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Games like ValeGuard

If ValeGuard is your kind of game, the closest matches are Farthest Frontier, Towers & Goblins: The Last Stand and Kingdoms and Castles — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its hero variety changes playstyle, atmospheric and challenging. 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 ValeGuard: ValeGuard is an RTS, Town-Management hybrid game that combines Turn-Based City-Building with Real-Time Combat. Each day you construct your defenses, train troops, and prepare for attack. When enemies come in the night, you defend with towers, troops, and heroes with powerful abilities.

2018StrategyIndieSimulationRPGCasual4.99 USDWindowsby Lost Tower Games
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City building meets tower defenseEnemies attack your village directlyHero variety changes playstyleAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

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Steam players who put hours into ValeGuard 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. Farthest Frontier

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with ValeGuard.

    Top pick for ValeGuard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with ValeGuard.

    Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Towers & Goblins: The Last Stand

    WHY THIS

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

    Build towers, manage resources, and lead units to defend your kingdom against goblins. Every decision you make determines your kingdom's fate.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Kingdoms and Castles

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management with ValeGuard.

    Third-strongest match for ValeGuard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with ValeGuard.

    Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Conan Unconquered

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a tense mood with ValeGuard.

    Ranked #4 for ValeGuard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with ValeGuard.

    From the Command & Conquer veterans at Petroglyph comes the first ever survival RTS set in the savage world of Conan the Barbarian. Play solo or team up in multiplayer in Conan Unconquered’s action-packed co-op Mode where you build a shared stronghold and fend off the hordes together.

    2019Strategy19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Stronghold: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with ValeGuard.

    Ranked #5 for ValeGuard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with ValeGuard.

    Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.

    2023StrategySimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Warlords Under Siege

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with ValeGuard.

    Ranked #6 for ValeGuard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with ValeGuard.

    Warlords Under Siege is a mix of RTS and Roguelike genre, where you build a small city and defend it against continuous waves of enemies. Improve your assortment of weapons with each playthrough, unlocking new possibilities to beat the ever-increasing threat.

    2025StrategySimulation5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Pioneers of Pagonia

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for ValeGuard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with ValeGuard.

    Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.

    2025StrategySimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Goblins of Elderstone

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with ValeGuard.

    Ranked #8 for ValeGuard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with ValeGuard.

    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?

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under ValeGuard on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ValeGuard.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under ValeGuard on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with ValeGuard.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under ValeGuard on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ValeGuard.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under ValeGuard on Steam right now. Shares Casual with ValeGuard.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under ValeGuard on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with ValeGuard.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under ValeGuard on Steam right now. Shares Casual with ValeGuard.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under ValeGuard on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with ValeGuard.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under ValeGuard on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with ValeGuard.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with ValeGuard.

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with ValeGuard.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  3. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with ValeGuard.

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with ValeGuard.

    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. DOGWALK

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with ValeGuard.

    Explore a hand-crafted winter forest as a big adorable dog and a little kid in tow. A short, free, open source project brought to you by Blender Studio.

    2025IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with ValeGuard.

    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 ↗
  7. Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with ValeGuard.

    Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!

    2021IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Sprout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with ValeGuard.

    Embark on a casual, botanical-puzzle-adventure. Make friends, learn new skills, solve puzzles, and become the mighty oak that you were always meant to be.

    2018StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about ValeGuard

How much does ValeGuard cost?
ValeGuard is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to ValeGuard?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ValeGuard are Farthest Frontier, Towers & Goblins: The Last Stand, Kingdoms and Castles.
Who developed ValeGuard?
ValeGuard was developed by Lost Tower 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 ValeGuard.

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