Games like Sand Nomads
If Sand Nomads is your kind of game, the closest matches are Braveland, Braveland Wizard and Braveland Pirate — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Sand Nomads: Sand Nomads is an open world tactical RPG where you lead a team of nomads looking for riches and fame across a massive futuristic desert planet. Explore the world, recruit companions, chase rewards and unravel the mysteries of ancient alien ruins!
Players who liked Sand Nomads also play
Steam players who put hours into Sand Nomads 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.
Braveland
WHY THIS
Top pick for Sand Nomads fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Sand Nomads.
Braveland is a turn-based game inspired by old-school strategies with hexagonal battlefield. You will start as a humble warrior's son whose village was cruelly raided and will end as talented commander of your army.
Braveland Wizard
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Sand Nomads fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Sand Nomads.
Braveland Wizard - old school turn-based strategy game is back! The graduate of the Academy of Magic is ready for new adventures.
Braveland Pirate
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Sand Nomads fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Sand Nomads.
The Braveland trilogy concludes with the most exciting book of all, number three – welcome to Braveland Pirate strategy game! A crew of pirates led by Captain Jim embarks on a search for the Eternal Treasure.
Don't Starve Together
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Sand Nomads fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sand Nomads.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Darkest Dungeon®
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Sand Nomads fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Sand Nomads.
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Sand Nomads fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Sand Nomads.
Gather your party and get ready for the kick-ass new version of GameSpot's PC Game of the Year 2014. With hours of new content, new game modes, full voiceovers, split-screen multiplayer, and thousands of improvements, there's never been a better time to explore the epic world of Rivellon!
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Sand Nomads fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sand Nomads.
A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.
SPORE™
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Sand Nomads fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sand Nomads.
Be the architect of your own universe with Spore, an exciting single-player adventure. From Single Cell to Galactic God, evolve your creature in a universe of your own creations.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Sand Nomads.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Sand Nomads.
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.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Sand Nomads.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Sand Nomads.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Sand Nomads.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
100 Asian Cats
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Sand Nomads.
🏮🐈 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? 🕵️♂️🐈✅
Tails Noir: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Sand Nomads.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Saihate Station
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Sand Nomads.
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
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More from Tortuga Team
Other recommendable Steam games by Tortuga Team, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Braveland
WHY THIS
Another title from Tortuga Team, the studio behind Sand Nomads. Shares Strategy and RPG with Sand Nomads.
Braveland is a turn-based game inspired by old-school strategies with hexagonal battlefield. You will start as a humble warrior's son whose village was cruelly raided and will end as talented commander of your army.
Braveland Wizard
WHY THIS
Another title from Tortuga Team, the studio behind Sand Nomads. Shares Strategy and RPG with Sand Nomads.
Braveland Wizard - old school turn-based strategy game is back! The graduate of the Academy of Magic is ready for new adventures.
Braveland Pirate
WHY THIS
Another title from Tortuga Team, the studio behind Sand Nomads. Shares Strategy and RPG with Sand Nomads.
The Braveland trilogy concludes with the most exciting book of all, number three – welcome to Braveland Pirate strategy game! A crew of pirates led by Captain Jim embarks on a search for the Eternal Treasure.
Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics
WHY THIS
Another title from Tortuga Team, the studio behind Sand Nomads. Shares Strategy and RPG with Sand Nomads.
Incredibly dynamic turn-based strategy, reviving the traditions of the old school tactics. Lead a team of the most desperate fighters, destroy alien monsters and uncover the secrets of the lost planet.
Knights of Braveland
WHY THIS
Another title from Tortuga Team, the studio behind Sand Nomads. Shares RPG with Sand Nomads.
Knights of Braveland is a cooperative beat'em up action game with a generated story. You will hack, slash, and smash your way to victory. And with your friends it is much more fun. Play local or online.
Braveland Heroes
WHY THIS
Another title from Tortuga Team, the studio behind Sand Nomads. Shares Strategy and RPG with Sand Nomads.
The famous Braveland series returns! Destroy your enemies in online duels and uncover the secret of the king's scepter in this new turn-based strategy game.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Braveland
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Sand Nomads.
Braveland is a turn-based game inspired by old-school strategies with hexagonal battlefield. You will start as a humble warrior's son whose village was cruelly raided and will end as talented commander of your army.
Don't Starve Together
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Sand Nomads.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Darkest Dungeon®
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Sand Nomads.
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Sand Nomads.
Gather your party and get ready for the kick-ass new version of GameSpot's PC Game of the Year 2014. With hours of new content, new game modes, full voiceovers, split-screen multiplayer, and thousands of improvements, there's never been a better time to explore the epic world of Rivellon!
Frequently asked about Sand Nomads
- What games are most similar to Sand Nomads?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sand Nomads are Braveland, Braveland Wizard, Braveland Pirate.
- Who developed Sand Nomads?
- Sand Nomads was developed by Tortuga Team and published by PlayPanic.
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