Games like Aplestia
If Aplestia is your kind of game, the closest matches are Doom & Destiny, Knight Bewitched and Doom & Destiny Advanced — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, comedic and funny. 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 Aplestia: Aplestia is a light-hearted, unepic, fun, cynical and adventurous rpg with turn-based combat! Fight monsters, bosses, get your loot and find secret rooms and epic equipment.
Players who liked Aplestia also play
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Doom & Destiny
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and a funny mood with Aplestia.
Top pick for Aplestia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Aplestia.
Be ready for the nerdiest adventure of your life! Journey with four everyday friends into this turn based hilarious jrpg filled with parodies and cameos! Explore a huge fantasy world full of secrets, monsters, dungeons and preposterous villains! Nerds are storming fantasy and it's awesome!
Knight Bewitched
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Aplestia.
Second-strongest match for Aplestia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Aplestia.
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.
Doom & Destiny Advanced
WHY THIS
Shares class swapping, resource management and a funny mood with Aplestia.
Third-strongest match for Aplestia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Aplestia.
Four nerds walk into a dungeon. It’s not a joke, it’s Doom & Destiny Advanced.
Star Renegades
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Aplestia.
Ranked #4 for Aplestia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Aplestia.
Star Renegades is a dimension spanning rogue-lite strategy RPG. Outsmart uniquely generated adversaries, forge bonds between heroes and end the cycle!
Divided Reigns
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Aplestia.
Ranked #5 for Aplestia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Aplestia.
The full-scale, epic fantasy role-playing experience you've wanted for decades--Divided Reigns retains what made the JRPG classics so fantastic while still feeling fresh. Expect strategic battles, an epic scale, well-developed characters, and a deep and emotional story. Perfect for your Steam Deck!
浮世万千之前世今生
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Aplestia.
Ranked #6 for Aplestia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Aplestia.
"Floating world before the world this life" is an independent stand-alone game, this game is floating world myriad game series in the second.The game is a full-length xiuxian novel stream game, using the traditional turn-based combat system.
Destiny Warriors RPG
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat, resource management and a lighthearted mood with Aplestia.
Ranked #7 for Aplestia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Aplestia.
An epic 12 hour RPG. Thirteen years after incredibly powerful spirit beasts were sealed in the souls of children, they threaten to break free and cause havoc across the land. It's up to four friends from the elite warrior training academy to find the key to stopping these evil spirits once and for all.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Aplestia at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Aplestia on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Aplestia.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Aplestia on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Aplestia.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Aplestia on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Aplestia.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Aplestia on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Aplestia.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Aplestia on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Aplestia.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Aplestia on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Aplestia.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Aplestia on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Aplestia.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Aplestia on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Aplestia.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Aplestia.
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?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Aplestia.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Aplestia.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Aplestia.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Aplestia.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Aplestia.
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.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Orfeas Game Studio
Other recommendable Steam games by Orfeas Game Studio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
The Deal
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and a lighthearted mood with Aplestia.
Another title from Orfeas Game Studio, the studio behind Aplestia. Shares Indie and RPG with Aplestia.
The Deal unravels the story of Cyrus, Myrella, Jonathan and Donna, while they traverse through the colorful continent of Carca, in a 10+ hours enthralling adventure!
A Spooky Teaparty
WHY THIS
Another title from Orfeas Game Studio, the studio behind Aplestia. Shares Indie and RPG with Aplestia.
Take the role of Rover, Summer, Britton and Marina in this fun, exploration-based Halloween adventure that takes place just after the events of Aplestia! Find treats, solve puzzles, battle with spooky monsters, enter secret rooms and meet with undead, funny characters! Welcome to Duruduru Castle!
The Prophecy Lies!
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat with Aplestia.
Another title from Orfeas Game Studio, the studio behind Aplestia. Shares Indie and RPG with Aplestia.
Take the role of Darius, a Tiborean, who has to work with the most despicable creatures of all… the humans! Go to Panom’Arah, a part of the Human World and complete the difficult mission of finding and retrieving the Anomaly, a rare and dangerous form of magic.
The Winter's Deal - Frosty Edition
WHY THIS
Another title from Orfeas Game Studio, the studio behind Aplestia. Shares RPG and Casual with Aplestia.
Dive into a winter, snowy and freezing adventure, fight against demonic powers, explore, pick up gifts with items, find rare items, complete quests and solve the mystery behind these new, bizarre monsters that wreck havoc on Snowbelle Island!
Shattered Worlds
WHY THIS
Another title from Orfeas Game Studio, the studio behind Aplestia. Shares RPG with Aplestia.
Follow Prometheus, his trusty wardog pet Snap, his new pirate friend Calenda and the honorable spirit knight Karul in a grand and full of exploration adventure! Defeat monsters, find secret rooms, complete quests, earn items and loot, fight with fierce bosses and learn about the mythos of Astus!
Aplestia: Retold
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Aplestia.
Another title from Orfeas Game Studio, the studio behind Aplestia. Shares Indie and RPG with Aplestia.
Follow the steps of Britton, Summer, Rover and Marina, a team of four rookie adventurers that went on their first ever S Class Quest! Aplestia:Retold is the remade version of the 2017 game and offers double the content, more side quests, stages and much much more!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Doom & Destiny
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and a funny mood with Aplestia.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Aplestia.
Be ready for the nerdiest adventure of your life! Journey with four everyday friends into this turn based hilarious jrpg filled with parodies and cameos! Explore a huge fantasy world full of secrets, monsters, dungeons and preposterous villains! Nerds are storming fantasy and it's awesome!
Star Renegades
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Aplestia.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Aplestia.
Star Renegades is a dimension spanning rogue-lite strategy RPG. Outsmart uniquely generated adversaries, forge bonds between heroes and end the cycle!
Divided Reigns
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Aplestia.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Aplestia.
The full-scale, epic fantasy role-playing experience you've wanted for decades--Divided Reigns retains what made the JRPG classics so fantastic while still feeling fresh. Expect strategic battles, an epic scale, well-developed characters, and a deep and emotional story. Perfect for your Steam Deck!
Frequently asked about Aplestia
- How much does Aplestia cost?
- Aplestia is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Aplestia?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Aplestia are Doom & Destiny, Knight Bewitched, Doom & Destiny Advanced.
- Who developed Aplestia?
- Aplestia was developed by Orfeas Game Studio.
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