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Games like Life in the Kingdom

If Life in the Kingdom is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dungeon Pizza, Nederfall and Steppe: The Last Defence — 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 Life in the Kingdom: Take the throne at 18. Rule until you die. Marry, raise heirs, free your towns from scheming rivals, and carve through dungeons with an evolving arsenal — one ruler, one lifetime, one unforgettable reign. An adventure packed kingdom life-sim where every year counts.

ActionSimulationRPGWindows · Linuxby Michael Schaffer, Tea Schaffer
Life in the Kingdom — Steam game cover

Players who liked Life in the Kingdom also play

Steam players who put hours into Life in the Kingdom 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. Dungeon Pizza

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Life in the Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Life in the Kingdom.

    A cooking game with a fantasy twist! Knead the dough, spread the sauce, and prepare… the rat chunks?! Open your own pizzeria deep inside a dungeon, serving weary adventurers who come to rest and refuel between their quests and bounties.

    IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  2. Nederfall

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Life in the Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and RPG with Life in the Kingdom.

    The Netherlands has fallen. Lead your survivors on scavenging trips through the ruins, find resources, recruit more survivors, and come home to a camp to take care for. Survivors cook, craft, and train on their own. Every item you bring back makes your camp grow stronger.

    SimulationRPGSteam ↗
  3. Steppe: The Last Defence

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Life in the Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Life in the Kingdom.

    StrategyAdventureSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  4. Our Freedom: Medieval Village

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Life in the Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Life in the Kingdom.

    Our Freedom is A Medieval Colony Sim with Action RPG Adventures. Build a village, lead your people, produce food and materials, forge powerful weapons, recruit an army to protect your village in epic battles and castle sieges. Stand up for your people and help them defend their freedom!

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Rift Tavern

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Life in the Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and RPG with Life in the Kingdom.

    Gather materials, cook meals, serve patrons, and defeat foes! Welcome to your new life as the owner of the 'Rift Tavern'. Restore the former glory of your run-down tavern by night, and explore the depths of dangerous portal zones by day!

    IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  6. Northern Saga

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Life in the Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Life in the Kingdom.

    Northern Saga is an old-school real-time strategy RPG inspired by classics like Ogre Battle. Command your clan across real-time battlefields, construct specialized combat formations, and master combat where every positioning choice matters.

    StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  7. Master Alchemist Simulator: Arcane Workshop

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Life in the Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Life in the Kingdom.

    Build and run your own arcane workshop. Explore a dangerous fantasy world, gather rare ingredients, grow magical crops, craft powerful potions, manage your shop, and fight with blades, bows, and spells—alone or with friends in co-op.

    2027IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  8. Hexborn

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Life in the Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Life in the Kingdom.

    Hexborn is a dark fantasy action RPG where you rise from an unknown mage into the leader of a legendary guild. Master arcane combat, recruit powerful allies, forge relics, and descend into dangerous dungeons and large-scale raids to uncover the secrets behind your rare ability to fly.

    2027ActionRPGSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Life in the Kingdom.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Life in the Kingdom.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Life in the Kingdom.

    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 ↗
  4. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Life in the Kingdom.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Life in the Kingdom.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Life in the Kingdom.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Life in the Kingdom.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Life in the Kingdom

What games are most similar to Life in the Kingdom?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Life in the Kingdom are Dungeon Pizza, Nederfall, Steppe: The Last Defence.
Who developed Life in the Kingdom?
Life in the Kingdom was developed by Michael Schaffer, Tea Schaffer and published by Driftwood Gaming.

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 Life in the Kingdom.

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