Games like Plague Road
If Plague Road is your kind of game, the closest matches are UFO 50, Orcs Must Die! 2 and Gordian Quest — 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 Plague Road: Rescue survivors, fight monsters and explore a once great city fallen to plague in a dark fantasy game combining turn-based tactical strategy and roguelike elements.
Players who liked Plague Road also play
Steam players who put hours into Plague Road 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.
UFO 50
WHY THIS
Top pick for Plague Road fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Plague Road.
UFO 50 is a collection of 50 single and multiplayer games that span a variety of genres, from platformers and shoot 'em ups to puzzle games, roguelites, and RPGs. Our goal is to combine a familiar 8-bit aesthetic with new ideas and modern game design.
Orcs Must Die! 2
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Plague Road fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Plague Road.
You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.
Gordian Quest
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Plague Road fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Plague Road.
An epic deckbuilding RPG inspired by old-school classics like Ultima and D&D, using modern gaming concepts like roguelite elements and turnbased strategic combat. Lead and nurture parties of heroes. Forge bonds and discover new skills among them. Guide them to unravel the curses laid upon the lands.
The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Plague Road fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Plague Road.
Step into the wacky heroic fantasy universe of the Dungeon of Naheulbeuk. Lead a team of unlikely and clumsy heroes in an epic and challenging tactical RPG. Live an adventure filled with humor, surprises and silly encounters.
Hard West
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Ranked #5 for Plague Road fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Plague Road.
When a tragic turn of events sets one man down a path of supernatural chaos and revenge, he must brutally hunt down all those who wronged him. Fight and survive through 8 unique story-based scenarios, and try your hand at 40 individually designed turn-based combat missions
Nantucket
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Ranked #6 for Plague Road fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Plague Road.
Chase after Moby Dick, and live through the Golden Age of American whaling in this seafaring strategy game. Set sail around the world, manage your ship and crew, and live Ishmael's story, the sole survivor of the Pequod, a few years after the events narrated by Herman Melville in his masterpiece.
Convoy
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Ranked #7 for Plague Road fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Plague Road.
Convoy is a tactical roguelike-like inspired by Mad Max and FTL in which you cross a wasteland in search of parts for your broken ship. Presented in pixel art and set in a future post-apocalyptic setting, Convoy is a squad based tactical combat roguelike-like in its core.
Overture
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Ranked #8 for Plague Road fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Plague Road.
Overture is an action-adventure roguelike which draws heavy inspiration from hits such as Diablo, Realm of The Mad God, Zelda, and The Binding of Isaac. Explore vast randomly generated dungeons and slay hordes of cunning enemies!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Plague Road at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Plague Road on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Plague Road.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Plague Road on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Plague Road.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Plague Road on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Plague Road.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~50% under Plague Road on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Plague Road.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~75% under Plague Road on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Plague Road.
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!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Plague Road.
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 Plague Road.
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.
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Plague Road.
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.
Clicker Heroes
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Plague Road.
Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.
Kingdom: Classic
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Plague Road.
Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.
Mr.Mine
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Plague Road.
Explore the depths of the earth and uncover hidden treasures in this addictive idle mining game. Unlock the power of your drill with hundreds of upgrades, discover mysterious relics, and unearth priceless gems. Can you master the mines and reveal their deepest secrets? Dive in and dig deep!
Shakes and Fidget
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Plague Road.
Shakes & Fidget is a hilarious fantasy role-playing satire and at the same time, an award-winning RPG! Sounds crazy? With over 50 million enthusiastic players, it ranks among the most celebrated online role-playing games worldwide!
Endless Sky
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Plague Road.
Endless Sky is a 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. Work your way up from a relatively wimpy shuttle, cargo ship, or fighter, to a highly upgraded and customized flagship or to a massive fleet of warships or freighters.
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More from Arcade Distillery
Other recommendable Steam games by Arcade Distillery, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Mecho Tales
WHY THIS
Another title from Arcade Distillery, the studio behind Plague Road. Shares Indie with Plague Road.
An all-new adventure in the world of Mecho Wars! Run and shoot through chaotic platforming levels filled with spikes, bottomless pits and an army of deadly robots. Go it alone or team up with your friends in 4-player local multiplayer. Directed by Luc Bernard.
War Theatre
WHY THIS
Another title from Arcade Distillery, the studio behind Plague Road. Shares Strategy and RPG with Plague Road.
Turn-based strategy with RPG elements. Take command of seven unique heroes, each with a specialization to change the course of every battle. Features single-player campaign and multiplayer modes available local or online.
Death Tales
WHY THIS
Another title from Arcade Distillery, the studio behind Plague Road. Shares Indie and Adventure with Plague Road.
Play as a new reaper, completing quests, collecting spells, and gathering equipment to fight through hordes of enemies in this grim but whimsical 2D adventure!
Frequently asked about Plague Road
- How much does Plague Road cost?
- Plague Road is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Plague Road?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Plague Road are UFO 50, Orcs Must Die! 2, Gordian Quest.
- Who developed Plague Road?
- Plague Road was developed by Arcade Distillery.
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