Games like Beat the Humans
If Beat the Humans is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lost Eidolons, Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark and The Last Spell — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and funny. 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 Beat the Humans: Beat the Humans is the turn-based tactical strategy game. Here you lead an army of aliens against invaders from the human race. Collect your squad, protect planets, strengthen your army with equipment and look for allies if you want to survive and win.
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Steam players who put hours into Beat the Humans 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.
Lost Eidolons
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Beat the Humans.
Top pick for Beat the Humans fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Beat the Humans.
Lost Eidolons is a turn-based tactical RPG with a gripping cinematic narrative, set in a waning empire riven by civil war. Take on the role of a charming mercenary captain, Eden, and lead his band of allies through epic encounters on a classic turn-based battlefield.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Beat the Humans.
Second-strongest match for Beat the Humans fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Beat the Humans.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!
The Last Spell
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and a challenging mood with Beat the Humans.
Third-strongest match for Beat the Humans fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Beat the Humans.
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Beat the Humans fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Beat the Humans.
A Continent Engulfed in the Bitter Flames of War! Commander Claude Wallace and his childhood friends set out to fight in a desperate war, but bone-chilling blizzards, waves of imperial soldiers, and the godlike powers of the Valkyria stand between them and victory.
Fuga: Melodies of Steel
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Beat the Humans.
Ranked #5 for Beat the Humans fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Beat the Humans.
Fuga: Melodies of Steel is an RPG where you place children, each with their own unique characteristics and skills, at different gun turrets in a tank to fight against the enemy.
Fuga: Melodies of Steel 3
WHY THIS
Shares equipment upgrades, skill progression, action adventure and an atmospheric mood with Beat the Humans.
Ranked #6 for Beat the Humans fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Beat the Humans.
The dramatic RPG Fuga: Melodies of Steel series is now complete!
Jagged Alliance 3
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Beat the Humans.
Ranked #7 for Beat the Humans fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Beat the Humans.
The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.
Battle Brothers
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning and a tense mood with Beat the Humans.
Ranked #8 for Beat the Humans fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Beat the Humans.
Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Beat the Humans at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Beat the Humans on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Beat the Humans.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Beat the Humans on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beat the Humans.
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 ~70% under Beat the Humans on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beat the Humans.
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 ~80% under Beat the Humans on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Beat the Humans.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Beat the Humans on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Beat the Humans.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Beat the Humans on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Beat the Humans.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Beat the Humans on Steam right now. Shares Action with Beat the Humans.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Beat the Humans on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Beat the Humans.
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!
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Beat the Humans.
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 with Beat the Humans.
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?
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Beat the Humans.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beat the Humans.
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.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Beat the Humans.
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.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Beat the Humans.
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.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Beat the Humans.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Lost Eidolons
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Beat the Humans.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Beat the Humans.
Lost Eidolons is a turn-based tactical RPG with a gripping cinematic narrative, set in a waning empire riven by civil war. Take on the role of a charming mercenary captain, Eden, and lead his band of allies through epic encounters on a classic turn-based battlefield.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Beat the Humans.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Beat the Humans.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!
The Last Spell
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and a challenging mood with Beat the Humans.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Beat the Humans.
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Beat the Humans.
A Continent Engulfed in the Bitter Flames of War! Commander Claude Wallace and his childhood friends set out to fight in a desperate war, but bone-chilling blizzards, waves of imperial soldiers, and the godlike powers of the Valkyria stand between them and victory.
Fuga: Melodies of Steel
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Beat the Humans.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Beat the Humans.
Fuga: Melodies of Steel is an RPG where you place children, each with their own unique characteristics and skills, at different gun turrets in a tank to fight against the enemy.
Frequently asked about Beat the Humans
- Does Beat the Humans run on Steam Deck?
- Beat the Humans 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 Beat the Humans cost?
- Beat the Humans is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Beat the Humans?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Beat the Humans are Lost Eidolons, Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark, The Last Spell.
- Who developed Beat the Humans?
- Beat the Humans was developed by Dochungryest.
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