Games like Heroes of Science and Fiction
If Heroes of Science and Fiction is your kind of game, the closest matches are Songs of Conquest, Fantasy Football Tactics and Pennon and Battle — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its fast paced tactical combat, humorous story and dialogue and challenging. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Heroes of Science and Fiction: A turn-based sci-fi strategy that combines exploration and exciting clashes on the battlefield. Take control over several different species, raise powerful armies for your heroes and destroy your opponents! This HoMM-like is set in a scifi universe, with new mechanics on top of the classic formula.
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Steam players who put hours into Heroes of Science and Fiction 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.
Songs of Conquest
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
Top pick for Heroes of Science and Fiction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
Raise mighty armies, wield ancient magic and forge an empire. This turn-based strategy adventure game fuses strategic decision making, tactical combat and kingdom management.
Fantasy Football Tactics
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Heroes of Science and Fiction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
A magical and turn-based tactical football RPG. Enjoy a single player adventure by leveling up, customizing your build from 8 positions and 64 abilities, and outscoring your rivals in turn-based matches!
Pennon and Battle
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and a retro mood with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
Third-strongest match for Heroes of Science and Fiction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
"Pennon and Battle" is a turn-based strategy war game. As a lord, you will play a crucial role in the revival of the kingdom! Lead heroes and armies to expand territory in Ruachland, utilize tactics and magic to eliminate enemy forces, and create your own legend!
Hex Gambit: Respawned
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Heroes of Science and Fiction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
Hex Gambit: Respawned is a quirky and competitive digital board game for 1-4 players that’s easy to pick up and hard to put down!
Bandit Life
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Ranked #5 for Heroes of Science and Fiction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
Lead a band of misfits through a turn-based adventure filled with blood, ambushes, and hard choices. Clash with rival camps, expand your influence, trade, build, and raid to become the most infamous bandit in history.
Cantata
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
Ranked #6 for Heroes of Science and Fiction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
Crash-landed in the universe of Cantata, will you expand your empire or bring peace to the war torn planet? Grow your army, manage resources and discover the colourful planet of Shoal, its people, and the armed forces overrunning this land in this genre-defining Grand Tactics game.
ZEPHON
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Ranked #7 for Heroes of Science and Fiction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
From the developers of Warhammer 40,000: Gladius, ZEPHON is a post-apocalyptic 4X strategy game built on Proxy’s unique tactical combat system. Guide survivors through a turbulent future, navigating unexpected disasters, eldritch horror and cyberpunk monstrosities. What will you do to survive?
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
Ranked #8 for Heroes of Science and Fiction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
A retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling. Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition is a massively enhanced version of the Award Winning indie strategy RPG, Halcyon 6.
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Songs of Conquest
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
Reviewers of Heroes of Science and Fiction cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and RPG with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
Raise mighty armies, wield ancient magic and forge an empire. This turn-based strategy adventure game fuses strategic decision making, tactical combat and kingdom management.
Heroes of Might & Magic V
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
Reviewers of Heroes of Science and Fiction cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
Witness the amazing evolution of the genre-defining strategy game as it becomes a next-generation phenomenon, melding classic deep fantasy with next-generation visuals and gameplay. In the renowned Might & Magic universe, demon swarms spread chaos over the land in a relentless assault.
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
Reviewers of Heroes of Science and Fiction cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the new strategy game from Triumph Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Age of Wonders series, bringing all the exciting tactical turn-based combat and in-depth empire building of its predecessors to space in an all-new, sci-fi setting.
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
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Shares base building and turn based combat with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
Reviewers of Heroes of Science and Fiction cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and RPG with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is the official prequel hailing back to the origins of the genre-defining, critically acclaimed series of turn-based strategy games. Raise grand armies and wield devastating spells to overcome your foes in both solo and multiplayer.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Heroes of Science and Fiction at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Heroes of Science and Fiction on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
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 ~67% under Heroes of Science and Fiction on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Heroes of Science and Fiction on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
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?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
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Priced ~50% under Heroes of Science and Fiction on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
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Priced ~58% under Heroes of Science and Fiction on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Heroes of Science and Fiction on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Heroes of Science and Fiction on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
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 ~67% under Heroes of Science and Fiction on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Tails Noir: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
of the Devil
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
Immerse yourself in neon, smoke, and high-stakes legal gambles as a Defense Attorney with uniquely Killer insights in this episodic, diabolically stylish visual novel adventure game.
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 Heroes of Science and Fiction.
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!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
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.
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
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.
SCP – Containment Breach
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?
Splitgate
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Heroes of Science and Fiction.
Splitgate is a free-to-play, fast-paced multiplayer shooter that features player-controlled portals. This sci-fi shooter takes the FPS genre to a new dimension with its portal mechanics, delivering high-flying, multi-dimensional combat.
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Frequently asked about Heroes of Science and Fiction
- Is Heroes of Science and Fiction verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Heroes of Science and Fiction is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Heroes of Science and Fiction cost?
- Heroes of Science and Fiction is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Heroes of Science and Fiction have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Heroes of Science and Fiction supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
- What games are most similar to Heroes of Science and Fiction?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Heroes of Science and Fiction are Songs of Conquest, Fantasy Football Tactics, Pennon and Battle.
- Who developed Heroes of Science and Fiction?
- Heroes of Science and Fiction was developed by Oxymoron Games.
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