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If Northgard: Definitive Edition is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dune: Spice Wars, Stronghold: Warlords and Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its clan variety changes strategy, deep single player content and challenging. 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 →Northgard: Definitive Edition is a real-time strategy game developed by Shiro Games, released in 2018 and inspired by Norse mythology. Players select from multiple clans, each with distinct abilities that shape how settlements are built, resources are managed, and territories are controlled across procedurally generated maps. The game features competitive multiplayer and cooperative conquest modes alongside substantial single-player content. Reviewers and players highlight how clan selection meaningfully alters strategic approaches, and the cooperative multiplayer receives consistent praise for its quality, while the gameplay remains accessible without demanding constant micro-management. The Viking setting provides a distinctive thematic backdrop for base-building and territorial expansion. The game is priced at $34.99, holds an 84% positive rating from over 23,000 Steam reviews, and is playable on Steam Deck.
About Northgard: Definitive Edition: Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!
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Dune: Spice Wars
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Shares resource management and a challenging mood with Northgard: Definitive Edition.
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A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.
Stronghold: Warlords
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Second-strongest match for Northgard: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Northgard: Definitive Edition.
Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
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Third-strongest match for Northgard: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Northgard: Definitive Edition.
Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?
Frozenheim
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Ranked #4 for Northgard: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Northgard: Definitive Edition.
Lead your Viking clan onto unknown shores and carve out a future for your people in the fjords of Frozenheim. Gather resources, expand, and watch your settlement grow to a bustling town that will withstand the harshness of winter and wrath of other clans.
Driftland: The Magic Revival
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Ranked #5 for Northgard: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Northgard: Definitive Edition.
After a devastating war between ancient mages, a powerful spell is all that holds together the shattered planet of Driftland. Take on the role of a powerful mage capable of moving and connecting floating lands, develop a mighty empire, and restore Driftland to its former glory!
Stronghold Kingdoms
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Shares a competitive mood with Northgard: Definitive Edition.
Ranked #6 for Northgard: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Northgard: Definitive Edition.
A massively multiplayer grand strategy game, Stronghold Kingdoms is about forging alliances, political mind games, city-building and castle sieges with thousands of other players!
The Settlers: New Allies
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Shares resource management and a cozy mood with Northgard: Definitive Edition.
Ranked #7 for Northgard: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Northgard: Definitive Edition.
The Settlers®: New Allies is a strategy game with an in-depth build-up experience and real-time strategic battles.
Kingdoms Reborn
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Ranked #8 for Northgard: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Northgard: Definitive Edition.
A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.
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This is a tower defense game in which you have to defend a settlement from bloodthirsty creatures.
Sky Settlers
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Sky Settlers is a minimalistic city building card game in which you build on islands in the sky and encounter different events, disasters and much more. Use different cards, complete quests and unlock new tiles as you progress.
Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
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The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
Age of Empires® III (2007)
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Microsoft Studios brings you three epic Age of Empires III games in one monumental collection for the first time.
Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
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Sid Meier's Civilization IV®: Beyond the Sword is the second expansion pack for Civilization IV - the 2005 PC Game of the Year that has become a worldwide hit.
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
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Wartales
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Dune: Spice Wars
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Shares resource management and a challenging mood with Northgard: Definitive Edition.
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A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.
Evoland
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Another title from Shiro Games, the studio behind Northgard: Definitive Edition. Shares Indie and Adventure with Northgard: Definitive Edition.
Evoland is a journey through the history of action/adventure gaming, allowing you to unlock new technologies, gameplay systems and graphic upgrades as you progress through the game.
Evoland 2
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Evoland 2 is an unique RPG, with its graphic style and gameplay changing as you progress through a deep storyline based on time travel.
Darksburg
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Evoland Legendary Edition
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Evoland Legendary Edition brings you two great and unique RPGs, with their graphic style and gameplay changing as you progress through the game!
SpaceCraft
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The Universe is yours. SpaceCraft is an online space exploration and building game. Explore a vast galaxy of solar systems and planets, mine and craft resources, design and build ships, automate planetary bases and interplanetary logistics, trade and cooperate.
Farever
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Another title from Shiro Games, the studio behind Northgard: Definitive Edition. Shares Adventure with Northgard: Definitive Edition.
Forge your legend in a forgotten realm! Farever is an online multiplayer action RPG set in a vast fantasy open world. Alone or with friends, embark on an epic journey together! Explore wild lands and dangerous dungeons, craft powerful gear, and carve your path through dynamic combat and platforming.
Frequently asked about Northgard: Definitive Edition
- Does Northgard: Definitive Edition run on Steam Deck?
- Northgard: Definitive Edition is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Northgard: Definitive Edition cost?
- Northgard: Definitive Edition is listed on Steam at 34.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Northgard: Definitive Edition have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Northgard: Definitive Edition supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Northgard: Definitive Edition?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Northgard: Definitive Edition are Dune: Spice Wars, Stronghold: Warlords, Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
- Who developed Northgard: Definitive Edition?
- Northgard: Definitive Edition was developed by Shiro Games.
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