Games like Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic)
If Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic) is your kind of game, the closest matches are Warhammer: Dark Omen (Classic), Warhammer: Mark of Chaos - Gold Edition (Classic) and Total War: WARHAMMER II — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, brutal and challenging. 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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Warhammer: Dark Omen (Classic)
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Shares campaign progression, crew management, military and an atmospheric mood with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
Top pick for Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
Enter the Warhammer Fantasy world in Warhammer: Dark Omen, a classic real-time strategy game known for its tactical battles, atmospheric campaign, and cult-classic status.
Warhammer: Mark of Chaos - Gold Edition (Classic)
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Shares tactical positioning, mission based progression, military and an atmospheric mood with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
Second-strongest match for Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
Command the armies of the Empire, the Hordes of Chaos, Orcs & Goblins, and other iconic Warhammer Fantasy factions in massive real-time battles. Warhammer: Mark of Chaos is a classic RTS celebrated for its unprecedented scale and detail for its time.
Total War: WARHAMMER II
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Shares an epic mood with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
Third-strongest match for Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
Strategy gaming perfected. A breath-taking campaign of exploration, expansion and conquest across a fantasy world. Turn-based civilisation management and real-time epic strategy battles with thousands of troops and monsters at your command.
Total War: WARHAMMER III
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Shares an epic mood with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
Ranked #4 for Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
The cataclysmic conclusion to the Total War: WARHAMMER trilogy is here. Rally your forces and step into the Realm of Chaos, a dimension of mind-bending horror where the very fate of the world will be decided. Will you conquer your Daemons… or command them?
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Classic)
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Shares a challenging mood with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
Ranked #5 for Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada is the RTS videogame adaptation of Games Workshop’s classic tabletop game, pitting the Chaos, Imperium, Eldar, and Orks against each other in visceral space-battles.
Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® - Dark Crusade
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Shares an epic mood with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
Ranked #6 for Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
Deep under the central desert of Kronus, a vast honeycomb of skull-lined tunnels and funeral chambers house the awakening Necron menace. Eons ago, these were the boulevards and squares of a great necropolis built to house the bones of the races who had fallen to the Necrons, and ultimately were where the Necrons themselves retire to...
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic)
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Shares an epic mood with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
Ranked #7 for Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
All of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War in one glorious package. Play the genre-defining classic real time strategy game in all its blood-soaked glory, including four complete campaigns and nine full-fledged factions.
Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach (Classic)
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Shares campaign progression and an atmospheric mood with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
Ranked #8 for Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach is a 3D turn-based strategy game like you’ve never seen before: fast, immediate, deep, impressive to look at and incredibly fun! Fight through a dark era of carnage and endless war and lead the Space Wolves in a struggle to defend the last bastion of mankind.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic) at current Steam store prices.
Nodebuster
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Priced ~50% under Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic) on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
shapez
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Priced ~83% under Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic) on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Tower Wizard
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Priced ~50% under Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic) on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.
Bejeweled® 3
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Priced ~83% under Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic) on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
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Priced ~83% under Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic) on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
Hexcells Plus
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Priced ~50% under Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic) on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
Hexcells Plus is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.
Lords of the Realm II
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Priced ~50% under Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic) on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
The great Lords of England have their eyes on the the English throne! Muster an army and overrun your enemies' castles in this classic, nail-biting strategy game that blends turn-based and real-time gameplay.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Tails Noir: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
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!
Lily's Well
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.
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.
Dota Underlords
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.
Minion Masters
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
An addictive fast-paced hybrid of Card games & Tower-Defense. Play 1v1 - or bring a friend for 2v2 - and engage in epic online multiplayer battles full of innovative strategy and awesome plays! Collect 200+ cards with unique mechanics, all free!
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
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.
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Life in Willowdale: Farm Adventures
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Another title from Mindscape, the studio behind Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
Welcome to Willowdale, your life of farming and adventure starts here! The once thriving town of Willowdale is in ruins! The mayor’s business minded daughter Penny has seized the opportunity to modernize the town. The animals felt abandoned and left. Is it too late to stop these changes?
Color Your World
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Another title from Mindscape, the studio behind Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic). Shares Strategy with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
Think fast to solve 100 colorful labyrinth puzzles and color your world! Color each maze, earn 3 stars and unlock new challenging levels. Play 100 levels and encounter obstacles such as moving walls, teleporters and treadmills!
Advent Calendar: Puzzle Edition
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Another title from Mindscape, the studio behind Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
25 Days, 25 surprises, 25 games! Count down to Christmas and enjoy a new present every day! ADVENT CALENDAR is the ultimate holiday season experience!
Games Advent Calendar - 25 Days - 25 Surprises
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Another title from Mindscape, the studio behind Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
In GAMES ADVENT CALENDAR, immerse yourself in that fantastic Christmas spirit, an exciting new game, every day for 25 days!
Jigsaw Advent Calendar
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Another title from Mindscape, the studio behind Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
Surprise yourself every day leading up to Christmas with new challenging jigsaw puzzles in Jigsaw Advent Calendar
Legions
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Another title from Mindscape, the studio behind Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic). Shares Strategy with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
In Legions, lead your empire to glory across 10 historical scenarios, from Caesar’s conquest of Gaul to the rise of Charlemagne. Master diplomacy, economy, and military strategy to dominate rivals in this immersive strategy game set in the ancient world.
Warhammer: Dark Omen (Classic)
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Shares campaign progression, crew management, military and an atmospheric mood with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
Another title from Mindscape, the studio behind Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic). Shares Strategy with Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic).
Enter the Warhammer Fantasy world in Warhammer: Dark Omen, a classic real-time strategy game known for its tactical battles, atmospheric campaign, and cult-classic status.
Frequently asked about Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic)
- Does Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic) work on Steam Deck?
- Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic) is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic) cost?
- Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic) is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic)?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic) are Warhammer: Dark Omen (Classic), Warhammer: Mark of Chaos - Gold Edition (Classic), Total War: WARHAMMER II.
- Who developed Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic)?
- Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic) was developed by Mindscape and published by SNEG.
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