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Games like Blocks!: Richard III

If Blocks!: Richard III is your kind of game, the closest matches are Blocks!: Julius Caesar, Libertad o Muerte! and SGS Afrika Korps — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its hidden movement creates suspense, 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 Blocks!: Richard III: Richard the Third is an epic two-player wargame that recreates the bloody dynastic struggle in the 15th century between the royal houses of Lancaster and York for the throne of England.

2019StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDWindows · macOSby Avalon Digital
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Faithful adaptation of classic block systemHidden movement creates suspenseHistorical setting of the wars of the rosesAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

Players who liked Blocks!: Richard III also play

Steam players who put hours into Blocks!: Richard III 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. Blocks!: Julius Caesar

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Top pick for Blocks!: Richard III fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Blocks!: Julius Caesar is an epic two-player wargame that brings the drama of the Roman Civil War (49-45 BC) to life. Take control of the legions of Caesar or Pompey against AI or in online Multiplayer. Fight to determine the future of Rome: Republic or Empire.

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Libertad o Muerte!

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Second-strongest match for Blocks!: Richard III fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Libertad o Muerte!, the wars of independence of the Spanish Colonies is a turn-based game in 19th century America. Players are the Patriots, fighting for freedom, or the Royalists, trying to keep the empire under Spanish control. Who will prevail?

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. SGS Afrika Korps

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Third-strongest match for Blocks!: Richard III fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Blocks!: Richard III.

    The game recreates the campaigns and battles of Erwin ‘Desert Fox’ Rommel’s legendary Afrika Korps, in Libya between 1941 and 1942. Play the Axis forces to conquer the most valuable prize of all: the Suez Canal. Or command the 8th Army soldiers, the famous Desert Rats, to repel the invaders.

    2020StrategySimulation24.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Fleet Commander: Pacific

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Ranked #4 for Blocks!: Richard III fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Fleet Commander: Pacific is a grand strategic simulation of the naval war in the Pacific from 1941 to 1945. All major surface combat ships of the Japanese and Allied navies are present in this streamlined reproduction of the biggest maritime war ever.

    2022StrategySimulationEarly Access24.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Unity of Command II

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Ranked #5 for Blocks!: Richard III fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Unity of Command II is the sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed strategy games of all time; a game critics called 'the perfect gateway' into computer war games.

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Headquarters: World War II

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Ranked #6 for Blocks!: Richard III fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Headquarters: World War II is a fast-paced turn-based strategy game where your battlefield tactics are as important as your army management skills. Experience both sides of the war, battling in Europe as the USA, the UK, or Germany. Storm bunkers, occupy houses, win tank duels.

    2024StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Field of Glory II

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Ranked #7 for Blocks!: Richard III fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Field of Glory II is a turn-based tactical game set during the Rise of Rome from 280 BC to 25 BC.

    2017StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Root

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Ranked #8 for Blocks!: Richard III fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Might makes right in the wild wood! The award-winning board game of asymmetrical woodland warfare comes to cross-platform digital play! Combine subtle strategy and bold daring to guide your forest faction to victory!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Blocks!: Richard III at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Blocks!: Richard III on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Blocks!: Richard III.

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

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Blocks!: Richard III on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Blocks!: Richard III on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Blocks!: Richard III.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bloons TD 6

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Blocks!: Richard III on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Blocks!: Richard III.

    The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.

    2018Strategy13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Blocks!: Richard III on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Blocks!: Richard III on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Blocks!: Richard III.

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

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Blocks!: Richard III on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Blocks!: Richard III.

    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 ↗
  8. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~68% under Blocks!: Richard III on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Blocks!: Richard III.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Blocks!: Richard III.

    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 ↗
  2. Toribash

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Toribash is an innovative free-to-play online turn-based fighting game where you’re able to design your own moves. Complete control over character's body, hundreds of game mods and bloody mess with full body dismemberment - you've never been able to annihilate your enemies like that before!

    2014ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. KARDS - The WW2 Card Game

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Blocks!: Richard III.

    KARDS, The World War II Card Game, combines traditional CCG gameplay with innovative mechanics inspired by classic strategy games and real battlefield tactics. Take command and challenge other players in grand-scale warfare on the ground, air, or seas.

    2020StrategyIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Card Hunter

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Shuffle your cards and ready your dice - Card Hunter is a fresh new card gaming spin on classic tabletop RPGs. Battle your way through a massive campaign solo or with friends and compete with other players in ranked play and tournaments.

    2015StrategyRPGFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Battle for Wesnoth

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Blocks!: Richard III.

    The Battle for Wesnoth is an open source, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme. Explore the four corners of Irdya in seventeen solo campaigns and dozens of multiplayer maps, taking part in countless adventures as you go.

    2018StrategyIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. SOVL: Fantasy Warfare

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Blocks!: Richard III.

    SOVL is a ruleset for playing fantasy wargames. It can be played with miniatures on a table or digitally on Steam.

    2023StrategyIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Hail to the Captain! Sail into the heart of the Caribbean in the Age of Piracy - the time of black flags and white skulls, blue waves and golden opportunities. Hoist the Jolly Roger and grab the steering wheel to sail through battles and raids, ransoms and treasures, to become the Crimson King of the Antilles!

    2016ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Star Realms

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Star Realms is a hugely popular space combat deckbuilding game. Download and play today (note: base set is required to play online) to find out why Star Realms is the winner of SXSW 2014 Board Game of the Year, 7 Golden Geek Awards from BoardGameGeek, and 2 Dice Tower awards!

    2016StrategyFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Avalon Digital

Other recommendable Steam games by Avalon Digital, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Napoleon's Eagles: Game of the Napoleonic Wars

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Another title from Avalon Digital, the studio behind Blocks!: Richard III. Shares Strategy with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Napoleon's Eagles is the classic board game War & Peace for computer. Be Napoleon – or stand against him – in a series of short scenarios that cover the epic battles of the age, or in a multiplayer-only grand campaign that may – or may not – end on the field of Waterloo.

    2023Strategy34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Blocks!: Julius Caesar

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Another title from Avalon Digital, the studio behind Blocks!: Richard III. Shares Strategy and Indie with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Blocks!: Julius Caesar is an epic two-player wargame that brings the drama of the Roman Civil War (49-45 BC) to life. Take control of the legions of Caesar or Pompey against AI or in online Multiplayer. Fight to determine the future of Rome: Republic or Empire.

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Blocks!: Hammer of the Scots

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Another title from Avalon Digital, the studio behind Blocks!: Richard III. Shares Strategy with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Hammer of the Scots brings both the rebellion of the Braveheart, William Wallace, and the uprising of Robert the Bruce, the Bandit King, to life. As English, you seek to pacify Scotland by controlling all important nobles. The Scots also seeks their allegiance to support the struggle for freedom.

    2020StrategyEarly Access19.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Britannia

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Another title from Avalon Digital, the studio behind Blocks!: Richard III. Shares Strategy and Indie with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Relive over a thousand years of Great Britain's history in this epic game of conquest and domination. From Roman legions to the Norman Conquest led by William the Conqueror, explore the fate of numerous nations and fight to become king.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Small Wars: Mohicans

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Avalon Digital, the studio behind Blocks!: Richard III. Shares Strategy with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Small Wars: Mohicans offers you a quick and fun to play experience of the French & Indian War (1754-1760) in the vast wilderness of 18th century North America. Play the French and their Indigenous Allies or Britain troops and colonials and gain control of the new world.

    2024Strategy24.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Hispania

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Avalon Digital, the studio behind Blocks!: Richard III. Shares Strategy with Blocks!: Richard III.

    HISPANIA is the computer adaptation of a famous historical board game that broadly depicts the two thousand years of history of the Hispanian Peninsula.

    2025Strategy29.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. No Retreat! The Russian Front

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Blocks!: Richard III.

    Another title from Avalon Digital, the studio behind Blocks!: Richard III. Shares Strategy with Blocks!: Richard III.

    This game is a Strategic game on the Eastern Front of World War II.It is a digital port from the famous and eponym boardgame, No Retreat!, designed by Carl Paradis.

    2026Strategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Blocks!: Richard III

How much does Blocks!: Richard III cost?
Blocks!: Richard III is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Blocks!: Richard III have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Blocks!: Richard III supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
What games are most similar to Blocks!: Richard III?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Blocks!: Richard III are Blocks!: Julius Caesar, Libertad o Muerte!, SGS Afrika Korps.
Who developed Blocks!: Richard III?
Blocks!: Richard III was developed by Avalon Digital.

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