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Games like Dust Raiders

If Dust Raiders is your kind of game, the closest matches are Roady Life, Dominus Orbis Maris 1400: Mare Nostrum and Dead Night Highway — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and immersive. 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 Dust Raiders: Dust Raiders is a management strategy game, set in a lawless wasteland. Upgrade your vehicles, engage in tactical fights against raiders hunting for your resources and gather a crew to rule the area.

2025StrategyIndie15.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Vixa Games
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Steam players who put hours into Dust Raiders 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. Roady Life

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience the life of a trucker, delivering cargo between various industries. Feed the most valuable production lines or fulfill contracts to earn enough money to own the largest fleet of trucks among your friends, or start your own industries to maximize your profits.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Dominus Orbis Maris 1400: Mare Nostrum

    WHY THIS

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

    DOM 1400: Mare Nostrum is an immersive maritime strategy and economic simulation game set in the Mediterranean during the 15th century. Establish trade routes, manage the daily needs of different social classes, and dominate the market through a realistic economy driven by dynamic scarcity.

    2027StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  3. Dead Night Highway

    WHY THIS

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

    Dead Night Highway is a compact colony simulator where a group of survivors on their journey west sets up camps to replenish resources, but zombie horde only grows larger...

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  4. Billionaire in the Oil Boom

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a challenging mood with Dust Raiders.

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

    Wealth, power, greed: in the oil boom of the 1960s, money never sleeps. Invest in stocks, commodities and real estate, acquire companies and manipulate markets to build a financial empire. Use mergers, Ruthless speculation and strategies to dominate the global economy.

    2025StrategySimulation7.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Power & Revolution 2023 Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares mission based progression, resource management and an immersive mood with Dust Raiders.

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

    The latest edition of the ultrarealistic world simulator where you play as the Head of State or as the opposition! New Additions: dive deeper into the war in the Ukraine with artillery, trenches, mines, troop morale, etc; detailed immigration management; the justice system; and children.

    2023StrategySimulation49.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Trade City

    WHY THIS

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

    Trade City is a simple city building game that you build your own city by building/developing new buildings.Grow your city with production and trade, and conquer other cities on the map without fighting.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Gelluloid Domination

    WHY THIS

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

    Gelluloid Domination is a fast-paced, strategic and tactical game where you grow a network of cells. Expand by assimilating nearby cells, fight off pathogens and develop nanoboosts in the lab. Other cells want to propagate their DNA too, so this won't be easy. Can your cells achieve domination?

    2025ActionStrategySimulation11.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Warehouse Tycoon

    WHY THIS

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

    Warehouse Tycoon is a journey to Warehouse Legendary! Brave the business war. Today's dog in the water must be the crown in the city! With the company's destiny in your hands, every success drives you farther. Use your wisdom and guts to build a warehouse Empire!

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Dust Raiders

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Sid Meier's Pirates!

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Dust Raiders.

    Reviewers of Dust Raiders cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Sail the Caribbean, marauding all on the high seas or ally your ship and crew as a privateer in search of riches - the life you choose is up to you. Face dogged enemies, raid unsuspecting villages, woo fair maidens, avoid capture or dig for buried treasure. Discover what it takes to become one of the most famous pirates in history!

    2005RPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Fallout 4

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dust Raiders.

    Reviewers of Dust Raiders cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.

    2015RPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Starvector

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Dust Raiders cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dust Raiders.

    Eat a snack while you watch an entire planet burn in your image.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  4. C-Wars

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Dust Raiders cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dust Raiders.

    C-Wars is pixel action game with strategy, rogue-like flavor, and a 16-bit graphics which is retro enough to bring you back to 90's. If you love challenge, pixel art, and occasionally play FPS, then C-Wars is worth to try out.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Mad Max

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Dust Raiders cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Play as Mad Max, a reluctant hero and survivor who wants nothing more than to leave the madness behind and find solace.

    2015ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Tales of War

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Dust Raiders cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Tales of War is a highly dynamic multiplayer medieval slasher with multiple classes and castle siege gameplay. Made by a small team of 2 developers.

    ActionMassively MultiplayerFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. 난중설화: The Tales of Imjin War

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Dust Raiders cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Dust Raiders.

    Join the epic journey of the Yuldogook warriors to uncover the truth behind the Imjin War and end the war once and for all.

    2022ActionIndieRPG19.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Port Royale 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Dust Raiders.

    Reviewers of Dust Raiders cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Dust Raiders.

    The Caribbean, in the turbulent 17th Century. The mighty kingdoms of Spain, England, France and the Netherlands fight over the colonies. And there you are, a young sea captain whose only goal is to become the most powerful man in the New World.

    2012ActionStrategySimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Dust Raiders on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dust Raiders.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Dust Raiders on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dust Raiders.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dust Raiders on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dust Raiders.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Dust Raiders on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dust Raiders.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~61% under Dust Raiders on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dust Raiders.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dust Raiders on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dust Raiders.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Dust Raiders on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dust Raiders.

    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 ↗
  8. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Dust Raiders on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dust Raiders.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

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. Shares Indie with Dust Raiders.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

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

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

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

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. DOGWALK

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore a hand-crafted winter forest as a big adorable dog and a little kid in tow. A short, free, open source project brought to you by Blender Studio.

    2025IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dust Raiders.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Vixa Games

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

  1. The Crackpet Show

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Dust Raiders.

    Another title from Vixa Games, the studio behind Dust Raiders. Shares Indie with Dust Raiders.

    The Crackpet Show is an action-packed rogue-lite shoot’em-up about mutated animals that fight in a bizarre TV show, crushing their opponents with a variety of weapons. Choose your beastie, gear ‘em up, and go kill your enemies in the name of fame and sweet sponsorship deals!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Edge of Sanity

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Dust Raiders.

    Another title from Vixa Games, the studio behind Dust Raiders. Shares Indie with Dust Raiders.

    Set in the unforgiving lands of Alaska, Edge of Sanity is a Cthulhu-inspired, 2D survival horror game. Uncover a disturbing story while madness claws at your mind. Lead a group of survivors and explore, scavenge and survive together - against untold eldritch horrors.

    2024ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Jumping Joe! - Friends Edition

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Vixa Games, the studio behind Dust Raiders. Shares Indie with Dust Raiders.

    Jump right into the action in this jolly pick ‘n play platformer. An Indie action game perfect for intense playtimes with your friends and family. Help Joe and his fellas on their upwards journey. Be quick as a flash and dodge roaring cannonballs, vicious bats and other traps.

    2020ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Dino Galaxy Tennis

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Vixa Games, the studio behind Dust Raiders. Shares Indie with Dust Raiders.

    Dino Galaxy Tennis is a 2D side-view action Tennis game set in space on the surface of various planets with all sorts of dinosaurs. Choose from exciting single-player tournaments, challenges and multi-player modes.

    2021ActionSportsIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Love Colors: Paint with Friends

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Vixa Games, the studio behind Dust Raiders. Shares Indie with Dust Raiders.

    Love Colors is the relaxing paint by numbers pixel art game. Choose from over 150 stylish paintings from lovable themes and become the Picasso of the pixel. Playable solo and up to 4-player couch co-op.

    2021IndieCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. The Crackpet Show: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Vixa Games, the studio behind Dust Raiders. Shares Indie with Dust Raiders.

    The Crackpet Show is an action-packed rogue-lite shoot’em-up about mutated animals that fight in a bizarre TV show, crushing their opponents with a variety of weapons. Choose your beastie, gear ‘em up, and go kill your enemies in the name of fame and sweet sponsorship deals!

    2022ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Dust Raiders

Does Dust Raiders run on Steam Deck?
Dust Raiders 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 Dust Raiders cost?
Dust Raiders is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Dust Raiders?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dust Raiders are Roady Life, Dominus Orbis Maris 1400: Mare Nostrum, Dead Night Highway.
Who developed Dust Raiders?
Dust Raiders was developed by Vixa Games and published by Games Operators, PlayWay S.A..

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