Games like Small World
If Small World is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ticket to Ride: Classic Edition, Gem Rush and Istanbul: Digital Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its fast paced strategic conquest, great for solo play and challenging. 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 Small World: CONTROL FANTASY RACES, SET OFF TO CONQUER NEW LANDS, OVERTHROW YOUR ENEMIES AND CLAIM THE VICTORY! In this digital adaptation of the legendary board game, dive into a world inhabited by whimsical fantasy races.
Players who liked Small World also play
Steam players who put hours into Small World 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.
Ticket to Ride: Classic Edition
WHY THIS
Top pick for Small World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Small World.
CONNECT MORE THAN CITIES! Set off with your friends and family to re(discover) Ticket to Ride: Classic Edition, the classic boardgame. In this railway adventure, you’ll need to be the quickest to link up your cities and reach your destinations.
Gem Rush
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Small World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Small World.
The well-loved board game comes to Steam. This mountain is rich in mystic gems. Combine gems to open up new rooms, providing new ways to dig up gems. Race against other players or race together against the clock to dig the greatest mine in this fast-paced, easy-to-learn strategy game.
Istanbul: Digital Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Small World.
Third-strongest match for Small World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Small World.
Collect and trade goods! Plan ahead! Earn rubies and win the race to fortune! Become the best merchant in Istanbul! This faithful adaptation of one of the best board games of all time will turn you into a merchant on a journey from rags to riches. 🕌📦👳
Concordia: Digital Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Small World.
Ranked #4 for Small World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Small World.
Concordia is a strategic, Euro-style board game. 🏺 Players take the roles of powerful Roman merchants and follow the Roman expansion with their trade routes, franchises, and production houses. 🏛️
Root
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Small World.
Ranked #5 for Small World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Small World.
Might makes right in the wild wood! The award-winning board game of asymmetrical woodland warfare comes to cross-platform digital play! Combine subtle strategy and bold daring to guide your forest faction to victory!
Animated Puzzles
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Small World.
Ranked #6 for Small World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Small World.
Animated Puzzles Star is a Jigsaw - style puzzle game with a fun and fascinating twist, animated pictures. A wonderful pastime, in which beautiful photos are combined with natural motions and effects, giving you a puzzle experience above the ordinary.
Carcassonne - Tiles & Tactics
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Small World.
Ranked #7 for Small World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Small World.
The official adaptation of the famous board game Carcassonne! A modern classic tile-placement game based on the award winning game in which the players draw and place a tile with a piece of southern French landscape on it. The player can then decide to place one of his followers, called Meeples.
Caverna
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Small World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Small World.
Caverna is the digital adaptation of the board game of the same name created by Uwe Rosenberg developed by "Lookout Games". It can be played with 1-7 players.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Small World at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Small World on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Small World.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Small World on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Small World.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Small World on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Small World.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Small World on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Small World.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Small World on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Small World.
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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Small World on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Small World.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Small World on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Small World.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Small World on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Small World.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
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 Indie with Small World.
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 Small World.
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?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Small World.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Small World.
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.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Small World.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Days of Wonder
Other recommendable Steam games by Days of Wonder, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Ticket to Ride: Classic Edition
WHY THIS
Another title from Days of Wonder, the studio behind Small World. Shares Strategy and Indie with Small World.
CONNECT MORE THAN CITIES! Set off with your friends and family to re(discover) Ticket to Ride: Classic Edition, the classic boardgame. In this railway adventure, you’ll need to be the quickest to link up your cities and reach your destinations.
Splendor
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Small World.
Another title from Days of Wonder, the studio behind Small World. Shares Strategy and Casual with Small World.
The OFFICIAL digital adaptation of the best-selling board game. ** ONLINE MULTIPLAYER NOW AVAILABLE !!! **
Memoir '44 Online
WHY THIS
Shares a lighthearted mood with Small World.
Another title from Days of Wonder, the studio behind Small World. Shares Strategy and Casual with Small World.
Days of Wonder’s best-selling World War II board game is now available as a turn-based multiplayer online game on Steam!
Gang of Four
WHY THIS
Another title from Days of Wonder, the studio behind Small World. Shares Strategy and Casual with Small World.
Enter the relentless world of underground Chinese mafia! The Gang of Four card game embodies an endless battle for supremacy - where the weak perish and the strong dominate! Play your cards with cunning and tactics to snatch the victory!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Istanbul: Digital Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Small World.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Small World.
Collect and trade goods! Plan ahead! Earn rubies and win the race to fortune! Become the best merchant in Istanbul! This faithful adaptation of one of the best board games of all time will turn you into a merchant on a journey from rags to riches. 🕌📦👳
Concordia: Digital Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Small World.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Small World.
Concordia is a strategic, Euro-style board game. 🏺 Players take the roles of powerful Roman merchants and follow the Roman expansion with their trade routes, franchises, and production houses. 🏛️
Root
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Small World.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Small World.
Might makes right in the wild wood! The award-winning board game of asymmetrical woodland warfare comes to cross-platform digital play! Combine subtle strategy and bold daring to guide your forest faction to victory!
Animated Puzzles
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Small World.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Small World.
Animated Puzzles Star is a Jigsaw - style puzzle game with a fun and fascinating twist, animated pictures. A wonderful pastime, in which beautiful photos are combined with natural motions and effects, giving you a puzzle experience above the ordinary.
Frequently asked about Small World
- Does Small World run on Steam Deck?
- Small World 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 Small World cost?
- Small World is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Small World have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Small World supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Small World?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Small World are Ticket to Ride: Classic Edition, Gem Rush, Istanbul: Digital Edition.
- Who developed Small World?
- Small World was developed by Days of Wonder and published by Days of Wonder, Twin Sails Interactive.
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 Small World.
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