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Games like Lawless

If Lawless is your kind of game, the closest matches are Toy War - Cannon, Drag'N Dungeon and Seed World — 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 Lawless: Lawless is a top-down 2D urban crime survival management game. Hustle as a new gangster—extort civilians, fight rivals, loot crates, and take jobs. Renovate buildings into grow houses, crew quarters, or gyms. Petty crime, sales, gang expansion: build your empire on one map. Loud moves draw heat.

StrategyIndieRPGWindowsby MA HONG FEI
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Steam players who put hours into Lawless 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. Toy War - Cannon

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Lawless fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lawless.

    Control a toy сannon. Shoot the toy soldiers with the toy gun just like you did when you were a kid.

    2023ActionSportsStrategy199.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Drag'N Dungeon

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Lawless fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Lawless.

    Drag'N Dungeon is a grid-free tactical auto-battler where every drop counts. Trapped in a mysterious dungeon, escape by unlocking fierce allies and picking the right team for each challenge. Plan smart, drag fast, and escape this voxel dungeon.

    2026IndieRPGSteam ↗
  3. Seed World

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Lawless fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lawless.

    Seed World is a game that aims to combine automation, conveyor belts, and level progression. The game simplifies automation 'construction' into a series of progress bars, with each progress producing or consuming resources, and players need to manage resources.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Soul•Apocalypto

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Lawless fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lawless.

    《Soul Apocalypto》 is a role-playing game that also emphasizes the selection of team strategies. You can summon different roles to form your own team, and realize team characteristics by deploying role skills. To defeat different enemies and pass bosses in this way!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Live Hard, Die Hard

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Lawless fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lawless.

    Busy but Addictive! This BATTLE x MEDICAL Counter-Invasion Real-Time Strategy is like nothing you've ever seen! An army of aliens is here to invade the Earth! Show the Earth-style greeting to those unwanted visitors who lounge around our grounds! Lead your troops to extinguish zillions of aliens!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Legacy of Sin: Blood Oath

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Lawless fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lawless.

    Legacy Of Sin: Blood Oath combines defense games with role-playing games, wrapped in the distinct style of 90s animated series! Hold your own against an onslaught of orcs, using an army of upgradeable, distinct warriors with their own unique abilities. Defend, control, win!

    2022StrategyIndieRPG7.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. ReEarth

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Lawless fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lawless.

    ReEarth is an exciting TD & (RTS) indie game. Here, you will play as humanity's last hope. You will fend off the oncoming swarms by continuously building your base and dispatching various types of units. Prepare for the challenge and save the future of humanity!

    2024StrategyIndieRPG7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Bad North: Jotunn Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Lawless fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Lawless.

    Bad North is a charming but brutal real-time tactics roguelite. Defend your idyllic island kingdom against a horde of Viking invaders, as you lead the desperate exodus of your people. Command your loyal subjects to take full tactical advantage of the unique shape of each island.

    2018ActionIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 Lawless.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree 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 RPG with Lawless.

    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. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

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

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Cube Escape: Paradox

    WHY THIS

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

    The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.

    2018IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Tails Noir: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Lawless

What games are most similar to Lawless?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lawless are Toy War - Cannon, Drag'N Dungeon, Seed World.
Who developed Lawless?
Lawless was developed by MA HONG FEI.

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 Lawless.

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