Games like We Who Are About To Die
If We Who Are About To Die is your kind of game, the closest matches are Slashvival, Orbs of Chaos and Rustwing — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its backstories add narrative depth, contemplative 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 →We Who Are About To Die is a 2022 physics-based gladiator roguelite with permadeath, developed and published by Jordy Lakiere. Players describe it as contemplative, dark, grim, and intense. The game combines career management with physics-simulated combat, featuring backstory selection, favor and reputation systems, and procedural encounters alongside resource management. Reviewers highlight that backstories add narrative depth, combat feels visceral and weighty, and the gladiator career sim scratches a unique itch. Permadeath makes every run meaningful, while limb destruction is satisfying. The game is priced at $21.99 USD, holds an 89% positive rating from 6583 Steam reviews, and is marked Playable on Steam Deck.
About We Who Are About To Die: Fight & strategize your way through spectacles and arenas - rise from lowly slave to Grand Champion and earn your freedom. Or... die trying. This Gladiator RPG Roguelite features in-depth career management and a unique physics simulated combat system. To those who are about to die, I salute you!
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Steam players who put hours into We Who Are About To Die 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.
Slashvival
WHY THIS
Top pick for We Who Are About To Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with We Who Are About To Die.
Slashvival is a third-person action RPG with roguelite elements. Use swords to fight mutant creatures in a medieval low-poly world. Survive intense battles and rescue your family in this thrilling hack-and-slash adventure!
Orbs of Chaos
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with We Who Are About To Die.
Second-strongest match for We Who Are About To Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with We Who Are About To Die.
Harness the Orbs of Chaos! Choose 3 orbs each run to create 10 overpowered spells in real time in this noisy action roguelite. Slay Lovecraftian horrors and face deadly bosses every 3 minutes. Embrace the Chaos and uncover the unholy secrets of a grotesque world, all set to a haunting soundtrack.
Rustwing
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for We Who Are About To Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with We Who Are About To Die.
Rustwing is a twin stick shooter roguelike, set in the distant future. Navigate from star to star, battle the scattered factions of humanity, discover strange anomalies, customize your weaponry, acquire powerful upgrades and become a legendary pilot!
Noita
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Ranked #4 for We Who Are About To Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with We Who Are About To Die.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Elium - Prison Escape
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for We Who Are About To Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with We Who Are About To Die.
Elium - Prison Escape is a skill-based swordfighting action roguelite in a medieval setting. Play in First and 3rd Person view with shooter-like controls, in a challenging and unforgiving prison environment with the main goal of finding an escape.
Realm of the Mad God Exalt
WHY THIS
Shares permadeath with We Who Are About To Die.
Ranked #6 for We Who Are About To Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with We Who Are About To Die.
Embark on an exhilarating journey into the pixelated Realm of the Mad God! Join, an action-packed, free-to-play MMO bullet hell game. Discover a world with danger, challenges, and hidden treasures as you battle through waves of enemies. Team up with players and conquer dungeons to become a legend!
The Unliving
WHY THIS
Shares a grim mood with We Who Are About To Die.
Ranked #7 for We Who Are About To Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with We Who Are About To Die.
Raise the dead as a fearsome Necromancer in the dark world of The Unliving! Lead your undead armies into the endless fight in this rogue-lite action RPG game. Burn cities to ash with devastating magic spells, slay epic bosses and turn your enemies into morbid servants.
Medievalien
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with We Who Are About To Die.
Ranked #8 for We Who Are About To Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with We Who Are About To Die.
Medievalien is a story-rich action rogue-like where a fantasy Medieval world has been invaded by Alien creatures. Use multiple characters, gather loot and manage your equipment to overcome ever harder challenges and unravel Medievalien's story and its secrets.
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Mount & Blade
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Reviewers of We Who Are About To Die cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with We Who Are About To Die.
Calradia is a land at war, offering great riches and even greater dangers to adventurers and mercenaries that flock to shed their blood on its soil. With courage and a strong sword, an unknown stranger can make a name as a warrior. Free-form sand-box gameplay.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Reviewers of We Who Are About To Die cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with We Who Are About To Die.
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!
Swords and Sandals 3 Redux
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with We Who Are About To Die.
Reviewers of We Who Are About To Die cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and RPG with We Who Are About To Die.
A legend returns! The beloved classic Swords and Sandals 3 is back, re-forged in glory! Step back into the Gladiae Ultratus once more and prepare to take on the greatest gladiators in all Brandor. It's the hardest, most metal gladiator game ever made.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below We Who Are About To Die at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~77% under We Who Are About To Die on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with We Who Are About To Die.
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.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~55% under We Who Are About To Die on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with We Who Are About To Die.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under We Who Are About To Die on Steam right now. Shares Action with We Who Are About To Die.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under We Who Are About To Die on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with We Who Are About To Die.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under We Who Are About To Die on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with We Who Are About To Die.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with We Who Are About To Die.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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 We Who Are About To Die.
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 We Who Are About To Die.
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.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with We Who Are About To Die.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with We Who Are About To Die.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with We Who Are About To Die.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with We Who Are About To Die.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with We Who Are About To Die.
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Frequently asked about We Who Are About To Die
- Does We Who Are About To Die run on Steam Deck?
- We Who Are About To Die 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 We Who Are About To Die cost?
- We Who Are About To Die is listed on Steam at 21.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to We Who Are About To Die?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside We Who Are About To Die are Slashvival, Orbs of Chaos, Rustwing.
- Who developed We Who Are About To Die?
- We Who Are About To Die was developed by Jordy Lakiere.
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 We Who Are About To Die.
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