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Games like Perimeter

If Perimeter is your kind of game, the closest matches are Perimeter: Emperor's Testament, Earth 2160 and AI War: Fleet Command — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 Perimeter: Perimeter is an innovative Real-Time-Strategy game that pits players against each other or AI opponents in a life and death struggle to seize territory and establish crucial protective “perimeters.” Players will be introduced to the game’s unique terraforming feature, allowing them to move, build, construct and destroy the map...

2014Strategy3.99 USDMetacritic 77Windowsby K-D Lab
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Players who liked Perimeter also play

Steam players who put hours into Perimeter 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. Perimeter: Emperor's Testament

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Perimeter.

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

    The game expands the story of the original Perimeter in a vast singleplayer campaign.

    2014Strategy3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Earth 2160

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Perimeter.

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

    After the destruction of the EARTH in 2150, the leaders of the Eurasian Dynasty escaped on board an evacuation fleet. Now they are fighting for the survival of the human species. Their base is one large building comprising of smaller variable parts.

    2006Strategy9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. AI War: Fleet Command

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Perimeter.

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

    "You are outgunned. You are massively outnumbered. You must win." These are your orders. Humanity has already fought its war against the machines -- and lost. AI death squads stand watch over every planet and every wormhole, the few remaining human settlements are held captive in orbiting bubbles, and the AIs have turned their...

    2009StrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Homeworld Remastered Collection

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience the epic space strategy games that redefined the RTS genre. Control your fleet and build an armada across more than 30 single-player missions. Choose unit types, fleet formations and flight tactics for each strategic situation.

    2015StrategySimulation34.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Etherium

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Perimeter.

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

    Etherium is a real-time strategy game set in a science-fiction universe, where three factions battle it out for a mysterious and rare resource known as ‘Etherium’.

    2015Strategy9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Perimeter.

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

    Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.

    2012ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Perimeter.

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

    Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 is the new real-time strategy game adapted from Games Workshop’s famous tabletop game that portrays the epic space battles of the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

    2019Strategy19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak

    WHY THIS

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

    A ground-based RTS prequel to the classic Homeworld games. Assemble your fleet and lead them to victory on the shifting sands of Kharak in this compelling strategy game for PC from Blackbird Interactive.

    2016Strategy49.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Perimeter

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. Total Annihilation

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Perimeter.

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

    What began as a conflict over the transfer of consciousness from flesh to machines escalated into a war which has decimated a million worlds. The Core and the Arm have all but exhausted the resources of a galaxy in their struggle for domination.

    2015Strategy4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Homeworld Remastered Collection

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience the epic space strategy games that redefined the RTS genre. Control your fleet and build an armada across more than 30 single-player missions. Choose unit types, fleet formations and flight tactics for each strategic situation.

    2015StrategySimulation34.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Command & Conquer™ Remastered Collection

    WHY THIS

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

    Command & Conquer and Red Alert are both remastered in 4K by the former Westwood Studios team members. Includes all 3 expansions, rebuilt multiplayer, a modernized UI, Map Editor, bonus footage gallery, and over 7 hours of remastered music.

    2020Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. shapez

    WHY THIS

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

    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 Perimeter on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Perimeter.

    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 Perimeter on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Perimeter.

    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 Perimeter on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Perimeter.

    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 Perimeter on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Perimeter.

    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 Perimeter on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Perimeter.

    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 Perimeter on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Perimeter.

    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 Perimeter on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Perimeter.

    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. STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™

    WHY THIS

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

    STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ is a free-to-play MMORPG that puts you at the center of your own story-driven saga. Play as a Jedi, Sith, Bounty Hunter, or one of many other iconic STAR WARS roles in the galaxy far, far away over three thousand years before the classic films.

    2020Massively MultiplayerRPGFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends

    WHY THIS

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

    The epic story of evolution, technology, humanity, and dinosaurs is yours to tap.

    2021SimulationFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius

    WHY THIS

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

    As Captain Kayto Shields, embark on a galactic voyage of heroism and survival. With his home world destroyed and his nation conquered, the inexperienced Captain Shields, and his newly minted vessel, the Sunrider, are left as the only hope against a galactic evil intent on subjugating all sentient life.

    2014StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Istrolid

    WHY THIS

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

    In Istrolid you design your own unique spaceships from a large number of parts to fit your strategy and play style. With no set units or factions you are free to create a fleet where each ship has its own balanced strengths and weaknesses, from basic fighters and bombers to hulking battleships and speedy destroyers.

    2016StrategyIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. BEEP

    WHY THIS

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

    A combination of platforming with a gravity gun, BEEP is an amazing physics-platformer. Despite its friendly art style, this is a hardcore platformer in the truest sense.

    2011IndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  6. Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest

    WHY THIS

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

    Galcon 2 is a demolition derby in space! Send swarms of ships from planet to planet to conquer the galaxy in this fast paced multiplayer strategy game!

    2014StrategyIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. SPACE / MECH / PILOT

    WHY THIS

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

    The S/M/P Initiative is not responsible for any odd abnormalities while playing. Connections to other universes are not monitored or controlled by the video game program. Keep away from children under the age of 6. Fun to play but not to eat.

    2020StrategyRPGFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Genius Greedy Mouse

    WHY THIS

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

    GENIUS GREEDY MOUSE is a clay based puzzle game featuring a host of fun and challenging levels.

    2016ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗

More from K-D Lab

Other recommendable Steam games by K-D Lab, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Vangers

    WHY THIS

    Shares a mysterious mood with Perimeter.

    Another title from K-D Lab, the studio behind Perimeter.

    Mind-altering sandbox game that can be described as a racing role-playing adventure game with a complicated storyline. You’ll find a unique atmosphere, complete freedom and lots of gameplay hours to figure out what’s the game is all about.

    2014ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. PERIMETER: Legate Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Perimeter.

    Another title from K-D Lab, the studio behind Perimeter. Shares Strategy with Perimeter.

    Perimeter is a real-time strategy game with a destructible world. Utilize the environment for resource gathering and defense against enemies. Immerse yourself in the millennia-spanning history of the Chains of Worlds and lead a faction in the struggle for survival.

    2024Strategy9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Perimeter: Emperor's Testament

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Perimeter.

    Another title from K-D Lab, the studio behind Perimeter. Shares Strategy with Perimeter.

    The game expands the story of the original Perimeter in a vast singleplayer campaign.

    2014Strategy3.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Spanking Runners

    WHY THIS

    Another title from K-D Lab, the studio behind Perimeter.

    Spanking Runners (Samogonki) - arcade racing in a bright and unusual world. Fight on the tiny moons of the SamoG planet for precious Samogian water! After all, you need to save the world from the robots that have captured it, turning your friends into Electrozombies!

    2024IndieAdventureRacing4.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Perimeter

How much does Perimeter cost?
Perimeter is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Perimeter have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Perimeter supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
What games are most similar to Perimeter?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Perimeter are Perimeter: Emperor's Testament, Earth 2160, AI War: Fleet Command.
Who developed Perimeter?
Perimeter was developed by K-D Lab and published by Fulqrum Publishing.

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 Perimeter.

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