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Games like Lux Alliance

If Lux Alliance is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lux Delux, Chess 2 and The Battle of Polytopia — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, competitive and contemplative. 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 Lux Alliance: Lux Alliance is a synchronized-turns strategy war game, inspired by the classic boardgames RISK, Diplomacy and Axis & Allies. Marshall your troops, collaborate with your allies, anticipate your opponents, and capture all the enemy HQs to win!

2017StrategyIndie9.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby Sillysoft Games
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Steam players who put hours into Lux Alliance 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. Lux Delux

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Lux Alliance.

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

    Lux Delux is a fast-paced turn-based-strategy game of risk and world domination, with so much more! Highly moddable, Lux has over 900 maps, diverse random map generators, a biohazard mode, an AI SDK, and an online multi-player league.

    2015StrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Chess 2

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Lux Alliance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Lux Alliance.

    Chess 2 combines chess-like tactics with territory control, economy, diplomacy, and special units. Expand across the map, build your position, and outplay opponents in singleplayer or multiplayer.

    2026StrategySteam ↗
  3. The Battle of Polytopia

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Lux Alliance.

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

    Welcome to the unique, turn-based strategy game set in the strange, flat world of the Square. Lead one of 16 distinct civilizations to victory by expanding your empire, researching technologies, and ultimately become ruler of the world! Play in single-player or multiplayer mode for up to 16 players.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Old World

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Lux Alliance.

    Ranked #4 for Lux Alliance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Lux Alliance.

    Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?

    2022StrategySimulationRPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Lux Alliance.

    Ranked #5 for Lux Alliance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Lux Alliance.

    Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?

    2016Strategy5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Hex of Steel

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Lux Alliance.

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

    Hex of Steel is a refreshing WWII wargame covering all fronts featuring a certain amount of original mechanics. Fight in solo against finally a decent AI throughout Europe, Africa or the Pacific, or against a friend in the cross-platform PBEM or real time multiplayer. Coop is also an option!

    2020StrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Age of Conquest IV

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Lux Alliance.

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

    Age of Conquest is a turn-based grand strategy wargame.

    2016StrategyIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. RISK: Global Domination

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Lux Alliance.

    Ranked #8 for Lux Alliance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Lux Alliance.

    Take over the world in RISK: Global Domination, the iconic strategy board game with 100+ original and classic maps and millions of players

    2020StrategyFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Lux Alliance

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Risk

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Lux Alliance.

    Reviewers of Lux Alliance cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Lux Alliance.

    Draft! Attack! Fortify! Play the original game of strategy and world domination — now for your PC. Enjoy the classic look and fun of RISK in an exciting new interactive experience. Play two ways as you strategize over the map and set out to conquer the world.

    2013StrategyCasualSteam ↗
  2. Lux Delux

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Lux Alliance.

    Reviewers of Lux Alliance cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lux Alliance.

    Lux Delux is a fast-paced turn-based-strategy game of risk and world domination, with so much more! Highly moddable, Lux has over 900 maps, diverse random map generators, a biohazard mode, an AI SDK, and an online multi-player league.

    2015StrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Twilight Struggle

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Lux Alliance.

    Reviewers of Lux Alliance cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Lux Alliance.

    Twilight Struggle is a two-player game where players play as either the US or USSR during the Cold War. Using actual events from history, players must plan out their strategies in order to obtain world dominance. Play Twilight Struggle and change the course of history.

    2016StrategySimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Gunbot Diplomacy

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Lux Alliance.

    Reviewers of Lux Alliance cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Lux Alliance.

    Splatter slimes, massacre mutants, and assemble your perfect Gunbot! Survive hordes of enemies in this top-down shooter roguelite by customizing your weapons on the unique upgrade grid, and pick from a wide variety of build-defining modules and wacky base bots for a new experience every run.

    2025ActionIndieCasual2.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Lux Alliance on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lux Alliance.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Lux Alliance on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lux Alliance.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Lux Alliance on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lux Alliance.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Lux Alliance on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lux Alliance.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Lux Alliance on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lux Alliance.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Lux Alliance on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Lux Alliance.

    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.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Lux Alliance on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lux Alliance.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Lux Alliance on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lux Alliance.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. 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 Lux Alliance.

    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!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

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

    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!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. NERTS! Online

    WHY THIS

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

    NERTS! Online is a fast-paced competitive solitaire game for you and up to five of your friends, played the same way we play it at the Zachtronics office!

    2021ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams

    WHY THIS

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

    Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!

    2021IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Wheelchair Wizards

    WHY THIS

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

    Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.

    2025ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Lux Alliance

How much does Lux Alliance cost?
Lux Alliance is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Lux Alliance have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Lux Alliance supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
What games are most similar to Lux Alliance?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lux Alliance are Lux Delux, Chess 2, The Battle of Polytopia.
Who developed Lux Alliance?
Lux Alliance was developed by Sillysoft 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 Lux Alliance.

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