Games like Onward
If Onward is your kind of game, the closest matches are 韭神：技能炒股, Path Defenders: RPG Siege Defense and CoreBreaker: Desktop Swarm — 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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韭神：技能炒股
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Top pick for Onward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Onward.
Buy the dip, it dives. Sell the peak, it soars. Tired of being the sucker? Welcome to Leek God: Skill-Based Stock Trading—where the system itself hands you the hacks! The system is literally cheating for you. How can you not win?
Path Defenders: RPG Siege Defense
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Onward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Onward.
A single-player MMORPG fused with tower defense. Recruit heroes, Build bizarre but devastating towers, and fight beside them in real-time 3D combat against waves of enemies.
CoreBreaker: Desktop Swarm
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Onward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Onward.
A corner screen incremental brick-breaker where bouncing cores destroy endless swarms. Let it run in the corner of your screen while you work or jump into fullscreen and take control yourself. Unlock new Cores, expand your skill tree, survive endless waves.
Geometry TD
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Onward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
A tower defense unlike anything you have played: the enemies are living numbers, your towers are geometric shapes, and countless projectiles fill the screen. Merge shapes, master seven elements, and lead a crew of astronauts that builds, mines and collects while you hold the line.
BreakEven - Idle
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Onward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Onward.
Idle by default, deep when you lean in. BreakEven is an idle ARPG that embraces the grind, making sure it rewards you. Grind your way through a dark fantasy realm, get the best loot, and customize your Knight, Mage, Archer or Necromancer into an ever-expanding damage machine.
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WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Onward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Onward.
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Unchest
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Onward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Onward.
A mouse-only management game with a bit of tower defense. Restock goods, trade with customers and craft gear for the nighttime—if the monsters reach your shop, they’ll plunder your hard-earned gold.
Crown of Greed
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Onward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Onward.
Master the art of indirect rule in this fantasy RTS inspired by the classic Majesty. Forget direct orders, use gold to bribe subjects and set bounties for heroes. Build your kingdom in Rodovia and master a unique system where the coin is king. Can you lead those who won't obey?
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 Onward.
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 Indie and Adventure with Onward.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Onward.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Onward.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Onward.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Onward.
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. Shares Indie and RPG with Onward.
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Frequently asked about Onward
- What games are most similar to Onward?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Onward are 韭神：技能炒股, Path Defenders: RPG Siege Defense, CoreBreaker: Desktop Swarm.
- Who developed Onward?
- Onward was developed by Hydyhude.
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