Games like The Vagabond Emperor
If The Vagabond Emperor is your kind of game, the closest matches are Crusader Kings II, House of Legacy and Strategy & Tactics: Dark Ages — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its bleak, contemplative and dark. 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 →About The Vagabond Emperor: "The Vagabond Emperor" is a 2D RPG where you start as a simple vagabond and become an emperor. Smite enemies, build a town, create a family, suffer from the curse, do what you want.
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Crusader Kings II
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with The Vagabond Emperor.
Top pick for The Vagabond Emperor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Vagabond Emperor.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
House of Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Vagabond Emperor.
Second-strongest match for The Vagabond Emperor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Vagabond Emperor.
Step into the shoes of a fallen clan leader, starting with nothing but a crumbling estate and a handful of hopes, rising through careful planning, trade, and diplomacy to become one of the most powerful families in the land. Now it’s time to forge a legendary dynasty that leaves its mark on history.
Strategy & Tactics: Dark Ages
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Vagabond Emperor.
Third-strongest match for The Vagabond Emperor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Vagabond Emperor.
Dark Ages is a tactical digital board game set in the violent world of alternate Middle Ages. Vikings against war elephants, musketeers against the Mongol cavalry, ancient phalanx legions against crusaders; the deadliest armies in history clashing in bloody war.
Terra Invicta
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Vagabond Emperor.
Ranked #4 for The Vagabond Emperor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Vagabond Emperor.
An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.
ENDLESS™ Legend 2
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Vagabond Emperor.
Ranked #5 for The Vagabond Emperor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Vagabond Emperor.
Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.
Europa Universalis IV
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Ranked #6 for The Vagabond Emperor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Vagabond Emperor.
Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.
NEBULOUS: Fleet Command
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Vagabond Emperor.
Ranked #7 for The Vagabond Emperor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Vagabond Emperor.
Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your opponents in a simulation-heavy tactical space game like no other.
Monarch : Medieval Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Vagabond Emperor.
Ranked #8 for The Vagabond Emperor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Vagabond Emperor.
In the medieval era, assume the role of a lord and engage with other lords，develop fiefdoms, and employ strategies involving intrigue, warfare, and plunder. Expand your territory and strengthen your house lineage Or, be a god, manipulate the world? This game primarily strategic role-playing elements
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Vagabond Emperor at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Vagabond Emperor on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Vagabond Emperor.
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.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~50% under The Vagabond Emperor on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with The Vagabond Emperor.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
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Priced ~50% under The Vagabond Emperor on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Vagabond Emperor.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Vagabond Emperor on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Vagabond Emperor.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Vagabond Emperor on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Vagabond Emperor.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under The Vagabond Emperor on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with The Vagabond Emperor.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
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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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and RPG with The Vagabond Emperor.
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
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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!
Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with The Vagabond Emperor.
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Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with The Vagabond Emperor.
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 The Vagabond Emperor.
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!
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and RPG with The Vagabond Emperor.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
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Frequently asked about The Vagabond Emperor
- How much does The Vagabond Emperor cost?
- The Vagabond Emperor is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Vagabond Emperor?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Vagabond Emperor are Crusader Kings II, House of Legacy, Strategy & Tactics: Dark Ages.
- Who developed The Vagabond Emperor?
- The Vagabond Emperor was developed by WigglingEyebrows.
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