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Games like Rogue Hex

If Rogue Hex is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI, Critias Empire and Hexarchy — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging hex difficulty scaling, challenging 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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About Rogue Hex: Play your cards right to conquer the world in the Roguelite 4x. Explore mysterious lands, survive against the barbarian horde, and grow your stone age empire into the stars!

2025StrategyIndieSimulation13.39 USDDeck VerifiedWindows · macOSby Topstitch Games
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Players who liked Rogue Hex also play

Steam players who put hours into Rogue Hex 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. Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and an immersive mood with Rogue Hex.

    Top pick for Rogue Hex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Rogue Hex.

    Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?

    2016Strategy5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Critias Empire

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Rogue Hex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rogue Hex.

    Turn-Based 4X-like Strategy: Build the peaceful kingdom of Atlantis into a flourishing civilization. Plan carefully or be ready to adapt as the ancient Gods of Olympus rain down floods, earthquakes, volcanoes and all types of disaster.

    StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  3. Hexarchy

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Rogue Hex.

    Third-strongest match for Rogue Hex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rogue Hex.

    Hexarchy is an innovative, fast-paced, historical 4x strategy game where you use cards and deckbuilding to make your decisions. Single-player and online multiplayer.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. HUMANKIND™

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Rogue Hex.

    Ranked #4 for Rogue Hex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Rogue Hex.

    Rewrite history by shaping a civilization as unique as you are. Combine 60 cultures from the Ancient Era to the Modern Age to lead your empire to victory. Build thriving cities, outsmart rivals in epic battles, spread your influence and leave your mark on HUMANKIND™.

    2021Strategy49.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Cataclismo

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an immersive mood with Rogue Hex.

    Ranked #5 for Rogue Hex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rogue Hex.

    Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.

    2025StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Alina of the Arena

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Rogue Hex.

    Ranked #6 for Rogue Hex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rogue Hex.

    A roguelike deckbuilding tactics game that combines elements from 'Slay the Spire' and 'Into the Breach'. Play as a gladiator to survive. With roguelike deckbuilding and hex-based tactics, no longer bound by simple attack and defense. Make use of dodges and knockbacks to stay alive!

    2022StrategyIndie5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Cardboard Town

    WHY THIS

    Shares turn based strategy, deck building and an immersive mood with Rogue Hex.

    Ranked #7 for Rogue Hex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rogue Hex.

    Cardboard Town is a city-building card game. Manage your resources, obtain upgrades, draw your cards and thrive! Random events, quest cards, and game modes make each run different.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a contemplative mood with Rogue Hex.

    Ranked #8 for Rogue Hex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rogue Hex.

    Build an empire in a single sitting. All the strategy of a classic 4X in a faster format, which also shines in multiplayer.

    2022StrategySimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Rogue Hex

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. Old World

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Rogue Hex.

    Reviewers of Rogue Hex cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rogue Hex.

    Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?

    2022StrategySimulationRPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and an immersive mood with Rogue Hex.

    Reviewers of Rogue Hex cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Rogue Hex.

    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.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Sid Meier's Civilization VII

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Rogue Hex.

    Reviewers of Rogue Hex cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rogue Hex.

    The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!

    2025StrategySimulation69.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Rogue Hex.

    Reviewers of Rogue Hex cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Rogue Hex.

    Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack includes the original Alpha Centauri and the expansion, Alien Crossfire.

    2024Strategy0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Rogue Hex at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Rogue Hex on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Rogue Hex.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Rogue Hex on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rogue Hex.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~40% under Rogue Hex on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rogue Hex.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Rogue Hex on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Rogue Hex.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Rogue Hex on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rogue Hex.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~40% under Rogue Hex on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rogue Hex.

    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...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Rogue Hex on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rogue Hex.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Rogue Hex on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rogue Hex.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rogue Hex.

    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!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  2. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rogue Hex.

    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 ↗
  3. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rogue Hex.

    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.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rogue Hex.

    Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!

    2021IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rogue Hex.

    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.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Liquidators

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Rogue Hex.

    Chernobyl, USSR, 1986. Three nuclear plant workers go on a daring mission to prevent a radioactive fallout that would affect half of Europe. Every moment is permanent, and all is at stake.

    2020IndieAdventureSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  7. Crusader Kings II

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rogue Hex.

    Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.

    2012StrategySimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. AdVenture Capitalist

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rogue Hex.

    Welcome, eager young investor, to AdVenture Capitalist! Arguably the world's greatest Capitalism simulator!

    2015IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Rogue Hex

Is Rogue Hex verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Rogue Hex is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Rogue Hex cost?
Rogue Hex is listed on Steam at 13.39 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Rogue Hex?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Rogue Hex are Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI, Critias Empire, Hexarchy.
Who developed Rogue Hex?
Rogue Hex was developed by Topstitch 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 Rogue Hex.

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