Games like DEATHMATE
If DEATHMATE is your kind of game, the closest matches are Empire in Decay, Near Nobit and One More Sin — 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 DEATHMATE: DEATHMATE is a chess-themed roguelike deckbuilder. Build an army of pieces, stack a deck full of moves, and battle your way across the map towards the Grim Reaper.
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Steam players who put hours into DEATHMATE 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.
Empire in Decay
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Top pick for DEATHMATE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with DEATHMATE.
Start a rebellion and fight chess inspired turn-based combats in this roguelike deckbuilder. Upgrade your units and cards wisely. You will need it to progress through the districts of Daandria, the city where the tyrant king awaits you. Save this Empire in Decay.
Near Nobit
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for DEATHMATE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with DEATHMATE.
Collision-triggered Card Combos. Near Nobit is a deckbuilding roguelike centered around an auto-activating card system. Perfect your deck’s sequence to trigger near-infinite combos, then witness the chaotic and unpredictable dance of nobits.
One More Sin
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for DEATHMATE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with DEATHMATE.
Become a demon summoner in this roguelike deckbuilder. Discover forgotten sorceries, cursed enchantments and powerful creatures as you craft the perfect deck to crush your enemies and serve your dark queen.
Bibidi Bibidi!
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Ranked #4 for DEATHMATE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with DEATHMATE.
Bibidi Bibidi! is a whimsical deckbuilder where your wizard shouts whatever spell you conjure up. Every card has 3 components that you combine in your spellbook for unique effects. Mix and match incantations like sim-sala-bim and abra-kadabra to zap your way through a dungeon filled with monsters.
Zeitnot
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for DEATHMATE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with DEATHMATE.
Chess you already know, rules you don't. Pieces have HP and gear. Shop between fights, stack gambits, roll the dice if you're feeling stupid. Lose the trial, lose the run.
Lootdeck
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Ranked #7 for DEATHMATE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with DEATHMATE.
Every item you equip adds new action cards to your deck. Lootdeck is a tactical roguelite deckbuilder deeply integrated with tabletop combat mechanics. Craft your own unique playstyle through the loot you find, outsmart enemies on a tactical grid, and delve deeper into an ever-changing dungeon.
Silent Mainland
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for DEATHMATE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with DEATHMATE.
Silent Mainland is a Roguelike deck-builder mixing positioning and board tactics on a 5×12 battlefield. Every card is a life-or-death choice. As monster waves surge like a tide, only sharp positioning and smart deckbuilding carve a path to survival.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DEATHMATE.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DEATHMATE.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DEATHMATE.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DEATHMATE.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DEATHMATE.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DEATHMATE.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DEATHMATE.
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.
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Frequently asked about DEATHMATE
- What games are most similar to DEATHMATE?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside DEATHMATE are Empire in Decay, Near Nobit, One More Sin.
- Who developed DEATHMATE?
- DEATHMATE was developed by halftoasted.
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 DEATHMATE.
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