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Games like Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror

If Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pathway, Crawl Tactics and The Last Spell — 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 Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror: Set up your base, gather resources and build a defensive perimeter with walls and towers to protect your outpost from waves of enemies. Then research new tech, gather your forces and send your units and mini-units to annihilate the enemy.

2026StrategyIndieRPGWindows · Linuxby voxelay
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Steam players who put hours into Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror 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. Pathway

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror.

    Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!

    2019StrategyIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Crawl Tactics

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror.

    Crawl Tactics combines classic turn-based tactics with roguelike progression. In Dungeon Mode, face challenging, ever-changing encounters as you explore procedurally generated maps. In Quest Mode, develop your village, train your mercenaries, and defend against growing enemy invasions.

    2022StrategyIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Last Spell

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror.

    Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Tactics Ogre: Reborn

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror.

    Tactics Ogre, crown jewel of the tactical role-playing genre, is reborn! Based on the 2010 release, the game features improved graphics and sound, as well as updated game design, bringing to life a new Tactics Ogre that remains true to its roots.

    2022SimulationRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Jagged Alliance 3

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror.

    The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.

    2023ActionStrategy13.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror.

    Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!

    2019StrategyIndieRPG4.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Bloodgrounds

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror.

    Bloodgrounds merges tactical turn-based combat with strategic management, RPG and roguelite elements. Forged in the pits of the arena, you fought your way out and now as a wealthy patron you recruit, train, and command your team of hardened Gladiators to glory - or death.

    2026StrategyIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror.

    A retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling. Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition is a massively enhanced version of the Award Winning indie strategy RPG, Halcyon 6.

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror.

    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 ↗
  2. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror.

    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 ↗
  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. Moonring

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror.

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

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Outpath: First Journey

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror.

    Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    2022IndieAdventureCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Lily's Well

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror.

    It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.

    2022IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror.

    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!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck 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. Crawl Tactics

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror.

    Crawl Tactics combines classic turn-based tactics with roguelike progression. In Dungeon Mode, face challenging, ever-changing encounters as you explore procedurally generated maps. In Quest Mode, develop your village, train your mercenaries, and defend against growing enemy invasions.

    2022StrategyIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Last Spell

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror.

    Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Tactics Ogre: Reborn

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror.

    Tactics Ogre, crown jewel of the tactical role-playing genre, is reborn! Based on the 2010 release, the game features improved graphics and sound, as well as updated game design, bringing to life a new Tactics Ogre that remains true to its roots.

    2022SimulationRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror.

    Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!

    2019StrategyIndieRPG4.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror

What games are most similar to Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror are Pathway, Crawl Tactics, The Last Spell.
Who developed Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror?
Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror was developed by voxelay.

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 Virtualord, The Virtual Conqueror.

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