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Games like DSS 2: War Industry

If DSS 2: War Industry is your kind of game, the closest matches are The King's Campaign, Corsair Cove and Pioneers of Pagonia — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and cozy. 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 DSS 2: War Industry: In this real-time grand strategy game, command armies, build cities, and manage a dynamic economy. Establish automated supply routes within your territory to streamline production. Fortify your defenses and brace for intense battles. Can you lead your empire to dominance?

2025StrategySimulation17.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · Linuxby vikingfabian
DSS 2: War Industry — Steam game cover
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Active solo developer who listens to community feedbackCombines total war style campaign with rts battle mechanicsDeep logistics systems allowing precise control over who gets what resourcesChallengingContemplativeCozy

Players who liked DSS 2: War Industry also play

Steam players who put hours into DSS 2: War Industry 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. The King's Campaign

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for DSS 2: War Industry fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with DSS 2: War Industry.

    Conquer Medieval Europe and North Africa in a combination of Grand Strategy and Real-Time Strategy gameplay where you rule one of 28 kingdoms as you build and manage your cities, engage in diplomacy and command massive armies on the world map and on the battlefield

    2023StrategySimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Corsair Cove

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for DSS 2: War Industry fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with DSS 2: War Industry.

    Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!

    2026StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  3. Pioneers of Pagonia

    WHY THIS

    Shares production chains and city building with DSS 2: War Industry.

    Third-strongest match for DSS 2: War Industry fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with DSS 2: War Industry.

    Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.

    2025StrategySimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Kingdom Wars 4

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with DSS 2: War Industry.

    Ranked #4 for DSS 2: War Industry fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with DSS 2: War Industry.

    It's 1347, the time of the Hundred Years' War. In this historical grand strategy and RTS hybrid you play as one of 200 minor lords across medieval Europe, Africa or Middle East. Rise up to take over your Kingdom and be crowned, then fight to preserve your empire as Black Death descends on Europe.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Sid Meier's Civilization VII

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with DSS 2: War Industry.

    Ranked #5 for DSS 2: War Industry fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with DSS 2: War Industry.

    The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!

    2025StrategySimulation69.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Cataclismo

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an immersive mood with DSS 2: War Industry.

    Ranked #6 for DSS 2: War Industry fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with DSS 2: War Industry.

    Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.

    2025StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Driftland: The Magic Revival

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with DSS 2: War Industry.

    Ranked #7 for DSS 2: War Industry fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with DSS 2: War Industry.

    After a devastating war between ancient mages, a powerful spell is all that holds together the shattered planet of Driftland. Take on the role of a powerful mage capable of moving and connecting floating lands, develop a mighty empire, and restore Driftland to its former glory!

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Crusader Kings III

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with DSS 2: War Industry.

    Ranked #8 for DSS 2: War Industry fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with DSS 2: War Industry.

    Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.

    2020StrategySimulationRPG49.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to DSS 2: War Industry

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. Total War: WARHAMMER II

    WHY THIS

    Shares faction politics and an immersive mood with DSS 2: War Industry.

    Reviewers of DSS 2: War Industry cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with DSS 2: War Industry.

    Strategy gaming perfected. A breath-taking campaign of exploration, expansion and conquest across a fantasy world. Turn-based civilisation management and real-time epic strategy battles with thousands of troops and monsters at your command.

    2017ActionStrategy59.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. WorldBox - God Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with DSS 2: War Industry.

    Reviewers of DSS 2: War Industry cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with DSS 2: War Industry.

    WorldBox is the ULTIMATE god simulator and sandbox game. A petri dish for your fantasy civilizations. Create your own world or destroy it using many powers. Watch civilizations grow, form kingdoms, colonize new lands, sail to far continents, wars to ignite, empires to fall and towns to burn!

    2021IndieSimulationEarly Access19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Toe-tal War

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of DSS 2: War Industry cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Toe-tal War is a platformer where you kill people with your foot smell. Run and jump to make your feet smelly, change your shoes and socks to control the smell — then get close to enemies and stink them to death.

    IndieAdventureRPGSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below DSS 2: War Industry at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under DSS 2: War Industry on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with DSS 2: War Industry.

    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. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under DSS 2: War Industry on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with DSS 2: War Industry.

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

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under DSS 2: War Industry on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with DSS 2: War Industry.

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

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Kerbal Space Program

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under DSS 2: War Industry on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with DSS 2: War Industry.

    In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.

    2015IndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~65% under DSS 2: War Industry on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with DSS 2: War Industry.

    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 ↗
  6. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under DSS 2: War Industry on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with DSS 2: War Industry.

    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 ↗
  7. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under DSS 2: War Industry on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with DSS 2: War Industry.

    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 ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under DSS 2: War Industry on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with DSS 2: War Industry.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with DSS 2: War Industry.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with DSS 2: War Industry.

    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 ↗
  6. 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 ↗
  7. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with DSS 2: War Industry.

    『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 ↗
  8. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with DSS 2: War Industry.

    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 ↗

More from vikingfabian

Other recommendable Steam games by vikingfabian, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Party Jousting

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with DSS 2: War Industry.

    Another title from vikingfabian, the studio behind DSS 2: War Industry.

    A one-button party game for 2-16 players, sharing a keyboard or controller.

    2016SportsIndieCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Pick a Hero

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with DSS 2: War Industry.

    Another title from vikingfabian, the studio behind DSS 2: War Industry. Shares Strategy with DSS 2: War Industry.

    Card drafting strategy

    2016StrategyIndieCasualFreeSteam ↗
  3. Lootfest Wars

    WHY THIS

    Another title from vikingfabian, the studio behind DSS 2: War Industry. Shares Strategy with DSS 2: War Industry.

    A relaxing RTS

    2018StrategyIndieCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about DSS 2: War Industry

Does DSS 2: War Industry run on Steam Deck?
DSS 2: War Industry 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 DSS 2: War Industry cost?
DSS 2: War Industry is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does DSS 2: War Industry have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — DSS 2: War Industry supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to DSS 2: War Industry?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside DSS 2: War Industry are The King's Campaign, Corsair Cove, Pioneers of Pagonia.
Who developed DSS 2: War Industry?
DSS 2: War Industry was developed by vikingfabian.

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 DSS 2: War Industry.

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