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Games like A 5 Year Old's War Game

What to play if you like A 5 Year Old's War Game

Start with Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Slay the Spire. These games share the strongest Game DNA signals with A 5 Year Old's War Game, then show where the experience changes.

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Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition cover67% shared experience

Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

XCOM: Enemy Unknown cover67% shared experience

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Slay the Spire cover64% shared experience

Slay the Spire

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

FTL: Faster Than Light cover60% shared experience

FTL: Faster Than Light

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Darkest Dungeon® cover59% shared experience

Darkest Dungeon®

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Changes: Progression

XCOM® 2 cover58% shared experience

XCOM® 2

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Changes: Progression

Sid Meier's Civilization® V cover57% shared experience

Sid Meier's Civilization® V

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Changes: Combat intensity

Dispatch cover57% shared experience

Dispatch

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Changes: Progression

Resident Evil Village cover56% shared experience

Resident Evil Village

Preserves: Mystery and Combat intensity

Changes: Stress intensity and Isolation

Frostpunk cover56% shared experience

Frostpunk

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Changes: Resource management

Microsoft Solitaire Collection cover56% shared experience

Microsoft Solitaire Collection

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Prison Architect cover55% shared experience

Prison Architect

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Changes: Resource management

SPORE™ cover55% shared experience

SPORE™

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Changes: Progression and Resource management

Planet Coaster cover54% shared experience

Planet Coaster

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Changes: Resource management and Progression

Five Nights at Freddy's cover54% shared experience

Five Nights at Freddy's

Preserves: Resource management and Complexity

Changes: Strategic depth and Complexity

Stellaris cover53% shared experience

Stellaris

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Hearts of Iron IV cover52% shared experience

Hearts of Iron IV

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Changes: Resource management

Schedule I cover51% shared experience

Schedule I

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Changes: Resource management and Combat intensity

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