realm Runners: Realm Runners is a single-player action RPG with extraction elements. Fight your way through a brutal dark sci-fi tournament for a chance to claim your one true wish. Loot gear, define your build and get good. Maybe then you'll stand a chance. Get greedy and you might die wishing.

ActionRPGWindows · macOSby Private Fish
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Steam players who put hours into Realm Runners 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. GloomDelve

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Realm Runners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Realm Runners.

    Bring a friend to the couch: a 100-floor roguelite dungeon crawler with true local split-screen co-op (online too). Draft game-breaking power cards, die, descend again. A Mad Wizard mocks your deaths, and every wall, monster and sword is generated by code, so it runs on a toaster.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Bonehold

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Realm Runners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Realm Runners.

    Dungeon Crawler with elements of rogue-like and ARPG games. Kill hordes of enemies, duel mighty bosses, and acquire legendary loot!

    2026ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Last Epoch

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Realm Runners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Realm Runners.

    Uncover the Past, Reforge the Future. Ascend into one of 15 mastery classes and explore dangerous dungeons, hunt epic loot, craft legendary weapons, and wield the power of over a hundred transformative skill trees. Last Epoch is being developed by a team of passionate Action RPG enthusiasts.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Diablo® IV

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Realm Runners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Realm Runners.

    Join the fight for Sanctuary in Diablo® IV, the ultimate action RPG adventure. Experience the critically acclaimed campaign and new seasonal content.

    2023ActionAdventureMassively Multiplayer49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Space Hack

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Realm Runners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Realm Runners.

    Space Hack is an isometric action RPG set in space, featuring fast-paced hack-and-slash combat, loot progression, and dozens of levels to explore aboard a doomed colony ship.

    2014ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Grim Dawn

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Realm Runners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Realm Runners.

    Enter an apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, iron is valued above gold and trust is hard earned. This ARPG features complex character development, hundreds of unique items, crafting and quests with choice & consequence.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Hades II

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Realm Runners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Realm Runners.

    Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.

    2025ActionIndieRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Hades

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Realm Runners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Realm Runners.

    Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.

    2020ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Realm Runners.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Realm Runners.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and RPG with Realm Runners.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeSteam ↗
  4. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Realm Runners.

    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!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Realm Runners.

    Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Moonring

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Realm Runners.

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Electoral Carnage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Realm Runners.

    Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?

    2026ActionFree To PlayEarly AccessFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Realm Runners.

    Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Last Epoch

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Realm Runners.

    Uncover the Past, Reforge the Future. Ascend into one of 15 mastery classes and explore dangerous dungeons, hunt epic loot, craft legendary weapons, and wield the power of over a hundred transformative skill trees. Last Epoch is being developed by a team of passionate Action RPG enthusiasts.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Diablo® IV

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Realm Runners.

    Join the fight for Sanctuary in Diablo® IV, the ultimate action RPG adventure. Experience the critically acclaimed campaign and new seasonal content.

    2023ActionAdventureMassively Multiplayer49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Hades II

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Realm Runners.

    Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.

    2025ActionIndieRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Hades

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Realm Runners.

    Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.

    2020ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Realm Runners

What games are most similar to Realm Runners?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Realm Runners are GloomDelve, Bonehold, Last Epoch.
Who developed Realm Runners?
Realm Runners was developed by Private Fish.

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 Realm Runners.

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