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Games like The Legend of Evil

Below are 12 hand-picked alternatives to The Legend of Evil for fans of action, strategy, indie, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in The Legend of Evil also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, more from Springloaded. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

About The Legend of Evil: Destroy all of humanity in a hyper-tactical tower-offense game that takes no prisoners (especially if they are humans).

2018ActionStrategyIndieAdventureRPG7.99 USDWindowsby Springloaded
The Legend of Evil — Steam game cover

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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.

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    UFO 50 — Steam game cover

    UFO 50

    Top pick for The Legend of Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Legend of Evil.

    UFO 50 is a collection of 50 single and multiplayer games that span a variety of genres, from platformers and shoot 'em ups to puzzle games, roguelites, and RPGs. Our goal is to combine a familiar 8-bit aesthetic with new ideas and modern game design.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Convoy — Steam game cover

    Convoy

    Second-strongest match for The Legend of Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Legend of Evil.

    Convoy is a tactical roguelike-like inspired by Mad Max and FTL in which you cross a wasteland in search of parts for your broken ship. Presented in pixel art and set in a future post-apocalyptic setting, Convoy is a squad based tactical combat roguelike-like in its core.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Overture — Steam game cover

    Overture

    Third-strongest match for The Legend of Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Legend of Evil.

    Overture is an action-adventure roguelike which draws heavy inspiration from hits such as Diablo, Realm of The Mad God, Zelda, and The Binding of Isaac. Explore vast randomly generated dungeons and slay hordes of cunning enemies!

    2015ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Aegis Defenders — Steam game cover

    Aegis Defenders

    Ranked #4 for The Legend of Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Legend of Evil.

    Take on wild beasts, ruthless soldiers, and ancient gods in this 2D Action-Platformer inspired by Tower-Defense combat.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Fantasy of Expedition — Steam game cover

    Fantasy of Expedition

    Ranked #5 for The Legend of Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Legend of Evil.

    Fantasy of Expedition is a Roguelike Strategy Adventure Game where players lead their own army on an expedition mandated by the Heavens. Be careful what choices you make on our randomized maps! Recruit, purchase, and gather relics to win battles and solve events. Your destiny awaits!

    2020ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Asgard's Fall — Viking Survivors — Steam game cover

    Asgard's Fall — Viking Survivors

    Ranked #6 for The Legend of Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Legend of Evil.

    Embark on an epic saga in Asgard's Fall, a norse Survivors-like Roguelite. Fight your way through hordes of creatures and let the gods feel your relentless wrath. How will your saga unfold?

    2025ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    The Treehouse Man — Steam game cover

    The Treehouse Man

    Ranked #7 for The Legend of Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Legend of Evil.

    A horrible corruption has forced the children of the forest into hiding. They confide in the Treehouse Man, but their prayers remain unanswered. Baptized into the group, you must take the hallowed boat on an odyssey to save your brothers and sisters before the silence kills them.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Monster Sanctuary — Steam game cover

    Monster Sanctuary

    Ranked #8 for The Legend of Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Legend of Evil.

    Monster taming meets metroidvania. Collect, train and battle monsters in a lovely side-scroller pixel world.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from Springloaded

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

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    Let's Build a Zoo — Steam game cover

    Let's Build a Zoo

    Another title from Springloaded, the studio behind The Legend of Evil. Shares Strategy with The Legend of Evil.

    It's time to Build a Zoo! Construct and decorate enclosures, buy and breed animals, hire zookeepers and vets... then try your hand at DNA splicing, and stitch together over 300,000 different types of animal. This can only go smoothly...

    2021StrategySimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Hiragana Pixel Party — Steam game cover

    Hiragana Pixel Party

    Another title from Springloaded, the studio behind The Legend of Evil. Shares Indie with The Legend of Evil.

    A chiptune rhythm-action game that also teaches you something! Learn to read Japanese Hiragana and Katakana characters in a fun chiptune adventure! Not just for people who want to learn Japanese, this is a game anyone can enjoy.

    2016IndieCasual7.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Campaign Clicker — Steam game cover

    Campaign Clicker

    Another title from Springloaded, the studio behind The Legend of Evil. Shares Indie with The Legend of Evil.

    Democrats Vs Republicans! It's the political battle of the decade!

    2016IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
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    GORSD — Steam game cover

    GORSD

    Another title from Springloaded, the studio behind The Legend of Evil. Shares Action and Indie with The Legend of Evil.

    1-4 player intense arena combat, set deep inside the heart of darkness.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Legend of Evil

How much does The Legend of Evil cost?
The Legend of Evil is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Legend of Evil?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Legend of Evil are UFO 50, Convoy, Overture.
Who developed The Legend of Evil?
The Legend of Evil was developed by Springloaded.

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 The Legend of Evil.

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