# Games like Death Crown

> The closest matches to Death Crown: The King is Watching, DEFCON, D.O.T. Defence, Panzer Corps 2, and Northgard: Definitive Edition. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [The King is Watching](https://imho.run/games/2753900/the-king-is-watching) — Shares difficulty scaling and resource management with Death Crown. 3,028 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2753900/)
2. [DEFCON](https://imho.run/games/1520/defcon) — Also Wargame and Tactical, like Death Crown. 2,711 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1520/)
3. [D.O.T. Defence](https://imho.run/games/3124850/d-o-t-defence) — Shares resource management with Death Crown. 58 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3124850/)
4. [Panzer Corps 2](https://imho.run/games/1072040/panzer-corps-2) — Also Wargame and War, like Death Crown. 1,815 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1072040/)
5. [Northgard: Definitive Edition](https://imho.run/games/466560/northgard-definitive-edition) — Also War and Tactical, like Death Crown. 23,056 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/466560/)
6. [Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War](https://imho.run/games/489630/warhammer-40-000-gladius-relics-of-war) — A frequent pick in Death Crown players' libraries, and another Strategy. 5,122 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/489630/)
7. [Grim Nights](https://imho.run/games/947300/grim-nights) — Also Tower Defense and Zombies, like Death Crown. 737 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/947300/)
8. [Kingdom Two Crowns](https://imho.run/games/701160/kingdom-two-crowns) — Also Tower Defense, like Death Crown. 9,775 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/701160/)
9. [Atom Zombie Smasher](https://imho.run/games/55040/atom-zombie-smasher) — Also Tower Defense and Zombies, like Death Crown. 927 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/55040/)
10. [Taur](https://imho.run/games/1227780/taur) — Also Tower Defense and War, like Death Crown. 1,193 Steam reviews, 78% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227780/)
11. [AI War 2](https://imho.run/games/573410/ai-war-2) — Also Tower Defense and War, like Death Crown. 950 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/573410/)
12. [They Are Billions](https://imho.run/games/644930/they-are-billions) — Also Tower Defense and Zombies, like Death Crown. 18,746 Steam reviews, 80% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/644930/)
13. [Shadow Empire](https://imho.run/games/1154840/shadow-empire) — A frequent pick in Death Crown players' libraries, and another RPG. 1,123 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1154840/)
14. [There Are No Orcs](https://imho.run/games/3480990/there-are-no-orcs) — Shares building placement with Death Crown. 445 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3480990/)
15. [Old World](https://imho.run/games/597180/old-world) — Also War and Tactical, like Death Crown. 3,708 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/597180/)
16. [Supreme Ruler 2020 Gold](https://imho.run/games/25910/supreme-ruler-2020-gold) — Shares resource management with Death Crown. 154 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/25910/)
17. [For The King](https://imho.run/games/527230/for-the-king) — Shares resource management with Death Crown. 11,548 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/527230/)
18. [Zombie City Defense 2](https://imho.run/games/473970/zombie-city-defense-2) — A frequent pick in Death Crown players' libraries, and another Action. 95 Steam reviews, 62% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/473970/)
19. [Tooth and Tail](https://imho.run/games/286000/tooth-and-tail) — Same dark mood as Death Crown. 1,741 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/286000/)
20. [Wargame: Airland Battle](https://imho.run/games/222750/wargame-airland-battle) — Also Wargame and War, like Death Crown. 2,310 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/222750/)
21. [Deathtrap](https://imho.run/games/310510/deathtrap) — Also Tower Defense, like Death Crown. 1,006 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/310510/)
22. [Wargroove](https://imho.run/games/607050/wargroove) — Also Tactical, like Death Crown. 2,370 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/607050/)
23. [Bad North: Jotunn Edition](https://imho.run/games/688420/bad-north-jotunn-edition) — Also Wargame and Tower Defense, like Death Crown. 5,391 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/688420/)
24. [Diplomacy is Not an Option](https://imho.run/games/1272320/diplomacy-is-not-an-option) — Shares resource management with Death Crown. 4,634 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272320/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=814530&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=814530&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=814530&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=814530
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/814530
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Death Crown

Death Crown is a minimalist real time strategy game in a 1bit style, where you will be play Death herself, commanding her legions of death, and punishing humanity's Kingdom for its overconfidence.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 814530
- **Developer:** 5WORD Team
- **Publisher:** 5WORD Team
- **Genres:** Strategy, Indie
- **Categories:** Multi-player, Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Shared/Split Screen, Steam Leaderboards, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Remote Play Together, PvP, Family Sharing, Co-op
- **Released:** Aug 23, 2019
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/814530/death-crown)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=814530&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/814530/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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