Games like Hero Academy
If Hero Academy is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Red Cathedral, Antihero and Warhammer 40,000: Regicide — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, competitive and intense. 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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The Red Cathedral
WHY THIS
Top pick for Hero Academy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Hero Academy.
The Red Cathedral is a fun turn-based strategy game for 1 to 4 players. Manage your resources well to build the cathedral better than anyone else and thus win the Tsar's favor.
Antihero
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hero Academy.
Second-strongest match for Hero Academy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hero Academy.
Run a Thieves Guild in a gas-lit Victorian city! Antihero is a fast-paced digital board game with an (Oliver) Twist. Recruit street urchins, hire thugs, start a gang, upgrade your guild, steal everything... and bribe, blackmail, and assassinate your way to victory.
Warhammer 40,000: Regicide
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hero Academy.
Third-strongest match for Hero Academy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hero Academy.
Warhammer 40,000: Regicide is a brutal take on one of the greatest turn based strategy games of all time. Regicide fuses multiple phases of gameplay with dynamic action. Maneuver your army into place and unleash a devastating array of tactical abilities to crush your enemies.
Battle Worlds: Kronos
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Hero Academy.
Ranked #4 for Hero Academy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Hero Academy.
Battle Worlds: Kronos is a classic turn-based strategy game in the tradition of Battle Isle, Advance Wars and Panzer General. Have you ever wondered what games like that would look like today? Well, we did. As a result, we decided to develope Battle Worlds: Kronos.
Steam: Rails to Riches
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hero Academy.
Ranked #5 for Hero Academy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hero Academy.
The official version of one of the best board games - Steam: Rails to Riches. Take control of a railway company, issue shares, build railroads, deliver goods along an network of tracks and stations and make profit to expand.
Eight-Minute Empire
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hero Academy.
Ranked #6 for Hero Academy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hero Academy.
Eight-Minute Empire is the super-quick area control game requiring tough decisions. It’s easy to learn and perfect for when you only have a few minutes. ⏱
Khet 2.0
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Hero Academy.
Ranked #7 for Hero Academy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hero Academy.
Officially licensed version of the “Mensa Select” award-winning board game! The Laser Game Khet 2.0: Mind blowing laser fun for players ages 9-99. Using simple rules that can be learned in minutes players alternate turns moving Egyptian themed mirrored pieces, after which they fire their laser with the goal of blasting their opponents...
Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hero Academy.
Ranked #8 for Hero Academy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hero Academy.
In Dominions 5 you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. The type of Pretender Gods can vary from magically powerful arch mages to huge titans or large monuments. Dominions is a deep 4x turn based strategy game with a very large variety of spells and units.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Hero Academy
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Team Fortress 2
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Hero Academy.
Reviewers of Hero Academy cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities. Constantly updated with new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats!
Orcs Must Die! 2
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Hero Academy.
Reviewers of Hero Academy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hero Academy.
You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.
Hero Academy 2
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Hero Academy.
Reviewers of Hero Academy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Hero Academy.
Sequel to the original tactical strategy game, Hero Academy 2 adds card collection, deck building, and real-time matches!
Magic: The Gathering Arena
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Hero Academy.
Reviewers of Hero Academy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Hero Academy.
Magic: The Gathering Arena empowers you to discover your strategy, meet the planeswalkers, explore the multiverse, and battle friends around the world. Start playing for free, challenge your friends, unlock cards, and feel the magic of the original fantasy CCG!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hero Academy.
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!
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hero Academy.
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!
Dota Underlords
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Hero Academy.
Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.
Clicker Heroes
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hero Academy.
Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.
Super Auto Pets
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Hero Academy.
Build the strongest team of pets and tussle with your friends!
Bloons TD Battles 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hero Academy.
From the creators of Bloons TD6... Bloons TD Battles 2 is a brand new installment of the top-rated head-to-head tower defense game. Gather your Hero, choose your team of powerful Monkey Towers, and prepare to battle one on one against other players and relentless waves of Bloons!
Bloons TD Battles
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Hero Academy.
Go head to head with other players in a Bloon-popping battle for victory. From the creators of best-selling Bloons TD 5, this all new Battles game is specially designed for multiplayer combat, featuring the ability to control bloons directly and send them charging past your opponent's defenses.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Hero Academy.
Take on Duelists around the world with "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links"! Step into a world that crosses dimensions and connects all Duelists. In Duel World, any location transforms into a Duel Field where heated Duels unfold!
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More from Robot Entertainment
Other recommendable Steam games by Robot Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Orcs Must Die! 2
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Hero Academy.
Another title from Robot Entertainment, the studio behind Hero Academy. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hero Academy.
You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.
Orcs Must Die! 3
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Hero Academy.
Another title from Robot Entertainment, the studio behind Hero Academy. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hero Academy.
Slice, burn, toss, zap, grind and gib massive hordes of repugnant orcs in this long-awaited successor to the award-winning Orcs Must Die! series.
Orcs Must Die!
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hero Academy.
Another title from Robot Entertainment, the studio behind Hero Academy. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hero Academy.
Slice them, burn them, skewer them, and launch them - no matter how you get it done, orcs must die in this fantasy action-strategy game from Robot Entertainment.
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Hero Academy.
Another title from Robot Entertainment, the studio behind Hero Academy. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hero Academy.
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap combines chaotic third-person combat with devious trap-laying strategy. Enjoy endless replayability as your War Mage grows stronger through roguelite progression. Repel relentless orc hordes solo or with up to 4 players.
Orcs Must Die! Unchained
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Hero Academy.
Another title from Robot Entertainment, the studio behind Hero Academy. Shares Strategy with Hero Academy.
Orcs Must Die! Unchained takes the award-winning Orcs Must Die! action tower defense game to a whole new level with team-based gameplay! Bust skulls with your best pals in PvE co-op Survival, or put your teamwork to the real test in Sabotage Mode!
Frequently asked about Hero Academy
- Does Hero Academy have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Hero Academy supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer).
- What games are most similar to Hero Academy?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hero Academy are The Red Cathedral, Antihero, Warhammer 40,000: Regicide.
- Who developed Hero Academy?
- Hero Academy was developed by Robot Entertainment.
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