Games like Hinterland
If Hinterland is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dwarf Fortress, King of the Dwarves: Underground City Builder and A Game of Dwarves — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its micro management matters strategically, chill and contemplative. 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 Hinterland: June 11, 2009 - Update Two new playable Orc classes: Lord (Warrior) or Shaman. Expanded gameplay: Orcs consume twice as much food, learn martial skills faster, manufacture items slower, and the Shaman uses totems to summon creatures. Several new items regardless of character class.
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Dwarf Fortress
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Top pick for Hinterland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Hinterland.
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.
King of the Dwarves: Underground City Builder
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Hinterland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hinterland.
Build an epic kingdom inside a mountain in this underground city builder. Mine and build in a vast procedurally generated 3D world. Gather resources, research technology, train warriors and engineers, forge weapons, fight monsters and manage hundreds of units. Become the King of the Dwarves!
A Game of Dwarves
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Shares a chill mood with Hinterland.
Third-strongest match for Hinterland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Hinterland.
A Dwarven Prince on a quest to reclaim his people’s stolen land will take you on a great journey. Explore a continent filled with buried treasures and unearth mysteries that have laid hidden since the Great War.
Deity Empires
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Shares a contemplative mood with Hinterland.
Ranked #4 for Hinterland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hinterland.
Deity Empires is a 4X, turn-based strategy game with a powerful “just one more turn” feel! Enter an intricate fantasy world as one of many deities posed to become ruler of the world.
Alek - The Lost Kingdom
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Shares a contemplative mood with Hinterland.
Ranked #5 for Hinterland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hinterland.
Alek, the young man who will change Zarabon's World forever. In this adventure, you must rebuild the world of Zarabon in your image. Build villages and manage your production lines with the help of your villagers.
We Are The Dwarves
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Ranked #6 for Hinterland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Hinterland.
We Are The Dwarves is a real-time tactical adventure where you take control of three Dwarven astronauts and lead them through the hordes of enemies in the depths of their Universe. Tactical Adventure Sci-Fi Space Dwarves
Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot
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Shares permadeath with Hinterland.
Ranked #7 for Hinterland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hinterland.
Build and command your own party of Dwarves in this mix of RPGs, roguelike and auto battlers. Prepare formations, assign equipment, and decide the fate of up to 10 Beardlings, as you lead the raid through reckless runs filled with Glory, Death, and Loot!
Dungeon Siege II
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Ranked #8 for Hinterland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Hinterland.
It’s been a generation since you vanquished the evil that plagued the Land of Ehb, and now…a new menace has awakened. In Dungeon Siege II, the sequel to the best-selling RPG from Gas Powered Games, you will be called on to again wield sword and spell to save the world from a growing abomination many years in the making.
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Depths of Peril
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Reviewers of Hinterland cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hinterland.
Depths of Peril is a single player action RPG (role-playing game) with strong strategy elements. You play as a faction leader protecting the barbarian city, Jorvik, by destroying threatening monsters and completing quests. At the same time, you compete with rival factions to see who will rule the city.
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising
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Reviewers of Hinterland cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Hinterland.
Red Alert 3: Uprising features four new mini-campaigns, giving players a deeper dive into the storyline's of the Soviets, the Allies, the Empire of the Rising Sun and a unique campaign centered on the origins of everyone’s favorite psionic Japanese schoolgirl commando, Yuriko Omega.
SpellForce - Platinum Edition
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Reviewers of Hinterland cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Hinterland.
Included in the Platinum Edition are three titles:SpellForce: The Order of DawnIn a world beyond imagination...In their immeasurable greed and constant thirst for power, the thirteen most powerful Mages of all time doomed the land, hurling it into an endless spiral of chaos and despair.
SpellForce 3 Reforced
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Shares a contemplative mood with Hinterland.
Reviewers of Hinterland cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hinterland.
SpellForce 3 - The perfect blend between RTS and RPG!
Battlezone Gold Edition
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Shares a retro mood with Hinterland.
Reviewers of Hinterland cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Strap into the cockpit of the Cobra – the most powerful tank ever built – and experience first-person tank combat across neon-scarred sci-fi landscapes in an explosive campaign for 1-4 players – now playable with or without a VR device!
Relic Guardian - Tower Defense
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Shares a whimsical mood with Hinterland.
Reviewers of Hinterland cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hinterland.
"Relic Guardian" is a fantasy style strategy tower defense game. As the builder on the battlefield, summon a variety of defense towers and spells with reliable hero companions to complete this epic and guarding adventure!
Tiny Civilization
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Shares a contemplative mood with Hinterland.
Reviewers of Hinterland cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Hinterland.
This is a historical simulation game that promotes the development of civilization based on the match-3 Game. You'll need to gather resources, use skills, discover new technology, and lead humanbeing through a 10,000-year journey to the cosmos.
Diablo® IV
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Reviewers of Hinterland cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Hinterland.
Join the fight for Sanctuary in Diablo® IV, the ultimate action RPG adventure. Experience the critically acclaimed campaign and new seasonal content.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hinterland at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~50% under Hinterland on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Hinterland.
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
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Priced ~50% under Hinterland on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Hinterland.
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.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
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Priced ~50% under Hinterland on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Hinterland.
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.
Brotato
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Priced ~50% under Hinterland on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Hinterland.
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.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
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Priced ~50% under Hinterland on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Hinterland.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
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Priced ~50% under Hinterland on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Hinterland.
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
The Test
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Priced ~80% under Hinterland on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Hinterland.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Nubby's Number Factory
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Hinterland on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Hinterland.
A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Hinterland.
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.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Hinterland.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Hinterland.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Hinterland.
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.
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hinterland.
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.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Hinterland.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Dota 2
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Hinterland.
Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.
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Caesar™ IV
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Hinterland.
Another title from Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc., the studio behind Hinterland. Shares Strategy with Hinterland.
Starting as governor of a newly formed province in the Roman Empire your goal is simple: advance up the empire's political ladder to become the next Caesar.
Children of the Nile: Enhanced Edition
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Shares a whimsical mood with Hinterland.
Another title from Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc., the studio behind Hinterland. Shares Strategy with Hinterland.
Children of the Nile™ is a unique gem of a city-building game, unparalleled in both grandeur and attention to detail.As Pharaoh you will guide your people through thousands of years of history: from simple hunter-gatherers to the creation of an immortal civilization.
Children of the Nile: Alexandria
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Shares a contemplative mood with Hinterland.
Another title from Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc., the studio behind Hinterland. Shares Strategy with Hinterland.
Children of the Nile: Alexandria is an addition to the base Children of the Nile game, adding a new mini-campaign focused on the rise of the city of Alexandria. Using the unique city-building dynamics of Children of the Nile, you will carve out a new dynasty to rule all of Egypt, and build the greatest city of the ancient world!
Mosby's Confederacy
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Shares a retro mood with Hinterland.
Another title from Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc., the studio behind Hinterland. Shares Strategy with Hinterland.
As John Singleton Mosby, one of the Civil War's most interesting and dynamic leaders, you are charged, not with leading vast armies into battle, but with commanding small bands of skirmishers, scouts, and guerilla fighters on opportunistic missions to scout, ambush, steal supplies, and harass a larger and better-armed force of Union soldi
Frequently asked about Hinterland
- Does Hinterland run on Steam Deck?
- Hinterland 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 Hinterland cost?
- Hinterland is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Hinterland?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hinterland are Dwarf Fortress, King of the Dwarves: Underground City Builder, A Game of Dwarves.
- Who developed Hinterland?
- Hinterland was developed by Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc..
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