IMHO.

Games like Tile Lands

If Tile Lands is your kind of game, the closest matches are Code R.U.B.I.K., Cardboard Town and Tile Tales Builder — 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 Tile Lands: Tile Lands is a minimalist, City Building strategy game about managing and optimising buildings using a limited deck of tiles.

2023StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOSby Shiba Dog Studios
Tile Lands — Steam game cover

Players who liked Tile Lands also play

Steam players who put hours into Tile Lands 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. Code R.U.B.I.K.

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Tile Lands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tile Lands.

    In this 2D Rubic cube-like world, deploy, move, plan, and collect as much energy as possible, before your turns burn out.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual24.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Cardboard Town

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Tile Lands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tile Lands.

    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 ↗
  3. Tile Tales Builder

    WHY THIS

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

    Build your village tile by tile in a relaxing game that blends puzzles with strategy. Carefully place each building to maximize your score based on the map's affinities. Simple, calming, and addictive.

    2025StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Stacklands

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Tile Lands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Tile Lands.

    Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!

    2022IndieSimulationCasual7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Deck of Haunts

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Tile Lands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tile Lands.

    Deck of Haunts invites you to become a malevolent Haunted House. Lure humans into your cursed halls, manipulate their fears, and drain their essence to grow your power. Use strategy to build your mansion and expand your dark influence, turning your home into a terrifying, inescapable nightmare.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation10.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Tile Tale

    WHY THIS

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

    Push colorful tiles into the grid creating fields of the same type to gain new tile types. Create different worlds such as jungle islands, wasteland volcano land or even a big city!

    2022StrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Doll Explorer

    WHY THIS

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

    Doll Explorer is a turn-based strategy game in which players conquer dungeons by combining various actions such as "take one step forward" and "attack in front of player". The adventures of Tia the witch, Doll the magical life form, and Lilith the princess of the demon tribe begin!

    2023StrategyIndieCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. dotAGE

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Tile Lands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tile Lands.

    Village elder, help us! The Apocalypse is approaching, and we need your guidance to survive. Assign your workers and build a thriving village against the pending doom. DotAGE is the merciless survival roguelite turn-based city builder. Will you fulfill the Prophecy?

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation17.59 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Tile Lands on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tile Lands.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Tile Lands on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tile Lands.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Tile Lands on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Tile Lands.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Tile Lands on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Tile Lands.

    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.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Tile Lands on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tile Lands.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Tile Lands on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tile Lands.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Tile Lands on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Tile Lands.

    The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Tile Lands on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Tile Lands.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Tile Lands.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Tile Lands.

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  7. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

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

    Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Stacklands

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Tile Lands.

    Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!

    2022IndieSimulationCasual7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Deck of Haunts

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tile Lands.

    Deck of Haunts invites you to become a malevolent Haunted House. Lure humans into your cursed halls, manipulate their fears, and drain their essence to grow your power. Use strategy to build your mansion and expand your dark influence, turning your home into a terrifying, inescapable nightmare.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation10.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. dotAGE

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tile Lands.

    Village elder, help us! The Apocalypse is approaching, and we need your guidance to survive. Assign your workers and build a thriving village against the pending doom. DotAGE is the merciless survival roguelite turn-based city builder. Will you fulfill the Prophecy?

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation17.59 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Tile Lands

Does Tile Lands run on Steam Deck?
Tile Lands 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 Tile Lands cost?
Tile Lands is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Tile Lands?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tile Lands are Code R.U.B.I.K., Cardboard Town, Tile Tales Builder.
Who developed Tile Lands?
Tile Lands was developed by Shiba Dog Studios.

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 Tile Lands.

For library-aware picks tuned to your specific taste, sign in with Steam on the home page.

27 Games Like Tile Lands — Ranked for 2026 · imho.run