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24 alternatives to Athelan Battlegrounds on Steam

PvP turn-based tactics for Chess and LoL fans!

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.

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    I posted once before but wanted to share again because a lot has changed. There's now a fairly strong bot to play against (contributed by a community member) and also correspondence games. The combination of these things helps a bit in finding people to play against.

    Aug 2026 · voronoigo.com · its alternatives →

  3. 3IM

    Hi, I've been developing an HTML5 MMORPG game where people can submit code to play a game, like collect items, destroy defense towers or kill monsters, etc.. I've been working on this for over 1.5 yrs (all my spare time) and now it's ready for preview, does anyone want to try it out? It's mostly opensource (and the rest will be opensource sooner or later) Please access it with PC, it's an HTML5 game: https://bytelegend.com/ I really want it to expand to more languages, but right now I've only finished Java part. I wonder if anyone can help me with other languages. Besides, I'm…

    2022 · bytelegend.com · its alternatives →

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    Diceright is a virtual tabletop for playing dungeons and dragons with friends on the web. You can watch a quick overview of how it works here: https://tinyurl.com/diceright. And there’s a list of the main features right on the homepage. It’s a Ruby on Rails site that makes heavy use of action cable for keeping the maps and tokens in sync for all players. On the front end, I’m using HTML canvas for the maps and a js library called fabric.js for interacting with the canvas. Otherwise, just jQuery on the front end. I optimized it all to work on mobile too. I built this as a side…

    2023 · diceright.com · its alternatives →

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    A retro RPG with a modern twist: AI-Powered NPC dialogues

    2023 · aicarousels.com · its alternatives →

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    The first story-based Fantasy Chess game on Steam.

    2018 · dungeonlords.com · its alternatives →

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    I made a game (https://polyfight.io/) which revolves around a player (a tank) leveling up and upgrading by killing shapes and other tanks (partially inspired by https://diep.io). It has a bunch of features, a vast number of tanks, an inbuilt chatting system, clans to make teams with your friends, a colour scheme maker, controllable sandboxes which can be public or private, a last man standing gamemode, and an inbuilt 1v1 system with its own ELO rankings and a global leaderboard. The game has a few players right now, and I'd hope to spread the joy players have with…

    2024 · polyfight.io · its alternatives →

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    Thought I would post in celebration of 1 year of my website being online. I've been working on it on and off and currently the website allows users to play Hex, Tumbleweed, Amazons, and Connect 6 against friends or against practice bots. I've been a long time player of some of these games and I felt for a long time that the world could use a few more popular abstract strategy games compared to Chess or Go. If you try it, let me know what you think. I'm always looking for new games or new features to add :)

    2025 · abstractboardgames.com · its alternatives →

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    Tower defense for the esports generation

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Choose your flag and face off against other players!

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    A new kind of game.

    2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    a free-to-play medieval MMO tower defense

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    This is something that I've been working on on-and-off in my spare time for the last few years. I started in 2020 during Covid trying to do a Mount and Blade style map in UE4, and it grew from there until where it is now - I would just add a feature, then another, until it came together. Since the start of the year I've really been trying to polish it some more. I've got the full thing planned for a Q3 25 release. Github release if you don't have Steam: https://github.com/joe-gibbs/fall-of-an-empire-release

    2024 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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    A Clash of Clans clone with sharper graphics/gameplay.

    2015 · rivalkingdomsgame.com · its alternatives →

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    A mounted combat challenge

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Turn-based PvP strategy game on Telegram & browser

    2024 · totemancer.com · its alternatives →

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    Last-man-standing shooter

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    A few months ago (82 days to be exact!) I posted a link on HN to my game, Meatshields. A bunch of you commented and played my game and gave me some wonderful feedback. Over the last few months I've been playing with many of you and implementing the best of everybody's suggestions. So, thank you, HN for all your help! I feel this is an extreme overhaul I couldn't have done without your input. Since then, I have: Dramatically improved our hosting platform (So it HOPEFULLY won't go down this time (oops.)), Added two new units, Rebalanced all existing units, Added many more maps, Improved the…

    2017 · its alternatives →

  20. 20AB

    We are working on this side side project since few weeks. Our goal is to design a fully email based game, with graphics and everything. The main concept is a battle between two sorcerers. It’s turn-based, and you send commands by replying to emails you receive. At the moment, you can move your sorcerer, and attack your opponent. New and exciting things are coming soon! To launch a game, you only need to send an email to [email protected] and a friend of yours. The game is fully open-source, including artworks. What are your thoughts? Game: http://cursend.us/ GitHub:…

    2012 · cursend.us · its alternatives →

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    Develop your strategy, and battle against other players!

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Lead your heroes to victory

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    The newest version of Dota from Valve

    2019 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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