Games like Leylines
If Leylines is your kind of game, the closest matches are Kingdom, Dungeon, and Hero, Songs of Conquest and Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War — 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 Leylines: As powerful wizard ruling a small nation, you plot to take over the world! In this 4X turn-based strategy, rule seven diverse races, from shapeshifting Theria to spider-riding Dwarves. Expand by building more cities, battle rival wizards, and cast 80 earth-shattering spells to ensure your victory.
Players who liked Leylines also play
Steam players who put hours into Leylines 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.
Kingdom, Dungeon, and Hero
WHY THIS
Top pick for Leylines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Leylines.
Lead your kingdoms. protect your lands, conquer your enemies. Stop the fallen god Draeul. Collect the Unity Runes to prevent the Corruption Curse from destroying the realm. Armies keep you in power, Heroes do your bidding and adventure to defeat the horrific creations of the curse.
Songs of Conquest
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Leylines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Leylines.
Raise mighty armies, wield ancient magic and forge an empire. This turn-based strategy adventure game fuses strategic decision making, tactical combat and kingdom management.
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Leylines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Leylines.
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.
Heroes of Science and Fiction
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Leylines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Leylines.
A turn-based sci-fi strategy that combines exploration and exciting clashes on the battlefield. Take control over several different species, raise powerful armies for your heroes and destroy your opponents! This HoMM-like is set in a scifi universe, with new mechanics on top of the classic formula.
Nexus 5X
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Leylines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Leylines.
eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate, EXPRESS. All of the depth, diplomacy, conflict and conquest of a turn-based 4X epic but played in fast-paced 60-minute competitive sessions. Play Solo or Multiplayer for 2-8 players.
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Leylines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Leylines.
The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!
Eador. Masters of the Broken World
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Leylines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Leylines.
Eador is a universe made of countless shards of land drifting in the Great Nothing. Each of the shards is a little world unto itself, with geography and denizens of its own. The power over the shards is bitterly contested by Masters, the immortal beings mortals believe to be gods.
Fantasy General II
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Leylines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Leylines.
The fantasy wargaming classic is back! Lead powerful heroes and mighty armies into battle in this critically acclaimed turn-based strategy milestone. Level up and train your units and guide them through a gripping story campaign to decide the fate of a world on the brink of destruction.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Leylines at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Leylines on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Leylines.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Leylines on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Leylines.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under Leylines on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Leylines.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Leylines on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Leylines.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Leylines on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Leylines.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Leylines on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Leylines.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Leylines on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Leylines.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Leylines on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Leylines.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Leylines.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Leylines.
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.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Leylines.
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!
Lily's Well
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Leylines.
It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Leylines.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Leylines.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
100 Capitalist Cats
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Leylines.
🐱💼 100 Capitalist Cats - Join the cutest adventure in the Wall Street! 😻💰💵 Explore the charming hand-drawn artwork of New York, heart of Capitalism, as you embark on a quest to find 100 adorable cats hidden throughout the game. 🕵️♂️❌ Can you find them all? 🕵️♂️🐈✅
DOGWALK
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Leylines.
Explore a hand-crafted winter forest as a big adorable dog and a little kid in tow. A short, free, open source project brought to you by Blender Studio.
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More from Crystal Shard
Other recommendable Steam games by Crystal Shard, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok
WHY THIS
Another title from Crystal Shard, the studio behind Leylines. Shares Indie with Leylines.
A retro styled adventure/RPG hybrid with atmosphere like the classics. Play as warrior, sorceress, or rogue as you travel through the rich world of Norse mythology to keep it from eternal winter. Each class has different puzzle solutions, making for good replay value. Fully free, no hidden costs.
Crystal Shard Adventure Bundle
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Another title from Crystal Shard, the studio behind Leylines. Shares Indie with Leylines.
Three short and intriguing adventure games from the makers of Heroine's Quest, spanning several genres and styles.
A Tale of Two Kingdoms
WHY THIS
Another title from Crystal Shard, the studio behind Leylines. Shares Indie with Leylines.
A Tale of Two Kingdoms is a graphical adventure in the style of the classic Sierra games. Set in the world of Celtic mythology and fairy tales, it features many sidequests and alternate endings, and a cast of fairies, a hungry giant, and an evil sorcerer stalking you...
Sub Terra Draconis
WHY THIS
Another title from Crystal Shard, the studio behind Leylines. Shares Indie with Leylines.
Amidst falling gems, angry dwarves, and lots of explosions, join a young dragon on his search for a proper hoard and a mate! A varied and addictive action/puzzle game with over 120 challenging levels, plus editor!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Songs of Conquest
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Leylines.
Raise mighty armies, wield ancient magic and forge an empire. This turn-based strategy adventure game fuses strategic decision making, tactical combat and kingdom management.
Heroes of Science and Fiction
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Leylines.
A turn-based sci-fi strategy that combines exploration and exciting clashes on the battlefield. Take control over several different species, raise powerful armies for your heroes and destroy your opponents! This HoMM-like is set in a scifi universe, with new mechanics on top of the classic formula.
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Leylines.
The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!
Frequently asked about Leylines
- How much does Leylines cost?
- Leylines is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Leylines have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Leylines supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Leylines?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Leylines are Kingdom, Dungeon, and Hero, Songs of Conquest, Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War.
- Who developed Leylines?
- Leylines was developed by Crystal Shard.
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