Games like Pathway
If Pathway is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Last Spell, Wargroove and Rogue Waters — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its tactical positioning matters, writing quality is exceptional and atmospheric. 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 →Pathway is a turn-based tactical roguelite released in 2019 by Robotality. Set in a 1930s alternate history, players lead expeditions into uncharted wilderness, uncovering occult mysteries and raiding ancient tombs. The game combines character progression, grid-based navigation, and resource management with roguelike permadeath mechanics. Combat unfolds in tactical turn-based encounters where positioning on the grid proves decisive. Players describe the experience as atmospheric and immersive, noting that the pixel art and soundtrack contribute to the overall mood. Challenge comes from the strategic depth rather than reflexes, and sessions are designed for short bursts of play. Published by Chucklefish, the game is marked as playable on Steam Deck and holds a 75% positive rating from 1,178 Steam reviews.
About Pathway: Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!
Players who liked Pathway also play
Steam players who put hours into Pathway 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.
The Last Spell
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and an immersive mood with Pathway.
Top pick for Pathway fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pathway.
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.
Wargroove
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Pathway.
Second-strongest match for Pathway fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pathway.
Take to the battlefield with Wargroove, a strategy game for up to 4 players! Choose your Commander and wage turn-based war on battling factions. Design and share maps, cut-scenes and campaigns with easy-to-use editors and in-depth customization tools!
Rogue Waters
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Pathway.
Third-strongest match for Pathway fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Pathway.
Rogue Waters is a Pirate Tactical Turn-Based Rogue-lite. Play as Captain Cutter, commanding your ship and crew through procedurally generated encounters to seek revenge. Recruit, train, and upgrade crew, use powerful sea creatures, and engage in dynamic naval and melee combat to gain the upper hand.
The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Pathway.
Ranked #4 for Pathway fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pathway.
The Storm Guard is a challenging turn-based roguelike role-playing game inspired by the Night’s Watch in the Game of Thrones. You assume the role of the Lord Commander of the Storm Guard leading the order during difficult times. An ancient dragon and its minions have returned, threatening the realm of men.
Inkbound
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Pathway.
Ranked #5 for Pathway fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pathway.
A turn-based tactical roguelike from the creators of Monster Train. Play solo or co-op, create powerful builds, and save the Atheneum.
Star Renegades
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Pathway.
Ranked #6 for Pathway fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pathway.
Star Renegades is a dimension spanning rogue-lite strategy RPG. Outsmart uniquely generated adversaries, forge bonds between heroes and end the cycle!
Curious Expedition 2
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Pathway.
Ranked #7 for Pathway fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pathway.
Curious Expedition 2 is a turn-based narrative roguelike set in a reimagined version of the late 19th century that uses procedural gameplay and story elements to create completely unique and epic adventures every time you play.
Into the Breach
WHY THIS
Shares roguelike elements and turn based combat with Pathway.
Ranked #8 for Pathway fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pathway.
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Pathway
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Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Mummy
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Pathway.
Reviewers of Pathway cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Pathway.
Take on the role of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and get ready to avoid numerous traps and to solve riddles. A mysterious murder, numerous suspects, and the famous mummy for a case that appears to be not that easy...
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Pathway cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear. A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.
XCOM® 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Pathway.
Reviewers of Pathway cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Pathway.
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Pathway.
Reviewers of Pathway cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pathway.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Raiders Of The Lost Island
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Pathway cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pathway.
Raiders of the Lost Island is a LOCAL co-op party game where up to 4 players compete in looting treasures from a sinking island, while building a boat to survive the final wave.
Mummy, mummy, mummy!
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Pathway cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pathway.
Mummy, mummy, mummy! - a puzzle platformer game about mummies, made in 2D hand-drawn graphics.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Pathway at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Pathway on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pathway.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Pathway on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Pathway.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Pathway on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pathway.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Pathway on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Pathway.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Pathway.
Priced ~61% under Pathway on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pathway.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Pathway on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pathway.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Pathway on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pathway.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Pathway on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pathway.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
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 Pathway.
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.
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pathway.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pathway.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Tails Noir: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pathway.
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.
Saihate Station
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pathway.
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pathway.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
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More from Robotality
Other recommendable Steam games by Robotality, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Halfway
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Pathway.
Another title from Robotality, the studio behind Pathway. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pathway.
Halfway is a turn-based strategy RPG taking place a few hundred years into the future. Humanity has started colonising new worlds. Until now, they were alone ...
Wargroove 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Pathway.
Another title from Robotality, the studio behind Pathway. Shares Strategy with Pathway.
Trouble stirs on the shores of Aurania. An ambitious new faction has unearthed forbidden relics capable of catastrophic consequences. But how far will they go to achieve glory? Take to the battlefield, sea, and sky with a cast of new Commanders, using your wits to wage turn-based war!
Witchbrook
WHY THIS
Another title from Robotality, the studio behind Pathway. Shares Indie and RPG with Pathway.
Discover magic and mystery in Witchbrook, a spellbinding witch life-sim for up to 4-players! Start your life as the newest resident witch in the bustling seaside city of Mossport. Make friends, find love, and discover a world filled with wonder and charm on the road to graduation and beyond...
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Last Spell
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and an immersive mood with Pathway.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pathway.
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.
Star Renegades
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Pathway.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pathway.
Star Renegades is a dimension spanning rogue-lite strategy RPG. Outsmart uniquely generated adversaries, forge bonds between heroes and end the cycle!
Curious Expedition 2
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Pathway.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pathway.
Curious Expedition 2 is a turn-based narrative roguelike set in a reimagined version of the late 19th century that uses procedural gameplay and story elements to create completely unique and epic adventures every time you play.
Into the Breach
WHY THIS
Shares roguelike elements and turn based combat with Pathway.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pathway.
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
Frequently asked about Pathway
- Does Pathway run on Steam Deck?
- Pathway 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 Pathway cost?
- Pathway is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Pathway?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pathway are The Last Spell, Wargroove, Rogue Waters.
- Who developed Pathway?
- Pathway was developed by Robotality and published by Chucklefish.
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 Pathway.
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