Games like Mari and the Black Tower
If Mari and the Black Tower is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rave Heart+, 祛魅·化始（祛魅4） and The Lightbringers — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its narrative explores utilitarianism themes, atmospheric and challenging. 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 Mari and the Black Tower: Mari and the Black Tower is a jRPG featuring enhanced turn-based side-view combat. Join Mari, Abbie and a team of heroes to scale the Black Tower in this classic experience with a modern twist.
Players who liked Mari and the Black Tower also play
Steam players who put hours into Mari and the Black Tower 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.
Rave Heart+
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Mari and the Black Tower.
Top pick for Mari and the Black Tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Mari and the Black Tower.
Rave Heart+ is a turn-based sci-fi RPG that takes you on an epic journey through the galaxy of Xerxes. Experience the rebirth of this classic adventure, where deep emotions, thrilling battles, and galactic secrets await among the stars.
祛魅·化始（祛魅4）
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Mari and the Black Tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Mari and the Black Tower.
《祛魅·化始（祛魅4）》是一款剧情JRPG像素回合制游戏。祛魅系列历代作品第四部，故事发生在三代格心事件结束后，西方大陆教廷所在地的自由都市联盟。拥有着非凡战斗天赋，秉承着“心中无男人，拔刀自然神”人生座右铭的芳香少女即将开启冒险征程，为您揭示这背后的一切。
The Lightbringers
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Mari and the Black Tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Mari and the Black Tower.
The world is being ravaged by an evil disease known as The Plague, join four chosen heroes on their quest to become the Lightbringers, the only ones capable of eradicating the disease and saving the humankind and their own loved ones!
Celestial Hearts
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Mari and the Black Tower.
Ranked #4 for Mari and the Black Tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Mari and the Black Tower.
Celestial Hearts is a yuri jRPG featuring an ATB battle system and the story of a heartbroken young elf and an angel seeking her life's purpose.
Jesus Christ RPG Trilogy
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Mari and the Black Tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Mari and the Black Tower.
A Role-Playing Game where you can play as Jesus Christ and the Apostles in turn-based battles
Knight Bewitched 2
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Mari and the Black Tower.
Ranked #6 for Mari and the Black Tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Mari and the Black Tower.
Knight Bewitched 2 is a jRPG featuring the story of a group of heroes and mercenaries as they work together to restore a lost kingdom and face a new threat in the world of Ambrose.
Knight Bewitched
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Mari and the Black Tower.
Ranked #7 for Mari and the Black Tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Mari and the Black Tower.
Knight Bewitched is a turn-based jRPG that follows the love story of innocent witch Gwen and Ruth, the stalwart knight tasked to slay her. The Enhanced Edition includes new features and new content.
LiEat
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Mari and the Black Tower.
Ranked #8 for Mari and the Black Tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Mari and the Black Tower.
Welcome to a world in which dragons are born from the desires of mankind. Each dragon is bestowed with unique powers in accordance with the specific desires of their human familiar. One mysterious stranger travels the land, accompanied by a young dragon graced with the power of eating lies.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mari and the Black Tower.
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.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mari and the Black Tower.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mari and the Black Tower.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mari and the Black Tower.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mari and the Black Tower.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mari and the Black Tower.
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.
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More from Joshua Keith
Other recommendable Steam games by Joshua Keith, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Knight Bewitched
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Mari and the Black Tower.
Another title from Joshua Keith, the studio behind Mari and the Black Tower. Shares Indie and RPG with Mari and the Black Tower.
Knight Bewitched is a turn-based jRPG that follows the love story of innocent witch Gwen and Ruth, the stalwart knight tasked to slay her. The Enhanced Edition includes new features and new content.
RogueLite
WHY THIS
Another title from Joshua Keith, the studio behind Mari and the Black Tower. Shares Indie and RPG with Mari and the Black Tower.
'RogueLite' is a simple randomly generated dungeon that was inspired by classic RPGs, complete with 100 floors, over 200 treasures to find and 70 monsters to hunt, and 6 playable classes plus 6 unlockable classes.
Knight Bewitched 2
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Mari and the Black Tower.
Another title from Joshua Keith, the studio behind Mari and the Black Tower. Shares Indie and RPG with Mari and the Black Tower.
Knight Bewitched 2 is a jRPG featuring the story of a group of heroes and mercenaries as they work together to restore a lost kingdom and face a new threat in the world of Ambrose.
Celestial Hearts
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Mari and the Black Tower.
Another title from Joshua Keith, the studio behind Mari and the Black Tower. Shares Indie and RPG with Mari and the Black Tower.
Celestial Hearts is a yuri jRPG featuring an ATB battle system and the story of a heartbroken young elf and an angel seeking her life's purpose.
Absinthia
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Mari and the Black Tower.
Another title from Joshua Keith, the studio behind Mari and the Black Tower. Shares Indie and RPG with Mari and the Black Tower.
Absinthia is a turn-based RPG featuring the story of scorned Knight Freya, her young apprentice Sera, and their individual struggles with loss, betrayal and acceptance as they fight to protect their home.
Frequently asked about Mari and the Black Tower
- What games are most similar to Mari and the Black Tower?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mari and the Black Tower are Rave Heart+, 祛魅·化始（祛魅4）, The Lightbringers.
- Who developed Mari and the Black Tower?
- Mari and the Black Tower was developed by Joshua Keith.
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 Mari and the Black Tower.
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