Games like We Are the Universe
If We Are the Universe is your kind of game, the closest matches are DG2: Defense Grid 2, Sanctum 2 and Infested Planet — 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 We Are the Universe: Sci-fi tower defense where you create your own maze, manage drones and power levels, and harvest for resources. Upgrade your turrets, buildings and ground units. Upgrade and buy new vehicles and motherships.
Players who liked We Are the Universe also play
Steam players who put hours into We Are the Universe 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.
DG2: Defense Grid 2
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Top pick for We Are the Universe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with We Are the Universe.
Great strategy is timeless. Build, adapt, and defend across dynamic maps, solo or online - every session brings new strategies, new solutions, and new surprises. Now is the perfect time to enter the grid.
Sanctum 2
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for We Are the Universe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with We Are the Universe.
Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.
Infested Planet
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Third-strongest match for We Are the Universe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with We Are the Universe.
Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmaneuver and outsmart the enemy.
Anomaly: Warzone Earth
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Ranked #4 for We Are the Universe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with We Are the Universe.
Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!
Sanctum
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Ranked #5 for We Are the Universe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with We Are the Universe.
You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.
Sol Survivor
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Ranked #6 for We Are the Universe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with We Are the Universe.
Jump in to intense turret defense action with Sol Survivor! Build turrets to defend your colony and the innocent colonists within. Smash enemies with volleys of actively-controlled orbital support. Play with friends in co-operative and competitive multiplayer matches or test your mettle against our new Survival mode!
Unstoppable Gorg
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Ranked #7 for We Are the Universe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with We Are the Universe.
Defend the solar system from fearsome aliens by sending satellites into orbit in revolutionary tower defense action!
Anomaly Defenders
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Ranked #8 for We Are the Universe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with We Are the Universe.
Anomaly Defenders is the closing installment of the Anomaly series. The original incarnation of the Tower Offense sub-genre had players controlling humans fighting alien invaders. Now, the tables have turned. The human counterattack is underway and the alien homeworld is under threat.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below We Are the Universe at current Steam store prices.
shapez
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Priced ~80% under We Are the Universe on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with We Are the Universe.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Bejeweled® 3
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Priced ~80% under We Are the Universe on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with We Are the Universe.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
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Priced ~80% under We Are the Universe on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with We Are the Universe.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
Majesty Gold HD
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Priced ~50% under We Are the Universe on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with We Are the Universe.
The High Definition edition of Majesty Gold contains main game, the Northern Expansion Pack as well as 2 new quests and several other graphics and gameplay updates.Majesty is a Real-time strategy game with indirect control – your heroes have a will of their own!
Bomber Crew
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Priced ~52% under We Are the Universe on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with We Are the Universe.
Chocks away! Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation game, where picking the right crew and keeping your bomber in tip top shape is the difference between completing your mission or losing it all! USAAF DLC NOW AVAILABLE! FLY THE ICONIC AMERICAN BOMBER!
Turmoil
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Priced ~48% under We Are the Universe on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with We Are the Universe.
Drill for oil like it's 1899! Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America.
Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
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Priced ~80% under We Are the Universe on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with We Are the Universe.
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete, the latest offering in the Sid Meier's Civilization III franchise, provides gaming fans with Sid Meier's Civilization III, the highly-addictive journey of discovery.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with We Are the Universe.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with We Are the Universe.
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.
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with We Are the Universe.
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.
Bloons TD Battles 2
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with We Are the Universe.
From the creators of Bloons TD6... Bloons TD Battles 2 is a brand new installment of the top-rated head-to-head tower defense game. Gather your Hero, choose your team of powerful Monkey Towers, and prepare to battle one on one against other players and relentless waves of Bloons!
Bloons TD Battles
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with We Are the Universe.
Go head to head with other players in a Bloon-popping battle for victory. From the creators of best-selling Bloons TD 5, this all new Battles game is specially designed for multiplayer combat, featuring the ability to control bloons directly and send them charging past your opponent's defenses.
One-armed robber
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with We Are the Universe.
One-armed robber is a chaotic first-person heist game that centers around a uniquely challenging premise. Players take the role of a determined robber equipped with only one arm, tasked with pulling off daring heists on banks, shops, and various establishments.
Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The epic story of evolution, technology, humanity, and dinosaurs is yours to tap.
Darwin Project
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
In Darwin Project, ten inmates must survive the elements, track each other, fight, craft tools, and use their social skills to be the last one standing. It's a unique take on battle royale with a Show Director to influence the match and Spectator Interactions to create a one-of-a-kind game show.
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Frequently asked about We Are the Universe
- How much does We Are the Universe cost?
- We Are the Universe is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to We Are the Universe?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside We Are the Universe are DG2: Defense Grid 2, Sanctum 2, Infested Planet.
- Who developed We Are the Universe?
- We Are the Universe was developed by Uncle Grouch Gaming.
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 We Are the Universe.
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