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Games like Gremlins, Inc.

If Gremlins, Inc. is your kind of game, the closest matches are Through the Ages, Armello and Space Betrayers — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its competitive, dark and intense. 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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Gremlins, Inc., developed by Charlie Oscar Lima Tango Interactive Entertainment and published by Small Fish Big Dreams, is a competitive digital board game set in a steampunk world of corrupt capitalist gremlins competing for money, power, and prestige. Players move around a circular board using dual-purpose cards that serve as both movement and action, accumulating points through bribes, elections, gadgets, theft, and sending rivals to jail. The 2016 release holds a Metacritic of 75, costs $19.99, and is Steam Deck Verified. About 83% of its 1,224 Steam reviews are positive. Reviewers note that corruption is rewarded, every card is a double-edged sword, and the board itself is alive with traps. The mood reads as cutthroat and whimsical across this massive solo board game.

About Gremlins, Inc.: This is an intense strategy board game in a steampunk world of corrupt capitalist gremlins who compete for money, political power and prestige. Save and invest, steal and extort, arrest and get arrested – in single-player and multiplayer, with ranks and ladders, team mode and spectator mode.

2016StrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedMetacritic 75Windows · macOS · Linuxby Charlie Oscar Lima Tango Interactive Entertainment
Gremlins, Inc. — Steam game cover
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Corruption is rewarded not punishedEvery card is a double edged swordSteampunk aesthetics with cutthroat strategyCompetitiveDarkIntense

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Steam players who put hours into Gremlins, Inc. 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. Through the Ages

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Gremlins, Inc..

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

    Legendary board game classic from award winning designer Vlaada Chvátil

    2018StrategyIndie15.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Armello

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Gremlins, Inc..

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

    Armello is a grim fairy-tale board game come to life, with every match combining deep, tactical card play, rich tabletop strategy and RPG elements. Leverage subterfuge, spells and careful strategy to wrangle control of the game's chaotic odds as you quest for the throne.

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Space Betrayers

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Gremlins, Inc. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gremlins, Inc..

    A deduction game unlike any other. Experience a unique mix of card game, crisis management and backstabbing.

    2022StrategyIndieEarly Access24.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. For The King

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Gremlins, Inc. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gremlins, Inc..

    For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Rento Fortune: Online Dice Board Game (大富翁)

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Gremlins, Inc..

    Ranked #5 for Gremlins, Inc. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gremlins, Inc..

    Rento is multiplayer business dice game. It is board game for 2 to 8 players.Trade lands, build houses, win auctions, roll wheel of fortune, risk in Russian Roulette and have fun.Play with your friends and acquire a monopoly over the game board :)

    2017StrategyIndieMassively Multiplayer4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Hex of Steel

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Gremlins, Inc. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gremlins, Inc..

    Hex of Steel is a refreshing WWII wargame covering all fronts featuring a certain amount of original mechanics. Fight in solo against finally a decent AI throughout Europe, Africa or the Pacific, or against a friend in the cross-platform PBEM or real time multiplayer. Coop is also an option!

    2020StrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Talisman: Digital Classic Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Gremlins, Inc. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gremlins, Inc..

    The complete 4th Edition experience of the classic fantasy adventure board game, Talisman. On your travels, you will need strength, courage and some good dice rolls to survive the dangers you face and beat your opponents to the centre of the board!

    2014StrategyIndieRPG6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Age of Rivals

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Gremlins, Inc..

    Ranked #8 for Gremlins, Inc. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gremlins, Inc..

    Deep civilization-building strategy in a fast-paced card game! There are many paths to victory in this competitive card drafting game featuring 12 unique characters and hundreds of cards ranging from great pyramids and war elephants to sneaky spies and crafty merchants.

    2017StrategyIndie4.49 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Gremlins, Inc. on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gremlins, Inc..

    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 ~75% under Gremlins, Inc. on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gremlins, Inc..

    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 ~50% under Gremlins, Inc. on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gremlins, Inc..

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

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Gremlins, Inc. on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gremlins, Inc..

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

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Gremlins, Inc. on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gremlins, Inc..

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

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Gremlins, Inc. on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gremlins, Inc..

    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 ↗
  7. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Gremlins, Inc. on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gremlins, Inc..

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Gremlins, Inc. on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Gremlins, Inc..

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

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gremlins, Inc..

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gremlins, Inc..

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gremlins, Inc..

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gremlins, Inc..

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gremlins, Inc..

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gremlins, Inc..

    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 ↗
  7. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gremlins, Inc..

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Charlie Oscar Lima Tango Interactive Entertainment

Other recommendable Steam games by Charlie Oscar Lima Tango Interactive Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Spire of Sorcery – Character Generator

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Charlie Oscar Lima Tango Interactive Entertainment, the studio behind Gremlins, Inc.. Shares Indie with Gremlins, Inc..

    Spire of Sorcery is the upcoming open world survival RPG from Alexey Bokulev (creator of Eador. Genesis and Gremlins, Inc.). This free companion tool for the game allows you to generate and edit characters (biographies, portraits) from the world of Rund, and share them with the community.

    2018IndieRPGFreeSteam ↗
  2. Spire of Sorcery: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Charlie Oscar Lima Tango Interactive Entertainment, the studio behind Gremlins, Inc.. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gremlins, Inc..

    Lead a party of runaway mages through the dangerous lands of Rund! Combine spellcasting, alchemy and equipment to prevail over opponents. Unlock spells, discover recipes, explore the world. Spire of Sorcery: Prologue is a demo of the main game and contains its first chapter.

    2021StrategyIndieRPGFreeSteam ↗
  3. Spire of Sorcery (Limited Early Access)

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Gremlins, Inc..

    Another title from Charlie Oscar Lima Tango Interactive Entertainment, the studio behind Gremlins, Inc.. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gremlins, Inc..

    Spire of Sorcery entered Early Access on 21/10/21. Every owner of Spire of Sorcery – Limited Early Access automatically received the new app as well as the Supporter DLC.

    2019StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Gremlins, Inc.

Is Gremlins, Inc. verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Gremlins, Inc. 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 Gremlins, Inc. cost?
Gremlins, Inc. is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Gremlins, Inc. have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Gremlins, Inc. supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
What games are most similar to Gremlins, Inc.?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Gremlins, Inc. are Through the Ages, Armello, Space Betrayers.
Who developed Gremlins, Inc.?
Gremlins, Inc. was developed by Charlie Oscar Lima Tango Interactive Entertainment and published by Small Fish Big Dreams.

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