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Games like EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates

If EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates is your kind of game, the closest matches are EMPYRE: Dukes of the Far Frontier, ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game and Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition — 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.

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About EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates: New York in 1911 is flooded. Avenues are now canals, rooftops are now the streets and slowly the buildings crumble into the sea. Life is precarious here. But Manhattan has endured and transformed into a collection of City-States. Now a new crisis threatens and the city needs your help!

2017RPG29.99 USDMetacritic 56Windowsby Coin Operated Games
EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates 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. EMPYRE: Dukes of the Far Frontier

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates.

    Set in a Neo-Victorian Wild West, The Archduke welcomes you to the Utopian city of Bliss, a city built by steam-powered automatons. The promise of a carefree life awaits. Or does it? Claw your way through the dark secrets lying under the surface in this isometric alternate history RPG adventure.

    2022RPG19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates.

    ATOM RPG is a post-apocalyptic indie game, inspired by classic CRPGs: Fallout, Wasteland, Deus Ex, Baldur's Gate and many others.

    2018RPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates.

    SAIL THE STARS. BETRAY YOUR QUEEN. MURDER A SUN. Sunless Skies is a Gothic Horror roleplay game with a focus on exploration and exquisite storytelling.

    2019IndieAdventureRPG24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. BioShock™

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates.

    BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you.

    2007ActionRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Kenshi

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. BioShock™ Remastered

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates.

    BioShock is a shooter unlike any other, loaded with unique weapons and tactics. Complete with an arsenal of revolvers, shotguns, and grenade launchers, players will be forced to genetically modify their DNA to become an even deadlier weapon.

    2016ActionRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates on Steam right now. Shares RPG with EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Stardew Valley

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates on Steam right now. Shares RPG with EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates.

    You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?

    2016IndieSimulationRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates on Steam right now. Shares RPG with EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates on Steam right now. Shares RPG with EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~83% under EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates on Steam right now. Shares RPG with EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates.

    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 ↗
  6. Don't Starve Together

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates on Steam right now.

    Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~73% under EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates on Steam right now.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Persona 4 Golden

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates on Steam right now. Shares RPG with EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates.

    A coming of age story that sets the protagonist and his friends on a journey kickstarted by a chain of serial murders.

    2020RPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Tails Noir: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates.

    Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates.

    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. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates.

    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 ↗
  7. The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

    2020StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  8. Fallout Shelter

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates.

    Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.

    2017SimulationRPGFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates

How much does EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates cost?
EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates are EMPYRE: Dukes of the Far Frontier, ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game, Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition.
Who developed EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates?
EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates was developed by Coin Operated Games and published by Coin Operated Games, Work Shift Play Inc..

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