Games like Wastelander
If Wastelander is your kind of game, the closest matches are Desktop Dungeons: Rewind, Planetiles and EcoGnomix — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its community driven strategy discussions, atmospheric and challenging. 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 →About Wastelander: Wastelander is a turn-based strategy game where you must survive and escape from a desolate planet ravaged by powerful storms. Build a colony from nothing, find and unlock unique buildings and re-activate powerful relics to protect yourself. Will you survive and get off the planet?
Players who liked Wastelander also play
Steam players who put hours into Wastelander 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.
Desktop Dungeons: Rewind
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a contemplative mood with Wastelander.
Top pick for Wastelander fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wastelander.
Desktop Dungeons: Rewind bestows bites of tactical roguelike action, which will quickly fester into a deep, lingering, and strategic obsession. Bargain with gods, equip your spoon and pick your battles, before retreating into the healing darkness. But beware… there are still many monsters to face!
Planetiles
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Wastelander.
Second-strongest match for Wastelander fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wastelander.
Dive into Planetiles, where strategy and creativity converge. Build and transform barren planets into flourishing worlds. Outwit natural disasters, develop vibrant habitats, and navigate complex challenges. Embrace a boardgame-like depth with thoughtful planning and strategic decision-making.
EcoGnomix
WHY THIS
Shares turn based strategy, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Wastelander.
Third-strongest match for Wastelander fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wastelander.
A quirky mix of roguelite and city builder. Build a lively little city above, by looting mystical caves with a team of gnomes below! Use multiple runs to unlock upgrades and abilities to help your gnomes venture deeper into the dangerous underground.
Dwarf Fortress
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Wastelander.
Ranked #4 for Wastelander fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wastelander.
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
Roots of Yggdrasil
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Wastelander.
Ranked #5 for Wastelander fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wastelander.
Build settlements, explore the Nine Realms, collect artifacts and upgrade your deck to reach the top of Yggdrasil in this post-Ragnarok roguelike city-builder! Can you survive the end of the world?
RimWorld
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Wastelander.
Ranked #6 for Wastelander fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wastelander.
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Dice Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Wastelander.
Ranked #7 for Wastelander fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wastelander.
Dice Legacy is a dice-based survival city builder set on a mysterious ringworld. Your ship has reached the shore of an uncharted continent. Roll and use your dice to gather resources, expand and defend your settlement, survive the winter and interact with the strange inhabitants of this eerie world.
Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Wastelander.
Ranked #8 for Wastelander fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wastelander.
Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Wastelander
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Surviving Mars
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Wastelander.
Reviewers of Wastelander cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Wastelander.
There will be challenges to overcome. Execute your strategy and improve your colony’s chances of survival while unlocking the mysteries of this alien world. Are you ready? Mars is waiting for you.
Farlanders
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Wastelander.
Reviewers of Wastelander cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wastelander.
Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet.
Against the Storm
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Wastelander.
Reviewers of Wastelander cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Wastelander.
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Wastelander at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Wastelander on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Wastelander.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Wastelander on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Wastelander.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Wastelander on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wastelander.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Wastelander on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Wastelander.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Wastelander on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wastelander.
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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Wastelander on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Wastelander.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Wastelander on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wastelander.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Wastelander on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Wastelander.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Wastelander.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wastelander.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Wastelander.
A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wastelander.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wastelander.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
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!
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 Wastelander.
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.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wastelander.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Planetiles
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Wastelander.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wastelander.
Dive into Planetiles, where strategy and creativity converge. Build and transform barren planets into flourishing worlds. Outwit natural disasters, develop vibrant habitats, and navigate complex challenges. Embrace a boardgame-like depth with thoughtful planning and strategic decision-making.
EcoGnomix
WHY THIS
Shares turn based strategy, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Wastelander.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wastelander.
A quirky mix of roguelite and city builder. Build a lively little city above, by looting mystical caves with a team of gnomes below! Use multiple runs to unlock upgrades and abilities to help your gnomes venture deeper into the dangerous underground.
Roots of Yggdrasil
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Wastelander.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wastelander.
Build settlements, explore the Nine Realms, collect artifacts and upgrade your deck to reach the top of Yggdrasil in this post-Ragnarok roguelike city-builder! Can you survive the end of the world?
RimWorld
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Wastelander.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wastelander.
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Wastelander.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wastelander.
Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.
Frequently asked about Wastelander
- Does Wastelander run on Steam Deck?
- Wastelander 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 Wastelander cost?
- Wastelander is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Wastelander?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Wastelander are Desktop Dungeons: Rewind, Planetiles, EcoGnomix.
- Who developed Wastelander?
- Wastelander was developed by Appstronaut 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 Wastelander.
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