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Games like Elevator Wars

If Elevator Wars is your kind of game, the closest matches are Diabolus, Seferia Matrix and MODice — 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 Elevator Wars: Elevator Wars is a steampunk strategy roguelike that takes place from the comfort of your very own elevator. Fight, loot, and trade your way to the top - or die trying.

StrategyIndieWindows · Linuxby Raimo
Elevator Wars — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Elevator Wars 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. Diabolus

    WHY THIS

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

    Diabolus is a dieselpunk roguelike turn-based card battler. Play as a prisoner with demonic powers in Supremacy's dark utopia. Play stylish cards at a bloody cost. Manage energy and sanity. Choose your path on an irreversible revenge road.

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. Seferia Matrix

    WHY THIS

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

    Roll dice, match combos, cast devastating spells. A roguelite deckbuilder where Yahtzee meets arcane magic — collect 200+ relics, engrave powerful sigils, and master three schools of sorcery.

    2026StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. MODice

    WHY THIS

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

    Turn luck into inevitability. Modice: roll dice, race a looping board, then shop between stages to socket gems and traits—rebuild dice with colors, skins, and materials. Stack hands and sets into cascading score storms. Limited throws, clear stage goals; deeper builds mean bigger detonations.

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  4. Gridbound Tactics

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Elevator Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Elevator Wars.

    Gridbound Tactics is an async PvP auto-battler where positioning decides who becomes your carry, tank, or support. Draft units, match adjacent traits, and test your board against rival player-built armies.

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  5. Rookspell

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Elevator Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Elevator Wars.

    Rookspell is a roguelike chess deckbuilder where tactical positioning meets chaotic card play. Outmaneuver your opponents with grandmaster strategy or break the board entirely with powerful card combos. Win through pure skill or draft an unstoppable play. The choice is yours!

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  6. Turnbound

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Elevator Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Elevator Wars.

    Turnbound is an auto battler, where you manage a hero's inventory to escape a haunted boardgame. Each run is different from the last, with unique upgrades, combos and synergies. Async PvP lets you battle the ghosts of other players at your own pace in this unique new inventory battler.

    2026StrategyIndieEarly Access14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Board Poker

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Elevator Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Elevator Wars.

    A roguelike deckbuilder where you build a board, not just a hand. Drop cards onto the grid and score poker hands across every row, column, and diagonal at once. Stack rule-breaking augments, chain explosive combos, and rake in the gold.

    StrategyIndieSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  8. Pirates Outlaws 2: Heritage

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Elevator Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Elevator Wars.

    Pirates Outlaws 2 is a swashbuckling roguelike deckbuilder. Collect & fuse cards, gather powerful relics and adapt your strategy during each run. Become a reputed pirate, loot the Sea Masters, challenge giant creatures and triumph in the great Arena!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Elevator Wars.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Elevator Wars.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Elevator Wars.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Elevator Wars.

    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 ↗
  5. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Elevator Wars.

    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 ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Elevator Wars.

    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 ↗
  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 Elevator Wars.

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

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Elevator Wars

What games are most similar to Elevator Wars?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Elevator Wars are Diabolus, Seferia Matrix, MODice.
Who developed Elevator Wars?
Elevator Wars was developed by Raimo.

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 Elevator Wars.

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