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Games like The Settlers: New Allies

If The Settlers: New Allies is your kind of game, the closest matches are Northgard: Definitive Edition, Ulia Chronicles and The Colonists — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, chill and cozy. 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 The Settlers: New Allies: The Settlers®: New Allies is a strategy game with an in-depth build-up experience and real-time strategic battles.

2024Strategy39.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Ubisoft Düsseldorf
The Settlers: New Allies — Steam game cover
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Always something to build or improveBeautiful colorful graphics and detailed environmentsClassic settlers gameplay loop with settlement buildingAtmosphericChillCozy

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Steam players who put hours into The Settlers: New Allies 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. Northgard: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a cozy mood with The Settlers: New Allies.

    Top pick for The Settlers: New Allies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Settlers: New Allies.

    Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ulia Chronicles

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Settlers: New Allies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Settlers: New Allies.

    Ulia Chronicles is a city-building game set in a fantasy universe. Build your city, gather resources, and make your citizens thrive. Play alone or with your friends in this game inspired by the classics of the genre.

    2024StrategySimulation14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Colonists

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a chill mood with The Settlers: New Allies.

    Third-strongest match for The Settlers: New Allies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Settlers: New Allies.

    Build a new home for your team of robots as they begin a new life for themselves on a distant planet where they can fulfil their ultimate dream: to be human.

    2018StrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Offworld Trading Company

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a stressful mood with The Settlers: New Allies.

    Ranked #4 for The Settlers: New Allies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Settlers: New Allies.

    Mars has been colonized, and Earth's corporate titans fight to dominate this new market. Competition is fierce in this fast-paced economic RTS from Civilization IV Lead Designer, Soren Johnson.

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Pioneers of Pagonia

    WHY THIS

    Shares production chains, city building and a nostalgic mood with The Settlers: New Allies.

    Ranked #5 for The Settlers: New Allies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Settlers: New Allies.

    Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.

    2025StrategySimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sapiens

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a chill mood with The Settlers: New Allies.

    Ranked #6 for The Settlers: New Allies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Settlers: New Allies.

    Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Kingdoms Reborn

    WHY THIS

    Shares population management, resource management and a chill mood with The Settlers: New Allies.

    Ranked #7 for The Settlers: New Allies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Settlers: New Allies.

    A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Driftland: The Magic Revival

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Settlers: New Allies.

    Ranked #8 for The Settlers: New Allies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Settlers: New Allies.

    After a devastating war between ancient mages, a powerful spell is all that holds together the shattered planet of Driftland. Take on the role of a powerful mage capable of moving and connecting floating lands, develop a mighty empire, and restore Driftland to its former glory!

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to The Settlers: New Allies

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. Sky Settlers

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Settlers: New Allies cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with The Settlers: New Allies.

    Sky Settlers is a minimalistic city building card game in which you build on islands in the sky and encounter different events, disasters and much more. Use different cards, complete quests and unlock new tiles as you progress.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation1.49 USDSteam ↗
  2. Age of Empires: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a nostalgic mood with The Settlers: New Allies.

    Reviewers of The Settlers: New Allies cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with The Settlers: New Allies.

    Age of Empires, the pivotal real-time strategy game that launched a 20-year legacy returns with modernized gameplay, all-new 4K visuals, 8-person multiplayer battles and a host of other new features. Welcome back to history.

    2019Strategy19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Manor Lords

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Settlers: New Allies.

    Reviewers of The Settlers: New Allies cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with The Settlers: New Allies.

    Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.

    2024StrategySimulationEarly Access39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Stronghold: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a stressful mood with The Settlers: New Allies.

    Reviewers of The Settlers: New Allies cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with The Settlers: New Allies.

    Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.

    2023StrategySimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Pioneers of Pagonia

    WHY THIS

    Shares production chains, city building and a nostalgic mood with The Settlers: New Allies.

    Reviewers of The Settlers: New Allies cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with The Settlers: New Allies.

    Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.

    2025StrategySimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Settlers: New Allies at current Steam store prices.

  1. Bloons TD 6

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~65% under The Settlers: New Allies on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Settlers: New Allies.

    The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.

    2018Strategy13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Schedule I

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Settlers: New Allies on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Settlers: New Allies.

    From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Balatro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under The Settlers: New Allies on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Settlers: New Allies.

    The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Totally Accurate Battle Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Settlers: New Allies on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Settlers: New Allies.

    Be the leader of wobblers from ancient lands, spooky places, and fantasy worlds. Watch them fight in simulations made with the wobbliest physics system ever created, make your own wobblers in the unit creator and send your army off to fight your friends in multiplayer.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Don't Starve Together

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under The Settlers: New Allies on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Settlers: New Allies.

    Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~81% under The Settlers: New Allies on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Settlers: New Allies.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~84% under The Settlers: New Allies on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Settlers: New Allies.

    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 ↗
  8. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under The Settlers: New Allies on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Settlers: New Allies.

    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 ↗

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.

    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. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. 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 ↗
  6. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

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

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with The Settlers: New Allies.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  8. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about The Settlers: New Allies

Does The Settlers: New Allies run on Steam Deck?
The Settlers: New Allies 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 The Settlers: New Allies cost?
The Settlers: New Allies is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does The Settlers: New Allies have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — The Settlers: New Allies supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
What games are most similar to The Settlers: New Allies?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Settlers: New Allies are Northgard: Definitive Edition, Ulia Chronicles, The Colonists.
Who developed The Settlers: New Allies?
The Settlers: New Allies was developed by Ubisoft Düsseldorf and published by Ubisoft.

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