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Games like Castles on Clouds

If Castles on Clouds is your kind of game, the closest matches are Runeroots TD, Mineral Defense and Tower Factory — 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 Castles on Clouds: A Roguelike Tower Defense game set on a user controlled procedurally generated island. Select unique cards and relics that enhance your towers abilities, crafting powerful builds to defend against the growing hordes of enemies.

2024StrategyEarly Access2.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby TJ
Castles on Clouds — Steam game cover

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  1. Runeroots TD

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Castles on Clouds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Castles on Clouds.

    Synergize rune traits to give your towers powerful new abilities in this roguelite tower defense! Collect perks, relics, and items you can equip to your towers for unique builds each run!

    2024StrategyCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Mineral Defense

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Castles on Clouds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Castles on Clouds.

    Mineral Defense combines tower defense with roguelite elements and procedural generation. Build paths, unlock upgrades, and unleash powerful synergies to conquer evolving challenges in an ever-expanding world.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Tower Factory

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Castles on Clouds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Castles on Clouds.

    Tower Factory is a tower defense and automation game with roguelite elements. Optimize resource production using conveyor systems while defending against monster waves. Can you find and destroy the enemy tower before it's too late?

    2024ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Terracards

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Castles on Clouds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Early Access with Castles on Clouds.

    Farm, sell, learn, repeat. Terracards is a tactical roguelike-deckbuilder where you manage your own farm, You'll utilize animals, crops, and structures through cards, transforming them into valuable resources and wealth with each turn. But beware - deplete your funds, and it's game over.

    2023StrategyEarly Access5.39 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Emberward

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Castles on Clouds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Early Access with Castles on Clouds.

    Build twisting mazes with tetromino blocks and deploy unique towers in this strategic roguelite tower defense adventure!

    2024StrategyIndieEarly Access14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Tower Dominion

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Castles on Clouds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Castles on Clouds.

    Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!

    2025Strategy17.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Deep Among the Swarm

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Castles on Clouds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Castles on Clouds.

    Deep Among the Swarm is a challenging survival RTS roguelite about surviving against thousands of enemies. Drill ever deeper underground while fighting the endless onslaught of the Swarm. Can you save humanity?

    2024Strategy8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. ORX

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Castles on Clouds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Castles on Clouds.

    A new take on tower-defence and deckbuilding roguelike genres. ORX is like playing Carcassonne with your table on fire. Build your perfect deck, use powerful artefacts, master 3 unique factions. Prove that you are the King of your castle!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Castles on Clouds at current Steam store prices.

  1. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Castles on Clouds on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Castles on Clouds.

    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 ↗
  2. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Castles on Clouds on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Castles on Clouds.

    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 ↗
  3. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Castles on Clouds on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Castles on Clouds.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Castles on Clouds on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Castles on Clouds.

    Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete, the latest offering in the Sid Meier's Civilization III franchise, provides gaming fans with Sid Meier's Civilization III, the highly-addictive journey of discovery.

    2006Strategy0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Seen

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Castles on Clouds on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Castles on Clouds.

    A lonely kid desperately tries to escape his dark world.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Apewar

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Castles on Clouds on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Castles on Clouds.

    Apewar is an online tactical and action FPS/TPS monkey war game adapted from real life. Build your monkey team and fight against your enemies. By playing in a coordinated way, you can have fun and win with a good strategy. Monkeys are strong together!

    2023ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Galactic Battlegrounds Saga

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Castles on Clouds on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Castles on Clouds.

    Lead the great armies of the Star Wars™ Episode II: Attack of the Clones saga in intense real-time strategy clashes. Enter the fray as the Galactic Empire, Rebel Alliance, Wookies, Trade Federation, Gungans or Royal Naboo to determine the course of the Galactic Civil War.

    2016ActionStrategy1.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. Russian Life Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Castles on Clouds on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Castles on Clouds.

    The most realistic simulator of the life of a Russian person. Collect pension from birth, collect bottles to survive and become part of an exciting life-long story.

    2019ActionSportsStrategy0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Castles on Clouds.

    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 ↗
  3. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. Outpath: First Journey

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Castles on Clouds.

    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 ↗
  6. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Castles on Clouds.

    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 ↗
  7. Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams

    WHY THIS

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

    Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!

    2021IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Castles on Clouds.

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Castles on Clouds

Does Castles on Clouds run on Steam Deck?
Castles on Clouds 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 Castles on Clouds cost?
Castles on Clouds is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Castles on Clouds?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Castles on Clouds are Runeroots TD, Mineral Defense, Tower Factory.
Who developed Castles on Clouds?
Castles on Clouds was developed by TJ and published by Memori Studios.

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 Castles on Clouds.

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