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Games like Castles Of War

If Castles Of War is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hermertia Wars, Egg of Empire and Bannerfall — 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 Castles Of War: A side-scrolling real-time strategy game of conquest, courage, and creation. Raise armies, command formations, and fight across hand-crafted pixel battlefields in a war-torn fantasy world.

StrategyIndieCasualWindowsby Vashta Entertainment
Castles Of War — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Castles Of War 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. Hermertia Wars

    WHY THIS

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

    Heroes from Hermertia’s 1000‑year history clash on floating islands where resources fade fast. Command a hero in action‑driven combat while building settlements, managing economies, and leading armies in a fast, hybrid Action‑RTS fight for survival.

    ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  2. Egg of Empire

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Castles Of War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Castles Of War.

    A real-time strategy game with campaigns of exploration, expansion and conquest cross different maps. Collect resource to prepare for wars and build archer towers to defend against Kiwi army. Train your egg troops and order them to attack kiwi.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure10.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Bannerfall

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Castles Of War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Castles Of War.

    Bannerfall is a cute-looking but deeply tactical single-player roguelike RTS. Build custom squads of units, equip them with empowering banners and face sieges, skirmishes and story events as you journey through a randomly generated world each run.

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  4. Barracks Brawl

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Castles Of War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Castles Of War.

    Command an ever-growing army as Humans, Orcs, Undead, Elves, or Dwarves in a fast-paced four-way RTS. Unlock unique units, upgrade your forces, seize valuable territory, and destroy every rival Keep.

    ActionStrategySteam ↗
  5. Rank & Ruin

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Castles Of War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Castles Of War.

    Real-time squad combat meets roguelite progression. Pick your faction, earn legendary heroes on the battlefield, and grow stronger with every run in Rank & Ruin

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  6. Balloon Azuna

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Castles Of War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Castles Of War.

    Balloon Azuna is a 2D Platform game based on the story of Azuna, a Balloon Girl, whose mission is to rescue her brother using her special ability of changing minds of the enemies.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. MINI EXPEDITION

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Castles Of War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Castles Of War.

    "MINI EXPEDITION" is a light real-time strategy game. Command your troops and heroes to defend against relentless enemies while expanding your territory and strengthening your base to achieve ultimate victory!

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  8. 三国志-群雄涿鹿

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Castles Of War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Castles Of War.

    本游戏主打休闲娱乐,抛开了传统的内政军事亲历亲为的操作方式,除了君主所在的城池需要玩家自己操作发展,其他城池的内政军事发展该城池的太守会自动模拟发展,战斗也不需要玩家亲自指挥,只需要坐着享受双方战斗带来的沉浸感,完全实现了三国模拟器的开发初衷,一切以模拟为主。

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Castles Of War.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Castles Of War.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Castles Of War.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Castles Of War.

    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 ↗
  5. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Castles Of War.

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Castles Of War.

    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. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Castles Of War.

    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 ↗
  8. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Castles Of War.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Castles Of War

What games are most similar to Castles Of War?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Castles Of War are Hermertia Wars, Egg of Empire, Bannerfall.
Who developed Castles Of War?
Castles Of War was developed by Vashta Entertainment.

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 Castles Of War.

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