Games like Ancestors
Closest overall match: Battlestar Galactica Deadlock (★ 2.4). Highest rated: Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak at ★ 3.8. Quickest to finish: Supreme Commander at about 1 hours.
These 12 games score highest on our similarity model for Ancestors — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. The strongest common threads are cooperative, Singleplayer and Steam Cloud.
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63%
1. Battlestar Galactica Deadlock
Shares Tactical, cooperative, Great Soundtrack, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.9 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 2.4
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 20%
- Shared genres
- 10
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62%
2. Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
Shares Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 46%
- Shared genres
- 10
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59%
3. Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Shares cooperative, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 16%
- Shared genres
- 10
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57%
4. Yes, Your Grace
Shares Medieval, Great Soundtrack, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 10
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57%
5. Company of Heroes 2
Shares Real-Time, Tactical, cooperative, Great Soundtrack and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 40%
- Shared genres
- 10
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56%
6. PixelJunk Monsters Ultimate
Shares cooperative, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 32%
- Shared genres
- 10
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56%
7. Wargame: Red Dragon
Shares Real-Time, Tactical, cooperative, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 33%
- Shared genres
- 10
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56%
8. Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
Shares cooperative, Great Soundtrack, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 10
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56%
9. Cossacks 3
Shares Real-Time, Tactical, cooperative, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 63
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 36%
- Shared genres
- 10
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55%
10. Planetary Annihilation
Shares Real-Time, Tactical, Great Soundtrack, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 62
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 25%
- Shared genres
- 10
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55%
11. Wargame: Airland Battle
Shares Real-Time, Tactical, cooperative, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 44%
- Shared genres
- 10
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55%
12. Supreme Commander
Shares Real-Time, cooperative and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 higher.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 10
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Ancestors?
On our similarity model, Battlestar Galactica Deadlock is the closest match to Ancestors — shares Tactical, cooperative, Great Soundtrack, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.9 lower; released within 1 year.
Which game like Ancestors is rated highest?
Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak holds the highest player rating in this list at 3.8/5 from 103 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Ancestors on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.