Games like Paper Kingdom
Below are 14 hand-picked alternatives to Paper Kingdom for fans of indie, simulation, casual, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Paper Kingdom also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Paper Kingdom: Paper Kingdom is a colony management game. Stack cards to gather resources, build structures, explore and fight invaders. Turn a nomadic tribe into an empire.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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CrafTAE
Top pick for Paper Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Paper Kingdom.
Stack cards 🃏 to collect food, craft equipment, build structures and defeat the dungeon ⚔️ in this village builder roguelite. Discover new cards, gather new resources and craft new recipes every run! Combine, survive and thrive!
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Stacklands
Second-strongest match for Paper Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paper Kingdom.
Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!
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WitchHand
Third-strongest match for Paper Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Paper Kingdom.
You're a witch, leading your coven into new, unfriendly lands. Use the cards you find to build and expand your civilization. Befriend the local covens or use their bones to fuel your spells. Gather your familiars, the witching hour is nigh.
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First Feudal
Ranked #4 for Paper Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paper Kingdom.
Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.
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BOOK OF HOURS
Ranked #5 for Paper Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paper Kingdom.
Restore a crumbling occult library by a winter sea. Build the world’s foremost collection of grimoires and arcana. Master the invisible arts. BOOK OF HOURS is a narrative crafting RPG set in a 1930s world of hidden gods and secret histories. What sort of Librarian will you choose to be?
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Castle Cardians
Ranked #6 for Paper Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paper Kingdom.
Castle Cardians fused card games,roguelike and real time colony defense together. Build your powerful deck, defend the castle and beat invaders.
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Life is Feudal: Forest Village
Ranked #7 for Paper Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paper Kingdom.
LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.
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Imagine Earth
Ranked #8 for Paper Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paper Kingdom.
Build your own global colonies on distant worlds. Manage energy and resource supplies and produce goods for space trade. Form economic and diplomatic alliances or take over competing corporations. Conduct research to protect your colonists from disasters and avoid a climate crisis.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Paper Kingdom
Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.
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Don't Starve Together
Reviewers of Paper Kingdom cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Paper Kingdom.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
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Cultist Simulator
Reviewers of Paper Kingdom cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paper Kingdom.
Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.
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Stacklands
Reviewers of Paper Kingdom cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paper Kingdom.
Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
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Stacklands
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paper Kingdom.
Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!
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BOOK OF HOURS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paper Kingdom.
Restore a crumbling occult library by a winter sea. Build the world’s foremost collection of grimoires and arcana. Master the invisible arts. BOOK OF HOURS is a narrative crafting RPG set in a 1930s world of hidden gods and secret histories. What sort of Librarian will you choose to be?
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Imagine Earth
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paper Kingdom.
Build your own global colonies on distant worlds. Manage energy and resource supplies and produce goods for space trade. Form economic and diplomatic alliances or take over competing corporations. Conduct research to protect your colonists from disasters and avoid a climate crisis.
Frequently asked about Paper Kingdom
- Does Paper Kingdom run on Steam Deck?
- Paper Kingdom 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 Paper Kingdom cost?
- Paper Kingdom is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Paper Kingdom?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Paper Kingdom are CrafTAE, Stacklands, WitchHand.
- Who developed Paper Kingdom?
- Paper Kingdom was developed by obece.
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 Paper Kingdom.
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