The State of Warsimlikes in 2026

[p]The fact that we can't seem to go a few weeks with another Warsimlike project being announced makes me so happy![/p][p]Come join in the development of all these gems in the Warsimlikes discord room![/p][p][/p][p]Thank you all for taking the time to check these awesome projects out. The early support devs get when making a game can make all the difference so it's really appreciated! [/p][p]We have 14 Warsimlikes total now thanks to 2 new entries! [/p][h3]CULT GAME[/h3][p]CheffJeff on our Warsimlike discord is probably the Warsimlikes Goat, he's been working on some incredible stuff and also singehandedly saved Warsim from a huge bug that broke development December 2023 by helping me through an issue that I couldn't wrap my head around personally, absolute hero. [/p][p]Cult Game is now on steam finally so go give it a wishlist![/p][p]He also dropped maybe one of the best trailers I've seen[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][h3]Heroes of Book & Paper[/h3][p]The first Warsimlike to go on steam, fun fact about this. It's the only other game on steam that references Aslona (nice little easter egg) and the developer is a longtime Warsim community legend LeMachinga, who came up with a redesign for the mushroom men faces that became the standard, leading to a possible mushroom name for shroomling characters 'LeMushinga'. Check out the awesome game here on steam.

Here are some of his shroomlings
[/p][h3]Roots of Harmony[/h3][p][/p][p]The second Warsimlike you can find on steam! 'Text-based 4X with a focus on turf war and resource management. Roots of Harmony is an old-school keyboard-controlled casual game where you have to lead your colony to different stages of development, while facing various threats and managing your doctrines and disciples.' Check it out on steam! [/p][p]This game has been getting updated a ton lately and is definitely one to watch![/p][p][/p][h3]Persuasion RPG (NEW)[/h3][p]https://dementia5.itch.io/persuasion-rpg[/p][p]The newest entry to this list, this beauty showed up on our Warsimlikes discord and is hotly in development and getting a lot of love already![/p][p]Step into the fog-drenched world of Persuasion, a haunting retro-inspired RPG where choices are dynamic, every shadow hides a secret and every whispered lie could be your last clue.[/p][p][/p][h3]SIGSEGV: The Heap Lands (NEW)[/h3][p][/p][p]I was also notified on twitter of this new upcomming Warsimlike! Early in development but sure to grow in time! Keep up the good work mate :)[/p][h3]Medieval Merchants[/h3][p]Medieval merchants caught me offguard as someone found it while exploring itch.io and saw the Warsim inspiration mention! We love finding Warsimlikes in the wild and hope that this awesome game gets more attention

Featuring
* Over 100 ports to explore
* Dozens of commodities to trade
* Variety of crew and pirate crew types to hire
* Different merchant ship and pirate ships to build
* Ship combat and fleet management
* and mch more![/p][p]

Check it out here[/p][h3]VORTEXLH's New Warsimlike Project[/h3][p][/p][p]This one announced on our Warsimlike discord recently and looks interesting, Warsim community member Vortexlh has been working on this one for a bit and plans to continue to! I can't wait to see how it progresses.[/p][h3]Dark Path Wanderer[/h3][p]This one feels like a mix of Warsim and my old game the Wastes (rip) the screenshots look really cool and I'm excited to see how it develops. Check it out here. [/p][h3]Crusader's Quest[/h3][p]A python based text rpg based on Warsim and Oregon Trail. Another promising project that I watch with interest. Check it out here![/p][h3]
Church of the One True AI[/h3][p]A new project by community member Geeknik which has been slowly underway and looks pretty interesting. I hope development continues![/p][p][/p][h3]IceBound Zero[/h3][p]Entered on the list after this post popped up on the Warsim subreddit. It's a Warsimlike where you play a small time drug dealer. A very interesting early project that I hope continues to grow!

[/p][h3]Bazaboo's Warsimlike Project[/h3][p]An early project being crafted on our discord by Bazaboo, who is currently working on some fun stuff with kingdom generation and history generation, awesome to see them having so much fun with it!

[/p][h3]END OF EDEN[/h3][p]This game is one that used the Warsim generators that were released as a free tool for DMs and other game devs a little while back, here we see one of Warsims Underling faces and it's awesome to see our generators go to use like this! Check it out here.

[/p][h3]The Wastes[/h3][p]Adding it here as an honourable mention, this game was made after the initial warsim demo but before I took on Warsim properly and began turning it into a game. This proc gen wasteland explorer game was worked on intensely for 6 months before I had the source code wiped... Didn't keep any backups back then like a bloody idiot but hey lessons learned...

You can download it here - https://huw2k8.itch.io/the-wastes

[/p][p]Cheers and take care of yourselves! [/p][p]Huw