Games like Empire of Ember
If Empire of Ember is your kind of game, the closest matches are Coronation, Alek - The Lost Kingdom and Tree of Mu — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and dark. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Empire of Ember: Become a battlemage, build a city, and command your troops in this fantasy warfare simulator. Jump into the fray and use your might, magic, and wits to fight enemies in battles of up to a hundred units and fully destructible city siege combat. The fate of an empire is in your hands.
Players who liked Empire of Ember also play
Steam players who put hours into Empire of Ember 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.
Coronation
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Empire of Ember.
Top pick for Empire of Ember fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Empire of Ember.
Coronation, an online medieval sandbox with player-built settlements, dungeons & economy.
Alek - The Lost Kingdom
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Empire of Ember.
Second-strongest match for Empire of Ember fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Empire of Ember.
Alek, the young man who will change Zarabon's World forever. In this adventure, you must rebuild the world of Zarabon in your image. Build villages and manage your production lines with the help of your villagers.
Tree of Mu
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Empire of Ember fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Empire of Ember.
Tree of Mu is a 2D procedurally generated open-world sandbox RPG that immerses you in a mystical land called Mu, once ruled by kingdoms and plagued by countless wars. But in this land, nothing lasts forever.
Sons of Valhalla
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Empire of Ember.
Ranked #4 for Empire of Ember fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Empire of Ember.
Sons of Valhalla is a roguelike strategy game set in the Viking Age. Build fortresses, gather warriors, and lay siege to enemy strongholds, engaging in personal combat as you raid and conquer across England.
Kingdom Builders
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Empire of Ember.
Ranked #5 for Empire of Ember fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Empire of Ember.
City Builder meets Action RPG! Build your kingdom building by building, having villagers join your side. Lead them to expand your empire, defeating foes hindering your empire's growth.
Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Empire of Ember.
Ranked #6 for Empire of Ember fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Empire of Ember.
Experience an epic open-world brought to life by the award-winning Nemesis System. Forge a new Ring of Power, conquer Fortresses in massive battles and dominate Mordor with your personal orc army in Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™.
Han Xiongnu Wars
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Empire of Ember.
Ranked #7 for Empire of Ember fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Empire of Ember.
Welcome to Han Xiongnu Wars. A stand-along game and synergy of historical Far East and multiple features in role-playing, real-time strategy and action gameplay. This game brings you to the eventful years of the early Han Dynasty, and faithfully presents the ancient eastern culture with many objects and scenes faithfully reconstructed...
Sengoku Dynasty
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Empire of Ember.
Ranked #8 for Empire of Ember fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Empire of Ember.
Sengoku Dynasty is the ultimate feudal Japan experience: build villages, grow your community, and shape the open world through combat or economy. The choice is yours alone - or that of up to 4 players in multiplayer co-op!
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Mount & Blade
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Empire of Ember.
Reviewers of Empire of Ember cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Empire of Ember.
Calradia is a land at war, offering great riches and even greater dangers to adventurers and mercenaries that flock to shed their blood on its soil. With courage and a strong sword, an unknown stranger can make a name as a warrior. Free-form sand-box gameplay.
Dark Messiah of Might & Magic
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Empire of Ember.
Reviewers of Empire of Ember cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Empire of Ember.
Discover a new breed of Action-RPG game powered by an enhanced version of the Source™ Engine by Valve. Set in the Might & Magic® universe, players will experience ferocious combat in a dark and immersive fantasy environment. Swords, Stealth, Sorcery. Choose your way to kill.
Kenshi
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Empire of Ember.
Reviewers of Empire of Ember cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Empire of Ember.
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.
Grim Quest - Old School RPG
WHY THIS
Shares a grim mood with Empire of Ember.
Reviewers of Empire of Ember cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Empire of Ember.
A dark fantasy RPG blending dungeon crawling, turn-based combat and roguelike mechanics with hand-drawn art and written storytelling. Part solo tabletop campaign, part choose-your-own-adventure, it offers an immersive experience designed for both quick ventures and night-long sessions.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Empire of Ember at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Empire of Ember on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Empire of Ember.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Empire of Ember on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Empire of Ember.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Empire of Ember on Steam right now. Shares Action with Empire of Ember.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Empire of Ember on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Empire of Ember.
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.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Empire of Ember on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Empire of Ember.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Empire of Ember on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Empire of Ember.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Empire of Ember.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Empire of Ember.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Empire of Ember.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Empire of Ember.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Empire of Ember.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Empire of Ember.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Empire of Ember.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Empire of Ember.
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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Frequently asked about Empire of Ember
- Does Empire of Ember run on Steam Deck?
- Empire of Ember is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Empire of Ember cost?
- Empire of Ember is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Empire of Ember?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Empire of Ember are Coronation, Alek - The Lost Kingdom, Tree of Mu.
- Who developed Empire of Ember?
- Empire of Ember was developed by Poleaxe Games LLC and published by Poleaxe Games LLC, Forthright Entertainment.
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