Games like Neanderthal
If Neanderthal is your kind of game, the closest matches are Greenland, KARDS - The WW2 Card Game and Wingspan — 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 Neanderthal: Humanity's evolution as a species has accelerated over the last 30,000-40,000 years unparalleled in evolution of life on Earth. What triggered this change? Play as the Archaic Man (Player Green), Neanderthal (Player Yellow), or Cro-Magnon (Player Red) species fighting to survive .
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Greenland
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Top pick for Neanderthal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Neanderthal.
Greenland is a strategic turn-based survival game. Choose your tribe and fight to survive rival factions and the harsh and shifting conditions of Greenland. Become a friendly hunter and gatherer or a gruesome raider, the tribes fate is in your hands.
KARDS - The WW2 Card Game
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Neanderthal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Neanderthal.
KARDS, The World War II Card Game, combines traditional CCG gameplay with innovative mechanics inspired by classic strategy games and real battlefield tactics. Take command and challenge other players in grand-scale warfare on the ground, air, or seas.
Wingspan
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Neanderthal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Neanderthal.
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.
Armello
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Ranked #4 for Neanderthal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Neanderthal.
Armello is a grim fairy-tale board game come to life, with every match combining deep, tactical card play, rich tabletop strategy and RPG elements. Leverage subterfuge, spells and careful strategy to wrangle control of the game's chaotic odds as you quest for the throne.
Stronghold HD (2012)
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Ranked #5 for Neanderthal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Neanderthal.
The original castle sim, Stronghold HD allows you to design, build and destroy historical castles. Engage in medieval warfare against the AI in one of two single player campaigns or online with up to 8 players.
Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
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Ranked #6 for Neanderthal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Neanderthal.
The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Neanderthal at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Neanderthal on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Neanderthal.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
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Priced ~53% under Neanderthal on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Neanderthal.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
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Priced ~61% under Neanderthal on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Neanderthal.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Neanderthal on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Neanderthal.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~69% under Neanderthal on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Neanderthal.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Neanderthal on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Neanderthal.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Neanderthal on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Neanderthal.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~81% under Neanderthal on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Neanderthal.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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!
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Neanderthal.
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!
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?
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Neanderthal.
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!
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!
The Test: Secrets of the Soul
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Neanderthal.
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..."
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Neanderthal.
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.
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Frequently asked about Neanderthal
- How much does Neanderthal cost?
- Neanderthal is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Neanderthal have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Neanderthal supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, LAN PvP).
- What games are most similar to Neanderthal?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Neanderthal are Greenland, KARDS - The WW2 Card Game, Wingspan.
- Who developed Neanderthal?
- Neanderthal was developed by MipMap, Natdanai Puthom, Stewart Wan and published by ION Game Design.
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