Rank 01Why this
Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Ostriv.
- $34.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
- Deck Playable
- 2025
The closest matches to Ostriv: Foundation, Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic, Banished, Farthest Frontier, and Manor Lords. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
Rank 01Why this
Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Ostriv.
Rank 02
Rank 03
Why this: Also Base-Building and City Builder, like Ostriv.





Players highlight
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.

Why this: Also Colony Sim and City Builder, like Ostriv.

Why this: Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Ostriv.


Why this: Also City Builder and Economy, like Ostriv.




Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Ostriv.
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ostriv at current Steam store prices.

Why this: Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Ostriv.

Why this: Also Colony Sim and City Builder, like Ostriv.




Why this: Also Base-Building and City Builder, like Ostriv.


The closest matches to Ostriv: Foundation, Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic, Banished, Farthest Frontier, and Manor Lords. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Ostriv is your kind of game, the closest matches are Foundation, Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic and Banished — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, chill and peaceful, and single out its historical settlement and micro management. 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.
Ostriv is a strategy and simulation game set in an 18th-century Ukrainian village, developed by yevhen8 and released in 2020 at $24.99 USD. Players manage a historical settlement through micromanagement of population dynamics, village economy, and supply chain simulation, transforming raw materials like logs into finished structures. The game features seasonal challenges that affect daily life and long-term planning. Reviewers highlight Ukrainian cultural and historical authenticity woven throughout the experience. Players describe it as atmospheric, peaceful, and relaxing, with villagers following realistic daily routines and aging through the years, eventually leaving tombstones with epitaphs. Frequent updates continue to expand the simulation. The game holds a 93% positive rating from 2755 Steam reviews and is marked as playable on Steam Deck.
About Ostriv: Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“coming up on 3 years since any meaningful updates. the long list of updates the devs have made in the meantime are extremely niche bug fixes that in 110 hours of play i never encountered. this is just a recommend not to buy, that being…”
“I am very disappointed, because the game does not run on my linux, not even with Proton. Protondb sais it is broken by the last update that was made 2 months ago. When it finally ran it was still disappointing. I had no fun with this game…”
People who play it also play: Foundation, Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic, Banished
Ostriv is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
Ostriv is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ostriv are Foundation, Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic, Banished.
Ostriv was developed by yevhen8.