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Games like Archmage

If Archmage is your kind of game, the closest matches are Abyss Horde, Incrempire and Swarm Survivor: Endless Siege — 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 Archmage: A relaxing incremental tower defense game. The demon tide rises, and the last mage tower trembles on the edge of ruin! Start as a humble apprentice, study the arcane, forge staves, and break through rank after rank. Hold the line and rise to become the supreme Archmage.

ActionStrategyIndieSimulationRPGCasualWindowsby Solo Gaming
Archmage — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Archmage 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. Abyss Horde

    WHY THIS

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

    Darkness tears reality apart. Hordes of beasts, monsters, and abyssal demons surge from the depths mindless, driven only by destruction. Adventurer, the line needs you! In 《Abyss Horde》, defend against ever-stronger waves. Every run builds a new defense; every upgrade shifts the tide.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Incrempire

    WHY THIS

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

    Defend. Upgrade. Dominate. A relaxing incremental base-defense game, packed with powerful skills and a deep skill tree.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Swarm Survivor: Endless Siege

    WHY THIS

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

    Swarm Survivors: Endless Siege is a light roguelike bullet-hell idle shooter. You play as the last survivor of the Swarm, fighting to stay alive under the endless siege of alien fleets. Build overwhelming power and face wave after wave of relentless challenges.

    2026StrategyIndieRPG4.24 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Idle Survivor

    WHY THIS

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

    Your ship is stranded and cannot move. Something out here has woken up, and it breeds faster than you can kill it. All you can do is upgrade your arsenal and fight back, wave after wave, for as long as you can hold.

    ActionIndieRPGSteam ↗
  5. Altarguard

    WHY THIS

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

    Altarguard is a cult-like incremental tower defense game where you guard and feed a hungry Altar by sacrificing floods of critters.

    2026StrategySimulationCasualSteam ↗
  6. Shoot Together

    WHY THIS

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

    Run non-stop and blast everything in your way! SINGLE-PLAYER: Level up, fight bosses, and unlock permanent upgrades. PVP MODE: Make split-second roguelike choices mid-run to leave your friend behind and claim the top spot on the leaderboards!

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  7. Mine or Burn

    WHY THIS

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

    Start with a basic mining ship and snowball into an asteroid-crushing powerhouse in this incremental bullet hell roguelite. Mine asteroids, battle rival miners, stack upgrades, create powerful builds, and survive escalating threats across dangerous star systems.

    2027ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  8. MAR: Millions Are Rising

    WHY THIS

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

    Millions of monsters are escaping the hole. Stop them with a unique arsenal of towers, nukes, and deep upgrades in this incremental tower defense game.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    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 and Simulation with Archmage.

    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 Simulation with Archmage.

    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 Action and Indie with Archmage.

    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. 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 Archmage.

    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 ↗
  7. 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 Archmage.

    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 ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Archmage

What games are most similar to Archmage?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Archmage are Abyss Horde, Incrempire, Swarm Survivor: Endless Siege.
Who developed Archmage?
Archmage was developed by Solo Gaming.

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 Archmage.

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