Games like MudGate
If MudGate is your kind of game, the closest matches are DarkDIRE: The Advanced Set, ChaosWorld and 9th Dawn II — 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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Players who liked MudGate also play
Steam players who put hours into MudGate 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.
DarkDIRE: The Advanced Set
WHY THIS
Top pick for MudGate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with MudGate.
Inspired by old-school rogue-like and RPGs, DarkDIRE uses simple graphics/animation to build a living world. Explore endless procedurally generated kingdoms and dungeons. Gain loot by raiding enemy kingdoms. Sell it to become rich and powerful. Maybe even powerful enough to rule your own kingdom.
ChaosWorld
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for MudGate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with MudGate.
A magically controlled medieval large map and a multiplayer survival open world game with randomly generated caves on the large map by the program. Use combat, building, farming, automating to create your own medieval village or town, and defeat magic with magic.
9th Dawn II
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for MudGate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with MudGate.
A large scale fully openworld RPG full of fast-paced action, dungeon crawling, with single or multiplayer adventures! Fight plenty of ferocious monsters, collect masses of loot and take on ancient lost puzzles within the depths of Caspartia!
Grim Dawn
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for MudGate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with MudGate.
Enter an apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, iron is valued above gold and trust is hard earned. This ARPG features complex character development, hundreds of unique items, crafting and quests with choice & consequence.
DuneCrawl
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for MudGate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with MudGate.
DuneCrawl is an open world action-adventure game, where you take to the sandy seas atop a gigantic crustacean festooned with black powder cannons. Play as a solo Crab Keeper, or with a crew of up to three other friends in local and online coop.
Heroes of Hammerwatch II
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for MudGate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with MudGate.
A rogue-lite action-rpg that offers extensive persistent progression. Build your town, upgrade and equip your heroes, before taking on the ever-changing Dark Citadel - either solo or with a team of friends.
Zombasite
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for MudGate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with MudGate.
Zombasite is a zombie apocalypse action RPG set in a dynamic, evolving, fantasy world for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Black Desert
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for MudGate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with MudGate.
Played by over 20 million Adventurers - Black Desert Online is an open-world, action MMORPG. Experience intense, action-packed combat, battle massive world bosses, fight alongside friends to siege and conquer castles, and train in professions such as fishing, trading, crafting, cooking, and more!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below MudGate at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under MudGate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with MudGate.
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 MudGate on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with MudGate.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under MudGate on Steam right now. Shares Action with MudGate.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under MudGate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with MudGate.
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 MudGate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with MudGate.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under MudGate on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with MudGate.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under MudGate on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with MudGate.
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 MudGate on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with MudGate.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with MudGate.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with MudGate.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with MudGate.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with MudGate.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with MudGate.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with MudGate.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with MudGate.
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.
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Frequently asked about MudGate
- How much does MudGate cost?
- MudGate is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does MudGate have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — MudGate supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op).
- What games are most similar to MudGate?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside MudGate are DarkDIRE: The Advanced Set, ChaosWorld, 9th Dawn II.
- Who developed MudGate?
- MudGate was developed by Olav Botterli and published by WebGrid Software AS.
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 MudGate.
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