swap_horiz Plague Inc. Alternatives

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Graveyard Keeper

Graveyard Keeper is a dark, humorous twist on the farming sim genre. Instead of managing a farm, you are tasked with run...

RPG Resource Management Management Simulation

7.4 Good

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Factorio

Factorio is a unique blend of factory building and resource management. Players must automate the production of increasi...

Strategy Engineering Management Simulation

8.8 Very Good

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Hanabi

Hanabi is a unique cooperative game where you hold your cards facing away from you. You can see everyone else's cards bu...

Strategy Card Game Teamwork Memory

8.4 Very Good

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Rebel Inc.

Rebel Inc. is a challenging and thought-provoking strategy simulation game from the creators of Plague Inc. You play as...

Strategy Simulation INDIE Political

8.2 Very Good

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Roots of Pacha

Roots of Pacha takes the farming genre back to the Stone Age. Instead of buying seeds, you discover and domesticate wild...

Innovation Community Co Op INDIE

7.3 Good

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Pandemic Legacy: Season 1

Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 takes the classic cooperative game of disease control and adds a permanent, evolving narrative...

Strategy Story Driven Narrative Legacy

9.9 Brilliant

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Gloomhaven

Gloomhaven is a massive, tactical combat game set in a persistent fantasy world. Players take on the roles of mercenarie...

Strategy Fantasy Adventure Story Driven

9.9 Brilliant

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RimWorld

RimWorld is a sci-fi colony simulator driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. You manage a group of crash-landed surviv...

Strategy Sci Fi Management Simulation

9.7 Brilliant

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Crusader Kings III

Crusader Kings III is a grand strategy role-playing game where you guide a medieval dynasty through centuries of intrigu...

RPG Strategy Role Playing Simulation

9.6 Brilliant

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Spirit Island

Spirit Island is a complex, cooperative game where players take on the roles of powerful spirits defending their island...

Strategy Complex Challenging Cooperative

9.5 Brilliant

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Stellaris Command: Frontiers

Stellaris Command: Frontiers elevates the 4X strategy genre to new heights. Players manage an interstellar empire, balan...

Strategy Sci Fi Simulation Space

9.4 Excellent

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The Battle of Polytopia

The Battle of Polytopia is a brilliant, minimalist 4X strategy game that distills the genre down to its most essential e...

Strategy Turn Based Minimalist INDIE

9.4 Excellent

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Out of the Park Baseball 25

Out of the Park Baseball (OOTP) is the gold standard for baseball management simulations. It allows players to manage an...

Strategy Management Simulation Baseball

9.3 Excellent

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Dwarf Fortress

Dwarf Fortress is a notoriously complex and rewarding simulation game where players manage a dwarven colony in a procedu...

Fantasy Management Simulation Complex

9.3 Excellent

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Codenames

Codenames is a social word game with a simple premise and challenging gameplay. Two teams compete to see who can make co...

Strategy Social Teamwork Party Game

9.2 Excellent

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Terraforming Mars: Legacy

A cooperative board game that combines the mechanics of Terraforming Mars with a legacy system. Players work together to...

Strategy Long Term Cooperative

9.1 Excellent

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Forbidden Island

A fantastic entry point into cooperative board gaming, Forbidden Island challenges players to work together to collect t...

Strategy Adventure Family Friendly Family

9.1 Excellent

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Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters

Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters is a thrilling cooperative game where players must explore a haunted house, collect trea...

Strategy Adventure Teamwork Cooperative

9.0 Excellent

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Realm Grinder

Realm Grinder is a complex and darkly humorous idle game set in a fantasy world. Players manage a realm, grinding resour...

Strategy Fantasy Resource Management Incremental

9.0 Excellent

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Gloomhaven: Digital

Gloomhaven: Digital is a port of the critically acclaimed board game, offering a deep and rewarding cooperative dungeon-...

Strategy Tactical Campaign Cooperative

9.0 Excellent