Games like Arise Dark Lord
If Arise Dark Lord is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ants Times Infinity, Red Rocket Defencism and Painted Kingdoms: Tower Defense & Firefighting — 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 Arise Dark Lord: You are The Dark Lord! Raise an evil army, and crush the race of men. An action-strategy hybrid RTS, blending tower defence, base building and direct control of your Dark Lord avatar, currently in early development.
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Ants Times Infinity
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Top pick for Arise Dark Lord fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Arise Dark Lord.
Craft your nest underground, finding powerful combinations of chambers and pheromones to build the perfect ant-spawning engine. Then unleash them in their thousands onto the surface, directing workers to fuel the swarm while soldiers and champions push out to conquer enemy territories.
StrategySteam ↗Red Rocket Defencism
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Arise Dark Lord fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Arise Dark Lord.
You, a military officer from our great autocratic motherland, must protect our precious rockets from the evil capitalist enemy in this revolutionary base building strategy game. Bribe! Surveil! Purge! Imbibe! The end justifies the means when you have to protect our invaluable rockets!
Painted Kingdoms: Tower Defense & Firefighting
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Arise Dark Lord fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Arise Dark Lord.
Painted Kingdoms is a minimalist strategy game where you paint, build, and defend your Kingdom of paper. Harness the power of paint to protect it from relentless flames and enemy hordes. Will your Painted Kingdom survive the next wave?
Roots Of Ruin
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Ranked #4 for Arise Dark Lord fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Arise Dark Lord.
Build your defenses, fight beside them, and reclaim your kingdom from the corruption. Expand your land, command powerful towers, and take direct control of one of four unique heroes to defend against relentless enemy waves and devastating bosses.
Grove Keeper
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Ranked #5 for Arise Dark Lord fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Arise Dark Lord.
In this Dark-Fantasy, RTS game, you play the role of a Forest Deity protecting your Grove against an onslaught of loggers, warriors and poachers. Use your powers to grow trees, summon guardians, set traps, and employ magic to defend, and eventually conquer your human oppressors.
StrategySteam ↗Shades Of War
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Ranked #6 for Arise Dark Lord fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Arise Dark Lord.
A fast-paced mini-RTS where you spread your color across the map, build towns and defenses, forge (and betray) alliances, and battle up to 8 colonies at once. Expand, fortify, and dominate the grid in chaotic territory-control warfare.
Kingsguard
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Ranked #7 for Arise Dark Lord fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Arise Dark Lord.
Lead your kingdom to victory! By day, you build and prepare your kingdom for impending threats. But every night, you must defend your kingdom against hordes of monsters, by commanding soldiers, building turrets, and fighting on the battleground yourself.
Cosmic Robots
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Ranked #8 for Arise Dark Lord fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Arise Dark Lord.
Defend your planet from waves of robot invaders! Build powerful turrets, upgrade your defenses, and command robot units to fight drones, tanks, and massive bosses. Then send your own forces to attack the enemy planet in this action-packed sci-fi tower defense game.
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Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Arise Dark Lord.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Arise Dark Lord.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Arise Dark Lord.
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.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Arise Dark Lord.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Arise Dark Lord.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Arise Dark Lord.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Arise Dark Lord.
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.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Arise Dark Lord.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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More from Introversion Software
Other recommendable Steam games by Introversion Software, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Prison Architect
WHY THIS
Another title from Introversion Software, the studio behind Arise Dark Lord. Shares Strategy and Indie with Arise Dark Lord.
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
DEFCON
WHY THIS
Another title from Introversion Software, the studio behind Arise Dark Lord. Shares Strategy and Indie with Arise Dark Lord.
Inspired by the 1983 cult classic film, Wargames, DEFCON superbly evokes the tension, paranoia and suspicion of the Cold War era, playing on the fascinating aspects of psychological gameplay that occur during strategic nuclear warfare.
Scanner Sombre
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Another title from Introversion Software, the studio behind Arise Dark Lord. Shares Indie with Arise Dark Lord.
Scanner Sombre is a 3d horror cave exploration game where darkness is your greatest foe. Illuminate the unseen with your LIDAR scanner, revealing the eerie beauty and peril of the abyss. From the creators of Prison Architect, this immersive adventure uses light and shadow for a haunting experience.
Uplink
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Another title from Introversion Software, the studio behind Arise Dark Lord. Shares Strategy and Indie with Arise Dark Lord.
Uplink lets you play as a freelance hacker tackling risky contracts for corporations. Break into systems, steal data, sabotage rivals, and upgrade your gear. Support factions or go rogue in this immersive, strategy-driven hacking simulation game where your choices shape the outcome.
The Last Starship
WHY THIS
Another title from Introversion Software, the studio behind Arise Dark Lord. Shares Strategy and Indie with Arise Dark Lord.
The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!
Darwinia
WHY THIS
Another title from Introversion Software, the studio behind Arise Dark Lord. Shares Strategy and Indie with Arise Dark Lord.
Darwinia blends real-time strategy, action, and puzzles with a unique gesture-based control system. Save the Darwinians, battle viruses, and restore order in a retro-inspired digital world. Winner of multiple prestigious awards, including the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at IGF 2006.
Multiwinia
WHY THIS
Another title from Introversion Software, the studio behind Arise Dark Lord. Shares Indie with Arise Dark Lord.
Multiwinia is a fast-paced, retro-inspired RTS that blends arcade action with strategic depth. Command armies of Multiwinians in multiplayer battles across vibrant, nostalgic environments. With simple controls and dynamic gameplay, it offers endless fun and challenge for players of all skill levels.
DEFCON VR
WHY THIS
Another title from Introversion Software, the studio behind Arise Dark Lord. Shares Strategy and Indie with Arise Dark Lord.
DEFCON VR allows you to spectate DEFCON games in the comfort of your own virtual War Room. Join others and marvel at total global annihilation as nuclear missiles arc over the globe on their path to destruction. Watch Armageddon unfold as everybody dies….
Frequently asked about Arise Dark Lord
- What games are most similar to Arise Dark Lord?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Arise Dark Lord are Ants Times Infinity, Red Rocket Defencism, Painted Kingdoms: Tower Defense & Firefighting.
- Who developed Arise Dark Lord?
- Arise Dark Lord was developed by Introversion Software.
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