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Looking for games like The Crawling Dead? Here are top real-time strategy recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with The Crawling Dead, Anomaly 2 or Crab God.

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  1. The Crawling Dead is a strategy simulation game where you take on the role of a lead scientist tasked with saving Stormveil National Park from ecological collapse. Swarms of invasive insects are devastating the park’s delicate ecosystems, and traditional methods of pest control have failed. Your solution? Genetically engineered parasitoid wasps. Harmless to humans, these beneficial wasps are kille… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Crawling Dead.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    86% User Score Based on 219 reviews

    Become the Guardian of the Abyss and lead the Great Migration to bring forth the next Crab God Use your growing knowledge and great power to command your loveable crab babies (Crablings) to restore your ocean domain and protect your successor’s egg as you venture into the watery depths. GROW YOUR CRABLING COLONY Raise your Crablings! Nurture their personalities and potential as they worship you,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crab God.

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    79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability
    81% User Score Based on 662 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    BalanCity is a city building / balance physics game. It's a mixture between old school SimCity and Jenga. You must build the tallest towering city over a balancing platform while keeping your citizens happy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BalanCity.

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  5. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, optimization
    79% User Score Based on 678 reviews
    Critic Score 71%Based on 2 reviews

    Fate of the World is a dramatic global strategy game that puts all our futures in your hands. The game features a dramatic set of scenarios based on the latest science covering the next two centuries. You must manage a balancing act of protecting the Earth’s resources and climate versus the needs of an ever-growing world population, who are demanding ever more food, power, and living space. Fate … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fate of the World.

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  6. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    67% User Score Based on 30 reviews

    Territory is an isometric 2D real-time single-player strategy about genes and animal species. Animals are behaving the way they would in nature, but you can indirectly control them and mutate them to achieve various goals.Game Highlights Evolve: update genes to change behavior of your species Eat: animals need to eat food to survive, define what food they can eat Reproduce: increase your popu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Territory: Animals Genetic Strategy.

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    70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    70% User Score Based on 250 reviews

    Seed, Breed, Create. From single cell organisms to complex ecosystems. Evolve every part of your own unique aquarium / terrarium by applying realistic principles of natural and artificial selection, in Creatura - ultimate Virtual Evolution Vivarium Simulator. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Creatura.

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    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 238 reviews

    Immortal Defense has been widely praised for the game's storytelling and unique twist on the tower defense genre, many consider it a cult classic of the subgenre. Its story was written by novelist Jeanne Thornton, and its universe is based on the novel Raberata by Robert Bisno. This new Steam release features many improvements over the original release: Steam achievements which grant gameplay bonu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Immortal Defense.

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    57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    54% User Score Based on 142 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    StellarHub is a starbase management game where your job is to build a safe and functional space station. Deal with the challenges of managing a station crew while taking care of everyone’s needs. Your tasks include construction, extraction of resources, defense, trade, and more. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to StellarHub.

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  11. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    93% User Score Based on 4,294 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 7 reviews

    The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game with survival and rogue-like elements. Build a village on the back of a giant, wandering creature, farm crops and forage resources to keep your villagers alive and form a symbiotic relationship with your giant host to survive together in a hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Wandering Village.

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    79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    79% User Score Based on 472 reviews

    Conduct analysis of the plants and other natural elements of the region and flesh out your Knowledge Book. This newly-acquired knowledge will provide you with an essential guide to obtaining resources, ensuring the safety of your citizens and optimizing your city, thus promoting survival and prosperity through a sustainable approach in harmony with the surrounding natural environment. Assi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Synergy.

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  13. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    92% User Score Based on 130 reviews

    In 960 A.D., the Zhao Song Dynasty was established. As the mayor, you'll need to help the townspeople settle down, cultivate the land and expand. However, when the emperor issues a national mandate, conflicts between factions threaten city development—what strategy will you adopt? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Thriving City: Song.

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  14. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    81% User Score Based on 13,200 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 3 reviews

    Authorised by DOLOS AEC, you will guide the Tiqqun space station onwards in a perilous journey to find a new home for humanity. Station infrastructure, population management, exploration, survival, these responsibilities fall to you. Will you find hope out there in the dark? Good luck Administrator. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to IXION.

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  15. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    74% User Score Based on 690 reviews

    A Turn-based Strategy game in a futuristic global cold war from the award-winning creators of Out There. Recruit a squad of special agents and run your intel agency to secure the control of the singularity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sigma Theory: Global Cold War.

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  16. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    61% User Score Based on 264 reviews

    Lead Your Followers Into the Future! Your word is gospel in this god sim set in Sub-Saharan Africa. Influence and try to control your followers using commandments but beware, free will leaves these open to interpretation. Will you create a flourishing civilization or lead them to death and destruction? About This Game Welcome to Crest, a unique take on the traditional god sim, where your word is … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crest - an indirect god game.

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  18. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, atmosphere
    90% User Score Based on 513 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    An American geological expedition, under a UN mandate, assesses the natural resources in a distant part of Siberia, deep in the trackless steppes of Eastern Russia. But instead of oil, they discover a deposit of a hitherto unknown mineral. American scientists working for Department of Defense find out that this mineral is in fact identical to the substance used to power an extraterrestrial artifa… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Original War.

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  19. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability
    90% User Score Based on 96 reviews
    Critic Score 43%Based on 2 reviews

    You are a spider on the hunt! Build webs of your own design to trap and eat a wide variety of dynamic insects, each with its own behaviors and vulnerabilities. You must possess the agility and cunning of a spider to master the deep scoring system and top the per-level leaderboards in this unique, innovative blend of action, strategy, and puzzle gameplay. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability
    84% User Score Based on 483 reviews

    Buggos 2 is a horde-based auto-battler where players command a sentient hivemind to evolve and deploy massive swarms of alien insects against human forces. The game features permanent upgrades, specialized unit types, and strategic control of the battlefield to overwhelm increasingly advanced enemies. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Buggos 2.

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  21. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    74% User Score Based on 318 reviews

    Construct a laboratory base full of machinery to cure zombies. Assign workers to gather and process resources, building up your economy. Defend against zombie attacks and convert them into your workforce. Research technologies to develop the final antidote and restore humanity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zombie Cure Lab.

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    50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    50% User Score Based on 42 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    Astra Exodus is a retro inspired, turn based 4x strategy game, with an epic multiple choice story and real time tactical battles. Lead humanity back home to Earth, while uncovering the Legacy of the Exodus, in the Campaign; or challenge the Galaxy as any alien Faction in the Sandbox mode. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Astra Exodus.

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  24. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    83% User Score Based on 1,748 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 5 reviews

    Anomaly Warzone Earth is an extraordinary mixture of action and strategy in a reversed tower defense formula. The game tasks you with saving a near-future Earth from an alien onslaught. The invaders have captured several of the world’s major cities, building huge turrets that destroy everything in their path. It’s up to you to lead an armor squad through the streets of cities like Baghdad and Toky… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anomaly: Warzone Earth.

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    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    93% User Score Based on 342 reviews

    DinoSystem is a 2D ecosystem and survival simulation that allows players to manage the ecology of an evolving island and survive in it as a human, dealing with realistic survival mechanics and a deep character progression system. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DinoSystem.

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  26. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    87% User Score Based on 1,834 reviews

    A fearsome Chieftain is gathering an army, intent on the subjugation of the realm. The Villagers cry out for a hero! Someone to rise up and rescue them from their plight. This burden falls to you. Build a city, train an army, and equip your subjects. Seek out the assistance of helpful allies, such as dwarves, amazons, and sorceresses. With allies to help, and an army of your own, you can defeat th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Warstone TD.

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  27. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    81% User Score Based on 293 reviews

    Hearthlands is a medieval/fantasy city-building real time strategy game in which you take a role of a king in a procedurally generated world. You can not control your subjects directly; instead you focus on city-building, resource management, diplomacy, magic and other things a typical king deals with on a daily basis. The game is very flexible: you can build a powerful realm and rule the lands… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hearthlands.

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    57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    57% User Score Based on 682 reviews

    Rising from the dead with his mind intact but memories missing, Sonny embarks on a massive adventure to uncover the truth and save the world in this challenging turn-based post-apocalyptic RPG. Battling overzealous paramilitary forces, ravenous mutated techno-beasts, undead monstrosities and more, Sonny must master his ever-evolving combat skills to gain the upper hand. A reimagining of the cult-… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sonny.

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  29. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    65% User Score Based on 993 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 8 reviews

    Embark on an exciting journey in the gorgeous world of A FATE. Build a mobile village and travel with your tribe toward the center of the world, called The Eye. This turn-based resource-management game is made of procedural situations, natural events, skill-trees and hard choices. Ready to move? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to As Far as the Eye.

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    91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    91% User Score Based on 1,114 reviews

    An American geological expedition, under a UN mandate, assesses the natural resources in a distant part of Siberia, deep in the trackless steppes of Eastern Russia. But instead of oil, they discover a deposit of a hitherto unknown mineral. American scientists working for Department of Defense find out that this mineral is in fact identical to the substance used to power an extraterrestrial artifac… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Original War.

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    81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, stability
    81% User Score Based on 177 reviews

    Five Nations is a real-time sci-fi strategy game for PC platform. Encompassing tactical combat in space in real-time mixed with micromanagement of economy, construction, and production featuring different kind of single player modes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Five Nations.

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  32. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    76% User Score Based on 445 reviews

    Don’t let the Soviet Union collapse, and fall in the darkness of history or lead the Union by a new path – democracy and free market! But before you decide something, think – wouldn’t it cause more harm than good? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crisis in the Kremlin.

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  33. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, graphics
    78% User Score Based on 390 reviews

    Revised, rebalanced and expanded, Tipping Point is Fate of the World as it's meant to be played. Take control of the GEO through the five original missions, plus the “Cornucopia” and “Earth Day” update missions, and the “Denial”, “Migration” and “Extras Pack” DLCs. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fate of the World: Tipping Point.

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  34. 49%Game Brain Score
    49% User Score Based on 8 reviews

    Reikon Dungeon is a real-time roguelike dungeon crawling game where the player gets to explore infinite dungeons and hunt down deadly monsters. The Twist? You can choose to be reincarnated in that monster that just killed you a few seconds ago! Deep character customization: You can control every aspect of your character progression, experiment with different builds and combination of equipme… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Reikon Dungeon.

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  37. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability
    97% User Score Based on 88 reviews

    Islets Defense is a turn-based tower defense game where you build a small village to earn resources and defend your castle. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Islets Defense.

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    80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    80% User Score Based on 575 reviews

    A Roguelite tower defense game where you can shape the terrain yourself. Build roads and rivers, construct defense towers and economic buildings, recruit units, learn spells, and defeat various enemies from land, water and air. Hundreds of unique talents and combinations await you to dig out! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hexguardian.

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  39. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    86% User Score Based on 200 reviews

    Take the role of a leader delegated to build new settlements in remote, unknown corners of the empire. In those forgotten places, nature is wild and legends are more real and vivid than one may think. Experience the challenges of different seasons and climates in a world, where every animal and every plant tries to find their place in nature, while you lead your villagers. How much will you share … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Of Life and Land.

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  40. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    94% User Score Based on 199 reviews

    The legendary Goblet of Yendor. Some say it grants immortality while others claim its infinite power will drive those who seek it to madness, Whatever it is, that Yendor guy sure seems pleased! Many a rogue and scoundrel have dared to brave the depths of the Dungeons of Doom in hopes of swiping this most coveted treasure. None have survived. Will you be the first to succeed? Rogue Fable IV is th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rogue Fable IV.

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    91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story
    91% User Score Based on 1,015 reviews

    Thrive is a free, open-source game about the evolution of life. From the lowly tidepools of your home planet, you will rise to cosmic dominance. At every step, powerful creation tools and deep simulation mechanics will aid your species' development. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Thrive.

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  42. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    77% User Score Based on 43 reviews

    USC is a turn-based, top-down view tactics game in which you control the crew of a stranded recon vessel in a "first contact war" for survival, featuring a detailed combat system with RPG elements, fully interactive randomized maps, unique weapons and gadgets, crafting, and custom multiplayer modes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ultimate Space Commando.

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  43. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, music
    75% User Score Based on 478 reviews

    Defend Your Life! Is tower defense set in human body where players are fighting against villain hordes of viruses and bacteria. Levels and units correspond to reality of human anatomy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Defend Your Life: TD.

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  45. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    79% User Score Based on 690 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    A campy, crazy pixelart zombie apocalypse arcade sim where you're the bad guy. Drop your virus and spread it across the globe while you unlock a whole horde of bizarre undead to do your bidding. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Infectonator 3: Apocalypse.

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    53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    53% User Score Based on 135 reviews

    Metrocide is a relentless top-down single-player arcade stealth-shooter set in a cyberpunk dystopia where everyone wants you dead. As legendary contract killer T.J. Trench, you’ll have to negotiate a fierce and brutal city replete with gangs, vigilantes, cops and more, taking out the trash one contract at a time. While cop drones circle overhead, you’ll be sticking to the alleyways with a variety… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Metrocide.

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  47. 65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    66% User Score Based on 110 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

    You are Iron Corps, the last defense of civilization traveling the world to find resources, help people and find answers. Prepare your army before infiltrating a new area - choose carefully your set of infantry units, vehicles and special abilities. Deploy your units on the field, improve your base, invest abandoned building and fortify them to place your snipers, harvest old hospitals or call a b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zombie City Defense 2.

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  48. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    76% User Score Based on 108 reviews

    A Druid's Duel is a fast paced turn-based strategy game set in a world of Celtic lore where players can create and destroy the board by harnessing the power of nature. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Druid's Duel.

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    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    95% User Score Based on 32,120 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 2 reviews

    Humans are long gone. Will your society of lumberpunk beavers do any better? A city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, and river control. Contains high amounts of wood. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Timberborn.

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  50. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, atmosphere
    88% User Score Based on 673 reviews

    Path of Wuxia is the fourth title of Heluo Studio since the launch of the studio’s first title, Tale of Wuxia. Combine Wuxia world and school life with anime art style, it returns to the simulation gameplay well known by fans. Play as a young Xia who possesses extraordinary ability and join the academy known as the Hermitic Pavilions of Xia, grow strong along with various schoolmates and seek your… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Path Of Wuxia.

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