Games like Dune: Spice Wars
If Dune: Spice Wars is your kind of game, the closest matches are Northgard: Definitive Edition, Outscape and Dummynation — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its multiple routes to victory, tactical positioning matters and writing quality is exceptional. 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 →Dune: Spice Wars is a real-time strategy game developed by Shiro Games set in Frank Herbert's Dune universe on the desert planet Arrakis. The game combines combat strategy, diplomacy, espionage, faction politics, and resource management as players lead their faction toward victory through multiple paths. Players describe the experience as challenging and immersive, with tactical positioning mattering significantly in engagements. The game supports online co-op and is playable on Steam Deck. Priced at $34.99 USD, it received a 79% positive rating from over 7,000 Steam reviews.
About Dune: Spice Wars: A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.
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Northgard: Definitive Edition
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Shares resource management and a challenging mood with Dune: Spice Wars.
Top pick for Dune: Spice Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Dune: Spice Wars.
Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!
Outscape
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Shares an immersive mood with Dune: Spice Wars.
Second-strongest match for Dune: Spice Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Dune: Spice Wars.
Outscape is everything you love about traditional strategy games, but places your empire within a vast online galaxy alongside other real players. Outscape rewards skillful long-term strategic gameplay with a brilliantly refreshing new take on the 4X genre.
Dummynation
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Shares an immersive mood with Dune: Spice Wars.
Third-strongest match for Dune: Spice Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Dune: Spice Wars.
Geopolitical management game with real-time shifting borders and a streamlined gameplay, designed to minimize all burdensome chores while allowing an absolute strategic control, from military recruitment and deployment, to diplomatic and economic management.
Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
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Shares faction politics and an immersive mood with Dune: Spice Wars.
Ranked #4 for Dune: Spice Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Dune: Spice Wars.
Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
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Shares a challenging mood with Dune: Spice Wars.
Ranked #5 for Dune: Spice Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Dune: Spice Wars.
The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!
Driftland: The Magic Revival
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Ranked #6 for Dune: Spice Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Dune: Spice Wars.
After a devastating war between ancient mages, a powerful spell is all that holds together the shattered planet of Driftland. Take on the role of a powerful mage capable of moving and connecting floating lands, develop a mighty empire, and restore Driftland to its former glory!
Old World
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Shares an immersive mood with Dune: Spice Wars.
Ranked #7 for Dune: Spice Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Dune: Spice Wars.
Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?
Medieval Kingdom Wars
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Shares diplomacy and a challenging mood with Dune: Spice Wars.
Ranked #8 for Dune: Spice Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Dune: Spice Wars.
Rewrite medieval history through bloody siege combat in a fusion of RTS and Grand Strategy genres. Rule, build, and serve your King as a minor lord in medieval Europe. Experience siege, field and naval combat with an unseen degree of brutality. Rogue-like progression, epic towns and battles await…
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Northgard: Definitive Edition
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Shares resource management and a challenging mood with Dune: Spice Wars.
Reviewers of Dune: Spice Wars cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Dune: Spice Wars.
Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!
Stellaris
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Shares diplomacy and an immersive mood with Dune: Spice Wars.
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Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.
Frostpunk 2
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Shares faction politics and an immersive mood with Dune: Spice Wars.
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Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.
Tiny Civilization
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Shares a challenging mood with Dune: Spice Wars.
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This is a historical simulation game that promotes the development of civilization based on the match-3 Game. You'll need to gather resources, use skills, discover new technology, and lead humanbeing through a 10,000-year journey to the cosmos.
Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance
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Shares an immersive mood with Dune: Spice Wars.
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Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance is not just a game; it's an adrenaline-fueled journey where your strategic prowess decides the fate of mankind against the machines. After the machines took over, the greatest threats may not come from the machines but rather from other human survivors.
Total War: WARHAMMER II
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Shares faction politics and an immersive mood with Dune: Spice Wars.
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Strategy gaming perfected. A breath-taking campaign of exploration, expansion and conquest across a fantasy world. Turn-based civilisation management and real-time epic strategy battles with thousands of troops and monsters at your command.
SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel
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Shares an immersive mood with Dune: Spice Wars.
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守卫魔兽-Guardian of Warcraft
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Other recommendable Steam games by Shiro Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Northgard: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a challenging mood with Dune: Spice Wars.
Another title from Shiro Games, the studio behind Dune: Spice Wars. Shares Strategy with Dune: Spice Wars.
Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!
Wartales
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Shares an immersive mood with Dune: Spice Wars.
Another title from Shiro Games, the studio behind Dune: Spice Wars. Shares Strategy with Dune: Spice Wars.
Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe. Explore the world, recruit companions, collect bounties and unravel the secrets of the tombs of the ancients!
Evoland
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Another title from Shiro Games, the studio behind Dune: Spice Wars.
Evoland is a journey through the history of action/adventure gaming, allowing you to unlock new technologies, gameplay systems and graphic upgrades as you progress through the game.
Darksburg
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Shares a challenging mood with Dune: Spice Wars.
Another title from Shiro Games, the studio behind Dune: Spice Wars.
DARKSBURG is a co-op roguelite in which you must escape a procedurally generated medieval city overwhelmed by undead forces. Fight alongside up to 3 friends, overcome the revenants and get out while you can...
Evoland Legendary Edition
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Another title from Shiro Games, the studio behind Dune: Spice Wars.
Evoland Legendary Edition brings you two great and unique RPGs, with their graphic style and gameplay changing as you progress through the game!
SpaceCraft
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Another title from Shiro Games, the studio behind Dune: Spice Wars.
The Universe is yours. SpaceCraft is an online space exploration and building game. Explore a vast galaxy of solar systems and planets, mine and craft resources, design and build ships, automate planetary bases and interplanetary logistics, trade and cooperate.
Farever
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Another title from Shiro Games, the studio behind Dune: Spice Wars.
Forge your legend in a forgotten realm! Farever is an online multiplayer action RPG set in a vast fantasy open world. Alone or with friends, embark on an epic journey together! Explore wild lands and dangerous dungeons, craft powerful gear, and carve your path through dynamic combat and platforming.
Frequently asked about Dune: Spice Wars
- Does Dune: Spice Wars run on Steam Deck?
- Dune: Spice Wars 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 Dune: Spice Wars cost?
- Dune: Spice Wars is listed on Steam at 34.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Dune: Spice Wars have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Dune: Spice Wars supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Dune: Spice Wars?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dune: Spice Wars are Northgard: Definitive Edition, Outscape, Dummynation.
- Who developed Dune: Spice Wars?
- Dune: Spice Wars was developed by Shiro Games and published by Funcom, Shiro Games.
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