Games like Platform Nation
If Platform Nation is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hansa Forever, East India Company and Megacity Builder — 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 Platform Nation: Build a sovereign nation on an empty ocean platform. Manage citizens, resources, trade, diplomacy, propaganda, philanthropy, and war in a satirical strategy game where every choice helps train the artificial intelligence that will judge your civilization.
Players who liked Platform Nation also play
Steam players who put hours into Platform Nation 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.
Hansa Forever
WHY THIS
Top pick for Platform Nation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Platform Nation.
Build a medieval trading empire across Northern Europe. Establish trade routes, influence politics, expand your cities, and compete with rival merchants for wealth and power in a dynamic economic strategy game.
East India Company
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Platform Nation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Platform Nation.
Trade exotic goods, command fleets, and dominate 17th-century seas. This blend of real-time strategy and naval warfare lets you build a trading empire across Europe and Asia. Strategize trade routes, engage in epic naval battles, and expand your influence to become the ultimate maritime force.
Megacity Builder
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Platform Nation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Platform Nation.
A city builder that has all the bells and whistles you know and love with one twist. In Megacity Builder you build a whole nation not just a city. Pass laws at the national level. Build cities like in classic city builders while producing resources to feed your massive capital.
Commander: Conquest of the Americas
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Platform Nation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Platform Nation.
Set sail for the New World and shape the destiny of your empire. Lead one of seven European factions in this blend of colony management, exploration, and naval strategy. Build settlements, explore vast territories, and secure your legacy through diplomacy and tactical naval combat.
NIMBY Rails
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Platform Nation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Early Access with Platform Nation.
Design and run your own railroads for the real world. Solve global transportation dilemmas. Unleash your inner railway engineer and transit policy manager.
Noble Legacy
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Platform Nation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Early Access with Platform Nation.
Noble Legacy is a medieval city-builder in which you rule the lands as a Noble. Build your kingdom, manage your people, defend your realm, and master a deep economy, alone or with friends in co-op, every decision is yours. What kind of ruler will you be?
Plutocracy
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Platform Nation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Early Access with Platform Nation.
The business simulator Plutocracy gives you the chance to become wealthy and powerful to take control over the world. Where policy, laws, officials and people are only the chess pieces how do you play your game?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Platform Nation at current Steam store prices.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Platform Nation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Platform Nation.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Platform Nation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Platform Nation.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Tower Wizard
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Platform Nation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Platform Nation.
Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Platform Nation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Platform Nation.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Platform Nation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Platform Nation.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
Hexcells Plus
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Platform Nation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Platform Nation.
Hexcells Plus is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.
Lords of the Realm II
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Platform Nation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Platform Nation.
The great Lords of England have their eyes on the the English throne! Muster an army and overrun your enemies' castles in this classic, nail-biting strategy game that blends turn-based and real-time gameplay.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Platform Nation.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
Electoral Carnage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Early Access with Platform Nation.
Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Platform Nation.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Platform Nation.
Extensions for Dwarf Fortress, including bugfixes, interface improvements, automation agents, design blueprints, modding building blocks, and other tools.
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
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Frequently asked about Platform Nation
- How much does Platform Nation cost?
- Platform Nation is listed on Steam at 5.94 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Platform Nation?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Platform Nation are Hansa Forever, East India Company, Megacity Builder.
- Who developed Platform Nation?
- Platform Nation was developed by Patrick Gallaway and published by Holy Splash Games.
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