Games like TIC.EXE
If TIC.EXE is your kind of game, the closest matches are Seferia Matrix, Arithmetrick and First Age — 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 TIC.EXE: Three in a row is not a win — it is a discharge. A tactical grid roguelite: fight hostile processes on a shifting board, build an engine out of 30 modules, and clear eight sectors before the machine answers its own launch request.
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Seferia Matrix
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Top pick for TIC.EXE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with TIC.EXE.
A dice roguelike deckbuilder — Lock & Roll five dice to complete a hand, and the hand casts a spell. Flip the faces you're missing with sigils, stack 200 artifacts into the scoring formula, and watch runs explode into ridiculous scores. When the run ends, your training stays.
Arithmetrick
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Second-strongest match for TIC.EXE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with TIC.EXE.
Arithmetrick is a math-based deckbuilding roguelite. Arrange operation cards into equation chains — addition,subtraction, multiplication, division — to hit escalating target scores. Collect a permanent deck across runs and mixthree color factions to discover deep card synergies
First Age
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Third-strongest match for TIC.EXE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with TIC.EXE.
A turn-based strategy card game set in the Neolithic Age. Sacrifice villagers, tame mammoths, and build powerful card synergies to lead your tribe through the threat of the Dark Ages. Will your people stand the test of time?
River Devil/河牌恶魔
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Ranked #4 for TIC.EXE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with TIC.EXE.
River Devil is a single-player Texas Hold’em roguelike about bluffing demons, managing chips, surviving boss tables, and spinning the Fate Wheel. Read opponents, take risks, push all-in at the right moment, and win with either a monster hand or a perfect lie.
Laurus
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Ranked #5 for TIC.EXE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with TIC.EXE.
Rig the machine until it pays out wrong. Draw symbols from your bag across five reels, chain paylines, and slot circuit-board artifacts into combos the house never accounted for. A roguelike deckbuilder about the arithmetic of very bad odds.
Tavrik
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Ranked #6 for TIC.EXE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with TIC.EXE.
Tavrik is a hex-grid roguelite deckbuilder where every card reshapes the map. Build roads and bridges across a dangerous medieval world, then reach the exit before your energy runs out—with a friendly cat at your side.
Verse of Birth
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Ranked #7 for TIC.EXE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with TIC.EXE.
Your words rise as allies in this roguelike tactical battler. Collect "Logos" whose form and abilities are shaped by the words you type, craft a build that's yours alone, and fight your way through the dungeon in turn-based auto battles!
Neon Frontline
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Ranked #8 for TIC.EXE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with TIC.EXE.
Neon Frontline is a single-player roguelike deckbuilder built around tactical combat across three battlefields. Choose a squad, deploy units, issue commands, collect cards and relics, modify your deck, and navigate branching routes through the ruins of a fallen civilization.
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Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with TIC.EXE.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with TIC.EXE.
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!
Tails Noir: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with TIC.EXE.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
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 Indie with TIC.EXE.
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!
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with TIC.EXE.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!
Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with TIC.EXE.
Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls!
Waves
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with TIC.EXE.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
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- What games are most similar to TIC.EXE?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside TIC.EXE are Seferia Matrix, Arithmetrick, First Age.
- Who developed TIC.EXE?
- TIC.EXE was developed by RedRock Games.
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