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2024PCSteam Deck playable79 % positive14.79 €

A side-scrolling pixel art colony sim where you keep a village alive against the undead. Resource management and survival take center stage in a bleak fantasy world.

  • Resources and survival
  • Economy and management
  • Building and crafting
  • Pixel art

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In short: Games like Grim Realms

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Rise to Ruins

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2014PCSteam Deck playable87 % positive13.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Grim Realms: scarce resources and survival, building and crafting as well as economy and management.

A tough village builder where you act as a godlike force guiding settlers and defending against nightly monster waves. It blends resource management with 90s-style real-time strategy.

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Odd Realm

Resources and survival

A pixel-art colony simulation in a procedurally generated fantasy world where you guide settlers to build, explore and survive threats. Reminiscent of Dwarf Fortress but more approachable, with a quirky sense of humor.

Cataclismo

Fantasy setting

Cataclismo blends tower defense with real-time strategy: you build fortresses piece by piece and fend off waves of Horrors while reclaiming mist-shrouded ruins.

Dwarf Fortress

Resources and survival

An immensely deep simulation where you build and manage a dwarven fortress or roam a procedurally generated, persistent world as an adventurer. Its interlocking systems produce chaotic, memorable stories, though the learning curve is notoriously steep.

Gnomoria

Resources and survival

A Dwarf Fortress-style colony management sandbox where you lead a small band of gnomes, dig deep, craft goods and defend your settlement as it grows into a kingdom.

Necrosmith 2

Pixel art

As a necromancer you stitch together custom undead from body parts, explore a generated world by night and fend off enemy hordes by day. The sequel adds flying and swimming creatures to your army.

Kingdom Two Crowns

Resources and survival

As a mounted monarch you gather coins, recruit subjects and grow a realm that you must defend each night from greedy creatures. This minimalist side-scroller pairs moody pixel art with a calm yet demanding build-and-defend rhythm.

Ratopia

Resources and survival

Ratopia blends colony and city building with survival: as a rat ruler you dig into a subterranean world, manage your citizens and build a working economy. The cute pixel-art look keeps the management approachable and charming.

Kingdom: New Lands

Pixel art

A minimalist pixel-art kingdom builder where you ride on horseback, collect coins, recruit subjects and defend your realm from nightly monster hordes. New Lands adds island hopping by boat and new mounts to discover.

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