# Games like Rooks Keep

> The closest matches to Rooks Keep: Warhammer 40,000: Regicide, Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter, Rising Lords, Blood: Refreshed Supply™, and 8-Bit Armies. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Warhammer 40,000: Regicide](https://imho.run/games/322910/warhammer-40-000-regicide) — Also Chess and Gore, like Rooks Keep. 984 Steam reviews, 67% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/322910/)
2. [Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter](https://imho.run/games/41050/serious-sam-classic-the-first-encounter) — Also Gore, like Rooks Keep. 1,167 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/41050/)
3. [Rising Lords](https://imho.run/games/835650/rising-lords) — Same atmospheric mood as Rooks Keep. 341 Steam reviews, 72% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/835650/)
4. [Blood: Refreshed Supply™](https://imho.run/games/3884520/blood-refreshed-supply) — Also Gore and Violent, like Rooks Keep. 494 Steam reviews, 66% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3884520/)
5. [8-Bit Armies](https://imho.run/games/427250/8-bit-armies) — Same challenging mood as Rooks Keep. 1,179 Steam reviews, 80% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/427250/)
6. [Unreal Tournament 3](https://imho.run/games/13210/unreal-tournament-3) — A frequent pick in Rooks Keep players' libraries, and another Action. 1,532 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/13210/)
7. [Total War: WARHAMMER](https://imho.run/games/364360/total-war-warhammer) — Same epic mood as Rooks Keep. 18,120 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/364360/)
8. [Ancestors Legacy](https://imho.run/games/620590/ancestors-legacy) — A frequent pick in Rooks Keep players' libraries, and another Strategy. 2,120 Steam reviews, 77% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/620590/)
9. [Rock of Ages](https://imho.run/games/22230/rock-of-ages) — Same whimsical mood as Rooks Keep. 1,789 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/22230/)
10. [Rise of the Ronin](https://imho.run/games/1340990/rise-of-the-ronin) — A frequent pick in Rooks Keep players' libraries, and another RPG. 2,235 Steam reviews, 69% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1340990/)
11. [Murderous Pursuits](https://imho.run/games/638070/murderous-pursuits) — Shares character customization with Rooks Keep. 160 Steam reviews, 64% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/638070/)
12. [Rampage Knights](https://imho.run/games/314410/rampage-knights) — Same whimsical mood as Rooks Keep. 926 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/314410/)
13. [MORDHAU](https://imho.run/games/629760/mordhau) — Also Gore, like Rooks Keep. 59,032 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/629760/)
14. [Nuclear Dawn](https://imho.run/games/17710/nuclear-dawn) — Same atmospheric mood as Rooks Keep. 977 Steam reviews, 78% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/17710/)
15. [Formata](https://imho.run/games/580040/formata) — Same challenging mood as Rooks Keep. 530 Steam reviews, 64% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/580040/)
16. [Forts](https://imho.run/games/410900/forts) — Same challenging mood as Rooks Keep. 8,557 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/410900/)
17. [Demigod](https://imho.run/games/202710/demigod) — Same epic mood as Rooks Keep. 602 Steam reviews, 74% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/202710/)
18. [FOR HONOR™](https://imho.run/games/304390/for-honor) — Also Gore, like Rooks Keep. 57,070 Steam reviews, 70% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/304390/)
19. [REKKR: Sunken Land](https://imho.run/games/1715690/rekkr-sunken-land) — Also Gore and Violent, like Rooks Keep. 92 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1715690/)
20. [SpellForce 3 Soul Harvest](https://imho.run/games/817540/spellforce-3-soul-harvest) — Also Gore, like Rooks Keep. 843 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/817540/)
21. [Satellite Reign](https://imho.run/games/268870/satellite-reign) — Same challenging mood as Rooks Keep. 1,754 Steam reviews, 77% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/268870/)
22. [Gunheart](https://imho.run/games/551700/gunheart) — Also Violent, like Rooks Keep. 261 Steam reviews, 73% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/551700/)
23. [Awesomenauts](https://imho.run/games/204300/awesomenauts) — Same challenging mood as Rooks Keep. 6,996 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/204300/)
24. [Sol Survivor](https://imho.run/games/45000/sol-survivor) — Same atmospheric mood as Rooks Keep. 252 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/45000/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=299440&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=299440&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=299440&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=299440
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/299440
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Rooks Keep

Rooks Keep is an arena-based, melee combat game. A variety of game-modes, characters, maps and mutators are available. It also has Chess modes, mod support and decapitation!

## Game info

- **AppID:** 299440
- **Developer:** RuneStorm
- **Publisher:** RuneStorm
- **Genres:** Action, Strategy, Indie
- **Categories:** Multi-player, Includes level editor, Partial Controller Support, Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Online PvP, Online Co-op, LAN PvP, LAN Co-op, PvP, Family Sharing, Co-op
- **Released:** Dec 5, 2014
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/299440/rooks-keep)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=299440&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/299440/)
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