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Games like Diseased

If Diseased is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hellcrown, Boitatá: Wilderness Reborn and Kingdom III: Rising Realms — 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 Diseased: Build your camp in the freezing cold and make tough choices. Capture walls to expand your borders and send your men to explore. Risk it all for vital resources, as surviving the relentless waves of the Diseased emerging from the dark will be harder than you think.

ActionStrategyIndieAdventureSimulationWindowsby Yavuz Kala
Diseased — Steam game cover

Players who liked Diseased also play

Steam players who put hours into Diseased 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. Hellcrown

    WHY THIS

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

    You are dead. But your ghostly hand still commands. Hellcrown is a roguelite strategy game where every run unfolds into a chain of random stories, sieges, and consequences.

    2027StrategyAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Boitatá: Wilderness Reborn

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Diseased fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Diseased.

    A 2D Tower Defense Survival game inspired by Brazilian folklore. Expand your territory, rescue animals to build your defenses, and use Boitatá's abilities to fight waves of invaders in battles that combine strategy, action, and territory management.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. Kingdom III: Rising Realms

    WHY THIS

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

    Protect your crown! Kingdom returns in an all-new micro-strategy and tower defense game set in a shattered realm. Embark on an atmospheric adventure across lands of legend to build a lasting legacy and challenge the empowered Greed threat.

    StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. MAPS (My Apocalyptic Plan for Survival)

    WHY THIS

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

    Coming Soon

    StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. The Great Fluctus

    WHY THIS

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

    Assist your astronaut crew as they survive and start a space colony, evolving it into a unique settlement of your choice. The living voxel world, with its striking visuals, offers more than sandbox survival - trade, explore, and immerse yourself in the weirdest alien culture ever!

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  6. Faraway Lands: Rise of Yokai

    WHY THIS

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

    A side-view colony sim set in feudal Japan, shaped by myth and folklore. Take on the role of a local lord as you build a lively village, explore faraway lands, trade across the world, and defend your people from the Yokai lurking in the dark.

    StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Ascent of Ashes

    WHY THIS

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

    A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Operation Octo

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Diseased fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Diseased.

    Play as an Octopus scientist fighting off sunken skeletons in this frantic aquatic Tower Defense! Discover sea life turrets from unique biomes: Pistol Shrimp! Navy Seal! Death Ray! Deploy turrets whilst dodging enemy bullets as you venture the seven seas!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDSteam ↗

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 Action and Indie with Diseased.

    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 Adventure with Diseased.

    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. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    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 and Simulation with Diseased.

    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. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Diseased

What games are most similar to Diseased?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Diseased are Hellcrown, Boitatá: Wilderness Reborn, Kingdom III: Rising Realms.
Who developed Diseased?
Diseased was developed by Yavuz Kala.

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 Diseased.

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