Games like Captures
If Captures is your kind of game, the closest matches are Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg, Strategic Mind: The Pacific and Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked — 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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Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg
WHY THIS
Top pick for Captures fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Captures.
Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg is a turn-based strategy set in the period of WW2. It brings a modern look and new features to a good old wargame genre. You are to lead the German Armed forces overcoming unthinkable odds and claiming the ultimate bittersweet victory in Europe. Blitzkrieg is the way!
Strategic Mind: The Pacific
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Captures fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Captures.
Strategic Mind: The Pacific is a turn-based strategy set in the WW2 period depicting the war between the USA and the Empire of Japan waged in the Pacific Ocean with mindblowing historical accuracy and attention to detail. Two Sides. Two Commanders. Two Destinies.
Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Captures fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Captures.
A cooperative tactical RPG set in the D&D universe. Embark on a fantasy tabletop adventure. Your quest, on your schedule.
Nowhere Prophet
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Captures fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Captures.
Prepare your decks and go on a pilgrimage through the wasteland! Nowhere Prophet is a unique single-player card game. Travel across randomly generated maps and lead your followers in deep tactical combat. Discover new cards and build your deck as you explore this strange, broken world.
Trials of Fire
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Captures fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Captures.
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
Qvadriga
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Captures fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Captures.
Qvadriga is a tactical game of chariot racing in ancient Roman circuses, where you take control of a four horse chariot team. Choose your preferred upgrade combinations and prove your skills at the arena.
SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Captures fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Captures.
Beyond creation, four eras come together as one! Discover the latest entry in this iconic Tactical RPG series. Form your own team of SD Gundams and deploy for battle -- with units from Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, SEED, 00, and Iron-Blooded Orphans!
The Last Spell
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Captures fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Captures.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Captures at current Steam store prices.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Captures on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Captures.
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!
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Captures on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Captures.
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.
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Captures on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Captures.
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.
Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Captures on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Captures.
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.
Russian Life Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Captures on Steam right now. Shares Sports and Strategy with Captures.
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.
Achievement Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Captures on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Captures.
Feel like a real Achievement hunter! Earn Achievements, upgrades and get the most Achievements on steam!
House of Detention
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Captures on Steam right now. Shares Sports and Strategy with Captures.
Unique horror with a Deep plot, a lot of characters, great sound effects and a creepy atmosphere of Real Dungeon. Locker Room, Gym, Various Monsters, Atmospheric Music, Meme Scrolls, The Lash of the Spain King and much more! Right Version Included.
Soccer Online: Ball 3D
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Captures on Steam right now. Shares Sports with Captures.
Multiplayer soccer simulator. Control one player. Play online or with bots.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Captures.
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!
Limbus Company
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.
Dota Underlords
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Captures.
Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.
Minion Masters
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Captures.
An addictive fast-paced hybrid of Card games & Tower-Defense. Play 1v1 - or bring a friend for 2v2 - and engage in epic online multiplayer battles full of innovative strategy and awesome plays! Collect 200+ cards with unique mechanics, all free!
KARDS - The WW2 Card Game
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Captures.
KARDS, The World War II Card Game, combines traditional CCG gameplay with innovative mechanics inspired by classic strategy games and real battlefield tactics. Take command and challenge other players in grand-scale warfare on the ground, air, or seas.
Blue Archive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Captures.
An action anime RPG adventure!
Card Hunter
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Captures.
Shuffle your cards and ready your dice - Card Hunter is a fresh new card gaming spin on classic tabletop RPGs. Battle your way through a massive campaign solo or with friends and compete with other players in ranked play and tournaments.
Battle for Wesnoth
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Captures.
The Battle for Wesnoth is an open source, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme. Explore the four corners of Irdya in seventeen solo campaigns and dozens of multiplayer maps, taking part in countless adventures as you go.
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Other recommendable Steam games by cosmic_dust, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Captures II
WHY THIS
Another title from cosmic_dust, the studio behind Captures. Shares Sports and Strategy with Captures.
A chess-based puzzle game.
Letter Bender
WHY THIS
Another title from cosmic_dust, the studio behind Captures. Shares Strategy with Captures.
A spelling-based puzzle game.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Captures.
A cooperative tactical RPG set in the D&D universe. Embark on a fantasy tabletop adventure. Your quest, on your schedule.
Nowhere Prophet
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Captures.
Prepare your decks and go on a pilgrimage through the wasteland! Nowhere Prophet is a unique single-player card game. Travel across randomly generated maps and lead your followers in deep tactical combat. Discover new cards and build your deck as you explore this strange, broken world.
Trials of Fire
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Captures.
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
The Last Spell
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Captures.
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.
Frequently asked about Captures
- How much does Captures cost?
- Captures is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Captures?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Captures are Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg, Strategic Mind: The Pacific, Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked.
- Who developed Captures?
- Captures was developed by cosmic_dust.
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 Captures.
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