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Games like Lichworks

If Lichworks is your kind of game, the closest matches are Age of Bricks, Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition and Door Kickers 2: Task Force North — 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 Lichworks: You are a necromancer, build your undead empire. A necromancer automation game where your army is your logistics network. Route mindless minions via signposts, automate production chains, equip your soldiers and conquer the Human Empire.

StrategySimulationWindows · macOS · Linuxby Rune Logic
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Steam players who put hours into Lichworks 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. Age of Bricks

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Lichworks fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Lichworks.

    A real-time strategy multiplayer classic. Build your base brick by brick, then raise an army against your friends online. Or save your friendship and team up together to defeat a hard army.

    StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  2. Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Lichworks fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Lichworks.

    Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.

    2021Strategy39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Door Kickers 2: Task Force North

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Lichworks fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Lichworks.

    Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".

    2025ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Broken Arrow

    WHY THIS

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

    Broken Arrow is a large-scale real-time modern warfare tactics game that combines the complexity of joint-forces wargaming with action-packed real-time tactics gameplay.

    2025Strategy49.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. AI War 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Lichworks fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Lichworks.

    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.

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Lichworks fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Lichworks.

    42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.

    2019Strategy34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Stronghold: Warlords

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Lichworks fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Lichworks.

    Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!

    2021StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Diplomacy is Not an Option

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Lichworks fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Lichworks.

    Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?

    2024ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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  1. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

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

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

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  2. Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue

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

    Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.

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  3. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

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

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

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  4. Outpath: First Journey

    WHY THIS

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

    Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    2022IndieAdventureCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. A Space For The Unbound - Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    Prologue chapter of A Space For The Unbound, an upcoming slice-of-life adventure game with beautiful pixelart set in the late 90s rural Indonesia that tells a story about overcoming anxiety, depression, and the relationship between a boy and a girl with supernatural powers

    2020IndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  8. Shape of Dreams: Prologue

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

    《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.

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Frequently asked about Lichworks

Does Lichworks have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Lichworks supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to Lichworks?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lichworks are Age of Bricks, Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, Door Kickers 2: Task Force North.
Who developed Lichworks?
Lichworks was developed by Rune Logic.

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