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Games like The Sworn

If The Sworn is your kind of game, the closest matches are Zero Trust, NARROWS: Naval Checkpoint Simulator and Narco Check — 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 The Sworn: A deep US police precinct management simulation. You are the Captain. Hire officers, manage your fleet, respond to a living city, and carry responsibility for every officer under your command. The job has a cost. So does ignoring it.

2027StrategyIndieSimulationEarly AccessWindowsby Ironkeel Studios
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Steam players who put hours into The Sworn 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. Zero Trust

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Sworn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Sworn.

    An action hacking simulator set in a fully simulated world. Choose your path, craft your own tools, exploit vulnerabilities, and build your reputation. Every company, hacker, and law enforcement agency operates independently — nothing happens by chance. Every playthrough is unique.

    2026ActionIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. NARROWS: Naval Checkpoint Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Sworn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Sworn.

    Trade has flowed through the Narrows for centuries, now it's yours to command. Inspect every ship, check for contraband, deal with smugglers and pirates. With war on the horizon, every choice has its cost, choose well.

    2027StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  3. Narco Check

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Sworn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Sworn.

    Revive an abandoned airport in 2000s Colombia. Verify documents, stop smuggling with X-ray scans, and upgrade your terminal. Will you stay a loyal officer or collaborate with the cartels to rot the system from within? Every stamp and every bribe leads you either to justice or to a dark fortune.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  4. One Way Mirror: AI

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Sworn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Sworn.

    Neon lights. Cold coffee. One case at a time. In One Way Mirror: AI, each investigation is AI generated and every suspect can talk back. Interrogate, connect the clues, break alibis, and expose the killer before the truth slips away into the night. Every question matters. Every lie has a tell.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Federal Cadet

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Sworn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Sworn.

    Federal Cadet is a single-player police simulation and investigation game. Start as a cadet in Pinewood, patrol the town, question witnesses and suspects, analyze evidence, and rise through the department ranks.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  6. Night and the City

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Sworn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Sworn.

    Become Nick Night, detective for hire, as he embarks on his toughest case yet in this noir, open world RPG.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  7. Responding

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Sworn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Sworn.

    Responding is an upcoming open-world Emergency Services simulator sandbox that offers a realistic and in-depth Police, Fire, and EMS experience that is set in a fictional version of New York State.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Smoke Shop Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    Smoke Shop Simulator is a supermarket-style shop management simulation currently in Early Access. Build and manage your own smoke shop, serve customers, manage stock, and grow your business as the game continues to evolve with community feedback.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. 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 The Sworn.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree 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 The Sworn.

    ‘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 The Sworn.

    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 The Sworn.

    The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...

    2017IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. No Results Found

    WHY THIS

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

    Search, dig deeper, and search again. Can you reach the end of the truth?

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  8. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about The Sworn

What games are most similar to The Sworn?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Sworn are Zero Trust, NARROWS: Naval Checkpoint Simulator, Narco Check.
Who developed The Sworn?
The Sworn was developed by Ironkeel Studios.

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 The Sworn.

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