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Shares procedural generation with Grim Realms.
- $2.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2018
Games like Grim Realms
- 18 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
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The closest matches to Grim Realms: Grim Nights, RimWorld, Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation, Dwarf Fortress, and Hammerting. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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- 2018
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Stranded: Alien Dawn
Why this: Shares resource scarcity with Grim Realms.
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Mountaincore
Why this: Shares colony management and procedural generation with Grim Realms.
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- Released: 2024
- Developer: Edym Pixels
- Price: $7.49−50%checked Oct 31
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 81% of 273 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Colony growth attracts escalating threats
- Custom cultures and world generation
- Deep realism in survival systems
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Dark
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
RimWorld
Why this: Shares procedural generation with Grim Realms.
Stranded: Alien Dawn
Why this: Shares resource scarcity with Grim Realms.
Mountaincore
Why this: Shares colony management and procedural generation with Grim Realms.
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Other recommendable Steam games by Edym Pixels, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
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Why this: Also Medieval and Tactical, like Grim Realms.
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Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Grim Realms.
About Grim Realms
The closest matches to Grim Realms: Grim Nights, RimWorld, Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation, Dwarf Fortress, and Hammerting. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Grim Realms is your kind of game, the closest matches are Grim Nights, RimWorld and Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and dark, and single out its caravan trading and colony management. 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.
About Grim Realms: A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves? Guide your villagers as they struggle to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead.
Is Grim Realms worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 81% of 273 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $14.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 31 h when they wrote their review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Colony growth attracts escalating threats
- Custom cultures and world generation
- Deep realism in survival systems
- Exploration via boat voyages
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Game seems abandoned, frustrating problems not being addressed for example you cannot restart a map...if you have a bad run you must re-generate a world and a starting colony from scratch every single time.”
“tldr: there is more bugs than undead, even if it says "1.0" now, and dev abandoned this game what a sham, i waited for like 2 years for it to release, cause when i bought it - man, there was so much bugs that you were forced to play it as…”
People who play it also play: Grim Nights, RimWorld, Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
Frequently asked about Grim Realms
Can I run it?
Does Grim Realms run on Steam Deck?
Grim Realms 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 Grim Realms cost?
Grim Realms is listed on Steam at 7.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Grim Realms?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Grim Realms are Grim Nights, RimWorld, Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation.
Who developed Grim Realms?
Grim Realms was developed by Edym Pixels.