Ancient Islands/Similar games

24 matches, ranked by how much their player tags overlap
What “like Ancient Islands” means here
Matches come from the tags Steam players vote on each game, weighted so a rare tag counts for far more than one that sits on half the store. A game's popularity never moves it up this list.

Tower Defense · Cartoon · Magic · Difficult
97% of 10,824 reviews positive
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Real Time Tactics · Tower Defense · Economy · Base-Building
87% of 10,379 reviews positive
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Real Time Tactics · Tower Defense · Economy · Base-Building
96% of 10,445 reviews positive
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Tower Defense · Real Time Tactics · Base-Building · Resource Management
93% of 1,477 reviews positive
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Tower Defense · Real Time Tactics · RTS · Tactical
59% of 349 reviews positive
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Tower Defense · Base-Building · RTS · Tactical
97% of 3,851 reviews positive · 1,480 playing now
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Tower Defense · Base-Building · Resource Management · Building
96% of 28,117 reviews positive
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Real Time Tactics · Economy · Base-Building · Building
88% of 2,734 reviews positive
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Real Time Tactics · Base-Building · Tower Defense · Building
97% of 21,091 reviews positive
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Tower Defense · Real Time Tactics · Base-Building · RTS
80% of 2,111 reviews positive · 10 playing now
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Tower Defense · Cartoon · Tactical · Difficult
97% of 17,203 reviews positive
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Cartoon · Base-Building · Management · Resource Management
87% of 370 reviews positive
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Tower Defense · Cartoon · Building · Magic
88% of 11,799 reviews positive · 306 playing now
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Tower Defense · Base-Building · Resource Management · Isometric
90% of 24,909 reviews positive
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Real Time Tactics · Economy · Base-Building · RTS
89% of 5,767 reviews positive
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Tower Defense · Real Time Tactics · RTS · Tactical
90% of 3,234 reviews positive
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The closest matches to Ancient Islands on Steam are Artisan TD, Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense, Stronghold: Definitive Edition, Stronghold HD (2012), Vectorio Classic. They rank highest because their Steam community tags overlap most with Ancient Islands's, and shared tags include Tower Defense, Real Time Tactics, Difficult.
Every game is described by the tags Steam players vote on it. Rare, specific tags such as Tower Defense, Real Time Tactics, Difficult count far more than catch-all ones like "Indie" or "Singleplayer", and each game is scored on how closely its whole tag profile matches Ancient Islands's. Popularity never affects the ranking.