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Games like Sumerian Six

If Sumerian Six is your kind of game, the closest matches are Desperados III, Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice and Wooden Battles: Spec Ops — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and epic. 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 Sumerian Six: Lead an unlikely team of commando scientists behind enemy lines to fight Nazis, uncover arcane mysteries, and wield experimental technology to turn the tide of WWII in this real-time tactical stealth adventure.

2024ActionStrategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableMetacritic 81Windowsby Artificer
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Players who liked Sumerian Six also play

Steam players who put hours into Sumerian Six 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. Desperados III

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sumerian Six.

    Top pick for Sumerian Six fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sumerian Six.

    Desperados III is a story-driven, hardcore tactical stealth game, set in a ruthless Wild West scenario. Play smart if you want to succeed. A good plan can make the difference between survival and finding yourself at the business end of a pistol.

    2020Strategy39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sumerian Six.

    Second-strongest match for Sumerian Six fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sumerian Six.

    Aiko's Choice is the anticipated standalone expansion to the acclaimed stealth strategy game Shadow Tactics. Set in Edo Japan, you take control of the skillful kunoichi adept Aiko and her deadly assassin friends to hunt down the ghosts of her past.

    2021StrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Wooden Battles: Spec Ops

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Sumerian Six fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Sumerian Six.

    Wooden Battles: Spec Ops is a stealth action strategy game. Take control of a group of 4 special forces units with unique abilities, infiltrate the enemy base and complete the mission objectives. Use the in-game level editor to create your own missions and upload them to the Steam Workshop.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Chinese Expeditionary Force - Assault Team

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Sumerian Six fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sumerian Six.

    Chinese Expeditionary Force - Assault Team is a tactical stealth game set in the expedition of the Chinese Expeditionary Force to Burma during World War II. The assault team consists of five characters, each with their own special skills. You can use different strategies to complete the mission.

    2023StrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sumerian Six.

    Ranked #5 for Sumerian Six fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Sumerian Six.

    Experience an isometric, narrative-driven stealth game and join Hanna’s adventure in the vibrant city of Eriksholm. The mysterious disappearance of her brother, Herman, ignites a chain of catastrophic events that will forever change their lives and the fate of the entire city.

    2025ActionStrategyAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Partisans 1941

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sumerian Six.

    Ranked #6 for Sumerian Six fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sumerian Six.

    Partisans 1941 is a real-time tactics game with stealth elements, set on the eastern front of WW II. As an army commander behind enemy lines you gather a group of Partisans to wage guerilla warfare against the German occupants.

    2020StrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 63 Days

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Sumerian Six.

    Ranked #7 for Sumerian Six fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Sumerian Six.

    Coming of age as a part of the first generation born free, WWII stripped me of my family, home, and future. Now I'm left with only one choice: to get my revenge and independence, or die trying. The odds are against us: will our tactics, stealth and teamwork be enough?

    2024ActionStrategyAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. BALSEO: The Sea Beyond

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Sumerian Six fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Sumerian Six.

    BALSEO: The Sea Beyond is a stealth adventure shrouded in a dark, mythological atmosphere. Master stealth, learn powerful spells, and flee when necessary. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover what hides behind the fog.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Sumerian Six

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. Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

    WHY THIS

    Shares character ability synergy and an immersive mood with Sumerian Six.

    Reviewers of Sumerian Six cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sumerian Six.

    Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.

    2016StrategyIndie39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew

    WHY THIS

    Shares stealth puzzle design and an atmospheric mood with Sumerian Six.

    Reviewers of Sumerian Six cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sumerian Six.

    Assemble your crew and set sail on an infamous ghost ship to sneak, stab, and spellcast your way through the Inquisition in this non-linear stealth strategy game. Chart a course, develop uncanny abilities, and use unconventional tactics to find a powerful pirate artifact!

    2023StrategyRPG39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Partisans 1941

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sumerian Six.

    Reviewers of Sumerian Six cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sumerian Six.

    Partisans 1941 is a real-time tactics game with stealth elements, set on the eastern front of WW II. As an army commander behind enemy lines you gather a group of Partisans to wage guerilla warfare against the German occupants.

    2020StrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Miasma Chronicles

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sumerian Six.

    Reviewers of Sumerian Six cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Sumerian Six.

    From the creators of Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden comes a beautifully crafted tactical adventure you won’t forget. Embark on a quest across a post-apocalyptic wasteland torn apart by a savage force known only as the ‘Miasma’.

    2023ActionStrategy34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sumerian Six.

    Reviewers of Sumerian Six cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sumerian Six.

    Aiko's Choice is the anticipated standalone expansion to the acclaimed stealth strategy game Shadow Tactics. Set in Edo Japan, you take control of the skillful kunoichi adept Aiko and her deadly assassin friends to hunt down the ghosts of her past.

    2021StrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. SAMURAI

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Sumerian Six cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Sumerian Six.

    This is a third person action game in which you play as a samurai and face powerful enemies where your skills and reflexes will be tested.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Mind Games

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Sumerian Six.

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

    Mind games is a great set of extremely hard brain twisting puzzles! Warning: this game is for smarties! Only one out of ten people can solve the first puzzle!

    2016Indie0.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. Desperados III

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sumerian Six.

    Reviewers of Sumerian Six cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sumerian Six.

    Desperados III is a story-driven, hardcore tactical stealth game, set in a ruthless Wild West scenario. Play smart if you want to succeed. A good plan can make the difference between survival and finding yourself at the business end of a pistol.

    2020Strategy39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Sumerian Six on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sumerian Six.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Sumerian Six on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sumerian Six.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Sumerian Six on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sumerian Six.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Bloons TD 6

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Sumerian Six on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sumerian Six.

    The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.

    2018Strategy13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Hollow Knight

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sumerian Six on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sumerian Six.

    Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Sumerian Six on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sumerian Six.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Sumerian Six on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sumerian Six.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Sumerian Six on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sumerian Six.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Action with Sumerian Six.

    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 Action with Sumerian Six.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Sumerian Six.

    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 ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Sumerian Six.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Sumerian Six.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Artificer

Other recommendable Steam games by Artificer, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Showgunners

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Artificer, the studio behind Sumerian Six.

    As a contestant on a high stakes reality game show of the future, you must survive a dangerous urban environment packed with traps, confounding puzzles, and heavily armed psychopaths. Turn-based combat in hand crafted levels, built for entertainment.

    202329.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. MINOS

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sumerian Six.

    Another title from Artificer, the studio behind Sumerian Six. Shares Action and Strategy with Sumerian Six.

    Minos is a maze-building roguelite where you, the fabled Minotaur, must defend your sanctuary from bloodthirsty adventurers. Design and re-design deadly labyrinths, set traps, and turn every brave fool into your next victim.

    2026ActionStrategyAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. MINOS: Home A-Labyrinth

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sumerian Six.

    Another title from Artificer, the studio behind Sumerian Six. Shares Action and Strategy with Sumerian Six.

    A free MINOS spin-off inspired by everyone's favorite holiday film. Build festive traps, defend a snow-covered home from clumsy intruders, and unleash winter-grade mischief in this legally distinct seasonal homage.

    2025ActionStrategyFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Sumerian Six

Does Sumerian Six run on Steam Deck?
Sumerian Six is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Sumerian Six cost?
Sumerian Six is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Sumerian Six?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sumerian Six are Desperados III, Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice, Wooden Battles: Spec Ops.
Who developed Sumerian Six?
Sumerian Six was developed by Artificer and published by Devolver Digital.

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 Sumerian Six.

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