Games like Hero Generations
If Hero Generations is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hero Generations: ReGen, fullybroKEN - A Unique Mix of 4X / Post-Apocalypse / RPG / Roguelike and Thea: The Awakening — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its city building feels rewarding, legacy system drives progression and challenging. 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 Hero Generations: The original roguelike/4X strategy game where every turn is one year of your life. Explore, find a mate, build a home, and raise a child before you die to keep your legacy going. Praised as "the offspring of Sid Meier's Civilization, Passage, and The Legend of Zelda." IndieCade Finalist.
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Hero Generations: ReGen
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Hero Generations.
Top pick for Hero Generations fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hero Generations.
An innovative Roguelike / 4X Strategy game where every turn is one year of your life. Explore, find a mate, and raise a child before you die to build a great legacy. ReGen is an amazing complete remake, redesigned, re-imagined, and packed with 100s of new features.
fullybroKEN - A Unique Mix of 4X / Post-Apocalypse / RPG / Roguelike
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Hero Generations fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hero Generations.
Play as single character in a 4x game. Survive. Thrive. Die. Unite the country of Mir. Kill, make hard choice, become anything you want in this unique post-apocalyptic game. Die. With ideas from 4X, Match-3 RPGs, Traditional RPGs and roguelikes, fullybroKEN offers an experience unlike anything else.
Thea: The Awakening
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hero Generations.
Third-strongest match for Hero Generations fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hero Generations.
Thea: The Awakening is a turn-based strategic survival game inspired by the Slavic mythology and set in a procedural dark fantasy world infused with non-linear story and unique combat system.
Planar Conquest
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Hero Generations.
Ranked #4 for Hero Generations fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hero Generations.
Become an all-powerful Sorcerer Lord and lead one of 8 different races to the ultimate victory. Explore multiple planes of existence, raid dungeons, and conquer cities. Expand your armies, cast mighty spells, and summon godly creatures to do your bidding. Fight the enemies in D20 OGL battles.
Old World
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Hero Generations.
Ranked #5 for Hero Generations fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Hero Generations.
Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?
Oriental Empires
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hero Generations.
Ranked #6 for Hero Generations fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hero Generations.
Turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s biggest empires.
ENDLESS™ Legend
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Hero Generations.
Ranked #7 for Hero Generations fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hero Generations.
ENDLESS™ Legend is a 4X turn-based fantasy strategy game by the creators of ENDLESS™ Space and Dungeon of the ENDLESS™. Control every aspect of your civilization as you struggle to save your homeworld Auriga. Create your own Legend!
Eador. Masters of the Broken World
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hero Generations.
Ranked #8 for Hero Generations fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hero Generations.
Eador is a universe made of countless shards of land drifting in the Great Nothing. Each of the shards is a little world unto itself, with geography and denizens of its own. The power over the shards is bitterly contested by Masters, the immortal beings mortals believe to be gods.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hero Generations at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Hero Generations on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hero Generations.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Hero Generations on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hero Generations.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Hero Generations on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hero Generations.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Hero Generations on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hero Generations.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Hero Generations on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Hero Generations.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Hero Generations on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hero Generations.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Hero Generations on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Hero Generations.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Hero Generations on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hero Generations.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hero Generations.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hero Generations.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hero Generations.
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?
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 Hero Generations.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hero Generations.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hero Generations.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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More from Heart Shaped Games LLC
Other recommendable Steam games by Heart Shaped Games LLC, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Hero Generations: ReGen
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Hero Generations.
Another title from Heart Shaped Games LLC, the studio behind Hero Generations. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hero Generations.
An innovative Roguelike / 4X Strategy game where every turn is one year of your life. Explore, find a mate, and raise a child before you die to build a great legacy. ReGen is an amazing complete remake, redesigned, re-imagined, and packed with 100s of new features.
Brave Hand
WHY THIS
Another title from Heart Shaped Games LLC, the studio behind Hero Generations. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hero Generations.
Brave Hand is an award-winning single-player card game about pushing your luck. Clear all 8 card piles and strategize to create long point runs. Reveal an epic story via 16 beautiful collectible deck themes as you play. Combines classic card games like Solitaire and War with the strategy of CCGs.
We Are The Caretakers
WHY THIS
Another title from Heart Shaped Games LLC, the studio behind Hero Generations. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hero Generations.
We Are The Caretakers is a 3D grand strategy RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world. Recruit, upgrade & manage a secret faction of 100 high-tech protectors to defend the endangered creatures you rely on. Confront a mysterious alien presence as the massive energy barrier protecting Shadra falls
Frequently asked about Hero Generations
- Does Hero Generations run on Steam Deck?
- Hero Generations 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 Hero Generations cost?
- Hero Generations is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Hero Generations?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hero Generations are Hero Generations: ReGen, fullybroKEN - A Unique Mix of 4X / Post-Apocalypse / RPG / Roguelike, Thea: The Awakening.
- Who developed Hero Generations?
- Hero Generations was developed by Heart Shaped Games LLC.
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