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Games like Age of Rivals

If Age of Rivals is your kind of game, the closest matches are Through the Ages, Gremlins, Inc. and Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition (Classic) — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its civilization like strategic depth, challenging and competitive. 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 Age of Rivals: Deep civilization-building strategy in a fast-paced card game! There are many paths to victory in this competitive card drafting game featuring 12 unique characters and hundreds of cards ranging from great pyramids and war elephants to sneaky spies and crafty merchants.

2017StrategyIndie4.49 USDWindows · macOSby Dark Inertia Studios
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Active multiplayer with short wait timesCivilization like strategic depthDrafting trio shapes entire matchChallengingCompetitiveContemplative

Players who liked Age of Rivals also play

Steam players who put hours into Age of Rivals 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. Through the Ages

    WHY THIS

    Shares card drafting and a competitive mood with Age of Rivals.

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

    Legendary board game classic from award winning designer Vlaada Chvátil

    2018StrategyIndie15.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Gremlins, Inc.

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Age of Rivals.

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

    This is an intense strategy board game in a steampunk world of corrupt capitalist gremlins who compete for money, political power and prestige. Save and invest, steal and extort, arrest and get arrested – in single-player and multiplayer, with ranks and ladders, team mode and spectator mode.

    2016StrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition (Classic)

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Age of Rivals.

    Third-strongest match for Age of Rivals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Age of Rivals.

    This bonecrunching sport features 23 playable races, each with its own style, vicious moves, rankings & more!

    2012SportsStrategy14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Antihero

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Age of Rivals.

    Ranked #4 for Age of Rivals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Age of Rivals.

    Run a Thieves Guild in a gas-lit Victorian city! Antihero is a fast-paced digital board game with an (Oliver) Twist. Recruit street urchins, hire thugs, start a gang, upgrade your guild, steal everything... and bribe, blackmail, and assassinate your way to victory.

    2017StrategyIndie2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Concordia: Digital Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Age of Rivals.

    Ranked #5 for Age of Rivals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Age of Rivals.

    Concordia is a strategic, Euro-style board game. 🏺 Players take the roles of powerful Roman merchants and follow the Roman expansion with their trade routes, franchises, and production houses. 🏛️

    2021StrategyIndieCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Roll Player - The Board Game

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Age of Rivals.

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

    Create the ultimate Fantasy character by rolling dice, building attributes, purchasing weapons, gaining skills, and discovering character traits in Roll Player, a digital adaptation of a popular board game of dice manipulation and strategy!

    2023StrategyIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Mystic Vale

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Age of Rivals.

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

    Are you ready to lead your druidic clan and cleanse the Valley of Life? Mystic Vale is a stunning digital version of the Origins award-winning AEG card game. Debuting the unique Card Crafting System, players take turns building powerful combos in order to stop the curse. Play online or local hotseat.

    2019StrategyIndie1.94 USDSteam ↗
  8. Talisman: Digital Classic Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Age of Rivals.

    Ranked #8 for Age of Rivals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Age of Rivals.

    The complete 4th Edition experience of the classic fantasy adventure board game, Talisman. On your travels, you will need strength, courage and some good dice rolls to survive the dangers you face and beat your opponents to the centre of the board!

    2014StrategyIndieRPG6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Age of Rivals

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. 7 Wonders II

    WHY THIS

    Shares a lighthearted mood with Age of Rivals.

    Reviewers of Age of Rivals cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Journey back in time with the 7 Wonders series to when magnificent structures were being built in far away lands. Enjoy challenging match-3 gameplay in a newly enhanced interactive environment where you not only learn about marvelous new wonders such as Stonehenge and Taj Mahal, but also watch them come to life piece by piece before your...

    2008Casual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Mystic Vale

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Age of Rivals.

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

    Are you ready to lead your druidic clan and cleanse the Valley of Life? Mystic Vale is a stunning digital version of the Origins award-winning AEG card game. Debuting the unique Card Crafting System, players take turns building powerful combos in order to stop the curse. Play online or local hotseat.

    2019StrategyIndie1.94 USDSteam ↗
  3. Race for the Galaxy

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Age of Rivals.

    Reviewers of Age of Rivals cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Age of Rivals.

    Explore, Settle, Develop, Trade, Consume, or Produce? Which do you need most? Which of Earth's former colonies will be most successful at settling the galaxy, now that JumpDrive exists? Who will discover the secrets of the mysteriously vanished Alien Overlords? Your goal: to build the most prosperous and powerful space empire!

    2017Strategy7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Through the Ages

    WHY THIS

    Shares card drafting and a competitive mood with Age of Rivals.

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

    Legendary board game classic from award winning designer Vlaada Chvátil

    2018StrategyIndie15.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Age of Rivals at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~78% under Age of Rivals on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Age of Rivals.

    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 ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Age of Rivals on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Age of Rivals.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Age of Rivals on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Age of Rivals.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~78% under Age of Rivals on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Age of Rivals.

    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 ↗
  5. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Age of Rivals on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Age of Rivals.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Age of Rivals on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Age of Rivals.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~78% under Age of Rivals on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Age of Rivals.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~78% under Age of Rivals on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Age of Rivals.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 Age of Rivals.

    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 ↗
  2. Splitgate

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Age of Rivals.

    Splitgate is a free-to-play, fast-paced multiplayer shooter that features player-controlled portals. This sci-fi shooter takes the FPS genre to a new dimension with its portal mechanics, delivering high-flying, multi-dimensional combat.

    2019ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Dota Underlords

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Age of Rivals.

    Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.

    2019StrategyFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Super Auto Pets

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Age of Rivals.

    Build the strongest team of pets and tussle with your friends!

    2021StrategyFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Minion Masters

    WHY THIS

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

    An addictive fast-paced hybrid of Card games & Tower-Defense. Play 1v1 - or bring a friend for 2v2 - and engage in epic online multiplayer battles full of innovative strategy and awesome plays! Collect 200+ cards with unique mechanics, all free!

    2019ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  6. Bloons TD Battles 2

    WHY THIS

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

    From the creators of Bloons TD6... Bloons TD Battles 2 is a brand new installment of the top-rated head-to-head tower defense game. Gather your Hero, choose your team of powerful Monkey Towers, and prepare to battle one on one against other players and relentless waves of Bloons!

    2021ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Bloons TD Battles

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Age of Rivals.

    Go head to head with other players in a Bloon-popping battle for victory. From the creators of best-selling Bloons TD 5, this all new Battles game is specially designed for multiplayer combat, featuring the ability to control bloons directly and send them charging past your opponent's defenses.

    2016ActionStrategyFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Age of Rivals.

    Take on Duelists around the world with "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links"! Step into a world that crosses dimensions and connects all Duelists. In Duel World, any location transforms into a Duel Field where heated Duels unfold!

    2017StrategyFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Age of Rivals

How much does Age of Rivals cost?
Age of Rivals is listed on Steam at 4.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Age of Rivals have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Age of Rivals supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
What games are most similar to Age of Rivals?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Age of Rivals are Through the Ages, Gremlins, Inc., Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition (Classic).
Who developed Age of Rivals?
Age of Rivals was developed by Dark Inertia Studios and published by Roboto 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 Age of Rivals.

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