Games like XO
If XO is your kind of game, the closest matches are Electoral Empire: Vote to Rule, Lie to Shine, Planet Colonization and Rebel Inc: Escalation — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, intense and stressful. 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.
Get personalized picks →About XO: Build a fleet and lead humanity to safety. Grow your fleet using force, diplomacy or guile... and try to stay ahead of the relentless Harvesters. Each ship you add to your fleet gives you powers but also reduces your limited resources in this challenging RTS-with-pause game.
Players who liked XO also play
Steam players who put hours into XO 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.
Electoral Empire: Vote to Rule, Lie to Shine
WHY THIS
Top pick for XO fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with XO.
President or Patriarch? In this deep simulation, national survival and family interests clash. Twist laws and deploy kin to seize control. Will you sacrifice the republic for your dynasty, or betray your blood for the state? Power isn't about saving the world; it's about deciding who owns it.
Planet Colonization
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for XO fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Early Access with XO.
Real time strategy and society management game. Explore the planet, build and defend your colony. Trade products and armaments and take advantage of price changes. Let your colonists establish their own businesses or build the buildings yourself. Fight against the enemy colonies and alien lifeforms.
Rebel Inc: Escalation
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with XO.
Third-strongest match for XO fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with XO.
A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.
Divinity: Dragon Commander
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with XO.
Ranked #4 for XO fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with XO.
You are the Dragon Commander. Your mission it is to reunite a broken empire and become the new emperor. Success depends entirely on your ability to efficiently rule your empire, build invincible armies and lead them to victory.
Europa Universalis IV
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with XO.
Ranked #5 for XO fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with XO.
Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.
World Warfare & Economics
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with XO.
Ranked #6 for XO fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with XO.
Take control of any nation and shape its future. Manage resources, trade, and taxes, engage in real-time warfare, navigate global diplomacy, and react to dynamic world events. Build a thriving economy, forge alliances, and command armies in a constantly evolving world!
Hearts of Iron IV
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with XO.
Ranked #7 for XO fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with XO.
Victory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging conflict in world history.
4th Generation Warfare
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for XO fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with XO.
As the leader of a nation, dispatch and control your team of characters all around the world to destabilize your enemies and establish your supremacy. All methods are fair game: hacking, sabotage, political interference, military strikes, corruption, treachery, assassinations, data theft…
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below XO at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under XO on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with XO.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under XO on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with XO.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under XO on Steam right now. Shares Action with XO.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under XO on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with XO.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under XO on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with XO.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with XO.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
of the Devil
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with XO.
Immerse yourself in neon, smoke, and high-stakes legal gambles as a Defense Attorney with uniquely Killer insights in this episodic, diabolically stylish visual novel adventure game.
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with XO.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
SCP – Containment Breach
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with XO.
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?
Crusader Kings II
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with XO.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with XO.
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition offers players a trial of this historical single & multiplayer RTS experience. *Note: To unlock all features of the game please see the “Base Game” product.
Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with XO.
Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.
Dark Deception
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with XO.
Death awaits you in Dark Deception, a story-driven first-person horror maze game. There's nowhere to hide & nowhere to catch your breath. Run or die - it's your choice. Trapped in a realm of nightmarish mazes with a mysterious woman, your only hope of survival is to find a way to escape.
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Frequently asked about XO
- How much does XO cost?
- XO is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to XO?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside XO are Electoral Empire: Vote to Rule, Lie to Shine, Planet Colonization, Rebel Inc: Escalation.
- Who developed XO?
- XO was developed by Jumpdrive Studios.
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 XO.
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