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Games like Timber Wars

If Timber Wars is your kind of game, the closest matches are Crystania Wars 2, Seekers of Darkness and Ancient Wars: Medieval Crusades — 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 Timber Wars: In Timber Wars, protect sacred trees from relentless lumberjacks and machines. Summon and upgrade guardian trees with points earned over time or by defeating enemies. Strategically place and strengthen your guardians to defend the forest for as long as you can in this intense top-down strategy game.

2025ActionStrategyRPGCasual12.99 USDWindows · macOSby Priyam Jain
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Steam players who put hours into Timber Wars 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. Crystania Wars 2

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Timber Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Timber Wars.

    A brand new tactical tower defense game series! Unique roguelike and Unique survival gameplay !

    2023ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Seekers of Darkness

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Timber Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Timber Wars.

    Dive into "Seekers of Darkness," a thrilling deck-building roguelike RPG with intense card battles and tower defense RTS elements. Unlock powerful characters, build unique strategies with over 70 cards, and compete in offline rankings. Burn enemies, freeze them, or overpower with weapons. Enjoy!!

    2024StrategyIndieRPG12.82 USDSteam ↗
  3. Ancient Wars: Medieval Crusades

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Timber Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Timber Wars.

    New Real Time Strategy Game based on medieval times, where you will control powerful factions and empires, with large-scale epic battles, asymmetric civilizations, unit customization system with RPG elements, dynamic AI, 8K support and much more.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Templar Castle Builder

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Timber Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Timber Wars.

    Besiege and conquer the castles and towns of your enemies. Build siege machines and train your army to assault the fortified cities but do not neglect your defence system. Change the course of history, and do not let the Templar Order fall.

    ActionStrategyAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Defenders Guild

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Timber Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Timber Wars.

    Defenders Guild is a classic tower defense game. Create different strategies for each map, choose a team of adventurers that best fit your playstyle. Leave them free or assign each one priority enemies.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Grow Empire: Rome

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Timber Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Timber Wars.

    Hey Caesar! Defend your fortress and build your roman empire

    2024ActionStrategySimulation3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Touhou Monster TD ~ 幻想乡妖怪塔防

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Timber Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Timber Wars.

    Easy to learn but hard to master, Touhou Monster TD is a unique Tower defense Game. Control your character, level up and unlock tower skills and character talents, use your wisdom to defeat incoming enemies. Travel the Gensokyo, find out why the “Incident” happened this time.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie18.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Legacy of Sin: Ill-Boding

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Timber Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Timber Wars.

    The world as we knew it no longer exists. Join the few remaining survivors, lead them, and build your city, feed your people and organize your defenses to survive the hordes of enemies attacking your kingdom, mankind's last kingdom, our hope. Can you turn a small village into a great realm?

    2025StrategyRPGCasual12.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Timber Wars on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Timber Wars.

    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 ~62% under Timber Wars on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Timber Wars.

    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 ~46% under Timber Wars on Steam right now. Shares Action with Timber Wars.

    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. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~65% under Timber Wars on Steam right now. Shares Action with Timber Wars.

    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 ↗
  5. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~42% under Timber Wars on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Timber Wars.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Timber Wars on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Timber Wars.

    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 ↗
  7. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Timber Wars on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Casual with Timber Wars.

    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. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Timber Wars on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Timber Wars.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Timber Wars.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Timber Wars.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Timber Wars.

    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 ↗
  4. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and RPG with Timber Wars.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 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 ↗
  6. An Arcade Full of Cats

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Timber Wars.

    Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Casual with Timber Wars.

    『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 Action and Strategy with Timber Wars.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Timber Wars

How much does Timber Wars cost?
Timber Wars is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Timber Wars?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Timber Wars are Crystania Wars 2, Seekers of Darkness, Ancient Wars: Medieval Crusades.
Who developed Timber Wars?
Timber Wars was developed by Priyam Jain and published by Dualbooted.

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 Timber Wars.

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