Games like Encoded War
If Encoded War is your kind of game, the closest matches are Civil Purgatory, Unified and IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator — 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 Encoded War: Here is the 5-year contract to get your son back. You must become the morse messenger during World War II. Each day comes with new tasks to overcome and challenge your morse coding skill.
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Civil Purgatory
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Top pick for Encoded War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Encoded War.
Interrogate, investigate, and judge in an authoritarian regime. In Civil Purgatory, real-time AI-generated role-playing dialogue adds depth and dynamism to this narrative simulation full of moral dilemmas, where you decide who walks free… and who doesn’t.
Unified
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Encoded War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Encoded War.
Unified is a short, 2,596 word kinetic (linear, no choices) visual novel about universal consciousness. Everything is connected viaa a conscious intelligence that runs the universe. It's about dropping the ego - the idea of being a person itself.
IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Encoded War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Encoded War.
IRON NEST is a brutal dieselpunk heavy-artillery game where you dominate the battlefield through a colossal war machine. Take map measurements based on the received coordinates, strain the hydraulics, and gunlay the cannons to unleash devastating blows ⟹ Will you obey High Command, Operator?
IRON SANCTUARY
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Encoded War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Encoded War.
Conduct the IRON SANCTUARY. Devise your journey on the map, raise the miners for fuel, secure the valves, repair and maintain the mechanisms, save as many people as you can. Praise the Pontiff General!
SimulationSteam ↗PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Encoded War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Encoded War.
Operate your planetary defense cannon to fend off an interplanetary invasion from the comfort of your cozy bunker. You’re here to stay, so obey your superiors, press the right buttons, and sip your daily tea ration - it's good for you.
Spec Ops: The Line
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Encoded War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
A Third-Person modern military Shooter designed to challenge players' morality by putting them in the middle of unspeakable situations.
Socialism Simulator
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Ranked #7 for Encoded War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Encoded War.
The civil war is over. To the rapturous cheers of the crowd, you and four of your companions take control of the country. The young socialist state proudly raises its flags, its eyes fixed on a distant, bright future.
Beholder 2
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Ranked #8 for Encoded War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Encoded War.
You are an intern at the central ministry of a totalitarian state with your whole career ahead of you. Work your way up the ladder by scheming against employees, spying on your boss, and completing paperwork. Or do you turn against the state and expose corruption. The choice is still yours to make!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Encoded War at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Encoded War on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Encoded War.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Encoded War on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Encoded War.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Encoded War on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Encoded War.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Encoded War on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Encoded War.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Encoded War on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Encoded War.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Encoded War on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Encoded War.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Encoded War on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Encoded War.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Encoded War on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Encoded War.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Encoded War.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Encoded War.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Encoded War.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Encoded War.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Encoded War.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Encoded War.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Encoded War.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Frequently asked about Encoded War
- How much does Encoded War cost?
- Encoded War is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Encoded War?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Encoded War are Civil Purgatory, Unified, IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator.
- Who developed Encoded War?
- Encoded War was developed by Somnolent Team.
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