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- $17.49 (Price checked Nov 8)
- Deck Playable
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- Released: 2022
- Developer: Isaac Lee
- Price: $4.99checked Nov 2
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 75% of 32 reviews
- Genres: Strategy
- Platforms: Windows
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About Archipelago
The closest matches to Archipelago: Tower Dominion, Nordhold, Rogue Tower, Isle of Arrows, and ShapeHero Factory. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Archipelago is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tower Dominion, Nordhold and Rogue Tower — 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.
About Archipelago: Archipelago is a roguelike tower defense game about defending randomly generated islands. Setup your defenses, manage your income, and find powerful charms to repel the enemy. Archipelago introduces tension and strategy to the tower defense genre.
Is Archipelago worth buying?
Too few reviews to call
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- Only 32 Steam reviews so far, not enough to judge.
- Price: $4.99 (checked Nov 2).
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“The concept is alright but the UI needs work. The game forces you to click on buildings all the time to build things when it could all be in one side window with tabs instead.”
People who play it also play: Tower Dominion, Nordhold, Rogue Tower
Frequently asked about Archipelago
Can I run it?
Does Archipelago run on Steam Deck?
Archipelago 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 Archipelago cost?
Archipelago is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Archipelago?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Archipelago are Tower Dominion, Nordhold, Rogue Tower.
Who developed Archipelago?
Archipelago was developed by Isaac Lee.