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Games like Xenocide

If Xenocide is your kind of game, the closest matches are Eormor: Shattered Lands, Battleships and Carriers - WW2 Battleship Game and Battleships and Carriers - Pacific War — 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.

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About Xenocide: Preserve the hierarchy of humanity's distant mechanical children by cleansing the galaxy in this transhumanist turn-based tactical tale. Capture factories from unworthy machines and claim the holy words to access the tomb of the Man the All-Maker.

2025Strategy3.99 USDWindows · macOSby Cryptomnesic
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Players who liked Xenocide also play

Steam players who put hours into Xenocide 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. Eormor: Shattered Lands

    WHY THIS

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

    A hand-drawn empire building game set in a fictional medieval world. The Kingdom of Eormor has collapsed. Chaos spreads throughout the lands as the old order tries to retain control and new noble houses try to claim their piece of the world. Will your house succeed in these shattered lands?

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Battleships and Carriers - WW2 Battleship Game

    WHY THIS

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

    Search, move, destroy and build ships/subs/aircraft: casual turn-based naval strategy battleship game. More than 80 missions, Death-Match and Free Hunt scenarios and campaigns from Pearl Harbor and Lamansh to the Overlord and Okinawa battles, with over 50 ship and aircraft types.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation12.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Battleships and Carriers - Pacific War

    WHY THIS

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

    Casual turn-based WW2 Pacific naval strategy: move, search & destroy, build units and technologies. Clear and simple combat and move. 2D, retro style, WW2. Easy to learn - hard to master.More than 90 missions and campaigns from Pearl Harbor and Midway to the Iwo Jima and Leyte battles.

    2019StrategySimulationCasual12.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Warriors of the Nile

    WHY THIS

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

    Choose skill tablets to build your unique squad. Show your tactics in fast-paced battles. Lead the warriors blessed by the Egyptian gods to challenge random levels and powerful bosses. Defeat the Serpent Apophis and bring back the sun.

    2020StrategyIndie12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Hasbro's BATTLESHIP

    WHY THIS

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

    Hasbro's Battleship is the original strategic naval war game. Choose your Captain, position your ships, aim your missiles and sink the enemy's fleet! Face them in Classic mode, or step-up the stakes in the all new Commanders Mode. Ready, aim, FIRE!

    2018ActionStrategyIndie12.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 封神榜2022

    WHY THIS

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

    This game takes Nezha, Xiaolongnv, Yang Jian and Jiang Taigong as the protagonists. It tells the legendary story of the protagonists going to various places to adventure, and finally to Chaoge City to destroy the three demons and defeat King Zhou.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Unity of Command II

    WHY THIS

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

    Unity of Command II is the sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed strategy games of all time; a game critics called 'the perfect gateway' into computer war games.

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Field of Glory II

    WHY THIS

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

    Field of Glory II is a turn-based tactical game set during the Rise of Rome from 280 BC to 25 BC.

    2017StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Xenocide on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Xenocide.

    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 ↗
  2. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Xenocide on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Xenocide.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Xenocide on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Xenocide.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Xenocide on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Xenocide.

    Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete, the latest offering in the Sid Meier's Civilization III franchise, provides gaming fans with Sid Meier's Civilization III, the highly-addictive journey of discovery.

    2006Strategy0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Party Hard

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Xenocide on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Xenocide.

    It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. STAR WARS™ Galactic Battlegrounds Saga

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Xenocide on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Xenocide.

    Lead the great armies of the Star Wars™ Episode II: Attack of the Clones saga in intense real-time strategy clashes. Enter the fray as the Galactic Empire, Rebel Alliance, Wookies, Trade Federation, Gungans or Royal Naboo to determine the course of the Galactic Civil War.

    2016ActionStrategy1.49 USDSteam ↗
  7. Russian Life Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Xenocide on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Xenocide.

    The most realistic simulator of the life of a Russian person. Collect pension from birth, collect bottles to survive and become part of an exciting life-long story.

    2019ActionSportsStrategy0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Achievement Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Xenocide on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Xenocide.

    Feel like a real Achievement hunter! Earn Achievements, upgrades and get the most Achievements on steam!

    2017ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 ↗
  2. 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 ↗
  3. Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It

    WHY THIS

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

    USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.

    2025IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Control, I'm Not Coming Back

    WHY THIS

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

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. of the Devil

    WHY THIS

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

    Immerse yourself in neon, smoke, and high-stakes legal gambles as a Defense Attorney with uniquely Killer insights in this episodic, diabolically stylish visual novel adventure game.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Moonring

    WHY THIS

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

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. South Scrimshaw, Part One

    WHY THIS

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

    South Scrimshaw is the story of a newborn whale in a vast alien ocean. It is a richly illustrated experimental visual novel, written in the style of a nature documentary.

    2023IndieCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Cryptomnesic

Other recommendable Steam games by Cryptomnesic, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Stella Pastoris

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Cryptomnesic, the studio behind Xenocide. Shares Strategy with Xenocide.

    Shepherd the last remnants of the Malthusian monks marooned on Proxima Centauri B. As a mechanical saint, will you delve into forbidden means to save your people or allow them to go quietly into the night? Set up production chains to spend limited resources to save as many as you can.

    2022StrategyIndie7.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Unearth

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Cryptomnesic, the studio behind Xenocide.

    Dig for the bones of your creators in this mashup of Bomberman, Digdug, and Lemmings.

    2023ActionIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Degrowth

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Cryptomnesic, the studio behind Xenocide.

    Unbuild various cities in order to convince citizens of the benefits of cloud based living! Perform demolition using our simple one-click interface, but be careful not to delete the homes of citizens who are still employed! Your work is complete when everyone's brain is uploaded to the cloud!

    2026IndieCasualSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Xenocide

How much does Xenocide cost?
Xenocide is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Xenocide?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Xenocide are Eormor: Shattered Lands, Battleships and Carriers - WW2 Battleship Game, Battleships and Carriers - Pacific War.
Who developed Xenocide?
Xenocide was developed by Cryptomnesic.

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 Xenocide.

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