Games like Ludus
If Ludus is your kind of game, the closest matches are Res Publica, Knights of Light: The Prologue and Weed County — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and immersive. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
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Players who liked Ludus also play
Steam players who put hours into Ludus also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Res Publica
WHY THIS
Top pick for Ludus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ludus.
RES PUBLICA - Citizens of Rome, an innovative city builder, life-simulation and roleplay game, invites the player to build his own roman city, manage his character, family and household during the ancient Roman Republic in 150 BC. Ave Caesar! Its up to you to lead the way for your home and family!
Knights of Light: The Prologue
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Ludus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Ludus.
Action adventure role playing game during medieval age in Middle East. Story is based on a historical battle at the 7th century in Iraq. Inspired by The Witcher and Mount & Blade with a rich story with two playable characters. Relive the battle events and lead your troops to victory.
Weed County
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Ludus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ludus.
Grow, package, and sell weed while managing personal needs and furnishing your own home. Make friends with the community of Weed County by day and make drug deals at night. Buy properties and businesses to launder dirty money and pay off the debt hanging over your head.
Age of Gladiators
WHY THIS
Shares gladiator training and an immersive mood with Ludus.
Ranked #4 for Ludus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ludus.
"Age of Gladiators" is a single-player strategy/management sim set at the height of the bloody gladiatorial games in ancient Rome. As your fighters increase in level, it will be up to you to decide how to forge their attributes and abilities.
Empire Architect
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Ludus.
Ranked #5 for Ludus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ludus.
Empire Architect is an ancient city-building real time strategy game, with elements from grand strategies sprinkled in for good measure. The levels are procedurally generated, and you have limited control over your subjects
Delivery from the Pain:Survival / 末日方舟:生存
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ludus.
Ranked #6 for Ludus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Ludus.
You'll play as a survivor in a world overrun by zombies. Explore and interact with other survivors, making tough choices about whether to help or exploit them. Defend against zombies, collect resources, craft, and fortify your shelter. Use strategy to escape this world and return to safety.
Jaws Of Extinction™
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ludus.
Ranked #7 for Ludus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Ludus.
The island of Eden-Nadir, has fallen to a vicious mind consuming fungal parasite. Fight through the ashes of humanity to track down the truth behind the infection as one of four playable survivors before the outbreak spreads throughout the world.
We Who Are About To Die
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Ludus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Ludus.
Fight & strategize your way through spectacles and arenas - rise from lowly slave to Grand Champion and earn your freedom. Or... die trying. This Gladiator RPG Roguelite features in-depth career management and a unique physics simulated combat system. To those who are about to die, I salute you!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ludus at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ludus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ludus.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ludus on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Ludus.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Ludus on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ludus.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ludus on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ludus.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ludus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ludus.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Ludus on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Ludus.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ludus on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ludus.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Ludus on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Ludus.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ludus.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Ludus.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Ludus.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ludus.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ludus.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ludus.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Ludus.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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More from Cheesecake Dev
Other recommendable Steam games by Cheesecake Dev, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Internet Cafe Simulator 2
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Ludus.
Another title from Cheesecake Dev, the studio behind Ludus. Shares Action and Strategy with Ludus.
Internet Cafe Simulator 2 is an extremely comprehensive and detailed internet cafe business simulation game.
Internet Cafe Simulator
WHY THIS
Another title from Cheesecake Dev, the studio behind Ludus. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ludus.
Internet Cafe Simulator is an internet cafe business simulation game. Build the best internet café in the world!
Streamer Life Simulator
WHY THIS
Another title from Cheesecake Dev, the studio behind Ludus. Shares Action and Strategy with Ludus.
Streamer Life Simulator is a very comprehensive streamer life simulation game. Be the most popular streamer in the world.
Streamer Life Simulator 2
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Ludus.
Another title from Cheesecake Dev, the studio behind Ludus. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ludus.
In the second game of the series, competition has increased and now everyone wants to be a streamer. Are you ready to stream until your cpu burns out?
Border Officer
WHY THIS
Another title from Cheesecake Dev, the studio behind Ludus. Shares Action and Indie with Ludus.
Usually everyone is unemployed here. But by chance you got a job. You'il work for the state.Everyone in your family is sick or unemployed, only you can help them. You're an immigrant officer.
Computer Repair Shop
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ludus.
Another title from Cheesecake Dev, the studio behind Ludus. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ludus.
Become a dishonest computer repairman, steal rams. Burn the motherboards!
Horror Squad
WHY THIS
Another title from Cheesecake Dev, the studio behind Ludus. Shares Action and Indie with Ludus.
Horror Squad is a 1-4 player online co-op horror game. Assemble your squad to clear the areas cursed by terrifying creatures.
Frequently asked about Ludus
- How much does Ludus cost?
- Ludus is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Ludus?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ludus are Res Publica, Knights of Light: The Prologue, Weed County.
- Who developed Ludus?
- Ludus was developed by Cheesecake Dev.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Ludus.
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