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Games like Gord

If Gord is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dice Legacy, SORALAND and From Glory To Goo — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its senses mode heightens immersion, atmospheric and bleak. 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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About Gord: 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.

2023StrategyIndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDWindowsby Covenant.dev
Gord — Steam game cover
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Senses mode heightens immersionSlavic folklore lore is rich and distinctSpells dramatically impact combat outcomesAtmosphericBleakDark

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Steam players who put hours into Gord 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.

  1. Dice Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource scarcity with Gord.

    Top pick for Gord fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gord.

    Dice Legacy is a dice-based survival city builder set on a mysterious ringworld. Your ship has reached the shore of an uncharted continent. Roll and use your dice to gather resources, expand and defend your settlement, survive the winter and interact with the strange inhabitants of this eerie world.

    2021StrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. SORALAND

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Gord fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gord.

    Third person strategy game: Collect resources, conquer new areas and grow your civilization.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. From Glory To Goo

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Gord.

    Third-strongest match for Gord fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Gord.

    From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.

    2024StrategySimulationEarly Access8.39 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Gateworlds

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Gord fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gord.

    Gateworlds is a colony sim about exploring and surviving a fantasy wilderness. Find your way in a world of floating islands, strange creatures, and fickle gods.

    StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Towers & Goblins: The Last Stand

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Gord fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gord.

    Build towers, manage resources, and lead units to defend your kingdom against goblins. Every decision you make determines your kingdom's fate.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Final Outpost: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares job assignment with Gord.

    Ranked #6 for Gord fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Gord.

    Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive?

    2025StrategySimulation9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Dawn of Man

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Gord fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gord.

    Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Here Comes The Swarm

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Gord fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gord.

    Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Gord

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Gord.

    Reviewers of Gord cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.

    2015RPG39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. RimWorld

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Gord cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gord.

    A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Against the Storm

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Gord.

    Reviewers of Gord cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Gord.

    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.

    2023StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Wartales

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Gord.

    Reviewers of Gord cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gord.

    Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe. Explore the world, recruit companions, collect bounties and unravel the secrets of the tombs of the ancients!

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Gord at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Gord on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gord.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Gord on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gord.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Gord on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gord.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Gord on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Gord.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Gord on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Gord.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Gord on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gord.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Gord on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gord.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Final Revelation

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Gord on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Gord.

    The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?

    2020SimulationRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Gord.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gord.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gord.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gord.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. Moonring

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Gord.

    If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.

    2021AdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Mitoza

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gord.

    It's not a game, it's a toy. Explore all cycles and prepare yourself to accept the inevitable effects of Mitoza.

    2021IndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Gord

Does Gord work on Steam Deck?
Gord is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Gord cost?
Gord is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Gord?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Gord are Dice Legacy, SORALAND, From Glory To Goo.
Who developed Gord?
Gord was developed by Covenant.dev and published by Team17.

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 Gord.

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