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Games like Archipelago

If Archipelago is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hero Zero - Multiplayer RPG, Rioters 2025 and Town of Salem — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and cozy. 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 Archipelago: Archipelago - is a fun game about pirate adventures.

2016StrategyIndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · Linuxby Tort
Archipelago — Steam game cover
Players highlight
Absurdly charming low poly pirate aestheticPunishing but rewarding combat with explosive surprisesSimple but deep island conquest loopAtmosphericChallengingCozy

Players who liked Archipelago also play

Steam players who put hours into Archipelago 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. Hero Zero - Multiplayer RPG

    WHY THIS

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

    Become a hero, build your own Hide-Out and start by saving your neighbourhood. Level up your skills, collect incredibly weird superhero gadgets, and join a superhero team to save the world!

    2016StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Rioters 2025

    WHY THIS

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

    rioters 2025 is a fps online shooter game

    2021ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Town of Salem

    WHY THIS

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

    Inspired by the party games Werewolf and Mafia, Town of Salem is a game of murder, mystery and deception.

    2014ActionStrategyRPG4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Only Up !

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Archipelago.

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

    ⭐⭐⭐ Embark on an exciting journey in Only UP ! Play as Jacky, a teenager from the ghetto who wants to get out of poverty and join the wealth of the Space ! As you explore a huge world full of secrets and mysteries, you will have to climb as high as possible ! ⭐⭐⭐

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure6.29 USDSteam ↗
  5. HardWorker Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    HardWorker Simulator - is an unusual 2D quest where you will have to live playing as a person who must work hard day by day to achieve something in life.

    2022ActionSportsStrategy0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Sandbox Anything

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Archipelago.

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

    A creative building-like game, where the objective is to throw physics enabled objects to create structures to allow the objective of the level to be completed. Can be a very challenging puzzler or an easy, sit back and relax game. Includes built in Level Editor and extensive Multiplayer functionality.

    2019ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Without Pain

    WHY THIS

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

    Without Pain - is a dynamic 2D shooter with surviving elements where you will have to fight against various types of monsters.

    2021ActionSportsStrategy4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. FireSquad

    WHY THIS

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

    FireSquad is a strategy game in which you are controlling a group of 4 firefighters simultaneously. You will need to manage the fire spread, break through doors and windows, search for survivors and rescue them to safety before the fire becomes unmanageable and the building collapses.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Archipelago on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Archipelago.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Archipelago on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Archipelago.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Archipelago on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Archipelago.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Archipelago on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Archipelago.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Archipelago on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Archipelago.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Archipelago on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Archipelago.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Archipelago on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Archipelago.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Archipelago on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Archipelago.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 Archipelago.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. 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 Archipelago.

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

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

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

More from Tort

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

  1. Silicone-2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Archipelago.

    Another title from Tort, the studio behind Archipelago.

    Silicone-2 - a shooter with a first-person. In the story the player will have to quell the uprising of robots.

    2015Action0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Arctic alive

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Archipelago.

    Another title from Tort, the studio behind Archipelago. Shares Indie and Simulation with Archipelago.

    Arctic alive - a simulator with elements of survival horror. The action takes place in Siberia on the research station "Arctic". There was something in what is necessary to understand the player. The world is open for exploration.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Caliper

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Archipelago.

    Another title from Tort, the studio behind Archipelago. Shares Indie and Simulation with Archipelago.

    All or something is preventing and helping, freezing and melting, braking and slipping, glowing and fading. The devices are subordinated with the common laws of a puzzle. That, that is melted that will not be frozen and will not swim. But there is something unfired that drowning and freezing. The Ice bridges are not for the fire coals.

    2017IndieSimulationCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Caliper 2

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Tort, the studio behind Archipelago. Shares Indie with Archipelago.

    Caliper 2 is an absolute, turn-based puzzle. By manipulating objects with different properties, you need to put some object on the button and enter the portal.

    2019Indie0.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Archipelago

Does Archipelago run on Steam Deck?
Archipelago is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Archipelago cost?
Archipelago is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Archipelago?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Archipelago are Hero Zero - Multiplayer RPG, Rioters 2025, Town of Salem.
Who developed Archipelago?
Archipelago was developed by Tort and published by Conglomerate 5.

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 Archipelago.

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