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Games like Von Neumann Project

If Von Neumann Project is your kind of game, the closest matches are Millennium Conflict, Axom: Conquest and Little Kingdom RTS — 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 Von Neumann Project: Von Neumann Project is about a self replicating probe as it charts the galaxies, peacefully of course. Mine, build, expand, and explore in this sci-fi RTS. Remember to have as little impact on your surroundings as possible and protect yourself at all costs.

2026SimulationWindowsby TimesIllusionGames
Von Neumann Project — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Von Neumann Project 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. Millennium Conflict

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Von Neumann Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    You are the last survivor. Capture towers, command a squad of unique generals, and battle through 40 missions across 10 distinct worlds as you fight to reclaim a universe that has fallen to the enemy.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie1.59 USDSteam ↗
  2. Axom: Conquest

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Von Neumann Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Build and defend your fortress while expanding out in this hold-out tower defense roguelite. Battle across a procedural alien homeworld, fight back corrupted terrain, discover hundreds of structures and upgrades as physics-driven swarms threaten to wipe out humanity.

    2026StrategyIndie8.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Little Kingdom RTS

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Von Neumann Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Von Neumann Project.

    Little Kingdom RTS is an indie real-time strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Gather resources, build settlements, raise walls, and grow your small kingdom. Command an army of knights, archers, and mages to fight off rival kingdoms, orcs, and undead.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie1.24 USDSteam ↗
  4. Poker Defense

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Von Neumann Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Build your defenses with the towers you earn from playing cards and use your power ups to stop your enemies in this strategic card game tower defense!

    StrategyCasualSteam ↗
  5. Factorwave

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Von Neumann Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Von Neumann Project.

    Fast-paced factory builder with combat and territorial logistics. Automate production, unlock powerful Sector Hub bonuses, defend your infrastructure, and expand across a hostile planet.

    2026IndieSimulationSteam ↗
  6. Unnatural Worlds

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Von Neumann Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Von Neumann Project.

    Innovative yet familiar real-time strategy game in development. Grand-scale RTS game played on maps/planets of any 3D shape. It emphasizes strategy, base building, logistics, and reduces micro-management of individual units.

    2027ActionStrategySimulationSteam ↗
  7. The Factory Must Fall

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Von Neumann Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Build the perfect factory, then let it go to war against other players! Draft buildings from a randomized shop, optimize resource allocation and army composition, then watch your factory crush your friends and foes in this PvP factory-builder.

    StrategySteam ↗
  8. AGE OF ALIENS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Von Neumann Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    On an alien world, you must defend yourself in this unique base-building tower-defense game. Build a base by placing blocks, turrets and traps in order to survive the hoards of aliens.

    ActionStrategyCasualSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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  1. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Von Neumann Project.

    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 ↗
  3. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

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

    Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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!

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  5. Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It

    WHY THIS

    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.

    2025IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Children of Clay

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Von Neumann Project.

    The Children of Clay is a short stop motion archeology horror game, where you have to study an ancient artefact and discover its dark secret.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  7. Samorost 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore the beginnings of the Samorost series in the space gnome’s original bite-sized adventure, formerly released in 2003. Now with remastered sounds, enhanced graphics, and new music by Floex.

    2021IndieAdventureCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. Outpath: First Journey

    WHY THIS

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

    Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

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Frequently asked about Von Neumann Project

What games are most similar to Von Neumann Project?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Von Neumann Project are Millennium Conflict, Axom: Conquest, Little Kingdom RTS.
Who developed Von Neumann Project?
Von Neumann Project was developed by TimesIllusionGames.

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 Von Neumann Project.

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