Games like Kepler Protocol
If Kepler Protocol is your kind of game, the closest matches are Imperialist, Airship Dragoon and Xenonauts 2 — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Kepler Protocol: Kepler-186e, 9 November 1989. Humanity's first colony — on a world that is not theirs. Lead the Kaiserreich in turn-based hex strategy against the Ordo Arachnis, a swarm intelligence with no commander. Research, build, supply, fight. Survive.
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Steam players who put hours into Kepler Protocol 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.
Imperialist
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Top pick for Kepler Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Kepler Protocol.
Can you exploit the New World to control the Old? Lead your nation over five centuries of history in this 4X Strategy game. Build production chains, manage logistics, grow your Empire, and outmanoeuvre rivals diplomatically or on the battlefield, to become history's first Superpower.
Airship Dragoon
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Second-strongest match for Kepler Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Kepler Protocol.
Uber-Hardcore, Turn-Based, Steampunk, Squad Tactics. Battle 6 other factions for control of Pangea in emergent, tactical gameplay.
Xenonauts 2
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Third-strongest match for Kepler Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Kepler Protocol.
Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.
Terra Invicta
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Kepler Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Kepler Protocol.
An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.
SandTable War: Three Kingdoms
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Ranked #5 for Kepler Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Kepler Protocol.
"SandTable War: Three Kingdoms" is a strategic simulation game set during the Three Kingdoms period. Here you can play as various factions from Three Kingdoms history to conquer cities and lands, unify the realm. With abundant historical officers and scenarios, come restore the Han Dynasty!
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
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Ranked #6 for Kepler Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Kepler Protocol.
The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!
ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Kepler Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Kepler Protocol.
Theater of war, infinite drama. A masterpiece of historical simulation "ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8" is revived after 20 years. Enjoy the greatest military drama in the Three Kingdoms series, with the largest number of officers and scenarios!
Europa Universalis IV
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Ranked #8 for Kepler Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Kepler Protocol.
Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Steam Engine Simulator
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Kepler Protocol.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Kepler Protocol.
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.
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!
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Kepler Protocol.
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!
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Terra Invicta
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Kepler Protocol.
An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Kepler Protocol.
The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!
ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Kepler Protocol.
Theater of war, infinite drama. A masterpiece of historical simulation "ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8" is revived after 20 years. Enjoy the greatest military drama in the Three Kingdoms series, with the largest number of officers and scenarios!
Frequently asked about Kepler Protocol
- What games are most similar to Kepler Protocol?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Kepler Protocol are Imperialist, Airship Dragoon, Xenonauts 2.
- Who developed Kepler Protocol?
- Kepler Protocol was developed by Boe.
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 Kepler Protocol.
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