Games like Kill the Thing
If Kill the Thing is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mystical Tactics, Zodiac Legion and Primus — 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 Kill the Thing: Kill The Thing is a challenging roguelike turn-based tactical RPG. Keep the corruption under control while searching for its origin. Undertake missions across four distinct regions, targeting key resources, upgrading your base, and building your roster of heroes. For the final confrontation.
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Mystical Tactics
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Top pick for Kill the Thing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Kill the Thing.
Mystical Tactics is a turn-based tactical-RPG roguelike in which you control a squad of adventurers in a mystical world. Train your heroes in fast-paced tactical battles, equip them with powerful items and lead them to repel the Dark Lord and his legions.
Zodiac Legion
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Second-strongest match for Kill the Thing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Kill the Thing.
Zodiac Legion is a turn-based tactical RPG where you take command of an arcane chivalric order. Expand your potential in a world of reawakening magic. Develop your stronghold, research astral powers, and lead your champions in combat against forces and beasts from beyond myth and memory.
Primus
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Third-strongest match for Kill the Thing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Kill the Thing.
Choose your leader, build your Ludus, and lead your gladiators through brutal arena circuits filled with deadly crowd events, beasts, and rival champions on the climb toward Primus.
Never's End
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Ranked #4 for Kill the Thing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Kill the Thing.
Master a deeply systemic battlefield where every force interacts. Move heat to create wind, shift humidity to change the weather, and compress the earth, turning rock into lava. Possess townsfolk, explore an open world, and fight back the ever-creeping Never in this turn-based tactical RPG.
Lost In The Open
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Ranked #5 for Kill the Thing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Kill the Thing.
An unexpected assassination attempt leaves you wounded and fleeing across no man's land. To survive in this roguelike, low-fantasy tactical RPG, you must recruit strategically, fight desperately and repent sincerely.
Bloodgrounds
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Ranked #6 for Kill the Thing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Kill the Thing.
Bloodgrounds merges tactical turn-based combat with strategic management, RPG and roguelite elements. Forged in the pits of the arena, you fought your way out and now as a wealthy patron you recruit, train, and command your team of hardened Gladiators to glory - or death.
The Last Spell
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Ranked #7 for Kill the Thing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Kill the Thing.
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
The Iron Oath
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Ranked #8 for Kill the Thing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Kill the Thing.
Command, endure, and prosper in The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. Customize your roster, build your renown, and discover the secrets that await in the medieval fantasy realm of Caelum.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and RPG with Kill the Thing.
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!
DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and RPG with Kill the Thing.
Extensions for Dwarf Fortress, including bugfixes, interface improvements, automation agents, design blueprints, modding building blocks, and other tools.
Dota 2
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Kill the Thing.
Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.
PlanetSide 2
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
PlanetSide 2 is an all-out planetary war, where thousands of players battle as one across enormous continents. Utilize infantry, ground and air vehicles, and teamwork to destroy your enemies in this revolutionary first-person shooter on a massive scale.
Limbus Company
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.
Dota Underlords
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Kill the Thing.
Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.
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Frequently asked about Kill the Thing
- What games are most similar to Kill the Thing?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Kill the Thing are Mystical Tactics, Zodiac Legion, Primus.
- Who developed Kill the Thing?
- Kill the Thing was developed by Jajooka Games.
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 Kill the Thing.
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