Choose Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown
Choose Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown if you want an Action, Adventure, and RPG experience. Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown launched in 2025.
Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown vs Settle and Battle: New Empires
Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown and Settle and Battle: New Empires both land in Strategy, Indie, Simulation on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Strategy, Indie, Simulation on Steam. Both released in 2025. Settle and Battle: New Empires is currently ~75% cheaper on Steam than Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown (6.99 USD vs. 27.99 USD). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Settle and Battle: New Empires
Choose Settle and Battle: New Empires if it's currently about 75% cheaper on the Steam Store. Settle and Battle: New Empires launched in 2025.
Both Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown and Settle and Battle: New Empires sit in Strategy, Indie, and Simulation on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and Online Co-op, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown |  Settle and Battle: New Empires | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2025 | 2025 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, RPG, Casual | Strategy, Indie, Simulation, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, macOS |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | 27.99 USD | 6.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 58.1% positive (227 reviews) | 4 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Zugalu Entertainment | Attic Games Studio |
Side by side
- Both share Strategy, Indie, Simulation on Steam.
- Both released in 2025.
- Settle and Battle: New Empires is currently ~75% cheaper on Steam than Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown (6.99 USD vs. 27.99 USD).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Settle and Battle: New Empires has no Deck rating yet.
Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown vs Settle and Battle: New Empires — FAQ
- Are Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown and Settle and Battle: New Empires similar?
- They overlap on Strategy, Indie, Simulation on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Do both Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown and Settle and Battle: New Empires have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown ships Online Co-op, Co-op; Settle and Battle: New Empires ships Online Co-op, Co-op.
- Does Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown is rated Deck Playable by Valve. Settle and Battle: New Empires doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.