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Games like Blacksmith Legends

Below are 8 hand-picked alternatives to Blacksmith Legends for fans of strategy, indie, simulation, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Blacksmith Legends also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

About Blacksmith Legends: Blacksmith Legends is a RPG management strategy game where you inherit a small workshop and build your way up. Your job is to craft/modify your recipes, manage your workshop/employees, become hero or villain in the Kingdom to impress or dethrone your King!

2022StrategyIndieSimulationCasualEarly AccessDeck PlayableWindowsby VM Gaming
Blacksmith Legends — Steam game cover
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    Figure Shop Simulator — Steam game cover

    Figure Shop Simulator

    Top pick for Blacksmith Legends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Blacksmith Legends.

    Run your own figure shop! Produce figures with 3D printers, stock your shelves, set prices, and offer the best shopping experience to your customers. Manage your storage, expand and design your store. Try to complete collection sets, follow market trends, and grow your business!

    2025IndieSimulationCasual12.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Inn Legend — Steam game cover

    Inn Legend

    Second-strongest match for Blacksmith Legends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Blacksmith Legends.

    一款经典的客栈经营类游戏。在想法设法发展客栈的同时,还要处理好人际关系,最终将自己的客栈从破产的边缘拯救回来。

    2020StrategyAdventureSimulation7.99 USDSteam ↗
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    A Hero's Rest: An RPG Town Simulator — Steam game cover

    A Hero's Rest: An RPG Town Simulator

    Third-strongest match for Blacksmith Legends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Blacksmith Legends.

    Build shops, craft items with hundreds of customization options, and manage your resources wisely to lead your Heroes to success. Immerse yourself as proprietor of a medieval fantasy town in a world abounding with Heroes and Monsters.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Rise of Industry — Steam game cover

    Rise of Industry

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

    Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Military Incremental Complex — Steam game cover

    Military Incremental Complex

    Ranked #5 for Blacksmith Legends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Blacksmith Legends.

    Make weapons, make money. An active incremental game where you amass as much money as you can by starting a Military Industrial Complex company. Produce multiple different weapons, research upgrades, manipulate the stock market, and lobby the government for favors.

    2025StrategySimulation7.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Console Shop Simulator — Steam game cover

    Console Shop Simulator

    Ranked #6 for Blacksmith Legends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Blacksmith Legends.

    Become the owner of a game store! Organize shelves, repair CDs, negotiate profits, promote your store via live stream, and increase customer satisfaction.

    2025IndieSimulationCasual15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Gun Factory Simulator — Steam game cover

    Gun Factory Simulator

    Ranked #7 for Blacksmith Legends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Blacksmith Legends.

    Take control of your very own firearms factory. Start with a workshop and a gun shop, and evolve it into a factory of mass destruction. Craft bullets to rockets, handguns to shotguns, hire workers & managers, and become a merchant of death. Get use to the smell of gunpowder and cash.

    2025IndieSimulationRPG14.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Big Pharma — Steam game cover

    Big Pharma

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

    What if you had it in your power to rid the world of disease, to improve the lives of millions, to ease suffering and cure the sick… and earn a tidy profit? As the head of your own Pharmaceutical Conglomerate you have this power resting in your hands. Will you use it for good?

    2015StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Blacksmith Legends

Does Blacksmith Legends run on Steam Deck?
Blacksmith Legends is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
What games are most similar to Blacksmith Legends?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Blacksmith Legends are Figure Shop Simulator, Inn Legend, A Hero's Rest: An RPG Town Simulator.
Who developed Blacksmith Legends?
Blacksmith Legends was developed by VM Gaming.

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