Games Like Divine's Howl

Take on the role of a Dark Elder God and lead your agents to bring about an apocalypse in a fantasy world. Work in the shadows, avoiding the heroes who will try to stop you, as you bring about plague and famine, ice age and volcanic destruction, madness and never ending night.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 35.3%, Simulation 23.9%, Strategy 23.6%, Dark Fantasy 17.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the god-game experience of manipulating a world from the shadows to expand your dark influence.

Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.

Why similar: Tabletop 34.5%, Board Game 32.1%, Simulation 17.5%, Strategy 16%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the dark, lore-rich, and card-based management style that defines the atmosphere of your seed game.

Take the Infernal Throne in this hellish turn-based grand strategy game. The Prince of Darkness has vanished, leaving Archfiends to conspire: muster your legions while intoning dark sorceries, devilish schemes, and machiavellian plots. Who will be the new ruler of Hell and ascend the Throne?

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 28.4%, Board Game 23.5%, Strategy 18.9%, Wargame 16.5%, Dark Fantasy 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, turn-based political and strategic experience set in a dark, infernal landscape that matches the tone of Divine's Howl.

Create your Religion, raise your Disciples, and guide them to bring you glory! Inspire growth in your Disciples so they may challenge the false gods and convert their followers. Defeat your rivals, and become the One Truth!

Why similar: Strategy 39.3%, Simulation 36.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 22%, Singleplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: This simulation-heavy title focuses on the management of a religion and your followers, directly echoing the core premise of Divine's Howl.

Armello is a grim fairy-tale board game come to life, with every match combining deep, tactical card play, rich tabletop strategy and RPG elements. Leverage subterfuge, spells and careful strategy to wrangle control of the game's chaotic odds as you quest for the throne.

Why similar: Board Game 28.2%, Tabletop 24.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.1%, Strategy 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: It successfully blends tabletop board-game mechanics with dark fantasy themes and strategic card-based combat.

Draft minions to defeat all who oppose the noble art of necromancy. Wield spells, discover dark relics, and reclaim your castle to unite the land through undeath in this unholy amalgam of roguelike, deckbuilder, and autobattler.

Why similar: Card Battler 32%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.8%, Strategy 21.8%, Dark Fantasy 16.8%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy auto-battler that uses card-based mechanics to manage your undead army, fitting the wargame and card-battler tags.

SOVL is a ruleset for playing fantasy wargames. It can be played with miniatures on a table or digitally on Steam.

Why similar: Tabletop 27.2%, Wargame 19.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.2%, Board Game 18.3%, Strategy 13.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides a pure tabletop wargame experience with a dark fantasy aesthetic that translates well to digital strategy.

Become the Final Boss! Play any way you want, combine followers from different factions, and win spectacular turn-based battles. Expand your Empire of Darkness and seek a powerful artifact that can change the fate of the world.

Why similar: Strategy 52.9%, Dark Fantasy 43.1%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: Playing as the villainous force in a tactical RPG setting provides that same sense of dark, strategic expansion found in your seed game.

You're a witch, leading your coven into new, unfriendly lands. Use the cards you find to build and expand your civilization. Befriend the local covens or use their bones to fuel your spells. Gather your familiars, the witching hour is nigh.

Why similar: Tabletop 26.1%, Card Battler 21.1%, Board Game 19%, Strategy 17.1%, Simulation 16.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique blend of management, simulation, and card-based strategy that feels very similar to the tabletop-inspired gameplay of Divine's Howl.

Solve tactical puzzles in constantly changing battles and overcome circumstances that are NEVER in your favor. Defend your commander, win duels, capture points, experiment with your strategy to defeat a superior enemy, and make decisions that affect your story.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 41.2%, Card Battler 34.8%, Dark Fantasy 21.7%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines turn-based strategy with card-battler mechanics in a dark, narrative-heavy world.

A unique digital boardgame with strategy and narrative elements, inspired by games like Pandemic, Arkham Horror, and Talisman. As a Heretic Operative, a secret mage sworn to oppose the Cult, you must harness the arcane without becoming lost in its power.

Why similar: Board Game 35.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 28.1%, Strategy 18.8%, Dark Fantasy 13.9%, Indie 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: This board-game-inspired strategy title captures the feeling of managing a cult-like organization in a dark fantasy setting.

LEAD the CULT OF CTHULHU. Decide the fate of your followers, perform eldritch rituals, and master the art of city-building in a world where the line between sanity and madness blurs. Can you endure the horrors you unleash?

Why similar: Strategy 34.3%, Simulation 33.8%, Dark Fantasy 29.2%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: This colony-sim focuses on managing a cult and expanding your influence, which is a strong thematic match for Divine's Howl.

Howl is a turn-based tactical folktale set in medieval times. A sinister "howling plague" has ravaged the land, turning all who hear it into feral beasts. You play a deaf heroine plunging into danger in search of a cure.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 60.3%, Strategy 36.5%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A stylized, turn-based strategy game that focuses on puzzle-like tactical movement, matching the indie strategy feel of your seed game.

Alder's Blood is a tactical strategy game with stealth-based combat, RPG elements, crafting, resources gathering, and management, exploration, and a rich storyline. Set in a grim world, where mankind killed their God and is facing extinction.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 45.4%, Strategy 44.6%, Indie 6.3%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: The dark fantasy atmosphere and turn-based tactical combat provide a similar sense of grit and strategic challenge.

A unique, infinitely replayable, story-driven hybrid between a deck-building Roguelike and an RPG game. Explore the ever-changing maps, fight with deadly enemies, and learn what happened to the cursed island of Avalon.

Why similar: Board Game 37.9%, Dark Fantasy 29.3%, Card Battler 27.5%, Indie 3%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: This card-battler features a deeply oppressive dark fantasy world that aligns with the noir and indie sensibilities of your seed game.

Extend your roots, imbibe fresh blood, and expand without end. Roots Devour is a strategic exploration game centered around a card-connecting mechanism. Drive your frenzied roots through swamps and over frozen mountains, invading human cities until the darkness... descends.

Why similar: Strategy 87.6%, Indie 7.3%, Singleplayer 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: The atmospheric and lovecraftian exploration elements provide a similar sense of dread and strategic discovery.

Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 66.3%, Strategy 27%, Indie 4.2%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its procedural storytelling and tabletop-inspired tactical combat create a sense of leading a group through a changing, dangerous world.

Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

Why similar: Card Battler 70.3%, Strategy 29.7%

Why You'll Like It: The dark, atmospheric card-battler mechanics and eerie narrative feel mirror the mysterious and surreal elements of Divine's Howl.

A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

Why similar: Simulation 48.4%, Strategy 47.4%, Singleplayer 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy city-builder that emphasizes management and expansion in a shattered, hostile world.

Fhtagn Simulator is a Cthulhu Roulette Deckbuilder. Set up card slots on roulette to maximize card's value. Collect evil creatures, spells, items and environment to build your deck. Your ultimate mission is to sacrifice spirit collected by cards to unseal the ancient gods that have come to earth!

Why similar: Strategy 82.8%, Indie 10.1%, Singleplayer 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This lovecraftian deckbuilder focuses on the management of cultists and dark rituals.

Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 45.8%, Strategy 27.8%, Dark Fantasy 23.7%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: This turn-based strategy game focuses on defending against waves of enemies in a dark fantasy setting, requiring careful management of your followers.

Roguelite deck-building meets souls-like. Break out of an infinite loop to close the hell gates, turn enemies into cards, and build your own omnipotent Deck of Souls! Rolls included.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 36.7%, Card Battler 28.9%, Strategy 18.8%, Dark Fantasy 13.8%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that uses deckbuilding mechanics to manage combat, fitting the card-battler and strategy tags.

Conquest Tactics: Realm of Sin is a dark-fantasy roguelite tactics game. Command your army and engage in turn-based battles on a hex-based board as you advance step by step to conquer a land shrouded in sin. Your choices carry weight: will you restore order… or allow eternal darkness to reign?

Why similar: Tabletop 26.8%, Board Game 25.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.1%, Dark Fantasy 13.1%, Strategy 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: This hex-grid, turn-based tactical game leans heavily into dark fantasy and board-game aesthetics.

Become a villain in this retro-inspired board game. Draft terrain tiles, recruit monsters, build your dungeon, and become the OVERBOSS!

Why similar: Tabletop 24.7%, Board Game 23.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.2%, Strategy 11.3%, Dark Fantasy 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A tabletop-inspired resource management game that focuses on building up your own dark domain.

Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

Why similar: Strategy 69.2%, Simulation 28%, Singleplayer 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: The focus on managing a desperate population in a dark, unforgiving environment mirrors the thematic weight of leading followers.

Lead humanity’s greatest weapon, the Grey Knights, in this fast-paced turn-based tactical RPG. Root out and purge a galaxy-spanning plague in a cinematic, story-driven campaign, using the tactics and talents of your own personalised squad of Daemonhunters.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 54.2%, Strategy 27%, Dark Fantasy 18.8%

Why You'll Like It: This tactical game features dark, oppressive themes and deep turn-based combat that will appeal to fans of the genre.

Gord is a single-player adventure strategy. To survive, you must build, but to prevail, you must conquer the darkness beyond the gates. In this dark fantasy world, you must complete quests while managing a populace whose personal stories and well-being decide the fate of your tribe.

Why similar: Strategy 48.4%, Dark Fantasy 47.8%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: It combines dark fantasy management with god-like oversight of your settlement and followers.

Become a cult leader and unleash divine power in this dark fantasy strategy RPG. You are the villain - you command disciples, outwit enemies in combat, and shape the fate of the fallen city as you awaken the Dead Gods — Wrath, Desire, and Madness.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 37.7%, Dark Fantasy 35.3%, Strategy 23.7%, Indie 3.3%

In this strategic rogue-like you become a famous expedition leader in the 19th century. You form your own crew with the skills and personality to discover legendary treasures, while exploring randomized locations and stories on every new adventure.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 48.4%, Strategy 44.6%, Indie 4.7%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: The tabletop-style exploration and strategic decision-making offer a similar feel to the board-game elements of Divine's Howl.

Raise an undead army in Decks of the Damned! Command your vampire minions, scavenge gear from fallen foes and craft powerful items to strenghten your forces. Defend by day, expand your domain by night, and shroud the land in darkness!

Why similar: Card Battler 31.4%, Tabletop 26%, Dark Fantasy 15.8%, Strategy 15.5%, Simulation 8.9%

A turn-based card strategy game. You are a Card-Seeker, wandering ruined lands and forgotten realms, collecting forbidden cards—shattered relics of fallen gods. Wield their power to battle twisted creatures and ancient guardians. Each card is a weapon. Each play, a gamble.

Why similar: Card Battler 48.2%, Strategy 36.1%, Dark Fantasy 14.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Master the grid, defy death. Enter a grim Spirit Realm in this open-world deck builder. Craft lethal decks from 160+ cards, claim powerful Totems, and defeat foes in tactical grid combat. Fight as the desperate hunter Ro to bring her son back from beyond the veil.

Why similar: Card Battler 39.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 36.6%, Dark Fantasy 23.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%

A roguelite deckbuilder crossed with a CCG, set in a dark cyberpunk world. You will lead a three-man squad against competing factions fighting among the ashes of a world-wide war. Each operator comes with a unique deck that can be customized and augmented.

Why similar: Card Battler 28.7%, Tabletop 19.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.4%, Board Game 17.4%, Strategy 13.7%

Deck of Haunts invites you to become a malevolent Haunted House. Lure humans into your cursed halls, manipulate their fears, and drain their essence to grow your power. Use strategy to build your mansion and expand your dark influence, turning your home into a terrifying, inescapable nightmare.

Why similar: Card Battler 45.8%, Strategy 29.6%, Simulation 24.6%

It's hard to be a god! Worshipper is a fast-paced strategy combined with collectible card game. Explore and conquer the land, face dreadful creatures, lead your people to glory! With every victory you will unlock new units, spells and buildings, use them to develop your own unique strategies!

Why similar: Board Game 36.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 32.6%, Strategy 29.2%, Indie 2.1%

In Dominions 6 you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. The type of Pretender Gods can vary from magically powerful arch mages to old dragons or an enormous tree. Dominions is a deep 4x turn based strategy game with a very large variety of spells and units.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 43.3%, Strategy 32.7%, Wargame 23.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%

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.

Why similar: Card Battler 42.8%, Strategy 28%, Dark Fantasy 23.9%, Indie 3.5%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Lead an elite strike team through the wars of a reborn civilisation, and decide the fate of humanity through your achievements and choices. Traverse a dynamic war-map, engage in fast, turn-based battles, and explore the world of 2952.

Why similar: Strategy 62.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 35.2%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Elder Sign: Omens is a digital version of the popular board game by Fantasy Flight Games. Build a team of unique investigators and fight to keep an all-powerful Ancient One from invading our world! Explore museums, oceans, deserts and more for the arcane Elder Signs that will help seal the Ancient One away.

Why similar: Board Game 49.9%, Tabletop 28%, Strategy 20.1%, Indie 2%

Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?

Why similar: Tabletop 30.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.5%, Simulation 15.1%, Strategy 14.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.8%

The Old God has left the world and the pretenders are awakening and coming out from hiding. You start the game by designing one of the pretender gods that will compete for true ascension to godhood. The type of god can range from a magically powerful arch mage to an ancient kraken or a mystic monolith that people pray to.

Why similar: Strategy 50.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 43.6%, Indie 5.3%, Singleplayer 1%

You are a God! You are master and ruler of a loyal nation. You have unimaginable powers at your disposal. You have claimed this world as yours. But there are others who stand in your way. You must defeat and destroy these pretenders. Only then can you ascend to godhood and become the new Pantokrator.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 54.2%, Strategy 40.4%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 1.4%

The Fabulous Fear Machine is a narrative-driven strategy game with a pulp horror style. As the Machine's new Master, you must sow fear and expand your influence by creating Legends, harvesting resources, manipulating events, and spying on your enemies.

Why similar: Simulation 46.3%, Strategy 43%, Indie 6.8%, Singleplayer 3.9%

Might makes right in the wild wood! The award-winning board game of asymmetrical woodland warfare comes to cross-platform digital play! Combine subtle strategy and bold daring to guide your forest faction to victory!

Why similar: Tabletop 23.9%, Board Game 23.6%, Wargame 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Strategy 11.1%

You have awoken as a small god. As you accumulate the faith and souls of your followers, you will learn incredible new abilities. Protect, guide your people and smite any threats that may arise. The fate of your world is in your hands.

Why similar: Simulation 34.3%, Strategy 33.2%, Dark Fantasy 25.3%, Indie 4.4%, Singleplayer 2.9%

"Revelatio" is a turn-based strategy game that combines tile-based combat and elements of roguelike. Strategically summon and control units to claim victory. Stain the world with your darkness by corrupting various units, bosses and even NPCs.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 38.2%, Strategy 31.9%, Dark Fantasy 28.6%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Burned Land is a 4x game in which you will take control of a nascent human race and try to avoid its extinction. Build, explore, conquer until you are worthy of gods. Then confront their anger.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 33.5%, Board Game 32.7%, Strategy 16.1%, Dark Fantasy 12.9%, Indie 2.9%

Prepare your decks and go on a pilgrimage through the wasteland! Nowhere Prophet is a unique single-player card game. Travel across randomly generated maps and lead your followers in deep tactical combat. Discover new cards and build your deck as you explore this strange, broken world.

Why similar: Tabletop 25.7%, Board Game 23.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.3%, Card Battler 19.4%, Strategy 11.3%

Your Excellency, in this short systems-management survival game, we prepare for the awakening of our Lord. He hungers for human sacrifice. Sinners try to hide their dark secrets, but all must be purged...

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 40.8%, Noir 36.6%, Strategy 22.7%

In Dominions 5 you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. The type of Pretender Gods can vary from magically powerful arch mages to huge titans or large monuments. Dominions is a deep 4x turn based strategy game with a very large variety of spells and units.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 48.7%, Strategy 33.6%, Wargame 14%, Indie 3.7%

Hadean Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding game fused with autobattler elements to create a unique strategy experience. Use your cards to influence the actions of your units and help your Hero defeat the Six Wings of Hell!

Why similar: Card Battler 32.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 30.8%, Strategy 18.5%, Dark Fantasy 14.9%, Indie 2%

Become the Dictator of Gradnar! Rule the nation, choose between democracy and tyranny, wage wars with a unique card-based mechanic, and expand your empire. A political dystopia packed with satire and humor!

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 31.4%, Simulation 24%, Card Battler 23.2%, Strategy 21.4%

Aid the Deities of Dread in their quest for vengeance and pave the way for their ascension. Gather grim materials, construct defences and expand the underworld to appease the rage of the gods in The Deadly Path, a unique building management and roguelike strategy game.

Why similar: Tabletop 41.8%, Strategy 28.8%, Dark Fantasy 26.8%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Will you try to keep the world the way it is or fight for the changes? October Night Games is a digital board game where everyone is a cultist working for one of two different sides. Scour the town for cursed ingredients and make deals with inscrutable entities as something eldrich this way comes.

Why similar: Tabletop 36.7%, Board Game 32.5%, Strategy 16%, Dark Fantasy 13.4%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Join a gothic battle where Good confronts Evil using roguelike deckbuilding mechanics. Play as either side, invading Alaric's Castle, or as Alaric himself defending against the invading heroes!

Why similar: Card Battler 31%, Turn-Based Strategy 30.5%, Dark Fantasy 18.5%, Strategy 18.4%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Restore a crumbling occult library by a winter sea. Build the world’s foremost collection of grimoires and arcana. Master the invisible arts. BOOK OF HOURS is a narrative crafting RPG set in a 1930s world of hidden gods and secret histories. What sort of Librarian will you choose to be?

Why similar: Tabletop 51.3%, Simulation 24.9%, Strategy 23.8%

This is a dark style strategy game that combines Wargame and Rogulike. Everyone received a mysterious invitation after destroying the conspiracy of the cult. You will lead a group of undead warriors on an adventure journey to defeat invincible enemies one by one.

Why similar: Tabletop 27.4%, Board Game 26.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.4%, Strategy 19.6%, Indie 2.5%

Choose your doctrine and preach across medieval Italy in this real-time strategy roguelike. Gather your diverse cast of followers, venture out to convince and convert new believers, conquer towns, and strive to become a saint in your lifetime—or die trying.

Why similar: Simulation 36.8%, Strategy 34.7%, Wargame 24.8%, Indie 2.2%, Singleplayer 1.6%

This is a turn-based strategy game. You'll assume the role of the Special Investigations Division Chief at the Bureau of Crisis Response (BCR), leading agents deep into Bleak Mountains City, a metropolis steeped in retro 1980s charm, to investigate and contain various supernatural “Visions”.

Why similar: Board Game 31.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.4%, Strategy 22.8%, Simulation 20.8%, Singleplayer 1.3%