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24 alternatives to Nords: Heroes of the North
Arm your Stronghold, and go to war for loot and glory!
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Nords: Heroes of the North launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Powerful Fighters, cunning Rogues, mighty Beastmasters!
2016 · its alternatives →
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I've posted this game here before, hopefully a repost is fine as the game has changed quite a bit (improved AI, improved mapeditor, much quicker gameplay, etc). Game is based on JavaScript/Canvas and WebSockets. On the browser side the map is pre-rendered (as a background image), just the mobile units/buildings and animations are dynamically rendered. The lobby server is made in node.js, but the game server is C++ for performance reasons (mainly the pathfinding). I found the C++ WebSocket libraries out there to be too difficult to use so I made my own based on the rfc. Overall I…
2022 · battle-of-flags.com · its alternatives →
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The reference hack'n'slash brings a massive Nordic update
2015 · its alternatives →
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Classic role-playing battles with fast and strategic action
2016 · its alternatives →
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A prequel to one of the most addictive tower defense games
2014 · its alternatives →
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Take up arms and fight against the enemy to protect homeland
2016 · its alternatives →
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Archers, thieves, mages, paladins & dragons - oh my!
2016 · 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 →
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