Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Legend of Grimrock (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Legend of Grimrock on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos, which both fantasy, atmospheric, strategy and difficult.
- Legend of Grimrock is tagged Dungeon Crawler, RPG, Grid-Based Movement, Indie, Fantasy, Old School, Adventure, Party-Based RPG by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 2 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Character Customization and Dungeon Crawler.
Step into the wacky heroic fantasy universe of the Dungeon of Naheulbeuk. Lead a team of unlikely and clumsy heroes in an epic and challenging tactical RPG. Live an adventure filled with humor, surprises and silly encounters.
The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos at a glance Released 2020 Studio Artefacts Studio Player sentiment 87% positive of 8,064 Price $5.24 RPGCharacter CustomizationDungeon CrawlerIndieTacticalDifficultFantasy
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Titan Souls
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric, strategy, puzzle and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Difficult, Indie and Fantasy; released around the same time (2015).
Between our world and the world beyond lie the Titan Souls, the spiritual source of all living things. Scattered amongst the ruins and guarded by the idle titans charged with their care, a solitary hero armed with a single arrow is assembling shards of the Titan Soul in a quest for truth and power.
Titan Souls at a glance Released 2015 Studio Acid Nerve Player sentiment 79% positive of 13,818 Price $14.99 DifficultIndieFantasyRetroPuzzle
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Darkest Dungeon
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Dungeon Crawler, RPG and Difficult; released around the same time (2016).
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
Darkest Dungeon at a glance Released 2016 Studio Red Hook Studios Player sentiment 92% positive of 161,942 Price $3.74 Dungeon CrawlerRPGDifficultIndieFantasy
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TUNIC
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric, puzzle and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Puzzle, Difficult and RPG.
Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.
TUNIC at a glance Released 2022 Studio TUNIC Team Player sentiment 91% positive of 18,472 Price $29.99 PuzzleDifficultRPGFantasyIndie
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Polarity
Why it matched: both atmospheric, strategy, puzzle and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Puzzle, First-Person and Indie; released around the same time (2016).
Polarity takes it to the next level, demanding all of your wits and reflexes. Full-featured local co-op campaign.
Polarity at a glance Released 2016 Studio Bluebutton Games Player sentiment 79% positive of 4,668 Price $12.99 PuzzleFirst-PersonIndieRetroDifficult
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Blackguards
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including RPG, Tactical and Fantasy; released around the same time (2014).
What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder.
Blackguards at a glance Released 2014 Studio Daedalic Entertainment Player sentiment 62% positive of 3,917 Price $0.99 RPGTacticalFantasyIndieCharacter CustomizationDifficult
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Crypt of the NecroDancer
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Difficult, Dungeon Crawler and Indie; released around the same time (2014).
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Crypt of the NecroDancer at a glance Released 2014 Studio Brace Yourself Games Player sentiment 95% positive of 26,481 Price $14.99 DifficultDungeon CrawlerIndieRPGFantasyRetro
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Door Kickers
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Tactical, Indie and Moddable; released around the same time (2014).
Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.
Door Kickers at a glance Released 2014 Studio KillHouse Games Player sentiment 94% positive of 10,057 Price $19.99 TacticalIndieModdablePuzzleLevel EditorDifficult
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Baba Is You
Why it matched: both atmospheric, strategy, puzzle and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Puzzle, Indie and Difficult.
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!
Baba Is You at a glance Released 2019 Studio Hempuli Oy Player sentiment 98% positive of 24,536 Price $14.99 PuzzleIndieDifficultLevel EditorRetro
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Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric, puzzle and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Puzzle, Retro and Difficult.
Selected by the fickle finger of fate, Abe™, floor-waxer first class for RuptureFarms, was catapulted into a life of adventure when he overheard plans by his boss, Molluck the Glukkon™, to turn Abe and his fellow Mudokons into Tasty Treats as part of a last-ditch effort to rescue Molluck's failing meat-packing empire.
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee at a glance Released 1997 Studio Oddworld Inhabitants Player sentiment 85% positive of 4,534 Price $2.99 PuzzleRetroDifficultFantasyIndie
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Papers, Please
Why it matched: both atmospheric, strategy, puzzle and difficult; shares 4 player tags including Indie, Puzzle and Retro; released around the same time (2013).
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
Papers, Please at a glance Released 2013 Studio Lucas Pope Player sentiment 97% positive of 80,337 Price $9.99 IndiePuzzleRetroDifficult
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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Why it matched: both atmospheric, strategy, puzzle and difficult; shares 4 player tags including Tactical, Indie and Difficult; released around the same time (2016).
Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun at a glance Released 2016 Studio Mimimi Games Player sentiment 96% positive of 38,415 Price $3.99 TacticalIndieDifficultPuzzle
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Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric, puzzle and difficult; shares 4 player tags including Difficult, Fantasy and Indie; released around the same time (2016).
“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition at a glance Released 2016 Studio Moon Studios GmbH Player sentiment 95% positive of 71,430 Price $19.99 DifficultFantasyIndiePuzzle
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Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric and strategy; shares 5 player tags including RPG, Fantasy and Party-Based RPG; released around the same time (2013).
The classic returns! Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition restores the full original adventure and Tales of the Sword Coast, now polished with quality‑of‑life upgrades for a smoother timeless Dungeons & Dragons journey.
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition at a glance Released 2013 Studio Beamdog Player sentiment 92% positive of 17,991 Price $19.99 RPGFantasyParty-Based RPGCharacter CustomizationOld School
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Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric and strategy; shares 5 player tags including RPG, Tactical and Indie; released around the same time (2014).
Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut at a glance Released 2014 Studio Harebrained Schemes Player sentiment 89% positive of 6,570 Price $14.99 RPGTacticalIndieFantasyModdable
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SCP: Secret Laboratory
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 4 player tags including First-Person, Difficult and Indie.
Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.
SCP: Secret Laboratory at a glance Released 2017 Studio Northwood Studios Player sentiment 91% positive of 234,020 Price Free First-PersonDifficultIndieFantasy
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Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
Why it matched: both atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Tactical, Indie and RPG.
MECHANICUS II ANNOUNCED! Take control of one of the most technologically advanced factions in the Imperium: the Adeptus Mechanicus. In this turn-based tactical game, your every decision will weigh heavily on the outcome of the conflict. Will you be blessed by the Omnissiah?
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus at a glance Released 2018 Studio Bulwark Studios Player sentiment 91% positive of 14,603 Price $29.99 TacticalIndieRPGDungeon CrawlerCharacter CustomizationDifficult
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Exanima
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric and difficult; shares 5 player tags including RPG, Dungeon Crawler and Difficult; released around the same time (2015).
Explore, fight, survive and unravel mysteries in this unique and unforgiving 3D isometric RPG set in an original dark, low fantasy world. Exanima's exceptional attention to detail and realistic simulation of all things aim to provide a deeply immersive and dynamic gameplay experience.
Exanima at a glance Released 2015 Studio Bare Mettle Entertainment Player sentiment 80% positive of 13,896 Price $14.99 RPGDungeon CrawlerDifficultIndieCharacter Customization
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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 4 player tags including RPG, Tactical and Difficult.
A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden at a glance Released 2018 Studio The Bearded Ladies Player sentiment 90% positive of 20,534 Price $34.99 RPGTacticalDifficultFantasy
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Eador. Masters of the Broken World
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Fantasy, RPG and Indie; released around the same time (2013).
Eador is a universe made of countless shards of land drifting in the Great Nothing. Each of the shards is a little world unto itself, with geography and denizens of its own. The power over the shards is bitterly contested by Masters, the immortal beings mortals believe to be gods.
Eador. Masters of the Broken World at a glance Released 2013 Studio Snowbird Games Player sentiment 68% positive of 2,811 Price $19.99 FantasyRPGIndieTacticalDifficult
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Darksiders III
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric, puzzle and difficult; shares 4 player tags including RPG, Puzzle and Fantasy.
Return to an apocalyptic Earth in Darksiders III, a hack-n-slash Action Adventure where players assume the role of FURY in her quest to hunt down and dispose of the Seven Deadly Sins. The most enigmatic of the Four Horsemen, FURY must bring balance to the forces that now ravage Earth.
Darksiders III at a glance Released 2018 Studio Gunfire Games Player sentiment 76% positive of 17,431 Price $39.99 RPGPuzzleFantasyDifficult
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Warspear Online
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 4 player tags including RPG, Fantasy and Retro.
Create your hero and dive into an epic 2D MMORPG! Explore a vast open world, conquer castles, battle in free-for-all PvP, team up in guilds, join Alliance wars, explore dungeons, and celebrate with fun in-game events!
Warspear Online at a glance Released 2017 Studio Titulum Enterprises Limited Player sentiment 72% positive of 3,147 Price Free RPGFantasyRetroDifficult
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Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Tactical, Fantasy and Indie; released around the same time (2014).
Get ready for an epic journey to defend your kingdom against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends using a vast arsenal of towers and spells at your command!Fight on forests, mountains and wastelands, customizing your defensive strategy with different tower upgrades and specializations!
Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense at a glance Released 2014 Studio Ironhide Game Studio Player sentiment 97% positive of 17,136 Price $9.99 TacticalFantasyIndieDifficultRPG
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Torchlight II
Why it matched: both fantasy and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including RPG, Dungeon Crawler and Fantasy; released around the same time (2012).
The adventure continues in Torchlight II! An Action RPG filled with epic battles, bountiful treasure, and a fully randomized world. Bring your friends along for the journey with online and LAN multiplayer.
Torchlight II at a glance Released 2012 Studio Runic Games Player sentiment 93% positive of 45,503 Price $19.99 RPGDungeon CrawlerFantasyIndieModdableCharacter Customization
Common questions
What game is most like Legend of Grimrock?
The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos, on the evidence we have. It both fantasy, atmospheric, strategy and difficult. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Legend of Grimrock" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Legend of Grimrock. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.