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Games like I Am Overburdened

If I Am Overburdened is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Curse Of Yendor, Dungeons of Dredmor and Golden Krone Hotel — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, funny and relaxing. 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.

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About I Am Overburdened: I Am Overburdened is a silly turn-based roguelike full of crazy artifacts and a "hero" who has 20 inventory slots.

2017IndieRPGCasual4.99 USDWindowsby Magic Item Tech
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Steam players who put hours into I Am Overburdened 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.

  1. The Curse Of Yendor

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation with I Am Overburdened.

    Top pick for I Am Overburdened fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with I Am Overburdened.

    Kill monsters, get loot, solve puzzles, complete quests! A sword and sorcery adventure where your magic shapes the world. A classical rogue-like with a modern feel. "Your nemesis has found the Amulet of Yendor... Defeat him before he ascends to godhood!"

    2017ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Dungeons of Dredmor

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a funny mood with I Am Overburdened.

    Second-strongest match for I Am Overburdened fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with I Am Overburdened.

    Test your luck and cunning in this exciting RPG as you craft, cast, and pillage your way through Lord Dredmor's Dungeons.

    2011IndieRPGCasual7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Golden Krone Hotel

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for I Am Overburdened fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with I Am Overburdened.

    Golden Krone Hotel is a gothic horror roguelike. Fight vampires with sunlight or become a vampire yourself and sneak in the shadows. Combines classic turn-based combat with dynamic lighting, an innovative potion system, and fast paced gameplay.

    2017StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Pixel Dungeon

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation with I Am Overburdened.

    Ranked #4 for I Am Overburdened fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with I Am Overburdened.

    Pixel Dungeon is an exciting and extremely popular roguelike (more than 2 million mobile installs!). Explore the depths of Pixel Dungeon, collect useful items and fight fierce monsters to find the Amulet of Yendor - the ultimate artefact of this game world!

    2015IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Hack, Slash, Loot

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for I Am Overburdened fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with I Am Overburdened.

    A single-player turn-based dungeon crawler. Take control of a lone hero and explore sprawling dungeons, fight dangerous monsters.

    2012IndieRPGCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Tales of Maj'Eyal

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation with I Am Overburdened.

    Ranked #6 for I Am Overburdened fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with I Am Overburdened.

    Tales of Maj’Eyal is a roguelike RPG, featuring tactical turn-based combat and advanced character building. Play as one of many unique races and classes in the lore-filled world of Eyal, exploring random dungeons, facing challenging battles, and developing characters with your own tailored mix of abilities and powers.

    2013IndieAdventureRPG6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Sword of the Stars: The Pit

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation with I Am Overburdened.

    Ranked #7 for I Am Overburdened fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with I Am Overburdened.

    A fun, fast, light-hearted, turn-based RPG, where the tradition of old school dungeon-diving games meets the sci-fi Sword of the Stars universe!

    2013StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Dungeonmans

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with I Am Overburdened.

    Ranked #8 for I Am Overburdened fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with I Am Overburdened.

    Crush monsters and get loots in the classic turn-based style of deep dungeons and high adventure! Grow the Dungeonmans Academy, a bastion of learning that expands as you play. Serious gameplay with a light-hearted atmosphere, combining the feel of history's great RPGs and dice-slinging adventures around the tabletop.

    2014StrategyIndieAdventure10.04 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to I Am Overburdened

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Rogue Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation with I Am Overburdened.

    Reviewers of I Am Overburdened cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with I Am Overburdened.

    Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Desktop Dungeons

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with I Am Overburdened.

    Reviewers of I Am Overburdened cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with I Am Overburdened.

    Each step into the unknown heals you and reveals new obstacles as you guide fresh heros to glorious retirement or ignominious death. Master tactical spells, appease ancient gods and get rich through taxidermy in this award-winning quick-play puzzle-roguelike.

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Tales of Maj'Eyal

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation with I Am Overburdened.

    Reviewers of I Am Overburdened cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with I Am Overburdened.

    Tales of Maj’Eyal is a roguelike RPG, featuring tactical turn-based combat and advanced character building. Play as one of many unique races and classes in the lore-filled world of Eyal, exploring random dungeons, facing challenging battles, and developing characters with your own tailored mix of abilities and powers.

    2013IndieAdventureRPG6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. DungeonUp

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation with I Am Overburdened.

    Reviewers of I Am Overburdened cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with I Am Overburdened.

    A challenging rogue-like puzzler inspired by the classic Tower of the Sorcerer. Play as a human knight who fights his way out of a deep dungeon by slaying monsters and solving intricate puzzles.

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Seasons of the Sorcerer

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of I Am Overburdened cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with I Am Overburdened.

    Seasons of the Sorcerer is a top-down action game set to Antonio Vivaldi's "Four Seasons.” Use a diverse set of spells to incinerate, bash, transform, and control your foes on a year long journey across early Renaissance Italy.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. The Tower Of Babel

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of I Am Overburdened cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with I Am Overburdened.

    Play the most popular story from the bible. The tower of babel is a unique tower - builder and RPG. Pick a leader, hire workers, manage the economy of the building site and the lives of your workers. Remember you have 7 days to complete the tower before language barrier becomes a major problem.

    2024StrategyRPG0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. The Binding of Isaac

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation with I Am Overburdened.

    Reviewers of I Am Overburdened cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with I Am Overburdened.

    Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Tome & Tile

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of I Am Overburdened cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Casual with I Am Overburdened.

    Tome & Tile is a roguelite deckbuilder where you spell to survive. Build tile racks, place words on a power-square-strewn board, then chain tomes, enchantments, and lexicon levels into score-explosion combos. 12 characters, 181 tomes, eight chapters of escalating chaos.

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below I Am Overburdened at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under I Am Overburdened on Steam right now. Shares Indie with I Am Overburdened.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under I Am Overburdened on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with I Am Overburdened.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under I Am Overburdened on Steam right now. Shares Indie with I Am Overburdened.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under I Am Overburdened on Steam right now. Shares Casual with I Am Overburdened.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under I Am Overburdened on Steam right now. Shares Casual with I Am Overburdened.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under I Am Overburdened on Steam right now. Shares Casual with I Am Overburdened.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under I Am Overburdened on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with I Am Overburdened.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under I Am Overburdened on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with I Am Overburdened.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with I Am Overburdened.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with I Am Overburdened.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with I Am Overburdened.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with I Am Overburdened.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with I Am Overburdened.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with I Am Overburdened.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with I Am Overburdened.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about I Am Overburdened

How much does I Am Overburdened cost?
I Am Overburdened is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to I Am Overburdened?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside I Am Overburdened are The Curse Of Yendor, Dungeons of Dredmor, Golden Krone Hotel.
Who developed I Am Overburdened?
I Am Overburdened was developed by Magic Item Tech.

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 I Am Overburdened.

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