Rank 01Why this
Also Grand Strategy and CRPG, like Deadwater Saloon.
- $19.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2020
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The closest matches to Deadwater Saloon: Raiders! Forsaken Earth, Crossroads Inn Anniversary Edition, Recipe for Disaster, Sovereign Syndicate, and The Guild 3. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Also Strategy RPG and Life Sim, like Deadwater Saloon.
- $14.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
- Deck Playable
- 2019
Rank 03Why this
Also Isometric and Life Sim, like Deadwater Saloon.
- $14.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2022
Rank 04 
Sovereign Syndicate
Why this: Also CRPG and Isometric, like Deadwater Saloon.
Rank 05 
The Guild 3
Why this: Shares business management with Deadwater Saloon.
Rank 06 
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
Why this: Also Grand Strategy and Colony Sim, like Deadwater Saloon.
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Rank 08 
Going Medieval
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Deadwater Saloon.
The full ranked list: top 24 games like Deadwater Saloon
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Also Grand Strategy and Colony Sim, like Deadwater Saloon.
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- Released: 2022
- Developer: Tanglefoot Games
- Price: $19.99checked Oct 31
- 63% of 157 reviews
- Genres: Simulation
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Addiction and disease systems create emergent drama
- Developer responsiveness to community feedback
- Skills and stats actually matter in checks
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Dark
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About Deadwater Saloon
The closest matches to Deadwater Saloon: Raiders! Forsaken Earth, Crossroads Inn Anniversary Edition, Recipe for Disaster, Sovereign Syndicate, and The Guild 3. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Deadwater Saloon is your kind of game, the closest matches are Raiders! Forsaken Earth, Crossroads Inn Anniversary Edition and Recipe for Disaster — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and dark, and single out its achievement grind and business management. 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.
About Deadwater Saloon: Dive into the wild west as a saloon owner in a volatile frontier town. Customize your character and face the consequences of your choices as you forge friendships and enemies of townsfolk, travellers, outlaws and lawmen. Build the most famous saloon in the territory, or be overwhelmed and destroyed.
Is Deadwater Saloon worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 63% of 157 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $19.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 15 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 11 h before their negative review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Addiction and disease systems create emergent drama
- Developer responsiveness to community feedback
- Skills and stats actually matter in checks
- Town growth feels organic but unpredictable
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Had promise. Half released half finished and abandoned. This treatment is getting old and destroying any chance of honest game devs getting a chance to put out a nice product.”
“Unfinished, pointless garbage. Your stats dont do diddly, 97% success chance and you still fail every time. You buy everything, have all the towns people at 100 opinion of you, dont do anything wrong and then just all of a sudden out of…”
People who play it also play: Raiders! Forsaken Earth, Crossroads Inn Anniversary Edition, Recipe for Disaster
Frequently asked about Deadwater Saloon
Can I run it?
How much does Deadwater Saloon cost?
Deadwater Saloon is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Deadwater Saloon?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Deadwater Saloon are Raiders! Forsaken Earth, Crossroads Inn Anniversary Edition, Recipe for Disaster.
Who developed Deadwater Saloon?
Deadwater Saloon was developed by Tanglefoot Games and published by CreativeForge Games, PlayWay S.A..