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Games like Belts of Iron

If Belts of Iron is your kind of game, the closest matches are Settletopia, Factorio and Factory Town 2: Paradise — 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 Belts of Iron: Explore, automate, and fight in this new open world factory automation game. Build factories connected by miles of conveyor belts. Manage power and fluid networks. Explore procedurally generated worlds filled with resources to harvest and hostile creatures to defeat. Play solo or online with friends

2026ActionStrategyIndieSimulationEarly Access13.49 USDWindowsby Builderment LLC
Belts of Iron — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Belts of Iron 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. Settletopia

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Belts of Iron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Belts of Iron.

    Grow a small colony into a vast, world-spanning civilization. Play solo or with friends as you gather resources, build cities, manage colonist needs, explore uncharted lands, establish logistics, raise armies, forge alliances, and wage wars—all in a living world.

    StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  2. Factorio

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Belts of Iron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Belts of Iron.

    Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation35.00 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Factory Town 2: Paradise

    WHY THIS

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

    A Town Builder + Factory Sim where you fully automate a tropical village and feed a giant volcano. Use conveyor belts, trains, boats, zip lines, pipes, water wheels and more to produce massive amounts of items and keep everyone happy!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation22.49 USDSteam ↗
  4. Substructure

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Belts of Iron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Belts of Iron.

    Harness the power of automation in this factory game set on a rogue planet in the far reaches of the solar system. Dig down and explore the depths of an alien world, exploit its resources across complex production chains, and travel towards the core to uncover its deepest secrets.

    StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  5. Rail Route

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Belts of Iron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Belts of Iron.

    In Rail Route, you will design, construct, upgrade, and automate your railway network in one of the many maps based on real-life cities worldwide. Dispatch the trains to make the traffic flow and the network grow!

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    Oddsparks is a blend of automation and real-time strategy for both the die-hard fans of the automation genre and the automation-curious. Explore a strange fantasy world, uncover the mysteries of the past, automate your workshops, and go on adventures with your odd & adorable Sparks!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Alchemy Factory

    WHY THIS

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

    Craft your workshop as an alchemist!‌ Harness arcane devices to automate crafting. Sell alchemical goods, fulfill commissions, and rise to become a renowned alchemy magnate. ‌Multiplayer Supported!‌ Invite master designers to (ahem) contribute their expertise—let them optimize your production lines!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Satisfactory

    WHY THIS

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

    Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Belts of Iron at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Belts of Iron on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Belts of Iron.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Belts of Iron on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Belts of Iron.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under Belts of Iron on Steam right now. Shares Action and Early Access with Belts of Iron.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Belts of Iron on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Belts of Iron.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Belts of Iron on Steam right now. Shares Action with Belts of Iron.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Belts of Iron on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Belts of Iron.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~54% under Belts of Iron on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Belts of Iron.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Belts of Iron on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Belts of Iron.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Belts of Iron.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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 Action and Simulation with Belts of Iron.

    『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 Action and Strategy with Belts of Iron.

    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 Action and Indie with Belts of Iron.

    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. Hello Neighbor Alpha 2

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.

    2019StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  7. Aircar

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Belts of Iron.

    A simple immersive flying game built for VR. Pilot an aircar through a futuristic cityscape.

    2019IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. 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 Belts of Iron.

    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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Factorio

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Belts of Iron.

    Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation35.00 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Rail Route

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Belts of Iron.

    In Rail Route, you will design, construct, upgrade, and automate your railway network in one of the many maps based on real-life cities worldwide. Dispatch the trains to make the traffic flow and the network grow!

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Belts of Iron.

    Oddsparks is a blend of automation and real-time strategy for both the die-hard fans of the automation genre and the automation-curious. Explore a strange fantasy world, uncover the mysteries of the past, automate your workshops, and go on adventures with your odd & adorable Sparks!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Satisfactory

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Belts of Iron.

    Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Belts of Iron

How much does Belts of Iron cost?
Belts of Iron is listed on Steam at 13.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Belts of Iron have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Belts of Iron supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op).
What games are most similar to Belts of Iron?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Belts of Iron are Settletopia, Factorio, Factory Town 2: Paradise.
Who developed Belts of Iron?
Belts of Iron was developed by Builderment LLC.

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 Belts of Iron.

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