Games like Gatewatch
If Gatewatch is your kind of game, the closest matches are Gate Guard Simulator, Permaban and Reigns: Her Majesty — 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 Gatewatch: Assigned to guard the town's gates, you must inspect documents, uncover deception, and enforce the King's Rules. Decide who enters the town and face the consequences of your choices. The King rules the kingdom, but you rule the gate.
Players who liked Gatewatch also play
Steam players who put hours into Gatewatch 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.
Gate Guard Simulator
WHY THIS
Top pick for Gatewatch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gatewatch.
Step into the boots of the castle guard. Inspect seals, expose smugglers and reveal witches. You decide who enters and who’s turned away. Will you uphold the law, or break it for your own gain?
Permaban
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Gatewatch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gatewatch.
It's 2007. You moderate a dying internet forum. Ban trolls, enforce contradictory rules, and try not to lose your mind.
Reigns: Her Majesty
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Gatewatch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gatewatch.
Reigns: Her Majesty is the revolutionary follow-up to the smash swipe ‘em up hit Reigns.
Goblin Goopmaxxing
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Gatewatch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Gatewatch.
Brew potions, create monstrosities, and commit atrocities... Fulfill the collector's sick fantasies by experimenting on goblins with wacky potion ingredients that can modify bodies in grotesque ways. If a goblin seems sad that you turned him into an abomination, just drop him into the meatgrinder!
WTF Is Wrong With You?
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Gatewatch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Gatewatch.
Have you ever wondered WTF Is Wrong With You? Well, so have we... Let's find out together, shall we?
Inquisitor Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Gatewatch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Gatewatch.
Command an inquisitorial monastery where faith, alchemy, and… creative interrogation techniques are your primary tools as an Inquisitor. Contain what can be contained. Purge the rest. Not everything is evil. Not everything is human. No one expects your judgment to be just every time. …Right?
Survivor Dieland
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Gatewatch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Gatewatch.
You're gonna get yourself killed being out here all by your lonesome... There's monsters on this island! Besides, It's not always the beasts you should be afraid of... Beasts are easy to predict. They just want to kill and eat you. Humans are much harder... They'll pretend to be your friend first...
Blackthorn Arena: Reforged
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Gatewatch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Gatewatch.
Re-experience the thrill and challenges of managing a Gladiator arena in this management/simulation game. With new content, new graphics, Quality of Life updates, and all DLCs packed into this new experience, this is how Blackthorn Arena was meant to be experienced.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Gatewatch.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gatewatch.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gatewatch.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gatewatch.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gatewatch.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gatewatch.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gatewatch.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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More from Just Making Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Just Making Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Streamer's Life
WHY THIS
Another title from Just Making Games, the studio behind Gatewatch. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gatewatch.
RPG-Simulation game where you can create your own streamer and see whether you can overcome difficulties of being streamer or not.
Queue Simulator
WHY THIS
Another title from Just Making Games, the studio behind Gatewatch. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gatewatch.
Queue simulator brings you your favorite part of MMORPG experience - waiting in Queue!
Deep Dark Space
WHY THIS
Another title from Just Making Games, the studio behind Gatewatch. Shares Indie with Gatewatch.
Deep Dark Space is a 4-player online co-op horror experience set in space. Explore abandoned stations, gather clues, and uncover the monster lurking in the dark. Trust no one — paranoia runs high as hidden betrayals threaten your survival.
Brotherhood of Pain
WHY THIS
Another title from Just Making Games, the studio behind Gatewatch. Shares Indie with Gatewatch.
Bound to the will of the necromancer Zndan, your party is dragged back from death. Conquer cursed dungeons, loot the rarest artifacts, endure resurrections, and fight to reclaim your souls. Welcome to Brotherhood of Pain.
Frequently asked about Gatewatch
- What games are most similar to Gatewatch?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Gatewatch are Gate Guard Simulator, Permaban, Reigns: Her Majesty.
- Who developed Gatewatch?
- Gatewatch was developed by Just Making Games.
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 Gatewatch.
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