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Games like Highlands

Below are 3 hand-picked alternatives to Highlands for fans of strategy, indie, rpg, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Highlands also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

About Highlands: Highlands is a hand-drawn turn-based strategy game with unique characters, resource management and RPG elements where the focus is directed toward decision-making.

2015StrategyIndieRPG4.99 USDWindowsby Burrito Studio
Highlands — Steam game cover
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.

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    Ironcast — Steam game cover

    Ironcast

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

    Puzzlequest meets FTL in this Steampunk Victorian era roguelite.

    2015StrategyIndieRPG14.99 USDSteam ↗
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    SteamWorld Heist — Steam game cover

    SteamWorld Heist

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

    Command a steam-driven pirate crew in a series of epic tactical shootouts in SteamWorld Heist. This is turn-based strategy with a twist: You manually aim the guns of your robots, allowing for insane skill shots and bullet-bouncing action!

    2016StrategyRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Skyborn — Steam game cover

    Skyborn

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

    Life under the iron rule of the winged Skyborn race isn’t so bad for Claret Spencer, the star mechanic of a successful airship repair shop, present her with broken machinery and she’s sure to fix it. She’s one of the fortunate ones, not all who live under the watchful eye of the Skyborn are so lucky…Little does she know that her stable,...

    2014RPGCasual14.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Highlands

How much does Highlands cost?
Highlands is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Highlands?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Highlands are Ironcast, SteamWorld Heist, Skyborn.
Who developed Highlands?
Highlands was developed by Burrito Studio.

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 Highlands.

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