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Games like Isomer

Below are 12 hand-picked alternatives to Isomer for fans of action, strategy, indie, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Isomer also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

About Isomer: Isomer is an isometric strategy game inspired by classic turn based games from the 90s and many other more recent survival titles. It's open ended, sandbox and each world is procedurally generated leading to an almost unlimited number of different worlds to explore, mine, loot and conquer.

2014ActionStrategyIndieEarly Access9.99 USDWindowsby Ionising Software
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    BadLads — Steam game cover

    BadLads

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

    BadLads is a neo-noir multiplayer roleplay game centered around each player having their own job. Cities are ruled by President. Civilians are assaulted by Gangs and protected by Police. Adventure, collect, craft, base build, gamble, socialize, overthrow, customize yourself and your belongings.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
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    Mutant Fish Lab — Steam game cover

    Mutant Fish Lab

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

    Collect, extract, and replicate bizarre genetic combinations to create the strongest—or strangest—creatures imaginable.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
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    A Lanterns Glow — Steam game cover

    A Lanterns Glow

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

    ALG is a challenging top-down survival RPG. Explore an expansive, randomly generated world shrouded in darkness. Gather resources, craft items, construct buildings, fight strange creatures, and study magic and science to survive and solve the many mysteries of the forest.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
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    The Wall — Steam game cover

    The Wall

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

    [Servers Temporarily Shut Down!] Build. Gather. Breach. The Wall is a never-before seen mix of genres, where dynamic maps, slick combat, base building, and economy management all come together.

    2018ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
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    EDEN STAR — Steam game cover

    EDEN STAR

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

    Eden Star is a fast paced Sci-Fi survival game that blends unique physics based combat, destructible environments and free-form construction with the exploration of a hostile alien world.

    2015ActionStrategyIndieDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Astro Colony

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

    Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Celestial Command — Steam game cover

    Celestial Command

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

    Mine asteroids, salvage space debris, design your own small or massive spacecraft using individual functional components, complete missions, and engage in battles against enemies in a vast galaxy with realistic physics based on orbital mechanics or in a classic physics mode.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Gunsmith

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

    Build up your own arms manufacturing company. Find your factory, buy resources, produce a wide range of military equipment to sell to the highest bidder. Good or bad? That's up to you, who you do business with is your choice. Don't ask, don't tell, get paid. After all, war is about making money.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Isomer

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    Gnomoria — Steam game cover

    Gnomoria

    Reviewers of Isomer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Isomer.

    Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom! Anything you see can be broken down and rebuilt elsewhere.

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    XCOM® 2 — Steam game cover

    XCOM® 2

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

    XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.

    2016Strategy2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Dwarf Fortress — Steam game cover

    Dwarf Fortress

    Reviewers of Isomer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Isomer.

    Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation23.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Minecraft Legends — Steam game cover

    Minecraft Legends

    Reviewers of Isomer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Isomer.

    Discover the mysteries of Minecraft Legends, a new action strategy game. Explore a gentle land of rich resources and lush biomes on the brink of destruction. The ravaging piglins have arrived, and it’s up to you to inspire your allies and lead them in strategic battles to save the Overworld!

    2023ActionStrategy39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Isomer

How much does Isomer cost?
Isomer is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Isomer?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Isomer are BadLads, Mutant Fish Lab, A Lanterns Glow.
Who developed Isomer?
Isomer was developed by Ionising Software.

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