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Games like Merkalis: Conquest

If Merkalis: Conquest is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rank & Ruin, Palisade and Renaissance Kingdom Wars - Prologue — 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 Merkalis: Conquest: Lead one of four kingdoms in a real-time war for a continent. Seize land that feeds your armies, raise outposts and citadels, unleash griffins, minotaurs, golems or dragons, and crush your rivals in massive battles where the losing side never retreats.

StrategyIndieSimulationWindowsby Hexagon Games
Merkalis: Conquest — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Merkalis: Conquest 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. Rank & Ruin

    WHY THIS

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

    Real-time squad combat meets roguelite progression. Pick your faction, earn legendary heroes on the battlefield, and grow stronger with every run in Rank & Ruin

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Palisade

    WHY THIS

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

    Build a kingdom, connect its towns, and fight for every border. Palisade is a real time strategy game where you command territory directly, with no squads to micromanage. Play five campaigns, set up your own Skirmishes, or face friends online.

    2026StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. Renaissance Kingdom Wars - Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    The year is 1510. In this grand strategy & RTS hybrid you play as one of a dozen characters across medieval Europe, Africa and Middle East. Start as a landless mercenary captain. Fight your way to become a minor lord. Rise up through Kingdoms hierarchy and be crowned, then expand your Kingdom.

    ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  4. SandTable War: Three Kingdoms

    WHY THIS

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

    "SandTable War: Three Kingdoms" is a strategic simulation game set during the Three Kingdoms period. Here you can play as various factions from Three Kingdoms history to conquer cities and lands, unify the realm. With abundant historical officers and scenarios, come restore the Han Dynasty!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation8.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Simulator of Ukraine 1991

    WHY THIS

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

    This game is a global strategy, which is primarily focused on Ukraine after leaving the Soviet occupation. Here you will be given control of Ukraine with the opportunity to change history and intervene in the events of that time.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Mandate Order

    WHY THIS

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

    Mandate Order is a Warring States war city-builder set in ancient China. Build a stronghold, manage industries and logistics, recruit scholars from the Hundred Schools of Thought, raise armies, and command real-time tactical battles with thousands of soldiers.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation16.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. King's Orders

    WHY THIS

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

    King's Orders is a simplified historical strategy game with an important innovation. You command your armies by sending letters with orders. Messengers with these letters travel the land and can be lost or intercepted. Generals execute orders upon receipt and send you reports the same dangerous way.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Renaissance Kingdom Wars

    WHY THIS

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

    The year is 1510. As wars rage across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, it is the age of gunpowder and mercenaries - that changed the course of history. You can do it as well, going from a leader of men to the ruler of an empire in this unique mix of RTS and grand strategy.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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. OnlyCans: Thirst Date

    WHY THIS

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

    Feel The Fizz Inside You™ with the brand new Shize™ Collection!

    2021IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

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

    The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...

    2017IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
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    WHY THIS

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

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

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  7. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Merkalis: Conquest.

    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!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  8. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

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

    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!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Merkalis: Conquest

What games are most similar to Merkalis: Conquest?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Merkalis: Conquest are Rank & Ruin, Palisade, Renaissance Kingdom Wars - Prologue.
Who developed Merkalis: Conquest?
Merkalis: Conquest was developed by Hexagon Games.

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 Merkalis: Conquest.

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