Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Realm of the Mad God Exalt (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Realm of the Mad God Exalt 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: Heroes of Hammerwatch, which both fantasy and difficult.
- Realm of the Mad God Exalt is tagged Pixel Graphics, MMORPG, Free to Play, Rogue-like, Perma Death, Action Roguelike, Bullet Hell, Difficult 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.
- 5 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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Heroes of Hammerwatch
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 11 player tags including Rogue-lite, Action Roguelike and Pixel Graphics.
Heroes of Hammerwatch is a rogue-lite action-adventure. Explore and battle your way through procedurally generated levels on your own or with up to 3 friends.
Heroes of Hammerwatch at a glance Released 2018 Studio Crackshell Player sentiment 87% positive of 9,527 Price $2.99 Rogue-liteAction RoguelikePixel GraphicsRPGOnline Co-OpIndie2DRogue-like
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Himno
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 10 player tags including Free to Play, Pixel Graphics and 2D.
Himno is a peaceful, 2D platformer game with an infinite number of beautiful procedurally generated maps. Take a breath, and relax.
Himno at a glance Released 2019 Studio David Moralejo Sánchez Player sentiment 91% positive of 5,820 Price Free Free to PlayPixel Graphics2DRPGFantasyRogue-likeAction RPGAction Roguelike
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Warspear Online
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 9 player tags including MMORPG, Free to Play and Pixel Graphics.
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 MMORPGFree to PlayPixel GraphicsMassively MultiplayerRPGOnline Co-OpFantasy2D
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Risk of Rain (2013)
Why it matched: both difficult; shares 10 player tags including Action Roguelike, Rogue-like and Indie; released around the same time (2013).
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.
Risk of Rain (2013) at a glance Released 2013 Studio Hopoo Games Player sentiment 93% positive of 29,833 Price $1.99 Action RoguelikeRogue-likeIndiePixel GraphicsOnline Co-OpDifficultPerma Death2D
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Vampire Survivors
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Action Roguelike, Bullet Hell and Pixel Graphics.
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!
Vampire Survivors at a glance Released 2022 Studio poncle Player sentiment 98% positive of 265,103 Price $3.74 Action RoguelikeBullet HellPixel GraphicsRogue-lite2DIndieRogue-likeRPG
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Magicite
Why it matched: both difficult; shares 10 player tags including Indie, RPG and Rogue-like; released around the same time (2014).
Explore, craft, and survive in this Multiplayer RPG Platformer with permanent death! Featuring many Rogue-like elements, Magicite randomly generates each underground dungeon for you and your friends to delve deep into.
Magicite at a glance Released 2014 Studio Sean Young Player sentiment 85% positive of 7,585 Price $9.99 IndieRPGRogue-likePixel Graphics2DAction RoguelikePerma DeathDifficult
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Halls of Torment
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Action Roguelike, Rogue-lite and Bullet Hell.
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
Halls of Torment at a glance Released 2024 Studio Chasing Carrots Player sentiment 95% positive of 31,787 Price $6.66 Action RoguelikeRogue-liteBullet HellPixel GraphicsAction RPGRogue-likeRPG2D
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Nuclear Throne
Why it matched: both difficult; shares 10 player tags including Action Roguelike, Rogue-like and Pixel Graphics; released around the same time (2014).
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
Nuclear Throne at a glance Released 2014 Studio Vlambeer Player sentiment 96% positive of 19,779 Price $11.99 Action RoguelikeRogue-likePixel GraphicsIndieDifficultBullet HellRogue-lite2D
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Darkest Dungeon
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Rogue-like, 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 Rogue-likeRPGDifficultPerma DeathIndie2DRogue-liteFantasy
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Hand of Fate
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Rogue-like, Action Roguelike and RPG; released around the same time (2015).
Deckbuilding comes to life in Hand of Fate! An infinitely replayable series of quests - earn new cards, build your deck, then try to defeat it! In a cabin at the end of the world, the game of life and death is played. Draw your cards, play your hand, and discover your fate.
Hand of Fate at a glance Released 2015 Studio Defiant Development Player sentiment 89% positive of 10,682 Price $19.99 Rogue-likeAction RoguelikeRPGFantasyIndieRogue-liteAction RPGDifficult
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Never Split the Party
Why it matched: both difficult; shares 10 player tags including Action Roguelike, Rogue-like and Indie.
Never Split the Party is an ultra social rogue-like! You're one of four adventurers joining together to explore a procedurally generated dungeon, amass powerful upgrades, and cooperate with your fellow adventures to conquer and crush the evil dungeon champions!
Never Split the Party at a glance Released 2019 Studio Legend Studio Player sentiment 76% positive of 4,400 Price Free Action RoguelikeRogue-likeIndieDifficultPixel GraphicsFree to PlayRogue-liteRPG
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Crypt of the NecroDancer
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Difficult, Rogue-like and Pixel Graphics; 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 DifficultRogue-likePixel GraphicsIndieRPG2DRogue-liteFantasy
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The Binding of Isaac
Why it matched: both difficult; shares 9 player tags including Action Roguelike, Rogue-like and Indie; released around the same time (2011).
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The Binding of Isaac at a glance Released 2011 Studio Edmund McMillen Player sentiment 95% positive of 62,842 Price $4.99 Action RoguelikeRogue-likeIndieDifficultRogue-lite2DRPGPerma Death
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Hyper Light Drifter
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Pixel Graphics, Indie and Difficult; released around the same time (2016).
Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.
Hyper Light Drifter at a glance Released 2016 Studio Heart Machine Player sentiment 93% positive of 19,135 Price $19.99 Pixel GraphicsIndieDifficultRPG2DAction RPGFantasy
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Noita
Why it matched: both difficult; shares 9 player tags including Rogue-like, Pixel Graphics and Difficult.
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.
Noita at a glance Released 2020 Studio Nolla Games Player sentiment 95% positive of 88,598 Price $19.99 Rogue-likePixel GraphicsDifficultIndie2DPerma DeathAction RoguelikeRogue-lite
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Skul: The Hero Slayer
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Indie, Action Roguelike and Pixel Graphics.
Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.
Skul: The Hero Slayer at a glance Released 2021 Studio SOUTHPAW GAMES Player sentiment 93% positive of 57,566 Price $19.99 IndieAction RoguelikePixel Graphics2DRogue-likeRogue-liteDifficultFantasy
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Wizard of Legend
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Action Roguelike, Pixel Graphics and Rogue-like.
Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!
Wizard of Legend at a glance Released 2018 Studio Contingent99 Player sentiment 91% positive of 21,051 Price $15.99 Action RoguelikePixel GraphicsRogue-likeRogue-liteIndieDifficult2DRPG
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RPG MO
Why it matched: both fantasy; shares 8 player tags including Free to Play, RPG and MMORPG; released around the same time (2015).
RPG MO is a nostalgic MMORPG that reminds of Ultima and Runescape Classic.
RPG MO at a glance Released 2015 Studio Marxnet Player sentiment 79% positive of 2,966 Price Free Free to PlayRPGMMORPGMassively MultiplayerPixel Graphics2DIndieFantasy
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Children of Morta
Why it matched: both fantasy; shares 9 player tags including Rogue-like, Pixel Graphics and Online Co-Op.
Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?
Children of Morta at a glance Released 2019 Studio Dead Mage Player sentiment 88% positive of 23,113 Price $21.99 Rogue-likePixel GraphicsOnline Co-OpAction RoguelikeRPGRogue-liteAction RPG2D
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Dungeon of the ENDLESS
Why it matched: both difficult; shares 8 player tags including Rogue-like, Pixel Graphics and Indie; released around the same time (2014).
Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out...
Dungeon of the ENDLESS at a glance Released 2014 Studio AMPLITUDE Studios Player sentiment 85% positive of 14,040 Price $11.99 Rogue-likePixel GraphicsIndieRPGPerma DeathDifficultRogue-lite2D
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Iratus: Lord of the Dead
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Indie and Rogue-like.
Iratus: Lord of the Dead is a turn-based tactical roguelike RPG set in a dark fantasy universe. Lead an army of undead to help an angry necromancer in his quest to reach the surface world and bring death to the mortal realms!
Iratus: Lord of the Dead at a glance Released 2020 Studio Unfrozen Player sentiment 86% positive of 8,251 Price $2.99 RPGIndieRogue-likeRogue-liteFantasy2DDifficult
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HoloCure - Save the Fans!
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Pixel Graphics, Bullet Hell and Action Roguelike.
Play as your favorite Vtubers from Hololive! Fight, explore, and clear your way through armies of fans and save them from their mind-control in this unofficial free fan-game.
HoloCure - Save the Fans! at a glance Released 2023 Studio KayAnimate Player sentiment 99% positive of 40,697 Price Free Pixel GraphicsBullet HellAction RoguelikeRogue-lite2DFantasyFree to Play
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Hades
Why it matched: both difficult; shares 8 player tags including Action Roguelike, Rogue-lite and Indie.
Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.
Hades at a glance Released 2020 Studio Supergiant Games Player sentiment 98% positive of 308,085 Price $24.99 Action RoguelikeRogue-liteIndieRogue-likeRPGDifficultAction RPGPerma Death
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Dead Cells
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Action Roguelike, Pixel Graphics and Rogue-like.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
Dead Cells at a glance Released 2018 Studio Motion Twin Player sentiment 97% positive of 183,007 Price $24.99 Action RoguelikePixel GraphicsRogue-like2DRogue-liteDifficultIndie
Common questions
What game is most like Realm of the Mad God Exalt?
Heroes of Hammerwatch, on the evidence we have. It both fantasy 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 Realm of the Mad God Exalt" 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 Realm of the Mad God Exalt. 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.