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Games like EREBUS: The Northwest Passage

If EREBUS: The Northwest Passage is your kind of game, the closest matches are Marque & Reprisal, 7 Years at Sea and The Road To Harvest: Food From Across The Ocean — 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 EREBUS: The Northwest Passage: Lead the doomed 1845 Franklin Expedition through the Arctic in a survival strategy game where every month, order, resource, officer, and event can decide the fate of HMS Erebus and her crew.

StrategyIndieAdventureSimulationRPGWindowsby Wessi
EREBUS: The Northwest Passage — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into EREBUS: The Northwest Passage 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. Marque & Reprisal

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for EREBUS: The Northwest Passage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with EREBUS: The Northwest Passage.

    Explore. Trade. Fish. Whale. Colonize. Fight. Pillage. Survive. You are a sea captain in the year 1522, and the whole world is yours to discover in this roguelike sandbox historical sailing simulator.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. 7 Years at Sea

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for EREBUS: The Northwest Passage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with EREBUS: The Northwest Passage.

    It’s the golden years of piracy! You, a cursed captain must sail the seas to prove your worthiness to the supernatural being who has claimed your soul. Make your way across the Islands, plunder other ships and complete quests, all while managing your supplies and crew.

    2027StrategyAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  3. The Road To Harvest: Food From Across The Ocean

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for EREBUS: The Northwest Passage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with EREBUS: The Northwest Passage.

    Become the God of Harvest, explore the world of food and adventure, plant, trade, and spread deliciousness to create your own path to prosperity!

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation5.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. The Pale Beyond

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for EREBUS: The Northwest Passage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with EREBUS: The Northwest Passage.

    You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Sailing Era

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for EREBUS: The Northwest Passage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with EREBUS: The Northwest Passage.

    Every voyage is a journey of "Sailing & Beyond" in Sailing Era! Navigate your fleet and sail for fun; run a business; have a romantic encounter in the tavern; capture pirates amid intense battle; explore inland for treasure... Experience foreign culture, make novel discoveries, and sail away!

    2023StrategyAdventureSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Nantucket

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for EREBUS: The Northwest Passage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with EREBUS: The Northwest Passage.

    Chase after Moby Dick, and live through the Golden Age of American whaling in this seafaring strategy game. Set sail around the world, manage your ship and crew, and live Ishmael's story, the sole survivor of the Pequod, a few years after the events narrated by Herman Melville in his masterpiece.

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure17.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Help Will Come Tomorrow

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for EREBUS: The Northwest Passage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with EREBUS: The Northwest Passage.

    In an uninhabitable Siberian wilderness, in a wake of October Revolution, a group of passengers survives the mysterious catastrophe of Trans-Siberian railway train. They must endure in a harsh ice-clad climate until rescue arrives. Facing many dangers, their own weaknesses and, their own prejudice.

    2020StrategyAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Corsair Cove

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for EREBUS: The Northwest Passage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with EREBUS: The Northwest Passage.

    Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!

    2026StrategySimulation39.99 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 EREBUS: The Northwest Passage.

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with EREBUS: The Northwest Passage.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. 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 EREBUS: The Northwest Passage.

    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 ↗
  4. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with EREBUS: The Northwest Passage.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with EREBUS: The Northwest Passage.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with EREBUS: The Northwest Passage.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with EREBUS: The Northwest Passage.

    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 ↗
  8. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with EREBUS: The Northwest Passage.

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about EREBUS: The Northwest Passage

What games are most similar to EREBUS: The Northwest Passage?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside EREBUS: The Northwest Passage are Marque & Reprisal, 7 Years at Sea, The Road To Harvest: Food From Across The Ocean.
Who developed EREBUS: The Northwest Passage?
EREBUS: The Northwest Passage was developed by Wessi.

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 EREBUS: The Northwest Passage.

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