Rank 01Why this
Shares permadeath and roguelite progression with Exark.
- $8.99 (Price checked Oct 4)
- Deck Playable
- 2025
Games like Exark
- 22 games
- Updated Aug 22, 2026
Players who liked Exark also play
The closest matches to Exark: The King is Watching, Underboard, Knightica, The Ember Guardian, and Steel Artery: Train City Builder. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Shares build variety and roguelite progression with Exark.
- $10.49 (Price checked Oct 3)
- Deck Playable
- 2026
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The Ember Guardian
Why this: Shares permadeath and build variety with Exark.
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Steel Artery: Train City Builder
Why this: Shares crew management and resource management with Exark.
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Corsair Cove
Why this: Also City Builder and Base Building, like Exark.
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There Are No Orcs
Why this: Shares build variety with Exark.
The full ranked list: top 24 games like Exark
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- 5Steel Artery: Train City Builder
Shares crew management and resource management with Exark.
- 75% of 263 reviews
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Genres: Action, Indie, Simulation
- 76% of 6,148 reviews
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- Released: 2026
- Developer: Robot Cat Limited
- Price: $11.99−20%checked Oct 3
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 75% of 104 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, Indie
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Charming art style and soundtrack
- Exponential synergy scaling between buildings and crew
- Multiple houses factions with unique starting layouts and playstyles
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Funny
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Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Exark at current Steam store prices.
Frostpunk
Why this: Shares resource management with Exark.
Overlooting
Why this: Shares build variety and roguelite progression with Exark.
Monsters are Coming!
Why this: Also City Builder and Base Building, like Exark.
Dead Engine
Why this: Shares permadeath and roguelite progression with Exark.
HEXSTORM: Tears of Arcadia
Why this: Also Steampunk and Roguelike, like Exark.
Endzone - A World Apart
Why this: Also City Builder and Post-apocalyptic, like Exark.
Airships: Lost Flotilla
Why this: Shares auto battle and permadeath with Exark.
Free alternatives
Free games the recommender matches to Exark, limited to titles with at least 500 Steam reviews and 80% positive.
Once Upon a Galaxy
Why this: Shares synergy building and auto battle with Exark.
Outpost
Why this: Shares roguelite progression and meta progression with Exark.
Frostrain
Why this: Shares roguelite progression and upgrade system with Exark.
Gatekeeper: Infinity
Why this: Shares build variety and roguelite progression with Exark.
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
Why this: Shares permadeath and build variety with Exark.
Muck
Why this: Shares resource management with Exark.
About Exark
The closest matches to Exark: The King is Watching, Underboard, Knightica, The Ember Guardian, and Steel Artery: Train City Builder. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Exark is your kind of game, the closest matches are The King is Watching, Underboard and Knightica — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and funny, and single out its auto battle and boss fights. 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.
About Exark: Exark is a run-based engine builder where you command a gigantic ark-ship. Construct buildings, hire crew with unique skills, and exploit powerful synergies to survive your voyage to the rim of the world.
Is Exark worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 75% of 104 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- On sale: 20% off, now $11.99 (checked Oct 3).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 6 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 5 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Charming art style and soundtrack
- Exponential synergy scaling between buildings and crew
- Multiple houses factions with unique starting layouts and playstyles
- No obvious metamost builds are viable
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Runs are mostly the same, even between houses. There is tremendous potential but the game suffers from anti fun nonsense, where you CAN make a ton of different builds - but its punishing to deviate from anything. Everything is too…”
“If you've played the demo, you've already seen essentially everything. I bought it right away after enjoying the demo and thinking I'd get more out of the game, but found myself unsatisfied with the mechanical depth.”
People who play it also play: The King is Watching, Underboard, Knightica
Frequently asked about Exark
Can I run it?
Does Exark run on Steam Deck?
Exark 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 Exark cost?
Exark is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Exark?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Exark are The King is Watching, Underboard, Knightica.
Who developed Exark?
Exark was developed by Robot Cat Limited and published by Goblinz Publishing.