Games like Stoneshard
If Stoneshard is your kind of game, the closest matches are Darkest Dungeon®, WazHack and Caves of Qud — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, dark and immersive. 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 →Stoneshard is a turn-based strategy RPG set in a dark medieval world, developed by Ink Stains Games and released in 2020 at $24.99. Players assume the role of a mercenary managing a traveling caravan while exploring procedurally generated dungeons in a harsh, unforgiving setting. The game features multiple interconnected systems including build diversity, caravan management, mixed damage calculations, morale, and a sanity system, alongside backfire mechanics that uniquely affect spellcasters. Reviewers highlight how build diversity allows mastery of any playstyle, while mixed damage calculations create unpredictable combat encounters and the sanity system forces constant preparation. Players describe the experience as challenging, dark, immersive, and punishing. Currently marked as playable on Steam Deck, the title holds a 74% positive rating from over 11,000 Steam reviews.
About Stoneshard: Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about the harsh life of a medieval mercenary: travel with your own caravan, descend into procedurally generated dungeons, learn new skills, survive hunger and injuries - and remember, every mistake can mean death and loss of progress.
Players who liked Stoneshard also play
Steam players who put hours into Stoneshard 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.
Darkest Dungeon®
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Stoneshard.
Top pick for Stoneshard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stoneshard.
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
WazHack
WHY THIS
Shares a punishing mood with Stoneshard.
Second-strongest match for Stoneshard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stoneshard.
Time moves forward only when you do in the dungeons of WazHack. Think your way out of problems instead of just spamming 'attack' and 'drink healing potion'.
Caves of Qud
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Stoneshard.
Third-strongest match for Stoneshard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stoneshard.
Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.
Iratus: Lord of the Dead
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Stoneshard.
Ranked #4 for Stoneshard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stoneshard.
Iratus: Lord of the Dead is a turn-based tactical roguelike RPG set in a dark fantasy universe. Lead an army of undead to help an angry necromancer in his quest to reach the surface world and bring death to the mortal realms!
MISTOVER
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Stoneshard.
Ranked #5 for Stoneshard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Stoneshard.
''MIST-ical' RPG with expeditions for finding the key to survival. Choose your next step wisely and keep in mind that your every move will change the future. Create your own 'Corps' and explore through various regions in the Pillar of Despair: forests, lakes, mountains, cities, cathedrals, castles, and much more.
The Doors of Trithius
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Stoneshard.
Ranked #6 for Stoneshard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stoneshard.
The Doors of Trithius is an open-world RPG roguelike. Engage in tactical turn-based combat in a living world of warring factions, wandering behemoths, and ancient magic. Level your skills, cook, craft, and explore dungeons. Will you follow the story, or let adventure be your guide?
Shattered Pixel Dungeon
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Stoneshard.
Ranked #7 for Stoneshard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stoneshard.
Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a traditional roguelike dungeon crawler that's simple to start but hard to master! Every game is a unique challenge, with six different heroes, randomized levels and enemies, and hundreds of items to collect and use.
Crown Trick
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Stoneshard.
Ranked #8 for Stoneshard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stoneshard.
Enter a labyrinth that moves as you move, where mastering the elements is key to defeating enemies and uncovering the mysteries of this underground world. With a new experience awaiting every time you enter the dungeon, let the power bestowed by the crown guide you in this challenging adventure!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Stoneshard
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Project Zomboid
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Stoneshard.
Reviewers of Stoneshard cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Stoneshard.
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Stoneshard 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.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Stoneshard.
Reviewers of Stoneshard cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Stoneshard.
EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.
Mount & Blade
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Stoneshard.
Reviewers of Stoneshard cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Stoneshard.
Calradia is a land at war, offering great riches and even greater dangers to adventurers and mercenaries that flock to shed their blood on its soil. With courage and a strong sword, an unknown stranger can make a name as a warrior. Free-form sand-box gameplay.
Path of Exile
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Stoneshard.
Reviewers of Stoneshard cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stoneshard.
You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. The game is completely free and will never be pay-to-win.
Pillars of Eternity
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Stoneshard.
Reviewers of Stoneshard cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Stoneshard.
Prepare to be enchanted by a world where the choices you make and the paths you choose shape your destiny. Obsidian Entertainment, the developer of Fallout: New Vegas™ and South Park: The Stick of Truth™, together with Paradox Interactive is proud to present Pillars of Eternity.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Stoneshard.
Reviewers of Stoneshard cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Stoneshard.
You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.
RimWorld
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Stoneshard.
Reviewers of Stoneshard cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stoneshard.
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Stoneshard at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Stoneshard on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stoneshard.
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 ~60% under Stoneshard on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stoneshard.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Stoneshard on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Stoneshard.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Stoneshard on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stoneshard.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Stoneshard on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Stoneshard.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stoneshard.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stoneshard.
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 Stoneshard.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stoneshard.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stoneshard.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Darkest Dungeon®
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Stoneshard.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stoneshard.
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
Caves of Qud
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Stoneshard.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stoneshard.
Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.
Shattered Pixel Dungeon
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Stoneshard.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stoneshard.
Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a traditional roguelike dungeon crawler that's simple to start but hard to master! Every game is a unique challenge, with six different heroes, randomized levels and enemies, and hundreds of items to collect and use.
Frequently asked about Stoneshard
- Does Stoneshard run on Steam Deck?
- Stoneshard 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 Stoneshard cost?
- Stoneshard is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Stoneshard?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Stoneshard are Darkest Dungeon®, WazHack, Caves of Qud.
- Who developed Stoneshard?
- Stoneshard was developed by Ink Stains Games and published by HypeTrain Digital.
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