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Games like Underwater Cities

If Underwater Cities is your kind of game, the closest matches are Red Rising, Rolling Realms and Three Kingdoms: The Records Reborn — 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.

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About Underwater Cities: The official digital port of the tabletop game which won 2019 Diamant d’Or – top expert strategy game. This digital version adds online multiplayer and AI opponents.

StrategyWindowsby Savant Games
Underwater Cities — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Underwater Cities 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. Red Rising

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Underwater Cities fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Underwater Cities.

    Fight for dominance with up to 6 players in the official digital adaptation of the award-winning board game. Assemble a hand of followers, chain together powerful combos, and lead your house to victory in this clash of cards set in the dystopian world of Red Rising.

    StrategyCasualSteam ↗
  2. Rolling Realms

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Underwater Cities fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Underwater Cities.

    The official digital port of the Stonemaier Games roll-and-write

    2023Strategy9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Three Kingdoms: The Records Reborn

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Underwater Cities fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Underwater Cities.

    Enter a realm in turmoil where cards decide fate! Three Kingdoms: The Records Reborn is a two-player deckbuilding auto-battler. Rally legendary heroes, forge powerful lineups, master timing and terrain, and conquer the realm!

    StrategyRPGSteam ↗
  4. Amalgamated

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Underwater Cities fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Underwater Cities.

    A turn-based board game about manipulating a stock market, alone or against up to three others. Observe the trends, gamble, work the market in legal and less legal ways, and cross your fingers that the auditors don't catch you with your hands in the cookie jar.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  5. Sans Issue

    WHY THIS

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

    Sans Issue is a 2D game mixing chess and card-deck building. Use cards to summon new pieces, move your pieces in new ways, and change the board's terrain. Earn new cards via the campaign, create custom decks using the deckbuilder, and play against your friends both locally and over Steam. 

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  6. A Wizard-Chess Tournament

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Underwater Cities fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Underwater Cities.

    Chess, but with wizards. Every piece has HP and Attack and spell cards bend the rules. Outplay a friend in hotseat, over LAN, or online and climb the leaderboard.

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  7. The Rich Die First

    WHY THIS

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

    Compete against friends or AI in a ruthless race for wealth. Invest in stocks, buy real estate, play powerful cards, and make smart decisions to become the richest player before everyone else.

    2026StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. XANDO: Xtreme & Over the Top

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Underwater Cities fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Underwater Cities.

    XANDO is a turn-based strategy game that flips the game of Tic-Tac-Toe on its head. Select from 4 rule-bending ability sets in order to complete boards, reduce your opponent's HP, and become champion in this corporate-punk world. Get ready and excited because Tic-Tac-Toe has never been like this!

    2021StrategyIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

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

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Electoral Carnage

    WHY THIS

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

    Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?

    2026ActionFree To PlayEarly AccessFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Outpath: First Journey

    WHY THIS

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

    Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    2022IndieAdventureCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. NERTS! Online

    WHY THIS

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

    NERTS! Online is a fast-paced competitive solitaire game for you and up to five of your friends, played the same way we play it at the Zachtronics office!

    2021ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Underwater Cities

Does Underwater Cities have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Underwater Cities supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
What games are most similar to Underwater Cities?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Underwater Cities are Red Rising, Rolling Realms, Three Kingdoms: The Records Reborn.
Who developed Underwater Cities?
Underwater Cities was developed by Savant Games.

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 Underwater Cities.

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