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Games like King of the World

If King of the World is your kind of game, the closest matches are Empires Apart, Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition and Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its community driven via discord, 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 King of the World: King of the World is the gameplay from RISK in a Real-time strategy setting. Fight up to 12 players at once while scheming, backstabbing, making shallow alliances or simply conquer to become the last man standing.

2018StrategyIndieFree To PlayFree to playDeck PlayableWindowsby Contec Games
King of the World — Steam game cover
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Community driven via discordCustomizable armies across multiple erasDevelopers actively engage with feedbackChallengingCompetitiveContemplative

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Steam players who put hours into King of the World 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. Empires Apart

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with King of the World.

    Top pick for King of the World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Free To Play with King of the World.

    An exciting free-to-play Real Time Strategy game set in medieval times. Uniquely designed factions, customization options, singleplayer and multiplayer gameplay. Gather resources, raise an army and lead your civilization to victory in a classic RTS, brought to the modern age.

    2018StrategyFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with King of the World.

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

    Act of Aggression – Reboot Edition brings the techno-thriller RTS game Act of Aggression to a higher level. The Reboot Edition offers a full gameplay overhaul in skirmish mode against the AI and in your multiplayer battles.

    2015StrategyIndie29.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with King of the World.

    Third-strongest match for King of the World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with King of the World.

    42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.

    2019Strategy34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Wargame: Red Dragon

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with King of the World.

    Ranked #4 for King of the World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with King of the World.

    The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.

    2014StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Original War

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with King of the World.

    Ranked #5 for King of the World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with King of the World.

    An American geological expedition, under a UN mandate, assesses the natural resources in a distant part of Siberia, deep in the trackless steppes of Eastern Russia. But instead of oil, they discover a deposit of a hitherto unknown mineral.

    2014StrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Company of Heroes 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares unit micro management and an epic mood with King of the World.

    Ranked #6 for King of the World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with King of the World.

    Experience the ultimate WWII RTS platform with COH2 and its standalone expansions. This package includes the base game, which you can then upgrade by purchasing The Western Front Armies, Ardennes Assault and/or The British Forces. More info in the "About This Game" section below.

    2013Strategy19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Iron Harvest

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with King of the World.

    Ranked #7 for King of the World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with King of the World.

    A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+

    2020Strategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Ancestors Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for King of the World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with King of the World.

    Ancestors Legacy is a squad-based real time strategy with a strong focus on tactics. Inspired by medieval European history, it brings to life four different nations and their conflicts, usually solved by war.

    2018Strategy34.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about King of the World

Does King of the World run on Steam Deck?
King of the World is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
Is King of the World free to play?
Yes — King of the World is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
Does King of the World have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — King of the World supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to King of the World?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside King of the World are Empires Apart, Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition.
Who developed King of the World?
King of the World was developed by Contec 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 King of the World.

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