Holder of Place similar games & best alternatives

Holder of Place

Web browser, PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2025

Should you play it?

Holder of Place is a Roguelike Auto-Battler Card game. Recruit different follower cards, arrange them, watch them fight ever-stronger enemies. Along the way, unfold a dark science-fantasy tale of a ruined kingdom, meet strange characters, and visit exotic locations.

What works

  • Engaging strategic gameplay with deep synergies
  • Beautiful art, music, and immersive atmosphere
  • Strong replayability with varied builds and relic modifiers
  • Well-written lore and emergent narrative
  • Accessible yet challenging roguelike auto-battler

Things to keep in mind

  • Some balance issues with certain units and relics
  • Lack of mid-run saving and qol features
  • Limited content and enemy variety
  • Slow pacing and animations in late game
  • Short overall campaign length

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Hadean Tactics

  • Pluto

  • Die in the Dungeon

  • Monster Train 2

  • Gods vs Horrors

  • DICEOMANCER

  • Nitro Kid

  • Pyrene

  • Flick Shot Rogues

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Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Requiem of Reuinis

  • Zero Division

  • Voidspire Tactics

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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the game’s motivation profile. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

  • Purple star: this page’s game — everything on the map is relative to it.
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
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Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Holder of Place: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Creativity. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 26/07/2026