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Games like Overland

If Overland is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden, Into the Breach and Wanna Survive — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its pet dogs while surviving, atmospheric and contemplative. 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 Overland: Take care of a group of travelers on a post-apocalyptic road-trip across the United States in this turn-based survival game.

2019Strategy19.99 USDDeck VerifiedMetacritic 69Windows · macOS · Linuxby Finji
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Emergent moments tell the storyMinimalist art evokes wider worldPet dogs while survivingAtmosphericContemplativeMelancholic

Players who liked Overland also play

Steam players who put hours into Overland 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. Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden

    WHY THIS

    Shares turn based tactics and an atmospheric mood with Overland.

    Top pick for Overland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Overland.

    A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.

    2018StrategyRPG34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Into the Breach

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Overland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Overland.

    Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Wanna Survive

    WHY THIS

    Shares grid based movement and an atmospheric mood with Overland.

    Third-strongest match for Overland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Overland.

    HIGH SPEED ZOMBIE TACTICS - Fight mobs of undead attacking from all sides in this streamlined turn-based tactics that emphasizes unit placement and synergies. Help the survivors live through fights and manage their rations to avoid permanent death, and they just might be able to reach the Sanctuary.

    2019StrategyIndie11.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Mech Armada

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Overland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Overland.

    Create and command custom Mechs to outmaneuver The Swarm in this post-apocalyptic tactical turn-based rogue-lite. Leverage the terrain, learn each Mech's unique skills and use strategy and resources to survive an ever-changing series of battles to give humanity hope.

    2022StrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Crowntakers

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Overland.

    Ranked #5 for Overland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Overland.

    Crowntakers combines turn-based strategy with RPG elements and takes you at the behest of the crown into a medieval fantasy world full of challenging encounters and epic adventures. With its randomly generated world, Crowntakers offers a varied gaming experience every time you set out to fight evil.

    2014StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Rogue Waters

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Overland.

    Ranked #6 for Overland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Overland.

    Rogue Waters is a Pirate Tactical Turn-Based Rogue-lite. Play as Captain Cutter, commanding your ship and crew through procedurally generated encounters to seek revenge. Recruit, train, and upgrade crew, use powerful sea creatures, and engage in dynamic naval and melee combat to gain the upper hand.

    2024ActionStrategyAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Wasteland 2: Director's Cut

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Overland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Overland.

    From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.

    2014StrategyIndieAdventure29.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Pathway

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Overland.

    Ranked #8 for Overland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Overland.

    Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!

    2019StrategyIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Overland

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. Rebel Cops

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Overland cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Overland.

    Lead a ragtag squad of cops in rebellion against their town's new criminal power and see how long you can hold out in this unforgiving turn-based spin-off game from This Is the Police. You'll be desperately short on supplies, and a single shot can cost a cop their life.

    2019Strategy9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. X-COM: UFO Defense

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Overland.

    Reviewers of Overland cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Overland.

    You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace.

    2008Strategy4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. On The Road - The Truck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Overland.

    Reviewers of Overland cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Overland.

    From 18 tonners to the Gigaliner, ON THE ROAD – The Truck Simulator offers everything a trucker’s heart desires.

    2019StrategySimulationCasual11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Oregon Trail

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Overland cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Overland.

    The Oregon Trail is back in a beautiful blend of charming pixel art characters, 3D environments, and cutting-edge lighting and visual effects!

    2022StrategyAdventureSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Keep Driving

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Overland.

    Reviewers of Overland cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    An atmospheric management RPG about life on the open road. Pick up hitchhikers, work odd jobs, customize and repair your car, and map your route across the country. Use upgrades, skills and items to overcome challenges. And remember to take it easy. You’re young. You have time.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Overland on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Overland.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Overland on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Overland.

    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 ↗
  3. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Overland on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Overland.

    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 ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Overland on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Overland.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. FTL: Faster Than Light

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Overland on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Overland.

    This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.

    2012StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Overland on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Overland.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Overland on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Overland.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Overland on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Overland.

    Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?

    2010Strategy4.99 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.

    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. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

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

    Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    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. SCP – Containment Breach

    WHY THIS

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

    A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?

    2026ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Unturned

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. SCP: Secret Laboratory

    WHY THIS

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

    Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.

    2017ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Splitgate

    WHY THIS

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

    Splitgate is a free-to-play, fast-paced multiplayer shooter that features player-controlled portals. This sci-fi shooter takes the FPS genre to a new dimension with its portal mechanics, delivering high-flying, multi-dimensional combat.

    2019ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Overland

Is Overland verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Overland is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Overland cost?
Overland is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Overland?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Overland are Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden, Into the Breach, Wanna Survive.
Who developed Overland?
Overland was developed by Finji.

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 Overland.

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