IMHO.

Games like City of Elves

If City of Elves is your kind of game, the closest matches are Imperium: Titans of Commerce, Wicked Times and Pest Control — 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.

Get personalized picks →

About City of Elves: City of Elves is a fairytale strategy game in which you take a role of a ruler of an elven empire. Build a tree fortress and defend your territory. Develop technology, upgrade your armies, play turn-based scenarios, and expand your territory in this fantasy world of magic!

StrategySimulationRPGWindowsby Hyper Studio
City of Elves — Steam game cover

Players who liked City of Elves also play

Steam players who put hours into City of Elves 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. Imperium: Titans of Commerce

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for City of Elves fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with City of Elves.

    Titans of Commerce by Magna Sententia lets you to: design, produce, sell guns, ships and trains! Profit from global tension at the wake of WW1. Exploit governments and bribe officials to get hefty tax cuts. Involve in mafia, manage workers' strikes and maintain profit at all costs!

    StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Wicked Times

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for City of Elves fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with City of Elves.

    Wicked Times is an RPG manager/autobattler. Embark on a journey to stop the demon Kugraltha and his minions who occupy the lands. Collect gold. Upgrade your equipment. Find new towns and activities that give you extra experience and gold along the way. Gorgeous photos used throughout.

    2024StrategyAdventureRPG3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Pest Control

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for City of Elves fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with City of Elves.

    A combination of a simulator and a turn-based strategy, where you play the role of a pest exterminator. Use specialized equipment, choose the right traps and get rid of unwanted guests once and for all. Free the residents from intrusive individuals and restore peace in the streets!

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Hakan's War Manager

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for City of Elves fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with City of Elves.

    Manage your commanders like a sports team. Scout & train your commanders, set tactics, and outsmart rivals to become champion of the War League. It's like Football Manager, but with armies!

    2024SportsStrategySimulation7.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Warlordocracy

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for City of Elves fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with City of Elves.

    A party-based RTWP (real-time with pause) RPG that gradually grows into a large-scale strategy game as you amass soldiers and fame, or infamy.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Templar Castle Builder

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for City of Elves fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with City of Elves.

    Besiege and conquer the castles and towns of your enemies. Build siege machines and train your army to assault the fortified cities but do not neglect your defence system. Change the course of history, and do not let the Templar Order fall.

    ActionStrategyAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Song's Fantasy

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for City of Elves fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with City of Elves.

    This Chinese martial arts sandbox game blends character growth, adventure, survival, and building. It offers varied regions, towns, factions, engaging NPC interactions, and branching narratives. The combat system is novel, focusing on troop arrangement and skill cards, with replayable talent points.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Blackthorn Arena

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for City of Elves fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with City of Elves.

    Blackthorn Arena is a strategy/management sim with a real-time/turn based combat system, set in a world of mythical monsters and classic fantasy races. Play as the master of Blackthorn Arena, train your slaves into gladiators, forge them into your champions, and send them to fight for your glory!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with City of Elves.

    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 ↗
  2. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with City of Elves.

    Extensions for Dwarf Fortress, including bugfixes, interface improvements, automation agents, design blueprints, modding building blocks, and other tools.

    2023StrategySimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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 Simulation with City of Elves.

    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 ↗
  5. Dota 2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with City of Elves.

    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 ↗
  6. Muck

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

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

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Crusader Kings II

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with City of Elves.

    Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.

    2012StrategySimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Supermarket Together

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with City of Elves.

    The multiplayer supermarket has arrived to your neighbourhood for free! Stock your shop space, unlock perks and franchises, hire employees or chase those pesky shoplifters. The more players, the more action!

    2024IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Hyper Studio

Other recommendable Steam games by Hyper Studio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Animal Trainer

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Hyper Studio, the studio behind City of Elves. Shares Strategy with City of Elves.

    Become an animal trainer. It is a game that faithfully reproduces everything that happens in real work with various animals, domestic and exotic. You will learn how to work to get perfect results.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. Police Interceptors

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Hyper Studio, the studio behind City of Elves. Shares Simulation with City of Elves.

    High-speed, adrenaline-packed car chases right in the middle of rush hour in a big city. Face multiple challenges and put your skills to the test. There’s a call coming in – bring those perps into custody!

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. I am Your Lawyer

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Hyper Studio, the studio behind City of Elves. Shares Simulation with City of Elves.

    I Am Your Lawyer is a game where you play the role of a lawyer. Your task is to represent your clients in court. You have to defend innocent, harmless people and shady guys (murderers, thieves, crooks). See you in court!

    IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  4. Moses: From Egypt to the Promised Land

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Hyper Studio, the studio behind City of Elves. Shares Simulation with City of Elves.

    Moses: from Egypt to the promised land is a first person adventure game inspired by one of the most amazing stories in human history from the Old Testament. In the game, we play the role of Moses, the holy prophet, the leader of the Israelites, during their journey to the Promised Land.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗

Frequently asked about City of Elves

What games are most similar to City of Elves?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside City of Elves are Imperium: Titans of Commerce, Wicked Times, Pest Control.
Who developed City of Elves?
City of Elves was developed by Hyper Studio.

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 City of Elves.

For library-aware picks tuned to your specific taste, sign in with Steam on the home page.