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Games like Alien Land

If Alien Land is your kind of game, the closest matches are Alpha Lyrae Discovery, Seven Wonders and Deisim — 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 Alien Land: This is a special simulation tower defense game, where you need to command each citizen to build a base. To produce food, one also needs to resist monsters from the night.if you want to pass the level, it has a certain difficulty and requires you to have a certain strategy and observation rules.

2023StrategyIndieSimulationCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby liuliu
Alien Land — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Alien Land 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. Alpha Lyrae Discovery

    WHY THIS

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

    Alpha Lyrae (Vega) is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra. You were sent to Alpha Lyrae system, and your first object is to discover and to transmit data back. The last and only message from the previous team: "It is a rich and soft planet. They are everywhere."

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation10.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Seven Wonders

    WHY THIS

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

    Seven Wonders is an ancient city-building game. It brings you back to ancient times, where you have to build the seven wonders of the ancient world. You have to manage resources and labor to build the wonders.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Deisim

    WHY THIS

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

    Live the experience of being a powerful god and create the world to see the growth of mankind.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Venture Towns

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Alien Land fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Alien Land.

    Make your own metropolitan utopia! Stores, mansions, towers--anything goes!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Your Island -KIMI NO SIMA-

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Alien Land fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Alien Land.

    Your people landed on a virgin forest island. Develop the island, build a house, make fields and barns, develop agriculture, fishery and industry, Let's develop into a wonderful island. It is a box-garden / sandbox-type simulation game that guides people and develops and develops islands. Andy maintenance (c)

    2019IndieSimulation9.09 USDSteam ↗
  6. Tropical Resort Story

    WHY THIS

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

    It's vacation time! Try your hand at managing a lush tropical resort!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Loafing Town

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Alien Land fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Alien Land.

    A relaxing and humorous idle god simulator that stays at the bottom of your screen or on a second monitor while you do other things. With physics-based dragging interactions, it feels just like playing with desk toys.

    2025IndieSimulationCasual6.29 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Universim

    WHY THIS

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

    Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Alien Land on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Alien Land.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Alien Land on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Alien Land.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Alien Land on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Alien Land.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Alien Land on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Alien Land.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Alien Land on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Alien Land.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Alien Land on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Alien Land.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Alien Land on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Alien Land.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Alien Land on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Alien Land.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 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 Alien Land.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Alien Land.

    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 ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Alien Land.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 Alien Land.

    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.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Deisim

    WHY THIS

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

    Live the experience of being a powerful god and create the world to see the growth of mankind.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Venture Towns

    WHY THIS

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

    Make your own metropolitan utopia! Stores, mansions, towers--anything goes!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Tropical Resort Story

    WHY THIS

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

    It's vacation time! Try your hand at managing a lush tropical resort!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Alien Land

Does Alien Land run on Steam Deck?
Alien Land 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 Alien Land cost?
Alien Land is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Alien Land?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Alien Land are Alpha Lyrae Discovery, Seven Wonders, Deisim.
Who developed Alien Land?
Alien Land was developed by liuliu.

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 Alien Land.

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