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Games like Northgard Battlegrounds

If Northgard Battlegrounds is your kind of game, the closest matches are Legion Draft, Idlemancer and Gridlords — 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. Idlemancer

    WHY THIS

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

    Grow your slime army to LEGEND rank using upgrades from idle gains! Win battles against other idlemancers, perfect your build by selecting unique traits each run, and reach the top of the leaderboard - but lose 3 times and the run is over!

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. Gridlords

    WHY THIS

    Third-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 ↗
  4. SkyShard: City Battler

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 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 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Starwood: Lantern

    WHY THIS

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

    Heavily inspired by Hearthstone Battlegrounds & The Bazaar. Build a seven-slot warband from 238 minions and spells, shape it with hero powers and run-altering Blessings, then face asynchronous rivals in a day-based fantasy autobattler where every recruit, formation, and upgrade matters.

    2026StrategyIndieEarly AccessSteam ↗
  6. Fool King

    WHY THIS

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

    Dethrone the Fool King in this tactical autobattler with asynchronous PvP! Amass your troops, apply powerful upgrades and set your battle formations. Watch your plans come together or fall apart in frantic simulated combat.

    2026StrategyEarly AccessSteam ↗
  7. For The Forge

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 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 ↗
  8. 13 柱庭 / Cabal 13

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to《Cabal 13》— an asynchronous roguelike auto-battler built around hero RPG progression! Every run is a fresh adventure, every choice shapes victory or defeat. Assemble your unique squad, clash with rivals on dynamic battlefields, and dive into deep, hero-focused roguelike auto-battler fun.

    2026StrategyIndieRPG11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  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 ↗

More from Funday Games

Other recommendable Steam games by Funday Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Funday Games, the studio behind Northgard Battlegrounds.

    DEEP ROCK GALACTIC: SURVIVOR is a single player survivor-like auto-shooter. Take on hordes of lethal aliens, mine riches, and unlock powerful upgrades to survive, as you wield the full arsenal of Deep Rock Galactic. It's one dwarf against all of Planet Hoxxes!

    2025Action12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Wild Indigo Ranch

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Funday Games, the studio behind Northgard Battlegrounds. Shares Indie with Northgard Battlegrounds.

    Wild Indigo Ranch is a cozy cowboy-life RPG for 1-4 players. Start a new life on the prairie, explore the frontier, build the finest ranch in the West, and ride into the sunset.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Margot Collapse

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Funday Games, the studio behind Northgard Battlegrounds. Shares Indie and Simulation with Northgard Battlegrounds.

    The Margot Collapse is an incremental game wrapped inside an unsettling mystery. Part workplace simulator, part optimization game, and part surreal short story, it blends methodical progression with a growing sense that something behind the walls of TOPTECH Industries is deeply, profoundly wrong.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗

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, Idlemancer, Gridlords.
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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