Trials of Fire similar games & best alternatives

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Trials of Fire

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2021

Should you play it?

A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!

What works

  • Deep and challenging tactical combat
  • Unique deckbuilding tied to equipment
  • High replayability with multiple campaigns and unlocks
  • Well-balanced difficulty progression
  • Immersive fantasy setting and lore

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited content variety and map exploration
  • Some ui clunkiness and presentation roughness
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Steep learning curve for new players
  • Graphics and audio are functional but not flashy

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Blightstone

  • As We Descend

  • Prime of Flames

  • Arcanium: Rise of Akhan

  • Eador. Imperium

  • Darfall

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Trials of Fire but with less leadership over others

  • DungeonTop

  • Machick 2

  • Vault of the Void

  • Looper Tactics

  • Conquest Dark

  • Roguebook

Choose your own criteria ->

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Trials of Fire. These titles are not in What to play next.

Trials of Fire: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Expression, Strategy.

Last update: 21/08/2026