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Games like Strife: The Expanse

If Strife: The Expanse is your kind of game, the closest matches are Curse of the Dragonbeast, Demeo and Fealty — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Strife: The Expanse: Strife: The Expanse is a Hex-Grid style turn based strategy game. Recruit an assortment of units from across the expanse and do battle with your friends or AI on procedurally generated battlegrounds! FFA, Team Elimination or Capture the Flag! Use various game-mode options to control how you play!

2021StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDWindowsby Falling Ash Games
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Players who liked Strife: The Expanse also play

Steam players who put hours into Strife: The Expanse 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. Curse of the Dragonbeast

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Strife: The Expanse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Strife: The Expanse.

    A turn-based tactical RPG with Team Roguelike Loot - help your team find the best build. Choose from 20+ playable professions, master over 130 unique items, and outsmart your enemies in unpredictable hex grid battles that reward adaptable strategy.

    StrategyRPGSteam ↗
  2. Demeo

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Strife: The Expanse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Strife: The Expanse.

    Adventurers, it’s time to unite! Gather your friends and battle the dark forces that have overtaken the world of Resolution Games' award-winning RPG dungeon crawler, Demeo. The next generation of tabletop adventure has arrived!

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Fealty

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Strife: The Expanse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Strife: The Expanse.

    A turn-based war game where you must fight for the throne! Use tactics, strategy and magic to wage war. Destroy your enemies with steel and fireballs, or force them to bend the knee, and you will be king of the island!

    2024StrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Space Imperia 4X

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Strife: The Expanse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Strife: The Expanse.

    A faithful digital adaptation of the acclaimed board game Space Empires 4X by GMT Games, beloved by wargamers for almost two decades. Command the rise of your civilization and the fall of others, all in one to two hours.

    2026StrategySteam ↗
  5. Mordfield Command

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Strife: The Expanse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Strife: The Expanse.

    Set in a world seized by machines, Mordfield Command is a turn-based hex wargame. Reclaim territory under mounting pressure and expand your control of the battlefield. Move too slowly, and the Algorithm’s growing forces will overrun you.

    2025Strategy12.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Eternally

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Strife: The Expanse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Strife: The Expanse.

    Command one of four Eternals, each broken by their own timeline, in a dark fantasy tactical RPG. Save your timeline. Reclaim who you used to be. Dice-based hex combat, 200+ skills, solo or with up to three friends.

    StrategyRPGEarly AccessSteam ↗
  7. MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Strife: The Expanse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Strife: The Expanse.

    A modern 3D revival of the turn-based artillery duel for up to 8 players. Control a Cold War arsenal of missiles, cluster bombs, and nukes to destroy your enemies. Say your prayers, press fire, and hope to be the last one standing.

    2026StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  8. Gladiator Arena: Heroes of Rome

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Strife: The Expanse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Strife: The Expanse.

    Step into the arena in this tactical turn based card game. Build your Gladiator’s deck, dominate the hex battlefield, and balance ruthless aggression with careful stamina management. Every move matters. Every card counts.

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Strife: The Expanse at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Strife: The Expanse on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Strife: The Expanse.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Strife: The Expanse on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Strife: The Expanse.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Strife: The Expanse on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Strife: The Expanse.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Strife: The Expanse on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Strife: The Expanse.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Strife: The Expanse on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Strife: The Expanse.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Strife: The Expanse on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Strife: The Expanse.

    The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Strife: The Expanse on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Strife: The Expanse.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Strife: The Expanse on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Casual with Strife: The Expanse.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Strife: The Expanse.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. 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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Strife: The Expanse.

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Strife: The Expanse.

    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!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  6. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Strife: The Expanse.

    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!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Moonring

    WHY THIS

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

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Electoral Carnage

    WHY THIS

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

    Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?

    2026ActionFree To PlayEarly AccessFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Strife: The Expanse

How much does Strife: The Expanse cost?
Strife: The Expanse is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Strife: The Expanse have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Strife: The Expanse supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to Strife: The Expanse?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Strife: The Expanse are Curse of the Dragonbeast, Demeo, Fealty.
Who developed Strife: The Expanse?
Strife: The Expanse was developed by Falling Ash Games.

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 Strife: The Expanse.

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