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Games like Northgard Battlegrounds

If Northgard Battlegrounds is your kind of game, the closest matches are Legion Draft, Gridlords and SkyShard: City Battler — 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 Northgard Battlegrounds: A city-building auto-battler set in the Viking world of Northgard, where every building you place shapes your clan’s fate. Develop your village, claim the Gods’ blessings, and send your warband to battle against rival players! Every move counts, only one clan will stand.

2026StrategyIndieSimulationCasualEarly AccessWindowsby Funday Games
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Steam players who put hours into Northgard Battlegrounds 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. Legion Draft

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Northgard Battlegrounds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Northgard Battlegrounds.

    This is an async PvP card autobattler where each card represents a troop group that keeps growing. Draft cards, recruit soldiers, and build a legion that surpasses every opponent. Explore fantasy races with different synergies, and become a master strategist!

    StrategyCasualSteam ↗
  2. Gridlords

    WHY THIS

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

    Gridlords is a strategic async-PvP autobattler set in a fantasy pixel-art world. Build your ultimate castle, command legendary heroes, and outsmart rivals to prove your strategy reigns supreme.

    2026StrategyIndieEarly AccessSteam ↗
  3. SkyShard: City Battler

    WHY THIS

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

    City Building Auto Battler! Build your kingdom with powerful weapons, walls, houses, and endless synergies, then battle other players in asynchronous multiplayer, or overcome various solo challenges.

    2026StrategyIndieEarly Access11.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. For The Forge

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Northgard Battlegrounds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Northgard Battlegrounds.

    Build the ultimate PvP slot machine and battle rival dwarves for control of the last great dwarven forge!

    StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  5. Survivor of Egypt: The Ancient Curse

    WHY THIS

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

    Fight your way through endless hordes of monsters in this survival roguelite. Craft and optimize your gear, manage your inventory, and use merchant abilities to face increasingly challenging enemies. How long can you survive?

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  6. Wizard Tournament

    WHY THIS

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

    Wizard Tournament is a tower-building autobattler where every run is a puzzle of placement, economy, and magical item synergies.

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  7. Claw and Conjure

    WHY THIS

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

    Claw and Conjure is an async PvP auto-battler with a fantasy RPG soul. Upgrade your town to alter your shop each round, then battle other players on a 3D map. Hire assassins, deploy traps, and resurrect exploding minions as you climb the global leaderboards.

    2026StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  8. Turnbound

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

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  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

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

    The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...

    2017IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

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

    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!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  8. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

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

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Northgard Battlegrounds

Does Northgard Battlegrounds have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Northgard Battlegrounds supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
What games are most similar to Northgard Battlegrounds?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Northgard Battlegrounds are Legion Draft, Gridlords, SkyShard: City Battler.
Who developed Northgard Battlegrounds?
Northgard Battlegrounds was developed by Funday Games and published by Shiro Unlimited.

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 Northgard Battlegrounds.

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