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Games like Crownhold

If Crownhold is your kind of game, the closest matches are Neuron Activation, The Merchant's Eden and Squeakross: Home Squeak Home — 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 Crownhold: Crownhold is a cozy storybook tower defense. Line winding roads with archers, mages, artillery and barracks, upgrade them into 12 mighty specializations, lead a hero and rain meteors on the goblin horde across 21 hand-painted levels — then hold on in Endless mode.

2026StrategyIndieCasual12.99 USDWindows · Linuxby Meridian Studios
Crownhold — Steam game cover

Players who liked Crownhold also play

Steam players who put hours into Crownhold 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. Neuron Activation

    WHY THIS

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

    A digital fidget box of dopamine-fueled micro-challenges. Push buttons. Shoot targets. Chain actions for higher scores. Complete all tasks. Don’t ask questions.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. The Merchant's Eden

    WHY THIS

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

    Build a medieval town around a thriving market. Defend your citizens and traveling merchants against raiding bandits. A minimalist game blending cozy city-building and intense tower-defense as you grow and protect your town.

    2026StrategyIndieCasual8.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Squeakross: Home Squeak Home

    WHY THIS

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

    In Squeakross: Home Squeak Home, solve and transform puzzles into furniture to decorate the perfect home for your rodent friend. Collect hundreds of decorations, accessories and stickers in this cozy game full of charm!

    2025IndieCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Cozy Jigsaw Puzzles

    WHY THIS

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

    Step into the jigsaw puzzle world with a cozy twist.

    2025IndieCasual1.49 USDSteam ↗
  5. Lonely Birds

    WHY THIS

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

    A puzzler where you reunite separated PEARakeets with their match by clicking on pairs of animals to make them move towards each other. It starts simple but grows challenging quickly over the many available levels, all in a pretty, cozy and cute setting.

    2021StrategyIndieCasual13.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Witchy Business

    WHY THIS

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

    Manage your very own Witchcraft Shop! Witchy Business is a job simulator game where you brew potions for your customers, collect oddities, grow flowers in your garden, upgrade your alchemy station, and thrive. Make sure you are quick to take care of customers and hex thieves!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Ancient TD

    WHY THIS

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

    Ancient TD is a co-op tower defense game inspired by ancient mythology. Build powerful towers, command unique peasants, collect runes, and face mythic foes. Obtain powerful artifacts from challenges and survive with up to 4 players.

    2025StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Hearthpiece

    WHY THIS

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

    A cozy jigsaw puzzle in comic style. Sort, drag and fit 24 to 300 pieces into 50 pictures: nature, animals, cities, beaches and space. The table has no edges, there is no timer and no score. Your progress saves after every single piece, so you can stop whenever you like.

    2026IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Crownhold at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Crownhold on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Crownhold.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Crownhold on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Crownhold.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~42% under Crownhold on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Crownhold.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Crownhold on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crownhold.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Crownhold on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crownhold.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Crownhold on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Crownhold.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under Crownhold on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Crownhold.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Crownhold on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Crownhold.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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 Casual with Crownhold.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

More from Meridian Studios

Other recommendable Steam games by Meridian Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Hexhorde

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Meridian Studios, the studio behind Crownhold. Shares Indie and Casual with Crownhold.

    A pixel-art horde survivor. Pick a hero, wade into the swarm, and let your weapons fire while you move, level up, and shape a build — stacking upgrades, chasing synergies, and evolving your gear across stages full of enemies.

    2026ActionIndieRPG7.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. The Ancient Caverns

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Meridian Studios, the studio behind Crownhold. Shares Indie with Crownhold.

    A dark-fantasy roguelite dungeon crawler. Choose a class and descend through ever-shifting caverns, battling tier-scaled monsters floor by floor. Death takes your gear, but the artifacts you recover are yours forever. Loot, craft, and return to town to grow stronger.

    2026ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Bagatto

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Meridian Studios, the studio behind Crownhold. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crownhold.

    Bagatto is a pixel-art poker roguelike. Score with poker hands, multiply them with a growing arsenal of Jokers, and blow past every blind by absurd margins. Buy, sell and stack wild synergies through escalating antes and cunning boss battles — the best trick is the one you build yourself.

    2026StrategyIndieCasual11.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Bulwark Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Meridian Studios, the studio behind Crownhold. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crownhold.

    Bulwark Tower Defense is a competitive team tower-defense: wall your lane with auto-fighting units to hold back the waves, then spend essence to send monsters that break your rivals' defenses. Grow your economy, upgrade a shared King, and outlast the enemy team across 1v1–4v4.

    2026StrategyIndie17.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Twigs and Firewood

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Meridian Studios, the studio behind Crownhold. Shares Indie and Casual with Crownhold.

    A cozy first-person woodland game. Wander autumn glades gathering twigs and firewood, tend a crackling campfire, cook hearty meals, and travel between peaceful areas — buying tools, comforts and campsites to make each spot your own. No pressure, no fail states: just gentle days by the fire.

    2026IndieSimulationCasual5.98 USDSteam ↗
  6. Verlicia Saga

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Meridian Studios, the studio behind Crownhold. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crownhold.

    Verlicia Saga is a fantasy, turn-based tactical RPG. Command a growing army across a branching campaign of grid battles: master the weapon triangle, promote and reclass your soldiers, forge bonds and marriages, and face permadeath where every fallen hero stays lost.

    2026StrategyIndieRPG19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. The Antler and Ale Inn

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Meridian Studios, the studio behind Crownhold. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crownhold.

    A cozy fantasy tavern-building sim. Lay the floors, raise the walls, and furnish every corner — then cook, brew, and pour for a village of hungry guests. Hire your crew, run the inn upstairs, and grow a four-table taproom into a legendary multi-storey estate. No timers — play at your own pace.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Neon Cadence

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Meridian Studios, the studio behind Crownhold. Shares Indie and Casual with Crownhold.

    Neon Cadence is a synthwave keyboard rhythm game. Tap D F J K to 30 original tracks across J-pop, K-pop, English and instrumental styles, with gold taps, wide notes, holds, glide sweeps and RUSH zones over three difficulties. Open-ended scoring and D-to-SSS ranks reward every clean run.

    2026IndieCasualSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Crownhold

How much does Crownhold cost?
Crownhold is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Crownhold?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Crownhold are Neuron Activation, The Merchant's Eden, Squeakross: Home Squeak Home.
Who developed Crownhold?
Crownhold was developed by Meridian Studios.

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 Crownhold.

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