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Games like Infested Fortress

If Infested Fortress is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming, Craft Hero and Heroes of Steel RPG — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, immersive and stressful. 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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About Infested Fortress: Dig into the mountain, collect resources to build your fortress, grow your population and keep them alive (and happy), learn new deadly skills, gather and refine materials to craft powerful items so you can fend off the many dangerous monsters threatening your colony in turn-based tactical combat.

2023StrategyAdventureRPG19.99 USDWindows · macOSby Bitmen Studios
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Base survival demands constant adaptationBoss fights escalate with immunities and scripted buffsDeep character growth beyond combat statsChallengingImmersiveStressful

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Steam players who put hours into Infested Fortress 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.

  1. The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Infested Fortress.

    Top pick for Infested Fortress fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Infested Fortress.

    The Storm Guard is a challenging turn-based roguelike role-playing game inspired by the Night’s Watch in the Game of Thrones. You assume the role of the Lord Commander of the Storm Guard leading the order during difficult times. An ancient dragon and its minions have returned, threatening the realm of men.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Craft Hero

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building with Infested Fortress.

    Second-strongest match for Infested Fortress fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Infested Fortress.

    Gather resources by day, build and recruit by noon, defend your village by night! A new minimalism sandbox survival with countless new ideas – Craft Hero

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure2.49 USDSteam ↗
  3. Heroes of Steel RPG

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Infested Fortress.

    Third-strongest match for Infested Fortress fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Infested Fortress.

    Heroes of Steel is a tactical RPG set in a grim post-apocalyptic fantasy world. Coordinate your party of four heroes in turn-based combat and navigate a engaging world and story.

    2014StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Overfall

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a challenging mood with Infested Fortress.

    Ranked #4 for Infested Fortress fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Infested Fortress.

    Set sail in Overfall, a whimsical roguelike turn-based RPG of diplomacy and danger. Recruit unlikely heroes, forge alliances or crush your foes across ever-shifting seas to find a lost king. Every run is fresh with procedural worlds, permanent death, branching story encounters, and hand-drawn art.

    2016StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Pathway

    WHY THIS

    Shares character progression, resource management and an immersive mood with Infested Fortress.

    Ranked #5 for Infested Fortress fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Infested Fortress.

    Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!

    2019StrategyIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Last Spell

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building and an immersive mood with Infested Fortress.

    Ranked #6 for Infested Fortress fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Infested Fortress.

    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.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Inkbound

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Infested Fortress.

    Ranked #7 for Infested Fortress fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Infested Fortress.

    A turn-based tactical roguelike from the creators of Monster Train. Play solo or co-op, create powerful builds, and save the Atheneum.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Mortal Glory

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Infested Fortress.

    Ranked #8 for Infested Fortress fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Infested Fortress.

    Mortal Glory is a fantasy-themed tactical roguelike game about recruiting a team of gladiators and pitting them against brutal competition in a blood-soaked tournament. Train your gladiators, find a legendary sword, learn ancient spells, recruit a celebrity, cheat - do whatever it takes to bring glory to your name!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Infested Fortress

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.

  1. RimWorld

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and an immersive mood with Infested Fortress.

    Reviewers of Infested Fortress cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Infested Fortress.

    A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Bureau: XCOM Declassified

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Infested Fortress cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear.  A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.

    2013Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. XCOM® 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Infested Fortress.

    Reviewers of Infested Fortress cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Infested Fortress.

    XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.

    2016Strategy2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Infested Fortress at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Infested Fortress on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and RPG with Infested Fortress.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Infested Fortress on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Infested Fortress.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Infested Fortress on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Infested Fortress.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Infested Fortress on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Infested Fortress.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Infested Fortress on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Infested Fortress.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Infested Fortress on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Infested Fortress.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Infested Fortress on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Infested Fortress.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Infested Fortress on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Infested Fortress.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and RPG with Infested Fortress.

    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!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and RPG with Infested Fortress.

    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!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Infested Fortress.

    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.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Infested Fortress.

    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.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Infested Fortress.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  6. Dota 2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Infested Fortress.

    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.

    2013ActionStrategyFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Path of Exile

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Infested Fortress.

    You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. The game is completely free and will never be pay-to-win.

    2013ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Muck

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Infested Fortress.

    Muck is a survival-roguelike. Collect resources, find items & build a base to survive for as long as you can.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Infested Fortress

How much does Infested Fortress cost?
Infested Fortress is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Infested Fortress?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Infested Fortress are The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming, Craft Hero, Heroes of Steel RPG.
Who developed Infested Fortress?
Infested Fortress was developed by Bitmen Studios.

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 Infested Fortress.

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