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Games like Kingdoms: Merge & Build

If Kingdoms: Merge & Build is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mini Motorways, Model City and Hex Town — 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 Kingdoms: Merge & Build: Enjoy a soothing merge-2 experience blended with kingdom-building gameplay in this story-rich adventure!

2024Casual4.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Cherrypick Games
Kingdoms: Merge & Build — Steam game cover

Players who liked Kingdoms: Merge & Build also play

Steam players who put hours into Kingdoms: Merge & Build 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. Mini Motorways

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Kingdoms: Merge & Build fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Kingdoms: Merge & Build.

    Mini Motorways is a strategy simulation game about designing the road map for a growing city. Build a traffic network, one road at a time, to create a bustling metropolis. Redesign your roads and place your motorways to get everyone where they need to go. How long can you keep the city moving?

    2021StrategySimulationCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Model City

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Kingdoms: Merge & Build fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Kingdoms: Merge & Build.

    Welcome to Model City, a calm relaxing small game where you can't lose or do anything wrong.

    2020IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Hex Town

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Kingdoms: Merge & Build fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Kingdoms: Merge & Build.

    A hex-merge puzzle about growing cozy little towns three tiles at a time. Combine matching tiles to climb the tiers, master five merge patterns, and chase that perfect run solo or with up to three friends. Relax, plan ahead, and watch your towns come to life.

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  4. CityZen

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Kingdoms: Merge & Build fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Kingdoms: Merge & Build.

    CityZen is a game about building small cities without stressful mechanics like confusing traffic systems, unexpected disasters or constraining resource management.

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  5. City Limits

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Kingdoms: Merge & Build fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Kingdoms: Merge & Build.

    Relax and build cities on a desolate tranquil island. Plan ahead to cover the island efficiently by combining buildings and cementing your place on a tile. Each turn an entity spreads, attempting to take over barren or unstable tiles.

    2022StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Can't Live Without Electricity

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Kingdoms: Merge & Build fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Kingdoms: Merge & Build.

    Can't Live Without Electricity is a 3D relaxing puzzle game in which you supply electricity by connecting houses to power plants.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation3.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. ISLANDERS: New Shores

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Kingdoms: Merge & Build fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Kingdoms: Merge & Build.

    Welcome to ISLANDERS: New Shores. Build your island retreat in a calm, minimalist world with exciting new features that keep the classic charm while inspiring fresh creativity.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Dorfromantik

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Kingdoms: Merge & Build fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Kingdoms: Merge & Build.

    Dorfromantik is a peaceful building strategy and puzzle game where you create a beautiful and ever-growing village landscape by placing tiles. Explore a variety of colorful biomes, discover and unlock new tiles and complete quests to fill your world with life!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Kingdoms: Merge & Build at current Steam store prices.

  1. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Kingdoms: Merge & Build on Steam right now.

    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 ↗
  2. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Kingdoms: Merge & Build on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Kingdoms: Merge & Build.

    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 ↗
  3. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Kingdoms: Merge & Build on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Kingdoms: Merge & Build.

    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.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Kingdoms: Merge & Build on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Kingdoms: Merge & Build.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Kingdoms: Merge & Build on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Kingdoms: Merge & Build.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Kingdoms: Merge & Build on Steam right now.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Kingdoms: Merge & Build on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Kingdoms: Merge & Build.

    The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Kingdoms: Merge & Build on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Kingdoms: Merge & Build.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Kingdoms: Merge & Build.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Kingdoms: Merge & Build.

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

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

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Kingdoms: Merge & Build.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Kingdoms: Merge & Build.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Mini Motorways

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Casual with Kingdoms: Merge & Build.

    Mini Motorways is a strategy simulation game about designing the road map for a growing city. Build a traffic network, one road at a time, to create a bustling metropolis. Redesign your roads and place your motorways to get everyone where they need to go. How long can you keep the city moving?

    2021StrategySimulationCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. ISLANDERS: New Shores

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Casual with Kingdoms: Merge & Build.

    Welcome to ISLANDERS: New Shores. Build your island retreat in a calm, minimalist world with exciting new features that keep the classic charm while inspiring fresh creativity.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Dorfromantik

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Casual with Kingdoms: Merge & Build.

    Dorfromantik is a peaceful building strategy and puzzle game where you create a beautiful and ever-growing village landscape by placing tiles. Explore a variety of colorful biomes, discover and unlock new tiles and complete quests to fill your world with life!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Kingdoms: Merge & Build

Does Kingdoms: Merge & Build run on Steam Deck?
Kingdoms: Merge & Build 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 Kingdoms: Merge & Build cost?
Kingdoms: Merge & Build is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Kingdoms: Merge & Build?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Kingdoms: Merge & Build are Mini Motorways, Model City, Hex Town.
Who developed Kingdoms: Merge & Build?
Kingdoms: Merge & Build was developed by Cherrypick Games.

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 Kingdoms: Merge & Build.

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