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Games like Barbarian Souls

If Barbarian Souls is your kind of game, the closest matches are Shadow Angel, Shadow Watcher and Your Sword Is So Big — 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.

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About Barbarian Souls: It´s time to attack, the barbarian invade different parts of the world and it's your job to kill all of them. Leave no one alive. Barbarian Souls drew inspiration from the combat system of Dark Souls.

2019ActionStrategyIndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDWindowsby Sabrina Aridi
Barbarian Souls — Steam game cover

Players who liked Barbarian Souls also play

Steam players who put hours into Barbarian Souls 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. Shadow Angel

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Barbarian Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Barbarian Souls.

    This game is a domestic third person RPG action soul game with female protagonists. In the process of fighting against the dark forces, you will continue to become stronger. Use multiple skills flexibly to defeat the enemy in bloody battle.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Shadow Watcher

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Barbarian Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Barbarian Souls.

    This game is a RPG action type game with female protagonists. Use all kinds of active and passive skills: assassination, back stabbing, rebound, counterattack, pursuit, combo, and active skills to show their skills in the face of a variety of enemies in bloody confrontation.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Your Sword Is So Big

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Barbarian Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Barbarian Souls.

    Your Sword Is So Big is an emotional fantasy game. The detailed appearance of the character, a deep combat system and sensual animations will not let you get bored, and the beauty of the local castles and landscapes takes your breath away!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. STEAM TRIGGER

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Barbarian Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Barbarian Souls.

    Die, adapt, and strike back in a brutal steampunk Metroidvania. Explore a collapsing machine city and take down towering bosses in precise 2.5D combat.

    ActionAdventureEarly AccessSteam ↗
  5. Cubes and Knights

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Barbarian Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Barbarian Souls.

    You are strong and huge, you have a heavy sword in your hands, and somewhere deep an ancient evil is hidden. The King himself sent you on a difficult campaign: to find the immortal enemy of all people. Find ancient artifacts and work your way through the labyrinths with steel and magic.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Anima Song from the Abyss

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Barbarian Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Barbarian Souls.

    A third-person action RPG that brings to life the world of Gaia from the Anima: Beyond Fantasy RPG table-top books. Explore a deep and multifaceted story where your choices and actions directly impact the journey and decide the fate of the characters.

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Guardian of Lore

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Barbarian Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Barbarian Souls.

    A mystical library houses books of ancient folktales from lost civilizations. Play as Prince Sayri, and protect these stories from wicked magic that aims to erase their memory forever. Enter each story and save it from within!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure13.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. 守卫魔兽-Guardian of Warcraft

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Barbarian Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Barbarian Souls.

    This is a summoning tower defense strategy game, with different abilities of monsters and traps, with different effects. the player will continue to upgrade while defending, Become stronger, and summoning more powerful monsters to resist the brave.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Barbarian Souls on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Barbarian Souls.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Barbarian Souls on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Barbarian Souls.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Barbarian Souls on Steam right now. Shares Action with Barbarian Souls.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Barbarian Souls on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Barbarian Souls.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Barbarian Souls on Steam right now. Shares Action with Barbarian Souls.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Barbarian Souls on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Barbarian Souls.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Barbarian Souls on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Barbarian Souls.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Barbarian Souls on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Barbarian Souls.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Barbarian Souls.

    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. Shares Action and Adventure with Barbarian Souls.

    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 and Adventure with Barbarian Souls.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Barbarian Souls.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Barbarian Souls.

    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 ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Barbarian Souls.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. 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 Barbarian Souls.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Barbarian Souls.

    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 ↗

More from Sabrina Aridi

Other recommendable Steam games by Sabrina Aridi, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Pixel Shooter

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Sabrina Aridi, the studio behind Barbarian Souls. Shares Action and Indie with Barbarian Souls.

    In this 2D platformer game, get your gun and shoot all monsters in your way or just run away to the exit.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Square Head Zombies - FPS Game

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Sabrina Aridi, the studio behind Barbarian Souls. Shares Action and Indie with Barbarian Souls.

    Square head zombies are everywhere. Grab your gun and shoot all the undead.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Hidden Object - Sweet Home

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Sabrina Aridi, the studio behind Barbarian Souls. Shares Indie and Adventure with Barbarian Souls.

    Help a pretty woman search for lost objects in this hidden object game.

    2017IndieAdventureSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Robot Warriors

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Sabrina Aridi, the studio behind Barbarian Souls. Shares Action and Strategy with Barbarian Souls.

    Slash and shoot everyone in your way in this hack and slash game. Kill a lot of enemies and find a way to the exit to complete missions.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Mighty Gemstones

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Sabrina Aridi, the studio behind Barbarian Souls. Shares Strategy and Indie with Barbarian Souls.

    Combine all gemstones to complete the many different missions in this match 3 game.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Paladin Duty - Knights and Blades

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Sabrina Aridi, the studio behind Barbarian Souls. Shares Action and Strategy with Barbarian Souls.

    In this first-person game, you must free all places from thieves and invaders knights using your weapons. Don't forget to block your enemy attacks when possible, it is essential for your survival. When attacking get them from behind or hit the head to get an instant kill.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Square Head Zombies 2 - FPS Game

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Sabrina Aridi, the studio behind Barbarian Souls. Shares Action and Indie with Barbarian Souls.

    New zombies need to be defeated in Square Head Zombies 2. Go to new places, find and destroy them all.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Swipe Fruit Smash

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Sabrina Aridi, the studio behind Barbarian Souls. Shares Strategy and Indie with Barbarian Souls.

    Use the mouse to swipe through the fruits and collect all.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Barbarian Souls

How much does Barbarian Souls cost?
Barbarian Souls is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Barbarian Souls?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Barbarian Souls are Shadow Angel, Shadow Watcher, Your Sword Is So Big.
Who developed Barbarian Souls?
Barbarian Souls was developed by Sabrina Aridi.

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 Barbarian Souls.

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