Games like ALVAROK
Below are 31 hand-picked alternatives to ALVAROK for fans of strategy, simulation, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in ALVAROK also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks, more from StudioGIW. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About ALVAROK: Japanese Indie developer StudioGIW is back with ALVAROK, a fun and easy-to-play Tactical Defense game. Play locally with friends or hone your skills against the computer with its built-in deep learning AI system. Adapt and strategize, utilize your various troops to defend and attack simultaneously.
Players who liked ALVAROK also play
Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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The Escapists 2
Top pick for ALVAROK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with ALVAROK.
Craft, Steal, Brawl and Escape! It’s time to bust out of the toughest prisons in the world as you return to the life of an inmate in The Escapists 2, now with multiplayer! Have you got what it takes to escape?
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The Golf Club™ 2019 featuring PGA TOUR
Second-strongest match for ALVAROK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with ALVAROK.
Do you have what it takes to win PGA TOUR’s FedExCup? Compete in the all new officially licensed PGA TOUR Career mode. Play on famous courses like TPC Boston, TPC Sawgrass and more.
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Tabletop Simulator
Third-strongest match for ALVAROK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with ALVAROK.
Tabletop Simulator is the only simulator where you can let your aggression out by flipping the table! There are no rules to follow: just you, a physics sandbox, and your friends. Make your own online board games or play the thousands of community created mods. Unlimited gaming possibilities!
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Madden NFL 24
Ranked #4 for ALVAROK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with ALVAROK.
Experience the newest iteration of FieldSENSE™ in Madden NFL 24. More realistic character movement and smarter AI gives you control to play out your gameplay strategy with the confidence to dominate any opponent.
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Madden NFL 22
Ranked #5 for ALVAROK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with ALVAROK.
Madden NFL 22 is where gameday happens. All-new features in Franchise include staff management, an enhanced scenario engine, and weekly strategy. Share avatar progress and player class between Face of The Franchise and The Yard with unified progression.
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Madden NFL 21
Ranked #6 for ALVAROK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with ALVAROK.
Go All Out in Madden NFL 21 where a fearless new generation of rising NFL stars is poised to change the game. Packed with fresh new features and innovative gameplay enhancements, Madden NFL 21 delivers new levels of ingenuity and control developed to inspire creativity on and off the field.
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Football, Tactics & Glory
Ranked #7 for ALVAROK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with ALVAROK.
XCOM meets Football Manager. Develop your club, earn experience in turn-based matches, learn new skills, achieve new classes, upgrade your facilities, buy and sell footballers, grow your youth academy, make difficult choices. It's a deep strategy game that respects your time.
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Legend Bowl
Ranked #8 for ALVAROK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with ALVAROK.
Legend Bowl is a throwback to the classic 8-bit and 16-bit football games of the past. Take to the gridiron and fight your way to becoming a football legend! Enjoy sim-style gameplay, realistic weather, detailed stats, franchise mode, tournament mode, fully customizable rosters, and much much more!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below ALVAROK at current Steam store prices.
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shapez
Priced ~67% under ALVAROK on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with ALVAROK.
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!
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Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
Priced ~67% under ALVAROK on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with ALVAROK.
"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!
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Bejeweled® 3
Priced ~67% under ALVAROK on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with ALVAROK.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
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Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
Priced ~67% under ALVAROK on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with ALVAROK.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
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Ukrainian ball in search of gas
Priced ~67% under ALVAROK on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with ALVAROK.
You play as a man turned into a ball and you need to steal all the gas from the forest at all costs.
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Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
Priced ~67% under ALVAROK on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with ALVAROK.
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete, the latest offering in the Sid Meier's Civilization III franchise, provides gaming fans with Sid Meier's Civilization III, the highly-addictive journey of discovery.
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Hentai Girl
Priced ~67% under ALVAROK on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with ALVAROK.
Relax class puzzle game to keep you in a good mood
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with ALVAROK.
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?
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with ALVAROK.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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missed messages.
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with ALVAROK.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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NGU IDLE
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with ALVAROK.
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!
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A Date with Death
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with ALVAROK.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
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Virtual Cottage
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with ALVAROK.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
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Steam Engine Simulator
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with ALVAROK.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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Magic Archery
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with ALVAROK.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from StudioGIW
Other recommendable Steam games by StudioGIW, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
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Dungeon Manager ZV
Another title from StudioGIW, the studio behind ALVAROK. Shares Strategy and Simulation with ALVAROK.
Japan’s megahit dungeon simulation game is now in English and available globally. Manage your own dungeon and micro-manage your zombies, monsters, minions and traps. Think strategically to summon your forces, level them up and defend against endless invaders and boss units.
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Avaris 2: The Return of the Empress
Another title from StudioGIW, the studio behind ALVAROK. Shares Simulation with ALVAROK.
Check out this battlefield management game from Japanese indie developer Studio GIW. You are the Empress fighting to take back control of the Avaris Empire. Battle by battle as you recover territory, the number of fighters grows to near epic proportions up to 36,000 individual warriors on the battlefield!
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Dungeon Manager ZV 2
Another title from StudioGIW, the studio behind ALVAROK.
Japanese megahit Dungeon Manager ZV now has a sequel! ZV2 offers a full graphical interface and more options to manage your zombies, monsters and traps. Think strategically to defend against invaders. Now with Steam Workshop you can design your dungeon and share it online.
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Dungeon Manager ZV: Resurrection
Another title from StudioGIW, the studio behind ALVAROK. Shares Simulation with ALVAROK.
The Heroes are coming to raid your Dungeon and its up to you to make sure they find it challenging. Design your own dungeon and fill it with Monsters, Traps and Treasure!
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VasterClaws 3:Dragon slayer of the God world
Another title from StudioGIW, the studio behind ALVAROK.
Defeat the God-devouring Dragon in this deceptively simple squad building game! Designed from the ground up for low power consumption, low temp, zero load time gaming. The game text has been fully translated into English.
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VAZIAL SAGA XX
Another title from StudioGIW, the studio behind ALVAROK. Shares Simulation with ALVAROK.
Brainwash the fools, exploit taxes, strengthen your armaments, prosper your descendants, and conquer the world!
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Frequently asked about ALVAROK
- How much does ALVAROK cost?
- ALVAROK is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does ALVAROK have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — ALVAROK supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to ALVAROK?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ALVAROK are The Escapists 2, The Golf Club™ 2019 featuring PGA TOUR, Tabletop Simulator.
- Who developed ALVAROK?
- ALVAROK was developed by StudioGIW and published by Zoo Corporation.
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