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Games like Diluvian Winds

If Diluvian Winds is your kind of game, the closest matches are Synergy, Foundation and Reus 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, cozy and relaxing. 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 Diluvian Winds: Diluvian Winds is a relaxing management game set in a small hamlet at the foot of a lighthouse. Welcome weary travelers and work together to expand your hamlet on land, under the sea, or among the clouds.

2024StrategySimulationRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Alambik Studio
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Choose playstyle between land sky and underwater zonesFeeding workers affects morale and productionRising tides add urgency to base expansionAtmosphericCozyRelaxing

Players who liked Diluvian Winds also play

Steam players who put hours into Diluvian Winds 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. Synergy

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Diluvian Winds.

    Top pick for Diluvian Winds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Diluvian Winds.

    An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Foundation

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with Diluvian Winds.

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

    Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Reus 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a relaxing mood with Diluvian Winds.

    Third-strongest match for Diluvian Winds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Diluvian Winds.

    Shape worlds with your godly titans. Make symbiotic ecosystems and inspire humanity with your creations. Their achievements unlock new possibilities. Make different planets for different human spirits, and fill the universe with life!

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Snowtopia: Ski Resort Builder

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with Diluvian Winds.

    Ranked #4 for Diluvian Winds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Diluvian Winds.

    Build your ideal ski resort. Keep skiers smiling with fresh pistes and fine facilities. Ski, build and chill in the wintry world of Snowtopia where everyone is welcome!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Havendock

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a cozy mood with Diluvian Winds.

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

    Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Kingdoms and Castles

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a cozy mood with Diluvian Winds.

    Ranked #6 for Diluvian Winds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Diluvian Winds.

    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.

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Diluvian Winds.

    Ranked #7 for Diluvian Winds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Diluvian Winds.

    Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.

    2015StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Timberborn

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Diluvian Winds.

    Ranked #8 for Diluvian Winds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Diluvian Winds.

    Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Diluvian Winds on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Diluvian Winds.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Diluvian Winds on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Diluvian Winds.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Diluvian Winds on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Diluvian Winds.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Diluvian Winds on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Diluvian Winds.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Diluvian Winds on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Diluvian Winds.

    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...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Diluvian Winds on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Diluvian Winds.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Diluvian Winds on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Diluvian Winds.

    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.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Diluvian Winds on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Diluvian Winds.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Diluvian Winds.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Diluvian Winds.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Diluvian Winds.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Diluvian Winds.

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and RPG with Diluvian Winds.

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Reus 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a relaxing mood with Diluvian Winds.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Diluvian Winds.

    Shape worlds with your godly titans. Make symbiotic ecosystems and inspire humanity with your creations. Their achievements unlock new possibilities. Make different planets for different human spirits, and fill the universe with life!

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Kingdoms and Castles

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a cozy mood with Diluvian Winds.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Diluvian Winds.

    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.

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Diluvian Winds.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Diluvian Winds.

    Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.

    2015StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Diluvian Winds

Does Diluvian Winds run on Steam Deck?
Diluvian Winds 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 Diluvian Winds cost?
Diluvian Winds is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Diluvian Winds?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Diluvian Winds are Synergy, Foundation, Reus 2.
Who developed Diluvian Winds?
Diluvian Winds was developed by Alambik Studio and published by Goblinz Publishing, IndieArk.

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 Diluvian Winds.

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