Games like For The King
If For The King is your kind of game, the closest matches are For The King II, Hex of Steel and Dark Quest 4 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and stressful. 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 →For The King is a turn-based strategy RPG released in 2018 that combines tabletop mechanics with roguelike structure. The game emphasizes party-based decision-making and resource management across procedurally generated encounters, with dice-roll randomness shaping outcomes. Players can engage solo or cooperatively online, and the title is playable on Steam Deck at a price of $3.99. Reviewers highlight that it blends tabletop strategy with RPG depth, that co-op turns become chaotic and fun, and that dice rolls can erase hours of progress. Party-based decision-making matters deeply, and the variety of classes and routes keeps the experience fresh through multiple attempts. Players describe the overall experience as challenging and contemplative, with moments that veer into stress and tension. The Steam version holds an 89% positive rating from over 11,000 reviews.
About For The King: For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.
Players who liked For The King also play
Steam players who put hours into For The King 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.
For The King II
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with For The King.
Top pick for For The King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The King.
Battle against Fahrul's tyrannical Queen alone or as a party of four players in the sequel to For The King, the massively popular turn-based roguelite tabletop RPG. Will you unravel the once beloved Queen's terrible secret?
Hex of Steel
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a contemplative mood with For The King.
Second-strongest match for For The King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The King.
Hex of Steel is a refreshing WWII wargame covering all fronts featuring a certain amount of original mechanics. Fight in solo against finally a decent AI throughout Europe, Africa or the Pacific, or against a friend in the cross-platform PBEM or real time multiplayer. Coop is also an option!
Dark Quest 4
WHY THIS
Shares co op multiplayer, turn based combat and a challenging mood with For The King.
Third-strongest match for For The King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with For The King.
A turn based dungeon crawler where you create a party of heroes to go on epic quests.
Popup Dungeon
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with For The King.
Ranked #4 for For The King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The King.
A tactical roguelike RPG inspired by our favorite tabletop games that lets you create any ability, item, villain, hero, and game imaginable.
Card Hog
WHY THIS
Shares resource management with For The King.
Ranked #5 for For The King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The King.
Card Hog is a pig-based dungeon crawler with roguelike and deck building elements. Take the role of an adventurous hog and interact with more than 100 cards of dangerous enemies, powerful weapons and exciting spells!
Flotilla
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with For The King.
Ranked #6 for For The King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The King.
Lead your orbital battleships to victory in Flotilla! Fight, trade, and explore new planets in your journey through the galaxy. Featuring tactically rich 3D combat, flank and surprise the enemy from any direction. When the dust settles, generate another randomized universe for a brand new adventure!
Demeo
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat with For The King.
Ranked #7 for For The King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The King.
Adventurers, it’s time to unite! Gather your friends and battle the dark forces that have overtaken the world of Resolution Games' award-winning RPG dungeon crawler, Demeo. The next generation of tabletop adventure has arrived!
Demeo: PC Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with For The King.
Ranked #8 for For The King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The King.
It’s dangerous to go alone! Grab your friends and assemble a party, because plumbing the depths of Demeo requires strategy, cunning, and teamwork. An award-winning cooperative tabletop adventure for up to four players.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below For The King at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under For The King on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with For The King.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under For The King on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with For The King.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under For The King on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with For The King.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under For The King on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with For The King.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under For The King on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The King.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under For The King on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with For The King.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The Test: Final Revelation
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under For The King on Steam right now. Shares RPG with For The King.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under For The King on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with For The King.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with For The King.
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 For The King.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Cube Escape: Paradox
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with For The King.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The King.
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!
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with For The King.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The King.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with For The King.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The King.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
For The King II
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with For The King.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The King.
Battle against Fahrul's tyrannical Queen alone or as a party of four players in the sequel to For The King, the massively popular turn-based roguelite tabletop RPG. Will you unravel the once beloved Queen's terrible secret?
Dark Quest 4
WHY THIS
Shares co op multiplayer, turn based combat and a challenging mood with For The King.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with For The King.
A turn based dungeon crawler where you create a party of heroes to go on epic quests.
Demeo
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat with For The King.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The King.
Adventurers, it’s time to unite! Gather your friends and battle the dark forces that have overtaken the world of Resolution Games' award-winning RPG dungeon crawler, Demeo. The next generation of tabletop adventure has arrived!
Demeo: PC Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with For The King.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with For The King.
It’s dangerous to go alone! Grab your friends and assemble a party, because plumbing the depths of Demeo requires strategy, cunning, and teamwork. An award-winning cooperative tabletop adventure for up to four players.
Frequently asked about For The King
- Does For The King run on Steam Deck?
- For The King is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does For The King cost?
- For The King is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does For The King have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — For The King supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
- What games are most similar to For The King?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside For The King are For The King II, Hex of Steel, Dark Quest 4.
- Who developed For The King?
- For The King was developed by IronOak Games and published by Curve Games.
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