Games like Dread Trials
If Dread Trials is your kind of game, the closest matches are DragonSword : Awakening, Metaphor: ReFantazio and FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0™ HD — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its bleak, challenging and dark. 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 Dread Trials: A century of war between two great kingdoms has bled the lands dry of men. Conscripted to fight, they have all but perished on the battlefield.Now, with no one left to defend their homes, the women must take up arms and carry on the fight...
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DragonSword : Awakening
WHY THIS
Top pick for Dread Trials fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dread Trials.
Explore the anime-style open world of the Continent of Orbis, brought to life with Unreal Engine 5! Recruit unique companions, unleash spectacular Status Ailment tag-team action, and embark on an epic journey to save the world from the threat of a Dragon reawakened after 60 years.
Metaphor: ReFantazio
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Dread Trials.
Second-strongest match for Dread Trials fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dread Trials.
After his assassination, the will of the late king decrees the next monarch to be elected by the people. Forge bonds and win over a kingdom divided in this award-winning fantasy RPG with turn-based and action combat, party customization with powerful Archetypes, and hours of exploration.
FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0™ HD
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Dread Trials fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Dread Trials.
FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0 HD brings an immersive world, memorable characters and the production value known of the series, together with high quality gameplay and storytelling truly worthy of the FINAL FANTASY name.
FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Dread Trials fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dread Trials.
The Unknown Journey Continues... After escaping the city of Midgar, Cloud and his friends set out on a journey across the planet. New adventures await in a vibrant, expansive world in this standalone entry of the FFVII remake trilogy.
Eternal Dread 3
WHY THIS
Shares a bleak mood with Dread Trials.
Ranked #5 for Dread Trials fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Trials.
Welcome to the world ruled over by the demons, where mankind edges on the brink of extinction. Men have paid the price in blood, leaving only the young and the elderly behind. It is up to the women to finally pick up their arms and fight for the sake of those who remains..!
Tales of ARISE
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Dread Trials fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Dread Trials.
300 years of tyranny. A mysterious mask. Lost pain and memories. Wield the Blazing Sword and join a mysterious, untouchable girl to fight your oppressors. Experience a tale of liberation, featuring characters with next-gen graphical expressiveness!
The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Dread Trials.
Ranked #7 for Dread Trials fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dread Trials.
The future of an entire continent is at stake in this milestone entry in the Trails series! Explore the vast Calvard Republic with three different protagonists, nurture connections, and master powerful skills in both real-time and turn-based battles as you uncover the secrets at the core of Zemuria!
God of War
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Dread Trials fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dread Trials.
His vengeance against the Gods of Olympus years behind him, Kratos now lives as a man in the realm of Norse Gods and monsters. It is in this harsh, unforgiving world that he must fight to survive… and teach his son to do the same.
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Eternal Dread 2
WHY THIS
Shares a bleak mood with Dread Trials.
Reviewers of Dread Trials cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Trials.
The world was at the edge of despair. Driven to the brink of extinction, mankind exhausted all their able-bodied men in a futile war against the demon hordes, leaving behind only the female, the young and the vulnerable. And so it came to the women to take up arms and protect what remains of humanity.
Eternal Dread 3
WHY THIS
Shares a bleak mood with Dread Trials.
Reviewers of Dread Trials cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Trials.
Welcome to the world ruled over by the demons, where mankind edges on the brink of extinction. Men have paid the price in blood, leaving only the young and the elderly behind. It is up to the women to finally pick up their arms and fight for the sake of those who remains..!
Eternal Dread
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Dread Trials cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Dread Trials.
Eternal Dread is a Medieval Dark Fantasy Horror game. You wake up in a dungeon. Everyone is gone. Have your premonitions finally come true? You must use what you can find around you to survive.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dread Trials at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Dread Trials on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dread Trials.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Dread Trials on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Trials.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under Dread Trials on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dread Trials.
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.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dread Trials on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Trials.
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?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Dread Trials on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dread Trials.
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.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~61% under Dread Trials on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dread Trials.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dread Trials on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dread Trials.
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...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Dread Trials on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dread Trials.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
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 Dread Trials.
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. Shares Action and Adventure with Dread Trials.
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 Action and Indie with Dread Trials.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dread Trials.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Dread Trials.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dread Trials.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dread Trials.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Hitbear Studio
Other recommendable Steam games by Hitbear Studio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Eternal Dread 3
WHY THIS
Shares a bleak mood with Dread Trials.
Another title from Hitbear Studio, the studio behind Dread Trials. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Trials.
Welcome to the world ruled over by the demons, where mankind edges on the brink of extinction. Men have paid the price in blood, leaving only the young and the elderly behind. It is up to the women to finally pick up their arms and fight for the sake of those who remains..!
Eternal Lore
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Dread Trials.
Another title from Hitbear Studio, the studio behind Dread Trials. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Trials.
Eternal Lore is a classic Action-RPG Game where the player can explore the world and dungeons while battling monsters and bosses, solving puzzles during the adventure and collect items to craft powerful equipment and gain access to even more powerful skills during your adventure.
Eternal Dread
WHY THIS
Shares a bleak mood with Dread Trials.
Another title from Hitbear Studio, the studio behind Dread Trials. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Trials.
Welcome to the unforgiving world ruled by the four Elder Fiends. Mankind as a whole is facing an unprecedented crisis that could lead to their total extinction. Having exhausted brave men in a war against the fiends, they now have no choice but to recruit the help of women to fight for their losing cause.
Eternal Dread 2
WHY THIS
Shares a bleak mood with Dread Trials.
Another title from Hitbear Studio, the studio behind Dread Trials. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Trials.
The world was at the edge of despair. Driven to the brink of extinction, mankind exhausted all their able-bodied men in a futile war against the demon hordes, leaving behind only the female, the young and the vulnerable. And so it came to the women to take up arms and protect what remains of humanity.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Dread Trials.
The Unknown Journey Continues... After escaping the city of Midgar, Cloud and his friends set out on a journey across the planet. New adventures await in a vibrant, expansive world in this standalone entry of the FFVII remake trilogy.
Tales of ARISE
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Dread Trials.
300 years of tyranny. A mysterious mask. Lost pain and memories. Wield the Blazing Sword and join a mysterious, untouchable girl to fight your oppressors. Experience a tale of liberation, featuring characters with next-gen graphical expressiveness!
God of War
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Dread Trials.
His vengeance against the Gods of Olympus years behind him, Kratos now lives as a man in the realm of Norse Gods and monsters. It is in this harsh, unforgiving world that he must fight to survive… and teach his son to do the same.
Frequently asked about Dread Trials
- Does Dread Trials run on Steam Deck?
- Dread Trials is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Dread Trials cost?
- Dread Trials is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Dread Trials?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dread Trials are DragonSword : Awakening, Metaphor: ReFantazio, FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0™ HD.
- Who developed Dread Trials?
- Dread Trials was developed by Hitbear Studio.
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