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Games like ORMOD: Directive

If ORMOD: Directive is your kind of game, the closest matches are Source Code, Survive the Nights and XERA: Survival — 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 ORMOD: Directive: Shape your own survival experience in an infinite open-world sandbox. Customize world difficulty, rules, and playstyle. Play solo, co-op, or on 24/7 MMO-style servers across PvP, PvE, Hardcore, or Creative modes as you build, automate, fight, and survive. The choice is yours.

2026ActionIndieAdventureSimulationMassively MultiplayerRPGWindows · macOS · Linuxby House 16 Software
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Players who liked ORMOD: Directive also play

Steam players who put hours into ORMOD: Directive 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. Source Code

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for ORMOD: Directive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with ORMOD: Directive.

    "Source Code" is a large-scale multiplayer online and LAN FPS/TPS game set in the backdrop of World War III. It features building and portal systems, a comprehensive Zombie DLC, and a wide array of firearms and equipment for competitive shooting.

    2024ActionSportsAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Survive the Nights

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for ORMOD: Directive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ORMOD: Directive.

    Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. XERA: Survival

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for ORMOD: Directive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ORMOD: Directive.

    Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…

    2021ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Last Oasis

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for ORMOD: Directive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ORMOD: Directive.

    Nomadic Survival MMO. Build wooden walking machines to travel to new lands. Create clans and fight for territory. Resources deplete fast, so take your sword and scavenge, pirate, and trade to stay alive.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. 7 Days to Die

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for ORMOD: Directive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ORMOD: Directive.

    7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!

    2024ActionStrategyIndie44.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Steamcraft

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for ORMOD: Directive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Massively Multiplayer with ORMOD: Directive.

    Steamcraft is a multiplayer shooter in a steampunk setting. Build a one-of-a-kind vehicle for land and air battles, equip it with weapons, and crush your foes!

    2019ActionMassively MultiplayerRacingSteam ↗
  7. Plains of Pain

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for ORMOD: Directive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ORMOD: Directive.

    Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Fallen Earth Classic

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for ORMOD: Directive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Massively Multiplayer and RPG with ORMOD: Directive.

    Fallen Earth Classic is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Reloaded Productions and operated by Little Orbit. The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic wasteland located around the American Grand Canyon.

    2012Massively MultiplayerRPGFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ORMOD: Directive.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ORMOD: Directive.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. 93, Kuindzhi

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with ORMOD: Directive.

    Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ORMOD: Directive.

    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 Action and Simulation with ORMOD: Directive.

    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 Adventure with ORMOD: Directive.

    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 Action and Indie with ORMOD: Directive.

    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 ORMOD: Directive

Does ORMOD: Directive have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — ORMOD: Directive supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to ORMOD: Directive?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ORMOD: Directive are Source Code, Survive the Nights, XERA: Survival.
Who developed ORMOD: Directive?
ORMOD: Directive was developed by House 16 Software.

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 ORMOD: Directive.

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