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Games like Eastern Era

If Eastern Era is your kind of game, the closest matches are Arc of Icarus, KingForge and 下一站江湖Ⅱ — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, grim and immersive. 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 Eastern Era: To escape from pursuit, as the leader of your sect, guide your disciples to rise again! Engage in farming and hunting, train in martial arts, and forge weapons and armor. Build your sect's base and fortifications from the ground up to survive in this perilous, ambition-filled martial world!

2026StrategyIndieAdventureSimulationRPG24.99 USDWindowsby FunYoo Games
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Active developers releasing frequent patchesBuild and train disciples in a martial arts settingCultivation themed sect management unlike typical western colony simsChallengingGrimImmersive

Players who liked Eastern Era also play

Steam players who put hours into Eastern Era 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. Arc of Icarus

    WHY THIS

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

    Build and lead your colony on a lost ringworld, where deadly conditions await on both sides while the world keeps turning! Progress through technological evolution, survive cultural revolution, and govern with a wise and steady hand!

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. KingForge

    WHY THIS

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

    Build a living kingdom where villagers work and survive on their own. Assign roles, keep your people fed, automate your systems, and defend against growing threats. Your kingdom lives or falls by your decisions.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation5.59 USDSteam ↗
  3. 下一站江湖Ⅱ

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Eastern Era.

    Third-strongest match for Eastern Era fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eastern Era.

    (“Steam成就”现已推出,当前已更新16个免费玩法资料片)《下一站江湖Ⅱ》是白玉京工作室研发的第二款3D单机武侠游戏,是一款包含了沙盒式的剧情主角养成、无缝大地图任意采集建造模拟经营、骑砍Like式门派霸图玩法的开放世界游戏,无内购、可离网游玩!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Settletopia

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. Settler's Domain

    WHY THIS

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

    Settler's Domain is a strategy game about building a new settlement in unknown lands. Grow your population, explore the map, and contend with other settlements while keeping your settlers alive.

    2026StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  6. Starship Colony

    WHY THIS

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

    A deep starship colony sim. Build your starship, manage air, water, food, fuel, energy, temperature and psychology to keep your crew alive across vast distances. Closed-loop system in space. Mining, wiring, plumbing, in-ship factory, (alien?) radio signals & translation, diplomacy, combat, and more.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

    WHY THIS

    Shares a grim mood with Eastern Era.

    Ranked #7 for Eastern Era fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Eastern Era.

    Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.

    2024StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Wild West Pioneers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Eastern Era fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Eastern Era.

    Forge your destiny on the untamed frontier in the city-builder Wild West Pioneers. Build and manage a growing town, establish production chains, scout for new outposts and build trade routes to support your settlements. Build, survive, and thrive in the land of opportunity!

    2026StrategySimulationEarly AccessSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Eastern Era

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. RimWorld

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Eastern Era.

    Reviewers of Eastern Era cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Eastern Era.

    A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Stranded: Alien Dawn

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Eastern Era.

    Reviewers of Eastern Era cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Eastern Era.

    Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.

    2023StrategySimulation17.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Lost Village

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a challenging mood with Eastern Era.

    Reviewers of Eastern Era cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Eastern Era.

    Once there was a prosperous village of Martials, now none of it remains. As the son of the former Master, you will lead your followers to rebuild this village. Recruit followers and enter the mysterious illusional domain, acquire lost wonders. Will you see the rebirth of ancestors’ glory again?

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Eastern Era on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eastern Era.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Eastern Era on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Eastern Era.

    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 ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Eastern Era on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eastern Era.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bloons TD 6

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Eastern Era on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Eastern Era.

    The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.

    2018Strategy13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Eastern Era on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Eastern Era.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Eastern Era on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Eastern Era.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Eastern Era on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Eastern Era.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Eastern Era on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Eastern Era.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Eastern Era.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. 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 ↗
  3. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2

    WHY THIS

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

    A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

    2020StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  7. Unturned

    WHY THIS

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

    You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.

    2017ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Sims™ 4

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Eastern Era.

    Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.

    2020AdventureSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Eastern Era

Does Eastern Era work on Steam Deck?
Eastern Era is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Eastern Era cost?
Eastern Era is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Eastern Era?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Eastern Era are Arc of Icarus, KingForge, 下一站江湖Ⅱ.
Who developed Eastern Era?
Eastern Era was developed by FunYoo 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 Eastern Era.

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