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Games like Academia and ELDEN RING

30 games that play like them. Add another you loved and the list leans toward it.

Academia : School Simulator
Academia : School Simulator
ELDEN RING
ELDEN RING

More like Academia : School Simulator

22 games closest to Academia : School Simulator of your picks

  1. 1

    Prison Architect

    Academia, but three times the hours

    Liked · 85%Colony Sim · City Builder

  2. 2

    Dwarf Fortress

    Academia, but about survival, and even better loved

    Loved · 95%Colony Sim · City Builder

  3. 3

    Kingdoms and Castles

    Much the same as Academia

    Loved · 94%Colony Sim · City Builder

  4. 4

    Kingdoms Reborn

    Academia, but co-op, and medieval

    Loved · 90%Colony Sim · City Builder

  5. 5

    Manor Lords

    Academia, but a real-time tactics game, and historical

    Liked · 84%City Builder · Colony Sim

  6. 6

    RimWorld

    Academia, but a survival game, and 13 times the hours

    Loved · 98%Colony Sim · Base Building

  7. 7

    Foundation

    Academia, but relaxing, and twice the hours

    Liked · 87%City Builder · Colony Sim

  8. 8

    Pioneers of Pagonia

    Academia, but procedurally generated, and co-op

    Liked · 81%Colony Sim · City Builder

  9. 9

    Planet Coaster

    Academia, but relaxing

    Loved · 91%Management · Building

  10. 10

    Songs of Syx

    Academia, but a grand strategy game, and three times the hours

    Loved · 94%Colony Sim · City Builder

  11. 11

    Ratopia

    Academia, but a survival game, and harder

    Liked · 88%Colony Sim · City Builder

  12. 12

    Frostpunk

    Academia, but post-apocalyptic, and about survival

    Loved · 93%City Builder · Colony Sim

  13. 13

    Another Brick in The Mall

    Much the same as Academia

    Liked · 83%Colony Sim · City Builder

  14. 14

    Banished

    Academia, but a survival game, and twice the hours

    Loved · 90%Colony Sim · City Builder

  15. 15

    Ostriv

    Academia, but historical, and even better loved

    Loved · 95%City Builder · Colony Sim

  16. 16

    Colony Survival

    Academia, but a tower defense game, and open world

    Loved · 92%Colony Sim · City Builder

  17. 17

    Norland

    Academia, but historical

    Liked · 82%Colony Sim · City Builder

  18. 18

    Project Highrise

    Academia, but pixel art

    Liked · 85%Management · City Builder

  19. 19

    Empires of the Undergrowth

    Academia, but a real-time strategy game, and twice the hours

    Loved · 94%Colony Sim · City Builder

  20. 20

    Noble Fates

    Academia, but 3D, and medieval

    Liked · 83%Colony Sim · City Builder

  21. 21

    Endzone - A World Apart

    Academia, but post-apocalyptic, and about survival

    Mixed · 77%City Builder · Colony Sim

  22. 22

    Settlement Survival

    Academia, but about survival

    Liked · 85%Colony Sim · City Builder

More like ELDEN RING

8 games closest to ELDEN RING of your picks

  1. 23

    DARK SOULS III

    ELDEN RING, but story-rich

    Loved · 94%Souls-like · Dark Fantasy

  2. 24

    DARK SOULS II

    Much the same as ELDEN RING

    Liked · 88%Souls-like · Dark Fantasy

  3. 25

    Nioh 3

    ELDEN RING, but half the hours, and more divisive

    Mixed · 78%Souls-like · Action RPG

  4. 26

    Enshrouded

    ELDEN RING, but a survival crafting game, and a base builder

    Liked · 86%Open world · Action RPG

  5. 27

    Black Myth: Wukong

    ELDEN RING, but single-player, and a third of the hours

    Loved · 96%Souls-like · Action RPG

  6. 28

    Mortal Shell

    ELDEN RING, but a tenth of the hours, and more divisive

    Mixed · 67%Souls-like · Dark Fantasy

  7. 29

    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered

    ELDEN RING, but your choices matter, and single-player

    Loved · 96%Open world · Dark Fantasy

  8. 30

    Mortal Shell II

    ELDEN RING, but darker, and a third of the hours

    Mixed · 79%Souls-like · Dark Fantasy

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How this list is made

Each game is measured against each of your picks the way a games-like list measures it: the Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes they share, each counting for more the fewer games carry it. A game's place is how alike it is to your picks together, as a share of each pick's best match, so one alike to two of them comes before one alike to just one. It must be close to at least one of them, as close as it would have to be on that game's own list.

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