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Games like CITADEL

If CITADEL is your kind of game, the closest matches are A Summer with the Shiba Inu, Insomnia Club and Roadwarden — 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 CITADEL: Awake from your slumber and venture out to the mighty CITADEL.

2026IndieAdventureWindows · macOS · Linuxby Liam Atkinson
CITADEL — Steam game cover

Players who liked CITADEL also play

Steam players who put hours into CITADEL 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. A Summer with the Shiba Inu

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for CITADEL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with CITADEL.

    Syd the Shiba Inu quits her job in Canine-da, and goes to fight other dogs on an Island. What could go wrong? Your choices matter - there are multiple drastic ways to change the fate of Shiba Island, with 10+ variants depending on how you treat the dogs you meet along the way.

    2019IndieAdventureCasual8.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Insomnia Club

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for CITADEL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with CITADEL.

    Insomnia Club is a dark, grounded emotional visual novel about early-adult confusion, social issues, intimacy, and self-identity. You play as a long-term insomniac employee whose life gradually slips out of control as reality tightens around you.

    2027IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  3. Roadwarden

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for CITADEL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with CITADEL.

    Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.

    2022IndieAdventureRPG10.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery

    WHY THIS

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

    A visual novel paying satirical homage to the world’s greatest TTRPG. Make important choices, roll countless dice, build lasting relationships, explore magical lands and experience all the rest of the crap you expect from a fantasy game without the hassle of finding actual friends to play with!

    2023AdventureSimulationRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Decade

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for CITADEL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with CITADEL.

    Control history in Decade - a groundbreaking indie adventure. Explore an alternate past. Discover how its ideas develop, distort, and disappear. Seed new movements, destroy others. Subvert the rise and fall of empires, art, ideologies, and individuals in this experimental narrative game.

    2025IndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. This Is Not Your House

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for CITADEL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with CITADEL.

    Crush someone's skull, Suffer from Hypothermia, Transcend your Mortal Frame, Find all 10 Endings. GET YOUR HOUSE BACK.

    2024IndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Vessels

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for CITADEL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with CITADEL.

    Quarantined inside an airlock. No memories. No way out. The remaining crew thinks there’s something wrong with you, but the Voice says it’ll help you escape. Navigate volatile conversations & unravel mysteries in this narrative adventure about trust, self-destruction, & shifting identities.

    2020IndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Stiff Neck

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for CITADEL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with CITADEL.

    A story about the self—and about others. A toy factory, several cursed dolls, and a horror novel… This quiet seaside town throws Noele's love life into chaos and dredges up the old wounds she has tried for years to forget.

    2026IndieAdventureRPG6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with CITADEL.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with CITADEL.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with CITADEL.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with CITADEL.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about CITADEL

What games are most similar to CITADEL?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside CITADEL are A Summer with the Shiba Inu, Insomnia Club, Roadwarden.
Who developed CITADEL?
CITADEL was developed by Liam Atkinson.

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 CITADEL.

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