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Games like Pinevale Settlements

If Pinevale Settlements is your kind of game, the closest matches are Northgard: Definitive Edition, Stronghold: Warlords and Becastled — 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 Pinevale Settlements: Build a colony from scratch, set up production chains, and defend against raids. Manage resources, research technologies, expand your settlement, and survive each escalating wave!

2024StrategyIndieSimulationCasualEarly Access7.99 USDWindowsby Kinetic Quasar Games
Pinevale Settlements — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Pinevale Settlements 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. Northgard: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Pinevale Settlements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pinevale Settlements.

    Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Stronghold: Warlords

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Pinevale Settlements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Pinevale Settlements.

    Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!

    2021StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Becastled

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Pinevale Settlements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pinevale Settlements.

    Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!

    2025StrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Settlements Rising

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Pinevale Settlements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pinevale Settlements.

    Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation18.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Surviving the Aftermath

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Pinevale Settlements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Pinevale Settlements.

    Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.

    2021StrategySimulation8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Foundation

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Pinevale Settlements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pinevale Settlements.

    Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Kingdoms and Castles

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Pinevale Settlements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pinevale Settlements.

    Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Kingdoms Reborn

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Pinevale Settlements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pinevale Settlements.

    A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under Pinevale Settlements on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pinevale Settlements.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Pinevale Settlements on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pinevale Settlements.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Pinevale Settlements on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pinevale Settlements.

    Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Pinevale Settlements on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pinevale Settlements.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~81% under Pinevale Settlements on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pinevale Settlements.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under Pinevale Settlements on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Pinevale Settlements.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Pinevale Settlements on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pinevale Settlements.

    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!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. A Short Hike

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Pinevale Settlements on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pinevale Settlements.

    Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

    2019IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pinevale Settlements.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pinevale Settlements.

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Pinevale Settlements.

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pinevale Settlements.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  5. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pinevale Settlements.

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Pinevale Settlements.

    When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.

    2024ActionSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  7. Outpath: First Journey

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Pinevale Settlements.

    Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    2022IndieAdventureCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pinevale Settlements.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Pinevale Settlements

How much does Pinevale Settlements cost?
Pinevale Settlements is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Pinevale Settlements?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pinevale Settlements are Northgard: Definitive Edition, Stronghold: Warlords, Becastled.
Who developed Pinevale Settlements?
Pinevale Settlements was developed by Kinetic Quasar Games.

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