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Games like Everwarder

If Everwarder is your kind of game, the closest matches are packet.Breach(), Circle TD:Defence War and The Territory of Egg 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 Everwarder: Everwarder is a refreshing take on the tower defense genre, blending roguelite mechanics with a time-based survival concept. Fight against the encroaching darkness and fend off emerging enemies. Collect artifacts, buy upgrades, discover ancient structures, unlock new units and more!

2025Strategy8.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOS · Linuxby qLate
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Artifacts drastically alter run outcomesBlend of tower defense and roguelite mechanicsDeveloper actively patches and communicatesAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

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Steam players who put hours into Everwarder 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. packet.Breach()

    WHY THIS

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

    packet.Breach() is a roguelike tower defense where you deploy hacker programs to manipulate and redirect projectiles to attack your enemies. Build your deck and join a hacker faction, or choose to remain unaffiliated and become a legend.

    2025StrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Circle TD:Defence War

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Everwarder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Everwarder.

    A tower defense game.In the wave after wave of enemy attacks like a tide, constantly configure defense tower ties, player talents, props and equipment, build a powerful defense position, and eliminate the enemy before they fill the map!

    2024StrategyIndie5.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Territory of Egg 2

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Everwarder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Everwarder.

    The Territory of Egg 2 is an unique tower defense indie game. Place Egg Towers, choose evolution branches, combine skills and build defenses. The souls of Heroic Eggs await your awakening! Explore and gather resources in the dark forest, unlock the technology tree, and defeat even stronger enemies!

    2024StrategyIndie0.74 USDSteam ↗
  4. Crystal Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Shares tower defense, difficulty scaling, indie and a contemplative mood with Everwarder.

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

    Stop an endless hoard of crystal-type enemies, with different attributes, from reaching the portal to earth! You can build your own labyrinths, unlock new turrets, upgrade them, unlock abilities, and also gather permanent bonuses.

    2023StrategyCasual12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Stand Your Ground

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Everwarder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Everwarder.

    Defend attacks from enemies from all directions within a limited time. Only by making full use of the differences in each tower and choosing appropriate random rewards can you survive.

    2023StrategyEarly Access7.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Deep Among the Swarm

    WHY THIS

    Shares tower defense, difficulty scaling, roguelite and an atmospheric mood with Everwarder.

    Ranked #6 for Everwarder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Everwarder.

    Deep Among the Swarm is a challenging survival RTS roguelite about surviving against thousands of enemies. Drill ever deeper underground while fighting the endless onslaught of the Swarm. Can you save humanity?

    2024Strategy8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Isle of Arrows

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Everwarder.

    Ranked #7 for Everwarder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Everwarder.

    Isle of Arrows is a Puzzle Tower Defense game in which you build a fortress in the sky. Place towers, expand the isle, and build your own paths. Can you find the perfect spot for each tile to beat the RNG and defend against waves of invaders?

    2022StrategyIndie12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Desperate Place

    WHY THIS

    Shares tower defense, wave based combat and atmospheric with Everwarder.

    Ranked #8 for Everwarder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Everwarder.

    Desperate Place is a strategic tower defense game where you play as a crew member who wakes up early on a damaged colonization starship. Stranded on an unknown planet, you must gather resources, repair the ship, and defend against alien monsters to survive and escape.

    2025StrategyIndie10.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

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

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack

    WHY THIS

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

    Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?

    2010Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Nubby's Number Factory

    WHY THIS

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

    A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.

    2025Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Monster Train

    WHY THIS

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

    Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.

    2020Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Nodebuster

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Everwarder on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Everwarder.

    Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. ISLANDERS

    WHY THIS

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

    ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.

    2019StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Everwarder

Does Everwarder run on Steam Deck?
Everwarder is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Everwarder cost?
Everwarder is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Everwarder?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Everwarder are packet.Breach(), Circle TD:Defence War, The Territory of Egg 2.
Who developed Everwarder?
Everwarder was developed by qLate and published by indie.io, Paras 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 Everwarder.

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