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Games like One More Wave

If One More Wave is your kind of game, the closest matches are Brews & Kings, Metropolis 1998 and Axom: Conquest — 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 One More Wave: Tower defence with a touch of colony sim. Balance workers across defences, ammo, and food production to protect the King for one more wave.

StrategyIndieWindowsby Juha Kiili
One More Wave — Steam game cover

Players who liked One More Wave also play

Steam players who put hours into One More Wave 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. Brews & Kings

    WHY THIS

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

    A roguelike medieval city builder where your whole city feeds one sprawling brewing operation. Scout for rare ingredients and resources, raise the farms, mills, and workshops that keep it running, and supply the factions you want to win over. Kings rise or fall on the strength of your beer.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Metropolis 1998

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for One More Wave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with One More Wave.

    A fresh, modern city builder with charming aesthetics. Detailed agent-based simulation and scheduling. See inside buildings. Design and customize almost anything. Business-specific zoning, and mixed use zones too!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  3. Axom: Conquest

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. Incremental Orbits

    WHY THIS

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

    A short and relaxing incremental management game where you run your own space company, discover planets, launch satellites and make a ton of money.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation4.89 USDSteam ↗
  5. Capital City

    WHY THIS

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

    Capital City combines city, resource, and transport management within an infinite steampunk fantasy world. Mine resources, build factories and logistics networks. Transport raw and processed materials and goods to your city to ensure it keeps growing and expanding.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  6. Here Comes The Swarm

    WHY THIS

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

    Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Sunbreak War

    WHY THIS

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

    A light Rogue strategy game centered on building and defense. Build your territory, recruit soldiers to fend off enemies. 9 maps, 6 weapons (30 talents), 40 monsters, 30 units/buildings. Plan your pace, control soldiers, choose abilities—enjoy command and strategy.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The King is Watching

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for One More Wave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with One More Wave.

    The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run

    2025StrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    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. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about One More Wave

What games are most similar to One More Wave?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside One More Wave are Brews & Kings, Metropolis 1998, Axom: Conquest.
Who developed One More Wave?
One More Wave was developed by Juha Kiili.

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 One More Wave.

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