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Games like BlackChain

If BlackChain is your kind of game, the closest matches are Five Nations, Rank: Warmaster and Endeavor: Rite of Passage — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 BlackChain: A classic single-player RTS set in a Solar System ruled by megacorporations. Journey from Mars all the way to Planet 9 and uncover the secrets of the BlackChain.

2021StrategyIndie4.99 USDWindowsby Borington
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Artillery walkers outperform tanks in direct fightsCampaign missions teach mechanics organicallyModular forts can be repositioned after tech upgradesAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

Players who liked BlackChain also play

Steam players who put hours into BlackChain 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. Five Nations

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with BlackChain.

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

    Five Nations is a real-time sci-fi strategy game for PC platform. Encompassing tactical combat in space in real-time mixed with micromanagement of economy, construction, and production featuring different kind of single player modes.

    2021StrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Rank: Warmaster

    WHY THIS

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

    Stranded on Mars with next to nothing, build a city, assemble a fleet, and expand your empire to survive a hostile solar system in this new take that combines elements of space combat and RTS inspired by the classics.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Endeavor: Rite of Passage

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with BlackChain.

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

    Take command of powerful armies with intuitive player controls and classic RTS features and feel. Control powerful super-weapons and elite units through a 21-mission campaign. Continue the fight on 16 skirmish and 8 unique survival maps.

    2025StrategyIndieEarly Access19.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Crimson Freedom

    WHY THIS

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

    Story-driven RTS set on Mars! Build bases, command armies and uncover the choices and failures of humanity. Each campaign offers a radically different perspective on the struggle for humanity's future, a conflict between freedom, control and a frenzied pursuit for immortality through AI.

    StrategySteam ↗
  5. IRON GUARD (Non VR)

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with BlackChain.

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

    A sci-fi Tower Defense game. Strategize to destroy waves of rogue robots and assist the powerful turrets with player controlled drone. Build and collect resources and help evacuate your crew from the alien planet.

    2022ActionStrategyFree To PlaySteam ↗
  6. Crossfire: Legion

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with BlackChain.

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

    Crossfire: Legion is a real time strategy game featuring tactical action in furious battles across a shattered version of the near future. Raise and customize your army to engage in intense online combat and carve your own path as you rise through the ranks. It’s a new generation of warfare.

    2022ActionStrategyDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Byte Lynx

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with BlackChain.

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

    Byte Lynx is a fast-paced RTS with no units. Build defenses, dismantle your enemy, and steal their buildings in this deeply tactical building combat-based strategy game. Expand your arsenal across a series of diverse levels!

    2022StrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Rogue Command

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with BlackChain.

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

    True RTS gameplay reinforced with roguelite build crafting. Control units with bullet-time precision. Call down bases and raise armies. Drafted from a different arsenal every run. Weave builds that break the game. Or the game breaks you.

    2024ActionStrategySimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to BlackChain

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. Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3

    WHY THIS

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

    The desperate leadership of a doomed Soviet Union travels back in time to change history and restore the glory of Mother Russia.

    2009ActionStrategyDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with BlackChain.

    Reviewers of BlackChain cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with BlackChain.

    SC2VN is a visual novel about the South Korean StarCraft 2 scene. You play as Mach, a foreign semi-pro trying to make it in eSports who soon learns that success in StarCraft takes more than in-game strategy.

    2015IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Brood

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of BlackChain cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with BlackChain.

    Immerse into a mythical meadow full of unrevealed secrets as you play as a fox attempting to find his way home.

    2019IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under BlackChain on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BlackChain.

    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 BlackChain on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BlackChain.

    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 BlackChain on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BlackChain.

    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. shapez

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under BlackChain on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BlackChain.

    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 ↗
  6. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under BlackChain on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BlackChain.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under BlackChain on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BlackChain.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under BlackChain on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BlackChain.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Control, I'm Not Coming Back

    WHY THIS

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

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

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

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  3. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

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

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Aircar

    WHY THIS

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

    A simple immersive flying game built for VR. Pilot an aircar through a futuristic cityscape.

    2019IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  5. Outpath: First Journey

    WHY THIS

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

    Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    2022IndieAdventureCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. DOGWALK

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore a hand-crafted winter forest as a big adorable dog and a little kid in tow. A short, free, open source project brought to you by Blender Studio.

    2025IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. South Scrimshaw, Part One

    WHY THIS

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

    South Scrimshaw is the story of a newborn whale in a vast alien ocean. It is a richly illustrated experimental visual novel, written in the style of a nature documentary.

    2023IndieCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about BlackChain

How much does BlackChain cost?
BlackChain is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does BlackChain have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — BlackChain supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
What games are most similar to BlackChain?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside BlackChain are Five Nations, Rank: Warmaster, Endeavor: Rite of Passage.
Who developed BlackChain?
BlackChain was developed by Borington.

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 BlackChain.

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