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Games like Goblins of Elderstone

  • 15 games
  • Updated Oct 23, 2026

Players who liked Goblins of Elderstone also play

The closest matches to Goblins of Elderstone: Zombie Cure Lab, Stranded: Alien Dawn, Hammerting, Founders' Fortune, and Worshippers of Cthulhu. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 01

    Why this

    Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Goblins of Elderstone.

    • $24.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2025
  2. Rank 02

    Why this

    Shares resource scarcity with Goblins of Elderstone.

    • $34.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
    • 2023
  1. Rank 06

    Corsair Cove

    Why this: Also Grand Strategy and Colony Sim, like Goblins of Elderstone.

    • $39.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2026
  2. Rank 07

    Stonehearth

    Why this: Also Colony Sim and City Builder, like Goblins of Elderstone.

    • $19.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
    • 2018
  3. Rank 08

    Odd Realm

    • $19.99 (Price checked Nov 1)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2024

The full ranked list: top 24 games like Goblins of Elderstone

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    Zombie Cure Lab

    Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Goblins of Elderstone.

    • 67% of 209 reviews
  2. 2
    Stranded: Alien Dawn

    Shares resource scarcity with Goblins of Elderstone.

    • 83% of 5,404 reviews
  3. 3
    Hammerting

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Adventure

    • 54% of 1,014 reviews
  4. 4
    Founders' Fortune

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 78% of 738 reviews
  5. 5
    Worshippers of Cthulhu

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 81% of 701 reviews
  6. 6
    Corsair Cove

    Also Grand Strategy and Colony Sim, like Goblins of Elderstone.

    • 86% of 3,443 reviews
  7. 7
    Stonehearth

    Also Colony Sim and City Builder, like Goblins of Elderstone.

    • 72% of 5,812 reviews
  8. 8
    Odd Realm

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 83% of 761 reviews
  9. 9
    Empires of the Undergrowth

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 95% of 10,237 reviews
  10. 10
    Dwarf Fortress

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 95% of 23,734 reviews
  11. 11
    Kingdom Wars 4

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 66% of 100 reviews
  12. 12
    Ruinarch

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 60% of 1,025 reviews
  13. 13
    Rise to Ruins

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 88% of 5,092 reviews
  14. 14
    A Hero's Rest: An RPG Town Simulator

    Also Base-Building and City Builder, like Goblins of Elderstone.

    • 66% of 110 reviews
  15. 15
    Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 90% of 8,217 reviews
  16. 16
    Ymir

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 72% of 487 reviews
  17. 17
    Ark of Charon

    Also Colony Sim and Tower Defense, like Goblins of Elderstone.

    • 70% of 125 reviews
  18. 18
    Synergy

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 80% of 363 reviews
  19. 19
    Endzone - A World Apart

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 76% of 3,338 reviews
  20. 20
    Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 58% of 227 reviews
  21. 21
    Land of the Vikings

    Genres: Strategy

    • 71% of 1,115 reviews
  22. 22
    Flotsam

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 84% of 1,873 reviews
  23. 23
    The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores

    Shares worker assignment with Goblins of Elderstone.

    • 68% of 117 reviews
  24. 24
    Noble Fates

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 84% of 1,013 reviews
Goblins of Elderstone — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2023
  • Developer: Outerdawn, Lost Goblin
  • Price: $19.99checked Oct 30
  • 70% of 228 reviews
  • Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation
  • Platforms: Windows

Players highlight

  • Charming and cute despite flaws
  • Deep colony management systems feel intuitive
  • Happiness system creates intense urgency
  • Challenging
  • Dark
  • Stressful

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Cheaper alternatives

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

  • Settlement Survival

    Why this: Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Goblins of Elderstone.

    • $5.37 (Price checked Nov 5)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2022
    • Trending
    186 new reviews this week

    Frostpunk

    • $2.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2018
  • Grim Realms

    Why this: Shares resource scarcity with Goblins of Elderstone.

    • $7.49 (Price checked Oct 31)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2024
  • Gnomes

    • $2.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2025

About Goblins of Elderstone

The closest matches to Goblins of Elderstone: Zombie Cure Lab, Stranded: Alien Dawn, Hammerting, Founders' Fortune, and Worshippers of Cthulhu. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Goblins of Elderstone is your kind of game, the closest matches are Zombie Cure Lab, Stranded: Alien Dawn and Hammerting — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, dark and stressful, and single out its death spiral mechanic and god pantheon system. 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.

About Goblins of Elderstone: This Goblin Tribe Simulator brings a challenging blend of chaos and creativity to the city-building genre. Build dwellings, manage your resources, defend your goblins, and grow your tribe, and please the Gods! Do you have what it takes to control the chaos and rule the unruly?

Is Goblins of Elderstone worth buying?

Players are split

A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.

  • 70% of 228 Steam reviews are positive.
  • We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
  • Price: $19.99 (checked Nov 6).
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 14 h when they wrote their review.
  • Critics had played a median of 20 h before their negative review.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

Top critical reviews

The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.

“yet another unfinished game on here.... im fed up being a beta tester for all these companies I miss the days when people would work on their OWN GAMES then put them on the market now a days we the consumer are also the beta testers and…”
2 h played
“The game was clunky and weird, but cozy and fun. 2.0 - made it POS. Levle generation is broken (it was broken before, but now it sucks, you should really think about in-game\in-map re-generate button, starting new game, saw badly…”
20 h played
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People who play it also play: Zombie Cure Lab, Stranded: Alien Dawn, Hammerting

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Frequently asked about Goblins of Elderstone

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How much does Goblins of Elderstone cost?

Goblins of Elderstone is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).

What games are most similar to Goblins of Elderstone?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Goblins of Elderstone are Zombie Cure Lab, Stranded: Alien Dawn, Hammerting.

Who developed Goblins of Elderstone?

Goblins of Elderstone was developed by Outerdawn, Lost Goblin and published by Outerdawn.