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Games like Five Nations

If Five Nations is your kind of game, the closest matches are BlackChain, CHAOTIC ERA and ALL OUT WAR — 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 Five Nations: 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 PlayableWindowsby SilverForge
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Steam players who put hours into Five Nations 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. BlackChain

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Five Nations.

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

    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 USDSteam ↗
  2. CHAOTIC ERA

    WHY THIS

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

    AT THE LIMITS OF EARTH, AT THE EXTREMITY OF HEAVEN. A REAL-TIME STRATEGY NIGHTMARE.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie8.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. ALL OUT WAR

    WHY THIS

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

    Design and deploy your own robotic army, then watch them battle it out on their own. Set in a retro-futuristic sci-fi battleground, the action plays out autonomously as your robots clash and fight. It's like watching ant wars, reimagined with robots and laser weapons.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  4. SYNCHRONIZERS: UNDEAD MARINES

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Five Nations fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Five Nations.

    "SYNCHRONIZERS: UNDEAD MARINES" blends high-quality Three-Lane Tower Defense with Reverse Tower Defense gameplay. Command your units in a thrilling narrative reminiscent of a StarCraft and Plants Vs. Zombies fusion! Your choices will forge the path to victory—or defeat.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  5. Space Alliance: Frontier

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Five Nations fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Five Nations.

    Get ready to protect the entire solar system from an unprecedented threat - the D'Ahari, a race of insect-like aliens. Control an entire fleet of spaceships, trade with other races of an Alliance, and develop your own space station.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG6.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Sector YAMA

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Five Nations fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Five Nations.

    Sci-fi military action-rts. Play as a space soldier, abandoned by the command on an alien planet. Find allies, gather resources, train new troops, and escape from Sector Yama. Casual "single-stick shooter" controls, fun tactical combat, rewarding exploration, and rich storytelling.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Cosmic Robots

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Five Nations fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Five Nations.

    Defend your planet from waves of robot invaders! Build powerful turrets, upgrade your defenses, and command robot units to fight drones, tanks, and massive bosses. Then send your own forces to attack the enemy planet in this action-packed sci-fi tower defense game.

    2026ActionStrategySimulation5.09 USDSteam ↗
  8. Crimson Freedom

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Five Nations

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 - Uprising

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Five Nations.

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

    Red Alert 3: Uprising features four new mini-campaigns, giving players a deeper dive into the storyline's of the Soviets, the Allies, the Empire of the Rising Sun and a unique campaign centered on the origins of everyone’s favorite psionic Japanese schoolgirl commando, Yuriko Omega.

    2009ActionStrategyFree To PlayDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. SpellForce 3 Reforced

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Five Nations.

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

    SpellForce 3 - The perfect blend between RTS and RPG!

    2017StrategyRPG7.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Five Nations.

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

    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 ↗
  4. Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Five Nations.

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

    Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.

    2018Strategy39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Age of Empires: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Five Nations.

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

    Age of Empires, the pivotal real-time strategy game that launched a 20-year legacy returns with modernized gameplay, all-new 4K visuals, 8-person multiplayer battles and a host of other new features. Welcome back to history.

    2019Strategy19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sins of a Solar Empire II

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Five Nations.

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

    Battle for galactic dominance in this real-time 4X strategy game with unrivaled scale! You’ll explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate through military force, diplomacy, trade, culture, influence, and other underhanded tactics.

    2024StrategySimulation49.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. War Wind

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Five Nations.

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

    War Wind is a real-time strategy game that allows you to view an epic battle through the eyes of four unique races, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. The game features 28 ready-to-play scenarios and a story of such compelling depth you won't believe it's just a game.

    2021StrategyFreeSteam ↗
  8. Command & Conquer™ Generals

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Five Nations.

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

    Command & Conquer Generals puts your trigger finger on the pulse of modern warfare. Prepare your forces General... it's time to engage in the next generation of real-time strategy.

    2024ActionStrategyDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Five Nations on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Five Nations.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Five Nations on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Five Nations.

    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 ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Five Nations on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Five Nations.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Five Nations on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Five Nations.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Five Nations on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Five Nations.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Five Nations on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Five Nations.

    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 ↗
  7. PEAK

    WHY THIS

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

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Five Nations on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Five Nations.

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

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It

    WHY THIS

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

    USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.

    2025IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. 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 Five Nations.

    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 ↗
  8. Tails Noir: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Five Nations

Does Five Nations run on Steam Deck?
Five Nations 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 Five Nations cost?
Five Nations is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Five Nations?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Five Nations are BlackChain, CHAOTIC ERA, ALL OUT WAR.
Who developed Five Nations?
Five Nations was developed by SilverForge.

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 Five Nations.

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