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Within the “PC” category, the closest game to West of Loathing is Shadows Over Loathing — scoring 92/100 on our similarity scale. Shadowhand: RPG Card Game and Tactical Breach Wizards follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to West of Loathing. Each one has been evaluated across 13 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.
✓ Nearly identical: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and puzzle design.
≠ Missing: ranged combat.
Shadows over Loathing — a slapstick-figure comedy adventure-RPG full of mobsters, monsters, and mysteries.
Same studio: Asymmetric.
✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and puzzle design
≠ Where it differs: brings card game strategy, visual novel storytelling and vibe casual, while skipping open world exploration
RIDE WITH SHADOWHANDShadowhand is a strategic RPG card game. Duel powerful enemies with unique solitaire-style turn-based combat. Build mini-decks and equip your character strategically to sneak, slice and blast through foes!
Where it drifts furthest from West of Loathing: tone.
On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for West of Loathing.
✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and puzzle design
≠ Stands apart with fantasy world, setting scifi and visual isometric, while skipping open world exploration
Tactical Breach Wizards is a small-scale, turn-based tactics game where you play a team of wizards in modern-day tactical gear, breaching and clearing rooms full of terrorists, drug dealers, corrupt cops, and worse. It's still in early development, so everything about it might change!
Where it drifts furthest from West of Loathing: visuals.
✓ Both are turn-based CRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, puzzle design and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and setting scifi, while skipping strong narrative focus
Gorky 17 is a role-playing game set in a fictional polish town of Gorky 17. The town was attacked by mutants and destroyed. Several years after these events a NATO group disappeared near Gorky 17. You take control of the second team sent to find missing allies.
Where it drifts furthest from West of Loathing: tone and setting.
On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for West of Loathing.
It predates West of Loathing by 18 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy
≠ Stands apart with deep simulation, roguelike runs and vibe casual, while skipping puzzle design
It’s the early 2000’s, and you’ve just bought your first car. A long, slow summer lies ahead. Hearing about a festival on the other side of the country, you fire up your engine, plot a course on your map, and hit the road. How, if you get there at all, is up to you.
On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for West of Loathing.
Released 8 years after West of Loathing.
✓ Fits the turn-based CRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy
≠ Where it differs: brings fantasy world, setting medieval and visual isometric, while skipping puzzle design
Where it drifts furthest from West of Loathing: setting and visuals.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against overwhelmingly positive for West of Loathing.
✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy
≠ Stands apart with fantasy world and visual isometric, while skipping puzzle design
Where it drifts furthest from West of Loathing: setting and visuals.
On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for West of Loathing.
✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and adventure storytelling
≠ Stands apart with tower defense planning, dark, oppressive atmosphere and fantasy world, while skipping puzzle design
Defender's Quest is a Tower-Defense/RPG Hybrid that focuses on tactical depth, customization, and story. That means no random encounters, no spikey-haired emo kids, no forced time sinks, and no tedious, repetitive battles.
Where it drifts furthest from West of Loathing: setting and visuals.
✓ Fits the turn-based CRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and adventure storytelling
≠ Its own twist: visual pixel, visual topdown and social trading, while skipping puzzle design
Voyage into the wide world of Eral as an explorer, trader, or privateer. Unravel the secrets behind Dominio's betrayal - or sail off in search of your own adventure.
Where it drifts furthest from West of Loathing: visuals.
On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for West of Loathing.
Released 3 years after West of Loathing.
✓ Both are turn-based CRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and adventure storytelling
≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, roguelike runs and survival mechanics, while skipping puzzle design
Caves of Qud is a science fantasy roguelike epic steeped in retrofuturism, deep simulation, and swathes of sentient plants. Come inhabit an exotic world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Decide: is it a dying earth, or is it on the verge of rebirth?Who are you?
Where it drifts furthest from West of Loathing: setting and visuals.
✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy
≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, stealth mechanics and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping puzzle design
Where it drifts furthest from West of Loathing: setting and visuals.
On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for West of Loathing.
✓ Both are turn-based CRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy
≠ Its own twist: fantasy world, setting scifi and visual isometric, while skipping puzzle design
Where it drifts furthest from West of Loathing: setting and visuals.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against overwhelmingly positive for West of Loathing.
✓ Both are turn-based CRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy
≠ Stands apart with fantasy world, visual isometric and early access, while skipping puzzle design
Do you ever dream of being a real hero from a fairy-tale about dragons, sorcerers and knights? If the answer is yes, then you're in luck. Because you are in a fairy-tale right now! Moreover, you are the Knight by yourself! You are fearless, you have sharp sword and your destiny awaits you.
Where it drifts furthest from West of Loathing: setting and visuals.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against overwhelmingly positive for West of Loathing.
✓ Both are turn-based CRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy
≠ Stands apart with vibe casual, setting medieval and fantasy world, while skipping puzzle design
Grotesque Tactics 2: Dungeons & Donuts is the successor to the celebrated RPG-parody Grotesque Tactics. Experience an ironic story-driven RPG with humorous dialogue-puzzles in the style of Monkey Island as well as a strategic combat system, where your party members are controlled simultaneously.
Where it drifts furthest from West of Loathing: tone and progression.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against overwhelmingly positive for West of Loathing.
✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy
≠ Its own twist: tower defense planning, punishing difficulty and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping puzzle design
Vez’nan the powerful almighty wizard has returned! Embark on an epic journey as you gather his army and fulfill his devious plans... muahaha. Get ready to show the Kingdom who the real boss is! Fight your way as you conquer the new and the good old realms.
Where it drifts furthest from West of Loathing: setting and tone.
On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for West of Loathing.
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