Games Like APOX

Executive Assault is an indie real-time strategy/first-person shooter where you can not only build your base and create armies, but also take control of your units and fight as one of them.

Why similar: Strategy 68.7%, Action 22.8%, Indie 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the APOX spirit by allowing you to build a base as an RTS while jumping into any unit to play as an FPS.

Explore war-torn post-apocalyptic landscapes and take fight against enemies using various weapons in this FPS/RTS hybrid.

Why similar: Strategy 66.2%, Action 23.3%, Indie 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic hybrid that forces teams to balance strategic base construction with frontline tactical combat.

Call to Arms offers an innovative mix of real-time strategy and 3rd, as well as 1st person controls. Set in the time of modern warfare, the game offers realistically modeled vehicles and heavy weaponry. Command your troops to victory or fight by yourself in the 3rd or 1st person action mode.

Why similar: Strategy 77.2%, Action 19.3%, Indie 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a deep military RTS experience that allows players to take direct control of any unit for third-person or first-person action.

EXIMIUS is a FPS/RTS hybrid that focuses on squad-based combat. The game features an intense 5v5 multiplayer experience with each team comprising of 4 Squad Officers and one Commander.

Why similar: Strategy 70.7%, Action 29.3%

Why You'll Like It: It features a sophisticated blend of squad-based RTS management and high-octane first-person shooter combat.

Unique mix of Action, RTS and RPG gameplay elements that forms an innovative game genre. You can build base, manage troops, and then come down to keep your enemy at gunpoint in the dynamic battle and customize your main characters.

Why similar: Strategy 61.1%, Action 23.5%, Indie 15.5%

Why You'll Like It: It combines intense real-time strategy with action-oriented gameplay, allowing you to shift between commander and hero roles.

Dark Prospect is an asymmetrical FPSvsRTS multiplayer game. FPS players must survive by gathering resources, building defenses and fighting against a player or AI who summons, commands, upgrades monsters and casts spells from an RTS perspective.

Why similar: Strategy 77.3%, Action 22.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game pits a commander playing an RTS against a team of players in an FPS, mirroring the hybrid nature of APOX.

A fast paced multiplayer shooter that pits aliens against humans in a strategic and action-packed struggle for survival!

Why similar: Strategy 66%, Action 23.1%, Indie 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A definitive team-based hybrid where one commander plays an RTS while others fight as FPS soldiers.

Retro Commander is a post-apocalyptic real-time strategy wargame (RTS).

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic RTS that focuses on base-building and large-scale warfare in a desolate world.

Tryst is a competitive Real Time Strategy Game that provides a unique, fast paced spin to the established strategy model.

Why similar: Strategy 58.3%, Action 24.4%, Indie 17.3%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi RTS that focuses on unit customization and tactical combat, sharing the indie-developed RTS feel of APOX.

Reconquest is a real-time strategy base building game. After World War III, mankind got close to extinction. You have to reconquer Earth by making better strategic decisions than your opponents.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic RTS that captures the gritty, wasteland aesthetic and base-building focus of APOX.

Men of War is a stunning Real-Time Strategy game that takes place during the height of World War II. Intense battles span Europe and North Africa as gamers play as Soviet, Allied or German forces across 19 massive single-player missions.

Why similar: Strategy 91.9%, Action 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Known for its tactical depth, it allows for direct control of individual units to execute precise maneuvers in real-time.

Engage in a post-apocalyptic RTS showdown between three factions in Battlefall: State of Conflict.

Why similar: Strategy 70.2%, Action 29.8%

Why You'll Like It: A modern RTS that emphasizes base-building and unit management in a competitive multiplayer environment.

A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+

Why similar: Strategy 84.1%, Action 15.9%

Why You'll Like It: While strictly an RTS, its gritty, dieselpunk aesthetic and tactical combat feel share a similar tone with APOX.

Artificial Defense is a one man made, real time strategy game combining orbital shooter and tower defense components within an electrifying, virtual reality setting. You are the machine, a mighty computer-system defending its servers against swarms of intruding creeps.

Why similar: Strategy 57.1%, Action 23.9%, Indie 19%

Why You'll Like It: Blends tower defense and RTS mechanics, requiring players to manage resources while actively defending their base.

A next-gen re-imagination of a groundbreaking 80s classic. Carrier Command: Gaea Mission brings a breathtaking combination of action and strategy elements.

Why similar: Strategy 71.9%, Action 28.1%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique mix of strategic vehicle management and direct action across a large, open map.

Sacraboar is an RTS game in which players have to capture their opponent's boar trophy. Featuring an intuitive and easy to use resource management system, the game offers fast-paced game play without lengthy and tedious construction phases.

Why similar: Strategy 57.2%, Action 25.1%, Indie 17.7%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced RTS that strips away complex base-building to focus on tactical unit movement and action.

Delivering a visceral WWII gaming experience, Company of Heroes redefines RTS by bringing the sacrifice of heroic soldiers, war-ravaged environments, and dynamic battlefields to life. Please visit the "Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition" page for additional user reviews.

Why similar: Strategy 84.5%, Action 15.5%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in tactical RTS gameplay that emphasizes positioning and cover, much like the tactical requirements in APOX.

Raid On Coasts is a real time strategy game set in a massive Middle East themed land mass to cause chaos and carnage on !

Why similar: Strategy 55.6%, Action 27%, Indie 17.4%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward RTS that emphasizes rapid expansion and combat in a coastal setting.

Fortify is a real-time strategy game with a tower defense twist. Defend your castle from attacking monsters and siege weapons by using ranged and melee defenders, catapults, cannons, oil fields and more. You start at the iron age, advancing to the medieval age, and later, the imperial age.

Why similar: Strategy 57.8%, Action 24.2%, Indie 17.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the base-building and defensive aspects of RTS games, pitting players against waves of enemies.

Blasted Road Terror is real-time tactical looter in post apocalyptic setting. Command mighty warcrawler and manage squadron of vehicles in order to get unseen riches of the world and reach immortal glory.

Why similar: Strategy 55.6%, Action 26.5%, Indie 18%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic action game that focuses on vehicle combat and survival, mirroring the setting of APOX.

Survivor Squad is a Strategy Action game where you control a Squad of up to four survivors and guide them through a highly randomized world looking for supplies to aid you on your journey.

Why similar: Strategy 58%, Action 23.2%, Indie 18.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical game set in a post-apocalyptic world that requires careful management of your squad's survival.

EPOCH - Post-apocalyptic Robot Combat

Why similar: Action 61.2%, Indie 38.8%

Why You'll Like It: While an on-rails shooter, it captures the robotic, post-apocalyptic action feel found in many RTS-adjacent titles.

Steel Division 2 is a historically-accurate WW2 real-time strategy game set on the Eastern Front. Features 1:1-scale turn-based army management and real-time tactical battles with thousands of men at your order.

Why similar: Strategy 86.5%, Indie 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a high-fidelity tactical RTS experience that rewards careful unit placement and strategic planning.

Strain Tactics is a real-time-with-pause tactical game, where you command a squad of soldiers to liberate earth from an alien infestation. Using your helibase, deploy your custom squad and provide air support. Remember to keep your crew sane and motivated while staying clear of alien contamination!

Why similar: Strategy 58.9%, Action 25.9%, Indie 15.2%

Why You'll Like It: A real-time tactical game that features intense gore and squad management in a sci-fi setting.

The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.

Why similar: Strategy 93.4%, Action 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, complex RTS that focuses on military realism and large-scale tactical operations.

A combination of tactical elements from familiar strategic genres, with the ability to develop the character as in RPG games out of combat.

Why similar: Strategy 55.9%, Action 26%, Indie 18.1%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that incorporates strategy elements and squad-based combat in a hostile environment.

Real-time dynamic tactics with the strong focus on squad positioning and collaboration. Connect to the warzone from your home PC and orchestrate modern military operations from the Drone Perspective.

Why similar: Strategy 69.8%, Action 19.1%, Indie 11.1%

An indie space-sim and strategy game featuring ship and fleet combat mixed with RTS elements. Complete contracts and Claim sectors for your faction in the near-future, where resource exploiting corporations are in a state of constant conflict over territory control.

Why similar: Strategy 52.5%, Action 28.3%, Indie 19.2%

The zombie apocalypse is upon us and it's up to you to evacuate everyone before they fall prey to the undead. Conduct massive rescue operations with a helping hand from snipers, artillery crews, orbital bombardments, and more.

Why similar: Strategy 61.2%, Action 24.8%, Indie 14.1%

Age of Undead is a multi-genre game (turn-based, RTS, FPS) that allows you to face the frightful Zombie Apocalypse with 3 unique factions: the Army, the Infected, and the Survivors. Make strategic choices in the Campaign, then go into battle and fight to survive!

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Golden-age RTS classic. Fast-paced action & strategic decision-making, battling evil arch-enemies, zombies, and retro-futuristic technologies. All to a '90s electro-metal soundtrack and FMV live-action cut scenes.

Why similar: Strategy 73.2%, Action 26.8%

Pixel strategy that combines real-time and turn-based gameplay. 17 factions from vampire queens to mechanical golems.

Why similar: Strategy 75.6%, Indie 24.4%

Command your Squad of Survivors in a game where Line of Sight is extremely important, you cannot shoot what you cannot see. Develop your formations, move as a unit and cover every corner. Leave no man behind!

Why similar: Strategy 56.9%, Action 25.3%, Indie 17.9%

Last Outpost is a minimalist Base Building & Strategy game where you build and defend your outpost in zombie apocalypse. Choose your vehicle and loadout before embarking on your adventure. Use your abilities and control your units to eliminate all threats. Will you manage to defend your outpost?

Why similar: Strategy 86.8%, Indie 13.2%

AXYOS is an experimental shooter with some MOBA gameplay elements. Upgrade yourself in the game session to lead your team to win!

Why similar: Strategy 70.3%, Action 29.7%

Machine Mind is an action game in a post-apocalyptic setting with elements of survival and RTS. You will fight, craft modules, build your transport, develop and protect your base. You can control other vehicles to automate operations. Discover all the secrets of the destroyed world!

Why similar: Strategy 100%

A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs

Why similar: Strategy 100%

1971 Project Heliosis a turn-based strategy game which combines modern warfare military tactics and close combat. Firearms and vehicles are scarce, conflicts and hostilities have no end, and the terrible freezing cold annihilates friends and foes in its path.

Why similar: Strategy 75.3%, Indie 24.7%

The ultimate mash-up of Real-time Strategy and Tower Defense!

Why similar: Strategy 65%, Indie 18.2%, Action 16.8%

Got 5-10 minutes? Annihilate your enemy in a lightning fast micro 4X/RTS game set in deep space. Gameplay relies heavily on strategy, forward-thinking, and twitch-like reflexes.

Why similar: Strategy 76.3%, Indie 23.7%

Shadows of War is a 2D Real-Time Strategy sidescroller game. The game combines classical RTS elements with new ideas into a 2D game.

Why similar: Strategy 76.9%, Indie 23.1%

All Guns On Deck is a naval strategy, real time tactics action rpg with a unique battle system and unforgiving world to conquer.

Why similar: Strategy 56.9%, Action 25%, Indie 18.1%

Set in a magical world where gods walk among mortals, Demigod blends action, strategy and role-playing elements into a thrilling new experience.

Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Action 29.1%

Shrot is a bite-sized old-school action RTS set on a sandy planet with horses, tractors and techno music.

Why similar: Strategy 70.6%, Action 29.4%

Almost Alive is redefining the role playing tactical games with an awesome fast paced but complexe real time combat system in a mad hand drawn post apocalyptic world that features character mental sanity, destructible environment, a cover system, tons of loot, a none linear story, and a lot of humor.

Why similar: Strategy 53.5%, Action 27.5%, Indie 18.9%

Oil Rush is a naval strategy game that takes place in a world where nuclear war has melted the ice caps, changing the face of the planet forever. Oil Rush offers unique gameplay, avoiding micromanagement of every single unit, while still providing full control over all important aspects of strategy and economy.

Why similar: Strategy 81.3%, Indie 18.7%

Krush Kill 'N Destroy 2: Krossfire is a fast and furious post-apocalyptic real-time strategy game where you have to be quick or be dead. Play as one of three unique factions in the struggle to seek out and conquer oil fields to fuel your army.

Why similar: Strategy 86.8%, Action 13.2%

Grey Phobia is a Hack and Slash, third person shooter game, which is based on post apocalyptic, sci-fi, comix scenario.

Why similar: Action 60.6%, Indie 39.4%

ReEarth is an exciting TD & (RTS) indie game. Here, you will play as humanity's last hope. You will fend off the oncoming swarms by continuously building your base and dispatching various types of units. Prepare for the challenge and save the future of humanity!

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Combining the best of space combat and real time strategy. Victory can be tactical, a dogfight or capital ship slugging match - depending on how you decide to achieve it. Space combat on a RTS scale with space sim savagery.

Why similar: Strategy 63.3%, Action 24.6%, Indie 12.1%

Command distinct factions in a desperate struggle for power and resources in Tempest Rising - a classic RTS set on Earth after a nuclear war.

Why similar: Strategy 95.1%, Action 4.9%

In the anarchic world of Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare, only the mightiest warlord rules. Start with a pistol and a few militias, you will set yourself on a wild and ambitious journey towards world domination. Enjoy the immersive combination of intense FPS and sandbox strategy.

Why similar: Strategy 63.6%, Action 27.6%, Indie 8.8%

Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.

Why similar: Strategy 79.8%, Indie 13.2%, Action 7%

An RTS classic reborn with a twist. Time is of the essence, Commander! Capture the flags, conquer the territories, and eliminate the enemy fort. And finally, nuke them all! This old-school sci-fi Indie real time strategy game, crafted by devoted team, revives the genre's enduring allure.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Battlevoid: Sector Siege is an epic straight into action real-time space strategy game, in which the world has been built to deliver a lively battle field; and the action is never more than just seconds away at the start of every game.

Why similar: Strategy 58%, Action 23.7%, Indie 18.3%