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Games like Five Elements

  • 12 games
  • Updated May 4, 2026

Players who liked Five Elements also play

The closest matches to Five Elements: Elemental Heroes, Element Space, Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest, Fae Tactics, and The Scroll Of Taiwu. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 04

    Fae Tactics

    • $19.99 (Price checked Nov 8)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2020

The full ranked list: top 24 games like Five Elements

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    Elemental Heroes

    Same atmospheric mood as Five Elements.

    • 51% of 75 reviews
  2. 2
    Element Space

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 62% of 136 reviews
  3. 3
    Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Adventure

    • 83% of 961 reviews
  4. 4
    Fae Tactics

    Genres: Strategy, RPG

    • 86% of 667 reviews
  5. 5
    The Scroll Of Taiwu

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Adventure

    • 75% of 700 reviews
  6. 6
    Forged of Blood

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Adventure

    • 62% of 88 reviews
  7. 7
    Planar Conquest

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 56% of 242 reviews
  8. 8
    Runestone Keeper

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, RPG

    • 75% of 116 reviews
  9. 9
    Crowntakers

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, RPG

    • 70% of 227 reviews
  10. 10
    ENDLESS™ Legend

    Genres: Strategy, RPG

    • 85% of 9,207 reviews
  11. 11
    Might is Right

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, RPG

    • 80% of 54 reviews
  12. 12
    无休仙途

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Adventure

    • 69% of 58 reviews
  13. 13
    A Healer Only Lives Twice

    Same stressful mood as Five Elements.

    • 77% of 108 reviews
  14. 14
    Thea: The Awakening

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, RPG

    • 90% of 2,154 reviews
  15. 15
    Shadowveil: Legend of The Five Rings

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Adventure

    • 78% of 297 reviews
  16. 16
    Highlands

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, RPG

    • 74% of 129 reviews
  17. 17
    Alek - The Lost Kingdom

    Shares rpg progression with Five Elements.

    • 75% of 248 reviews
  18. 18
    Voidspire Tactics

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, RPG

    • 97% of 240 reviews
  19. 19
    Ember

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Adventure

    • 77% of 707 reviews
  20. 20
    Aethermancer

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Adventure

    • 94% of 1,348 reviews
  21. 21
    Silent Storm Gold Edition

    Genres: Action, Strategy, RPG

    • 86% of 414 reviews
  22. 22
    Chaos Reborn

    Same contemplative mood as Five Elements.

    • 73% of 595 reviews
  23. 23
    Deathtrap

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 83% of 1,006 reviews
  24. 24
    Children of Zodiarcs

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, RPG

    • 67% of 255 reviews
Five Elements — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2017
  • Developer: TaosX
  • Price: $4.99checked Nov 2
  • 71% of 14 reviews
  • Genres: Strategy, Indie, RPG
  • Platforms: Windows

Players highlight

  • Mastering five element interactions matters
  • Meditation like pacing with tactical urgency
  • Real time pausing for strategic planning
  • Atmospheric
  • Challenging
  • Contemplative

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Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Five Elements at current Steam store prices.

  • Blackguards

    Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Five Elements.

    • $1.19 (Price checked Nov 9)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2014
    • Trending
    63 new reviews this week

    For The King

    Why this: Same stressful mood as Five Elements.

    • $1.99 (Price checked Nov 9)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2018
  • Halfway

    • $2.59 (Price checked Nov 7)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2014

About Five Elements

The closest matches to Five Elements: Elemental Heroes, Element Space, Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest, Fae Tactics, and The Scroll Of Taiwu. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Five Elements is your kind of game, the closest matches are Elemental Heroes, Element Space and Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and contemplative, and single out its ability unlocking and board conquest. 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.

About Five Elements: Five Elements is a real time strategy game about managing energies of five Taoist elements (fire, earth, metal, water and wood). The hero is a monk in quest for Enlightenment.

Is Five Elements worth buying?

Too few reviews to call

A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.

  • Only 14 Steam reviews so far, not enough to judge.
  • Price: $4.99 (checked Nov 2).
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 6 h when they wrote their review.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

People who play it also play: Elemental Heroes, Element Space, Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest

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Frequently asked about Five Elements

Can I run it?

How much does Five Elements cost?

Five Elements is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).

What games are most similar to Five Elements?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Five Elements are Elemental Heroes, Element Space, Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest.

Who developed Five Elements?

Five Elements was developed by TaosX.