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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 Galactic Economy — 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

Players who liked Underwater Cities also play

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.

    2026StrategyCasualSteam ↗
  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. Galactic Economy

    WHY THIS

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

    Your road to financial freedom leads to the stars. Acquire strategic sectors, manage complex loans, and mitigate systemic risks to grow your passive income. A gritty sci-fi tycoon strategy game where every decision determines your path to galactic domination.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  4. XANDO: Xtreme & Over the Top

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 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 ↗
  5. Wingspan

    WHY THIS

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

    Wingspan is a relaxing, award-winning strategy card game about birds for 1 to 5 players. Each bird you play extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your three habitats. Your goal is to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves.

    2020StrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Ticket to Ride®

    WHY THIS

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

    Discover a fresh adaptation of the iconic, multi-award-winning board game. Play against fellow fans around the world, or take on state-of-the-art AI opponents. Build a railway empire, claim routes and dominate your competitors on the leaderboards in this fan-favourite modern classic!

    2023StrategySimulationCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Rento Fortune: Online Dice Board Game (大富翁)

    WHY THIS

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

    Rento is multiplayer business dice game. It is board game for 2 to 8 players.Trade lands, build houses, win auctions, roll wheel of fortune, risk in Russian Roulette and have fun.Play with your friends and acquire a monopoly over the game board :)

    2017StrategyIndieMassively Multiplayer4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Clue/Cluedo: Classic Edition

    WHY THIS

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

    The official digital version of Hasbro’s classic mystery board game, Cluedo (Clue). Roll the dice and launch into a murder investigation. Whodunit? With what weapon? Where? You’ll need all your brain power to find the answers you need, as you race your friends and family to the truth!

    2018StrategyCasual16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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. 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 ↗
  6. 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 ↗
  7. 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 ↗
  8. The Test: Secrets of the Soul

    WHY THIS

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

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."

    2023IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Wingspan

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Underwater Cities.

    Wingspan is a relaxing, award-winning strategy card game about birds for 1 to 5 players. Each bird you play extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your three habitats. Your goal is to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves.

    2020StrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Rento Fortune: Online Dice Board Game (大富翁)

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Underwater Cities.

    Rento is multiplayer business dice game. It is board game for 2 to 8 players.Trade lands, build houses, win auctions, roll wheel of fortune, risk in Russian Roulette and have fun.Play with your friends and acquire a monopoly over the game board :)

    2017StrategyIndieMassively Multiplayer4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Clue/Cluedo: Classic Edition

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Underwater Cities.

    The official digital version of Hasbro’s classic mystery board game, Cluedo (Clue). Roll the dice and launch into a murder investigation. Whodunit? With what weapon? Where? You’ll need all your brain power to find the answers you need, as you race your friends and family to the truth!

    2018StrategyCasual16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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, Galactic Economy.
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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