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Games like King Arthur's Gold

If King Arthur's Gold is your kind of game, the closest matches are SquareWorld Unpixeled, Crea and Soldat 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its community driven content, tactical positioning matters and competitive. 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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King Arthur's Gold is a free-to-play Action/Indie game released in 2013 by Transhuman Design. Set in a medieval 2D pixel-art world, it features team-based combat across three distinct classes, with procedural generation and full mod support shaping the experience. Players describe the action as competitive and intense, noting that tactical positioning matters in every engagement. Community-driven content has kept the experience evolving since launch. The game achieved an 82% positive rating from over 3,100 Steam reviews and is marked as Playable on Steam Deck. It is described as hard in difficulty with massive content length.

About King Arthur's Gold: Would you enjoy building CASTLES, traps and siege machines in MULTIPLAYER? And then undermine your opponents castle and collapse it with 2D PHYSICS & DESTRUCTION?

2013ActionIndieFree To PlayFree to playDeck PlayableMetacritic 81Windows · Linuxby Transhuman Design
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Community driven contentTactical positioning mattersCompetitiveIntenseMod supportProcedural generation

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Steam players who put hours into King Arthur's Gold 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. SquareWorld Unpixeled

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for King Arthur's Gold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with King Arthur's Gold.

    Explore a randomly generated universe full of unique planets! Build whatever comes into your mind with hundreds of blocks available! Mine for precious treasures and dungeons! Play alone or with friends, create or destroy, explore or build up a home. Choose your way of playing.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Crea

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for King Arthur's Gold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with King Arthur's Gold.

    Progress with every slain monster, learn over 80 skills through talents, craft hundreds of items, and explore vast procedurally-generated worlds in this ever-expanding sandbox RPG!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Soldat 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with King Arthur's Gold.

    Third-strongest match for King Arthur's Gold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with King Arthur's Gold.

    Soldat 2 is a 2D deathmatch shooter with real guns, ragdoll violence and physics-based movement. Based on classic Soldat with team game modes, ranked multiplayer, bots and built-in customization and level editing. Made by MM - creator of the original.

    2020ActionIndieEarly Access7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Stronghold Kingdoms

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with King Arthur's Gold.

    Ranked #4 for King Arthur's Gold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Free To Play with King Arthur's Gold.

    A massively multiplayer grand strategy game, Stronghold Kingdoms is about forging alliances, political mind games, city-building and castle sieges with thousands of other players!

    2012StrategyMassively MultiplayerFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Medieval Engineers

    WHY THIS

    Shares mod support with King Arthur's Gold.

    Ranked #5 for King Arthur's Gold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with King Arthur's Gold.

    Medieval Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and the maintenance of architectural works and mechanical equipment using medieval technology. Players build castles; construct mechanical devices and underground mining. There is an entire planet to explore!

    2015ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Rocket League®

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with King Arthur's Gold.

    Ranked #6 for King Arthur's Gold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with King Arthur's Gold.

    Rocket League is a high-powered hybrid of arcade-style soccer and vehicular mayhem with easy-to-understand controls and fluid, physics-driven competition. Rocket League includes casual and competitive Online Matches, a fully-featured offline Season Mode, special “Mutators” that let you change the rules entirely, hockey and...

    2015ActionSportsIndieDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Ace of Spades: Battle Builder

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with King Arthur's Gold.

    Ranked #7 for King Arthur's Gold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with King Arthur's Gold.

    Say hello to the creative shooter. Ace of Spades: Battle Builder is the first-person shooter that lets you create your battleground, destroy it, then create it again. Up to 32 players choose from seven unique classes and jump into team-based, multiplayer mayhem across an endlessly evolving battlefield, to construct, destruct and take out...

    2012ActionIndieSteam ↗
  8. Reign Of Kings

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for King Arthur's Gold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with King Arthur's Gold.

    Struggle to survive in a harsh medieval world. Hunt wildlife, mine resources, build structures, and craft weapons and armor in order to protect yourself. You may form a guild, bring war to all opposition, and try to seize the throne and become king!

    2015ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to King Arthur's Gold

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Shares mod support and procedural generation with King Arthur's Gold.

    Reviewers of King Arthur's Gold cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with King Arthur's Gold.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Soldat

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with King Arthur's Gold.

    Reviewers of King Arthur's Gold cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with King Arthur's Gold.

    Soldat is a unique 2D (side-view) multiplayer action game. Soldiers fight against each other in 2D battle arenas using a deadly arsenal of military weapons, across 7 default game modes.

    2020ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Module TD. Sci-Fi Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of King Arthur's Gold cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with King Arthur's Gold.

    This is Sci-fi Tower Defense created by gamers for gamers.

    2018StrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from Transhuman Design

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

  1. Maniac

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Transhuman Design, the studio behind King Arthur's Gold. Shares Action and Indie with King Arthur's Gold.

    Ever just tired of it all? Ready for change? Wanna bet it all on sheer mayhem and destruction? In comes Maniac, a rogue-lite crime action game in which the world goes against you, and your insanity creates chaos!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. BUTCHER

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with King Arthur's Gold.

    Another title from Transhuman Design, the studio behind King Arthur's Gold. Shares Action and Indie with King Arthur's Gold.

    BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Jackal

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with King Arthur's Gold.

    Another title from Transhuman Design, the studio behind King Arthur's Gold. Shares Action and Indie with King Arthur's Gold.

    Execute ultra-violent raids in 1970s casino hotels. Take down the Las Vegas mob as a drug super-powered hitman in physics-fueled top-down close combat

    2026ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Soldat 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with King Arthur's Gold.

    Another title from Transhuman Design, the studio behind King Arthur's Gold. Shares Action and Indie with King Arthur's Gold.

    Soldat 2 is a 2D deathmatch shooter with real guns, ragdoll violence and physics-based movement. Based on classic Soldat with team game modes, ranked multiplayer, bots and built-in customization and level editing. Made by MM - creator of the original.

    2020ActionIndieEarly Access7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Trench Run

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with King Arthur's Gold.

    Another title from Transhuman Design, the studio behind King Arthur's Gold. Shares Action and Indie with King Arthur's Gold.

    Trench Run is a mayhem-filled, laugh a minute casual 4-player action game brought to you by the makers of King Arthur’s Gold and Soldat.

    2016ActionIndieCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Soldat

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with King Arthur's Gold.

    Another title from Transhuman Design, the studio behind King Arthur's Gold. Shares Action and Indie with King Arthur's Gold.

    Soldat is a unique 2D (side-view) multiplayer action game. Soldiers fight against each other in 2D battle arenas using a deadly arsenal of military weapons, across 7 default game modes.

    2020ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about King Arthur's Gold

Does King Arthur's Gold run on Steam Deck?
King Arthur's Gold is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
Is King Arthur's Gold free to play?
Yes — King Arthur's Gold is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
Does King Arthur's Gold have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — King Arthur's Gold supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
What games are most similar to King Arthur's Gold?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside King Arthur's Gold are SquareWorld Unpixeled, Crea, Soldat 2.
Who developed King Arthur's Gold?
King Arthur's Gold was developed by Transhuman Design.

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