Games like Lia Fail
If Lia Fail is your kind of game, the closest matches are KingFish, Towns and Machine Mind — 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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Steam players who put hours into Lia Fail 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.
KingFish
WHY THIS
Top pick for Lia Fail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lia Fail.
A 2-player asymmetric co-op game where a King and a giant Fish, a living island, build a city, travel between islands, and defend their kingdom together. One plans from above. The other fights on the ground. Together they stand.
Towns
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Lia Fail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lia Fail.
The game brings a fresh new take on the city building/management genre by introducing many RPG features. In Towns you manage a settlement on top of an active dungeon. Instead of playing the hero who delves deep into the dungeon, how about playing the town that houses and caters to the hero's needs?
Machine Mind
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Lia Fail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lia Fail.
Machine Mind is an action game in a post-apocalyptic setting with elements of survival and RTS. You will fight, craft modules, build your transport, develop and protect your base. You can control other vehicles to automate operations. Discover all the secrets of the destroyed world!
Gnomoria
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Ranked #4 for Lia Fail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lia Fail.
Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom! Anything you see can be broken down and rebuilt elsewhere.
時巡る宝石精霊
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Lia Fail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lia Fail.
"Jewel Spirits" is a new type of game that combines turn-based strategy (strategic simulation RPG) with party-building roguelite elements. Build a party of jewel spirits with unique abilities and kick demons to the curb with your own unique composition!
Rise to Ruins
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Lia Fail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lia Fail.
A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.
Pathless Woods
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Lia Fail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lia Fail.
Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.
Crown of Greed
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Lia Fail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lia Fail.
Master the art of indirect rule in this fantasy RTS inspired by the classic Majesty. Forget direct orders, use gold to bribe subjects and set bounties for heroes. Build your kingdom in Rodovia and master a unique system where the coin is king. Can you lead those who won't obey?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lia Fail.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Lia Fail.
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?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Lia Fail.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Lia Fail.
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.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lia Fail.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lia Fail.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lia Fail.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Lia Fail.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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Frequently asked about Lia Fail
- What games are most similar to Lia Fail?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lia Fail are KingFish, Towns, Machine Mind.
- Who developed Lia Fail?
- Lia Fail was developed by GAME EMERALDS.
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 Lia Fail.
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