Games like Patron
If Patron is your kind of game, the closest matches are Aquatico, Depraved and Banished — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its mod support enhances replayability, 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.
Get personalized picks →Patron is a medieval strategy and simulation game released in 2021 by Overseer Games. Players manage a class-based population, issuing decrees and policies while handling disasters and events as they unfold. Resource chains require careful balancing and optimization, with a tech tree progression system unlocking new building options over time. Reviewers highlight that the class-based population reacts dynamically to decrees, and players note the diverse climate and map options add variety to each session. The game costs $19.99 and is not supported on Steam Deck. It received a 74 percent positive rating from 1,572 Steam reviews. Players describe the experience as both contemplative and relaxing despite its challenging systems. Mod support enhances replayability, and players appreciate how the social dynamics layer adds depth beyond typical city builder mechanics.
About Patron: Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.
Players who liked Patron also play
Steam players who put hours into Patron 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.
Aquatico
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Patron.
Top pick for Patron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Patron.
Aquatico is a classic city builder set within the depths of the sea. Strategically build an underwater colony atop the ocean floor and face the challenges that accompany oceanic life.
Depraved
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Patron.
Second-strongest match for Patron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Patron.
Depraved is a city builder game with survival aspects, settled in the Wild West. Build towns and establish important outposts to supply your residents with food and other raw materials. Resist the seasons, dangerous animals, and bandits and conquer the Wild West.
Banished
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Patron.
Third-strongest match for Patron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Patron.
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
Endzone - A World Apart
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Patron.
Ranked #4 for Patron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Patron.
Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.
Settlement Survival
WHY THIS
Shares tech tree progression and a contemplative mood with Patron.
Ranked #5 for Patron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Patron.
In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.
Foundation
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Patron.
Ranked #6 for Patron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Patron.
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Land of the Vikings
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Patron.
Ranked #7 for Patron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Patron.
Land of the Vikings is a survival colony sim game. Build and lead your village, and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál!
Kingdoms and Castles
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Patron.
Ranked #8 for Patron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Patron.
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Patron at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Patron on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Patron.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Patron on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Patron.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Patron on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Patron.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Kerbal Space Program
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Patron on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Patron.
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Patron on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Patron.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Patron on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Patron.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Patron on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Patron.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Patron on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Patron.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Patron.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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!
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Patron.
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!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Patron.
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!
Outpath: First Journey
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Patron.
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.
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!
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Frequently asked about Patron
- Does Patron work on Steam Deck?
- Patron is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Patron cost?
- Patron is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Patron?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Patron are Aquatico, Depraved, Banished.
- Who developed Patron?
- Patron was developed by Overseer Games.
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