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Games like Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne

If Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dark Times, Happy Bastards and Nine Thrones — 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 Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne: Lead a band of goblin rebels through a brutal turn-based tactics campaign. Train your roster, rebuild your fortress, manage scarce resources, and survive a war where every mistake can leave your army weaker than before.

2026Strategy6.29 USDWindows · Linuxby Crazy Mutt Productions
Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne 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. Dark Times

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne.

    Dark Times is a turn-based tactical RPG in the dark fantasy genre. Build a team of heroes, battle an army of skeletons and bosses, upgrade your characters, and plan fights to defeat the Lord of Darkness. Explore locations and an epic story.

    2025StrategyIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Happy Bastards

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne.

    Virtue? That’s for suckers. But fame? Priceless. Assemble unruly bastards into a mercenary squad and build your legend through reckless adventuring, bloody fights, lucrative looting, and dirty dealings. Choose your battles, and your allies, in this irreverent open-world tactical RPG.

    StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  3. Nine Thrones

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne.

    A party-based fantasy RPG combining classic adventuring, tactical turn-based combat, exploration and meaningful choices with an open world of rival kingdoms, political intrigue and war. Build your party, choose your path, and find your place in a changing world.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  4. Crystal in Carnations

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne.

    Crystal in Carnations is a story-rich tactical RPG and fantasy war epic of blood, passion, and political intrigue, where your choices determine who survives and what kind of nation rises from the ashes.

    StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Instruments of Power

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne.

    Prime the battlefield with the spells you built. Consume what you laid down to summon an army of your selves, then strike the shadows before your tether to this world gives out. A turn-based tactical RPG where every spell you cast is one you built, and every summon is a choice.

    2027StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  6. 叛逆の守護者

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne.

    A classic war-chronicle fantasy SRPG set on the continent of Falnea, where beings known as “Guardians” wield power beyond mortals. Lead Arzes—the son of a Guardian—against the Ruzeroa Empire’s bid for unification and the shadowy forces stoking the war.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation16.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne.

    Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!

    2019StrategyIndieRPG4.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne.

    Featuring fully voiced dialogue, beautifully enhanced graphics, and countless gameplay improvements, the genre-defining tactical RPG makes its long-awaited return.

    2025StrategyRPG34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne at current Steam store prices.

  1. Nodebuster

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne.

    Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~84% under Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Tower Wizard

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne.

    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.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~84% under Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne.

    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.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Hexcells

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne.

    Hexcells is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

    2014StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~84% under Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne.

    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.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Hexcells Plus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne.

    Hexcells Plus is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

    2014StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Lords of the Realm II

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne.

    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.

    2015StrategyRPG2.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeSteam ↗
  5. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.

    2021IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

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

    The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...

    2017IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. No Results Found

    WHY THIS

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

    Search, dig deeper, and search again. Can you reach the end of the truth?

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Frequently asked about Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne

How much does Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne cost?
Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne is listed on Steam at 6.29 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne are Dark Times, Happy Bastards, Nine Thrones.
Who developed Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne?
Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne was developed by Crazy Mutt Productions.

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 Pillagers: The Poisoned Throne.

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