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Games like Hexpire

If Hexpire is your kind of game, the closest matches are Seed of Light, EcoGnomix and ISLANDERS: New Shores — 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 Hexpire: Hexpire is a relaxing city builder where you build a prosperous empire by careful building placement.

2024Strategy4.99 USDWindowsby DoughnutDev
Hexpire — Steam game cover

Players who liked Hexpire also play

Steam players who put hours into Hexpire 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. Seed of Light

    WHY THIS

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

    Seed of Light is a cozy roguelite city builder about bringing light into a world swallowed by a dark fog. Manage your resources, find synergies, generate enough light to overcome the darkness and expand your territory!

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  2. EcoGnomix

    WHY THIS

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

    A quirky mix of roguelite and city builder. Build a lively little city above, by looting mystical caves with a team of gnomes below! Use multiple runs to unlock upgrades and abilities to help your gnomes venture deeper into the dangerous underground.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. ISLANDERS: New Shores

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to ISLANDERS: New Shores. Build your island retreat in a calm, minimalist world with exciting new features that keep the classic charm while inspiring fresh creativity.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Crowntakers

    WHY THIS

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

    Crowntakers combines turn-based strategy with RPG elements and takes you at the behest of the crown into a medieval fantasy world full of challenging encounters and epic adventures. With its randomly generated world, Crowntakers offers a varied gaming experience every time you set out to fight evil.

    2014StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Wildermyth

    WHY THIS

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

    Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.

    2021StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Monster Train

    WHY THIS

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

    Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.

    2020Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Rogue Waters

    WHY THIS

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

    Rogue Waters is a Pirate Tactical Turn-Based Rogue-lite. Play as Captain Cutter, commanding your ship and crew through procedurally generated encounters to seek revenge. Recruit, train, and upgrade crew, use powerful sea creatures, and engage in dynamic naval and melee combat to gain the upper hand.

    2024ActionStrategyAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Rising Lords

    WHY THIS

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

    Rising Lords is a medieval turn-based strategy game with card and board game elements. Send your serfs to fight and die in your name... or let them prosper, and use them to your advantage!

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Hexpire on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Hexpire.

    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 ~80% under Hexpire on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Hexpire.

    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 ~80% under Hexpire on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Hexpire.

    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. Majesty Gold HD

    WHY THIS

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

    The High Definition edition of Majesty Gold contains main game, the Northern Expansion Pack as well as 2 new quests and several other graphics and gameplay updates.Majesty is a Real-time strategy game with indirect control – your heroes have a will of their own!

    2009StrategySimulation2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Bomber Crew

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Hexpire on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Hexpire.

    Chocks away! Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation game, where picking the right crew and keeping your bomber in tip top shape is the difference between completing your mission or losing it all! USAAF DLC NOW AVAILABLE! FLY THE ICONIC AMERICAN BOMBER!

    2017StrategySimulation2.39 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Turmoil

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under Hexpire on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Hexpire.

    Drill for oil like it's 1899! Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America.

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation2.59 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Hexpire on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Hexpire.

    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 ↗
  8. Party Hard

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Hexpire on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Hexpire.

    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 ↗

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. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

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

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  5. An Arcade Full of Cats

    WHY THIS

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

    Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 100 Asian Cats

    WHY THIS

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

    🏮🐈 100 Asian Cats - Join the cutest adventure in the Asia! 😻 🌸 Explore the charming hand-drawn artwork of Asian temples 🏯 as you embark on a quest to find 100 adorable cats hidden throughout the game. 🕵️‍♂️❌ Can you find them all? 🕵️‍♂️🐈✅

    2023ActionSportsStrategyFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Saihate Station

    WHY THIS

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

    An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.

    2025IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Samorost 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore the beginnings of the Samorost series in the space gnome’s original bite-sized adventure, formerly released in 2003. Now with remastered sounds, enhanced graphics, and new music by Floex.

    2021IndieAdventureCasualFreeSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. EcoGnomix

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Hexpire.

    A quirky mix of roguelite and city builder. Build a lively little city above, by looting mystical caves with a team of gnomes below! Use multiple runs to unlock upgrades and abilities to help your gnomes venture deeper into the dangerous underground.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. ISLANDERS: New Shores

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Hexpire.

    Welcome to ISLANDERS: New Shores. Build your island retreat in a calm, minimalist world with exciting new features that keep the classic charm while inspiring fresh creativity.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Wildermyth

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Hexpire.

    Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.

    2021StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Hexpire

How much does Hexpire cost?
Hexpire is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Hexpire?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hexpire are Seed of Light, EcoGnomix, ISLANDERS: New Shores.
Who developed Hexpire?
Hexpire was developed by DoughnutDev and published by DoughnutDev.

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 Hexpire.

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