Games like Rank & Ruin
If Rank & Ruin is your kind of game, the closest matches are Veterans: Napoleonic Wars, SandTable War: Three Kingdoms and Radio Commander: Vietnam '64 — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Rank & Ruin: A 2D War game inspired by Total War. Lead pixel armies, use formations and strategy to outmaneuver enemies, and grow your warband through a roguelite campaign or custom battle simulator.
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Steam players who put hours into Rank & Ruin 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.
Veterans: Napoleonic Wars
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Top pick for Rank & Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rank & Ruin.
Experience the ultimate Napoleonic Wars Wargame where every volley matters. Command history and turn the tides of war in this immersive Real-Time Strategy experience. Quick decisions and keen tactical formations are the only things that stand between your troops and victory.
SandTable War: Three Kingdoms
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Second-strongest match for Rank & Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rank & Ruin.
"SandTable War: Three Kingdoms" is a strategic simulation game set during the Three Kingdoms period. Here you can play as various factions from Three Kingdoms history to conquer cities and lands, unify the realm. With abundant historical officers and scenarios, come restore the Han Dynasty!
Radio Commander: Vietnam '64
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Third-strongest match for Rank & Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rank & Ruin.
Use the radio to give commands to the soldiers on the battlefield. Keep track of the situation based on their voice reports only. Lead US platoons to clash with Vietcong in a realistic, innovative approach to the RTS genre. Make hard choices in a narrative driven experience, and face the outcome.
Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition
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Ranked #4 for Rank & Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Rank & Ruin.
Complete your Total War collection with this Definitive Edition of Total War: NAPOLEON, which includes all DLC and feature updates since the game’s release
AI War 2
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Ranked #5 for Rank & Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rank & Ruin.
The most devious and acclaimed artificial intelligence in strategy gaming is better than ever. A grand strategy/RTS hybrid that reverses many conventions of both genres. Take territory without attracting attention, build your empire with care, and adapt to an ever-evolving galactic battleground.
Terra Invicta
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Ranked #6 for Rank & Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rank & Ruin.
An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.
Crusader Kings III
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Ranked #7 for Rank & Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rank & Ruin.
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.
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
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Ranked #8 for Rank & Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rank & Ruin.
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!
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Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rank & Ruin.
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Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Rank & Ruin.
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Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rank & Ruin.
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.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rank & Ruin.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Steam Engine Simulator
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Rank & Ruin.
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Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rank & Ruin.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Rank & Ruin.
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.
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Frequently asked about Rank & Ruin
- What games are most similar to Rank & Ruin?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Rank & Ruin are Veterans: Napoleonic Wars, SandTable War: Three Kingdoms, Radio Commander: Vietnam '64.
- Who developed Rank & Ruin?
- Rank & Ruin was developed by Summit 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 Rank & Ruin.
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