Games Like BATTLETECH

Phantom Brigade 2.0 is a cinematic, tactical mech strategy game with a revolutionary timeline-based command system. See the future, predict enemy actions, and plot your counterattack on the timeline! Recruit and level up your squad of rebels to retake war-torn Fyrland from the Kaskad occupation.

Why similar: Mechs 44.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%, Tactical 7.8%, Robots 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It is the closest modern match to BATTLETECH’s formula, combining customizable mechs, a campaign layer, and tactical battles built around careful prediction and execution.

Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

Why similar: Mechs 41.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 13.7%, Turn-Based 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Strategy 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its small-squad mech battles turn every move into a high-stakes tactical puzzle, delivering the same satisfying ‘combat chess’ feel as BATTLETECH at its best.

MECHANICUS II ANNOUNCED! Take control of one of the most technologically advanced factions in the Imperium: the Adeptus Mechanicus. In this turn-based tactical game, your every decision will weigh heavily on the outcome of the conflict. Will you be blessed by the Omnissiah?

Why similar: Turn-Based 22.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.9%, Strategy 10.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, Tactical 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Even without mechs, it nails the same methodical sci-fi tactics, persistent tech progression, and crunchy decision-making that make BATTLETECH compelling.

FRONT MISSION 1st: Remake is an immersive, tactical turn-based RPG, placing you in command of the awe-inspiring Wanzers – powerful military machines.

Why similar: Mechs 50.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.6%, Strategy 8.4%, Sci-fi 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: This is one of the purest turn-based mech tactics games on Steam, with customizable Wanzers, targeted damage, and deliberate grid-based combat.

Create and command custom Mechs to outmaneuver The Swarm in this post-apocalyptic tactical turn-based rogue-lite. Leverage the terrain, learn each Mech's unique skills and use strategy and resources to survive an ever-changing series of battles to give humanity hope.

Why similar: Mechs 48.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Tactical 6.6%, Strategy 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Building and rebuilding a team of customizable mechs between tactical fights gives it a strong overlap with BATTLETECH’s loadout and squad-planning appeal.

XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.

Why similar: Turn-Based 25.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Tactical 11.9%, Sci-fi 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its combination of strategic management, soldier customization, and punishing turn-based missions scratches the same commander fantasy as running a BATTLETECH company.

An addictive mix of strategic combat and army building, with the precision of an RPG. Design your squad members' exact build of equipment and talents to create unique fireteam combinations. Step into the pilot suit of a Leviathan mech, lead the Templar Knights in turn-based tactical warfare.

Why similar: Mechs 33% ★, Turn-Based 17.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%, Tactical 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: This is a smart sci-fi tactics game built around squad builds, gear choices, and mission-to-mission development in a militaristic future setting.

The acclaimed strategy game from the creator of X-COM. Fight tactical battles on procedural maps against a foe that adapts to your tactics. Manage diplomacy and economy on a global scale. Research, explore, overcome. Now includes Steam Workshop support for mods!

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 31.3%, Tactical 27.7%, Strategy 19.7%, Character Customization 14.7%, RPG 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: The strategic globe layer, deep soldier builds, and exacting tactical combat make it a strong fit for players who love BATTLETECH’s command loop.

Lead humanity’s greatest weapon, the Grey Knights, in this fast-paced turn-based tactical RPG. Root out and purge a galaxy-spanning plague in a cinematic, story-driven campaign, using the tactics and talents of your own personalised squad of Daemonhunters.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 29.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.2%, Tactical 15.6%, Strategy 11.2%, Character Customization 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a campaign of elite-unit management and dense turn-based battles with a similarly weighty sense of progression and attrition.

Gears Tactics is the fast-paced, turn-based strategy game from one of the most-acclaimed video game franchises – Gears of War. Outnumbered and fighting for survival, recruit and command your squad to hunt down an evil mastermind who makes monsters.

Why similar: Turn-Based 27.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 26.9%, Strategy 24.5%, Tactical 9.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 3%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers fast but still substantial turn-based squad combat, strong progression, and a polished campaign for players who mainly love BATTLETECH’s mission layer.

Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the new strategy game from Triumph Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Age of Wonders series, bringing all the exciting tactical turn-based combat and in-depth empire building of its predecessors to space in an all-new, sci-fi setting.

Why similar: Turn-Based 23.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.9%, Strategy 13.8%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Tactical 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: While broader in scope, its mod-heavy sci-fi army building and detailed tactical combat strongly echo BATTLETECH’s customization-first strategy feel.

Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector is a fast-paced turn-based strategy game set in the grimdark universe of the 41st Millennium. Pick your force, develop your army, field mighty heroes and fight for victory using superior strategy, awesome abilities, and devastating weaponry.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 29.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, Strategy 15.2%, Turn-Based 14.5%, Tactical 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its turn-based sci-fi battles feel heavy and deliberate, with positioning, unit synergies, and campaign momentum that will click with BATTLETECH fans.

The year is 3015. The battlefields are dominated by war machines known as BattleMechs. Level entire cities and decimate the enemy in your BattleMech. Follow a quest for glory and revenge. Manage an expanding mercenary company. Fight alongside your friends with a four-player PvE co-op.

Why similar: Mechs 88.2% ★, Futuristic 4.9%, Management 3.9%, Action 1.9%, Singleplayer 1%

Why You'll Like It: Although it swaps turns for cockpit action, it shares BATTLETECH’s universe, mercenary structure, salvage loop, and obsession with refitting war machines.

The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 33.4%, Strategy 16.5%, Tactical 16.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Turn-Based 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: The mercenary hiring, equipment management, and contract-based turn-based combat make it a great pick for people who love BATTLETECH’s company-sim side.

XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 33.9%, Turn-Based 23%, Strategy 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Sci-fi 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is a more streamlined take on squad tactics and team management that still captures the turn-based firefight-and-upgrade rhythm.

Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 43.6%, Strategy 22.5%, Character Customization 16.7%, RPG 7.5%, Action 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: It is fantasy instead of sci-fi, but its mercenary economics, injuries, roster building, and contract-based campaign feel strikingly similar in spirit.

A dark sci-fi mech assembling manager with semi-auto battles against mutating, alien bio-weapon.

Why similar: Mechs 77% ★, Character Customization 7.5%, Management 7.5%, Strategy 7.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Why You'll Like It: It leans harder into designing and maintaining your machines, but that logistical and customization focus lines up well with BATTLETECH’s garage-game appeal.

Command massive armies in this epic mech auto-battler. Draft your troops, customize your units, master your formations, and crush enemies in spectacular 3D battles. All strategy, no clickfest. Outsmart opponents in 1v1, 2v2, free-for-all, or Survival Mode.

Why similar: Mechs 44.6% ★, Turn-Based 14.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.2%, Tactical 7.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It is an autobattler rather than mission tactics, but it still delivers the pleasure of assembling and counter-building a roster of futuristic war machines.

TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children is the first season of a turn-based strategy SRPG that takes place in the world of Troubleshooter.

Why similar: Turn-Based 37.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 29%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Strategy 10.7%, RPG 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its huge character-building system and mission-based tactical structure reward the same kind of careful roster planning and optimization.

Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.

Why similar: Turn-Based 24.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Tactical 10.6%, Sci-fi 9%

Why You'll Like It: The combination of a strategic command layer and granular turn-based missions makes it a solid fit for players who love BATTLETECH’s overall structure.

Cyberpunk mercenaries RPG! Turn-based squad tactics with unique heist-planning strategy. Build your crew wisely; their stories will become interwoven with your own. Pull off heists with powerful cyberware, faction connections, multiclassing, weapon modding, stealth, hacking, and more!

Why similar: Turn-Based 26.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Tactical 12.4%, Strategy 9%

Why You'll Like It: Its mission-based structure, squad management, and between-mission planning echo the command-and-deploy rhythm that makes BATTLETECH so addictive.

MechCorp. is a turn-based-tactics/strategy game where you take command of a mercenary mech squadron in space. Decide which battles to fight and what contracts to pursue while managing every aspect of the squad including mech lineup, crew management, research and production.

Why similar: Mechs 59.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 15.1%, Strategy 14.5%, Sci-fi 6.4%, Management 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: This indie hex-based tactics game focuses on mech customization and deliberate turn-based engagements in a way that directly overlaps with BATTLETECH.

Bionic Dues is a tactical, turn-based roguelite with mech customization. Out-think wide-ranging tactical situations featuring robots with bad GPS, terrible aim, insecurity, a lack of focus, a tendency to backstab, and dozens of other maladies to exploit.

Why similar: Mechs 32.9% ★, Turn-Based 23.7%, Strategy 10.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.5%, Tactical 6%

Why You'll Like It: This compact indie blends mech loadout tinkering with tactical missions, making it a good lower-budget alternative for the same core itch.

Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.

Why similar: Turn-Based 32.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 25.5%, Character Customization 10%, Strategy 10%, Tactical 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a strong strategic/tactical loop with squad progression, gear decisions, and tough turn-based encounters, even if it is more RPG-driven.

Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.

Why similar: Turn-Based 21.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Strategy 9.8%, Tactical 9.6%

Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

Why similar: Turn-Based 30.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 23.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, Tactical 13.7%, Strategy 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its emphasis on hero builds, positioning, and surviving through attrition-heavy tactical encounters appeals to players who enjoy planning around limited resources.

From the creators of Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden comes a beautifully crafted tactical adventure you won’t forget. Embark on a quest across a post-apocalyptic wasteland torn apart by a savage force known only as the ‘Miasma’.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 26.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.1%, Tactical 16.2%, Strategy 11.5%, Robots 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its story-driven tactical battles and character progression make it a good pick if you enjoy BATTLETECH more for campaign tactics than for mechs specifically.

As Humanity’s last hope, lead your army to combat in an intricate dance of spectacular actions and counters, using an original Dynamic Timeline System, and face fearsome bosses in epic battles.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 27.9%, Turn-Based 27.3%, Strategy 18.5%, Tactical 10.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It trades the mercenary framework for a harsher roguelite structure, but the tactical depth and long-term roster management still hit similar notes.

In MECHWARRIOR 5: CLANS, players become new Smoke Jaguar pilots in the Clan Invasion of the Inner Sphere. Lead a five-mech "Star" squad across diverse planets, engaging in an expansive campaign with immersive gameplay and intricate combat. Customize BattleMechs and explore strategic options.

Why similar: Mechs 75.1% ★, Sci-fi 8.9%, Futuristic 6.1%, Character Customization 5.2%, Action 2.3%

MechWarrior Online™ Legends is a tactical, 'Mech-based online shooter set in the vast BattleTech Universe. Assume the role of an elite MechWarrior, piloting powerful BattleMechs, fighting for supremacy over the Inner Sphere.

Why similar: Mechs 76.2% ★, Robots 7.5%, Sci-fi 5.4%, Tactical 3.7%, Strategy 3.4%

Commander, customize and build your Mechanical Assault Skeleton Suit (M.A.S.S.) and lead the fight against an alien invasion bent on exterminating the human race. The fate of humanity is in your hands.

Why similar: Mechs 63.9% ★, Robots 10.6%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Character Customization 6.6%, Futuristic 4.2%

Pilot your fully customizable Arsenal mech and join your fellow mercenaries in defending humanity from the corrupted machines and gigantic robots in this post-apocalyptic action game!

Why similar: Mechs 77.7% ★, Robots 8%, Character Customization 5.1%, Sci-fi 5.1%, Action 1.9%

Experience the epic space strategy games that redefined the RTS genre. Control your fleet and build an armada across more than 30 single-player missions. Choose unit types, fleet formations and flight tactics for each strategic situation.

Why similar: Strategy 26.4%, Space 24.4%, Sci-fi 22%, Tactical 10.1%, Great Soundtrack 7.2%

Turn the tide of the war with nuanced strategies in One-inch Tactics, introducing players to a unique turn-based strategy experience.

Why similar: Mechs 39.4% ★, Turn-Based 15%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.2%, Tactical 6.8%

Battle for survival in the skies of a mysterious future Earth in this unique action-strategy game mixing arcade combat, exploration, management and diplomacy. As giant flying ships wage spectacular aerial warfare, a prophecy tells of one who will save the world – could it be you?

Why similar: Tactical 35.4%, Strategy 28.9%, Sci-fi 23.9%, Action 4.8%, Singleplayer 3.7%

Fast-paced tactical combat meets strategic management in this sequel to the acclaimed Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus. Take control of either the ancient and deathless Necron legions or the techno-religious acolytes of the Omnissiah, with the fate of a world in your hands.

Why similar: Turn-Based 21.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Tactical 10.3%, Strategy 10%

A ground-based RTS prequel to the classic Homeworld games. Assemble your fleet and lead them to victory on the shifting sands of Kharak in this compelling strategy game for PC from Blackbird Interactive.

Why similar: Strategy 37.5%, Sci-fi 27.7%, Space 9.1%, Great Soundtrack 6.3%, Multiplayer 6.3%

Experience piloting and customizing massive armored units called Wanzers while engaging in high-intensity battles driven by a compelling story. The battle begins now!

Why similar: Mechs 92% ★, Robots 3.1%, Sci-fi 2.8%, Action 1.9%, Singleplayer 0.1%

The year is 1983. The world teeters on the verge of destruction as the Cold War tightens its icy grip. East or West: trust no one, question everything. The fate of humanity rests in your hands as you pit spy versus spy in tactical Phantom Doctrine.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 33.5%, Turn-Based 20.1%, Strategy 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Tactical 9.4%

The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!

Why similar: Turn-Based 27.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.2%, Tactical 15.1%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Strategy 11.3%

A new action game based on the concept of the ARMORED CORE series that uses the knowledge gained from FromSoftware's recent action game development.

Why similar: Mechs 69.7% ★, Robots 8.9%, Sci-fi 6.5%, Character Customization 5.5%, Futuristic 3.6%

Mech Merc Company is a 90s style mech combat simulator with business management elements. Buy and sell mechs, customize your mechs, hire and fire AI pilots, manage your business expenses, and complete tactical objective-based missions.

Why similar: Mechs 66.8% ★, Tactical 10.7%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Futuristic 5.1%, Management 5%

ENDLESS™ Space 2 is a Strategic Space Opera, featuring the compelling “just one more turn” gameplay, set in the mysterious ENDLESS™ Universe. As the leader of your civilization, will you impose your vision and build the greatest stellar empire?

Why similar: Strategy 82.9%, Turn-Based 4.8%, Space 4.4%, Sci-fi 3.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 3%

Pilot the mecha Strike Suit across massive fleet battles where your dogfighting skills decide Earth's fate. Fast, frantic space combat with capital ship destruction, multiple endings, and a universe that's anything but empty. This is space combat reborn.

Why similar: Mechs 69.6% ★, Space 10.4%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Robots 4.6%, Action 2.3%

Star Renegades is a dimension spanning rogue-lite strategy RPG. Outsmart uniquely generated adversaries, forge bonds between heroes and end the cycle!

Why similar: Mechs 50.3% ★, Turn-Based 22.7%, Tactical 7.3%, Sci-fi 6.6%, Strategy 5.9%

Ignited Steel is a mech roguelike turn-based-tactics game. Manage a team of overheating old-tech mechs, more heat means more vulnerability and damage! Unravel the galaxy’s story as you travel from node to node, improving your mechs, acquiring new pilots, and defeat the sentient A.I. overlord!

Why similar: Mechs 55.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Strategy 8.2%, Tactical 5.5%

Mecharashi is a mecha-themed tactical turn-based game. The game adopts a unique part-destruction combat system, where you can assemble mechas however you want, equip a wide selection of weapons, and choose your favorite pilots to engage in battle.

Why similar: Mechs 52.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Strategy 9%, Robots 7.7%

Made in a close partnership with Games Workshop, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is a story-rich classical RPG from Owlcat Games, developers of the critically acclaimed game, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 22.8%, Sci-fi 16.5%, Strategy 15.4%, Space 11.8%, Character Customization 11.7%

Xenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their technology in turn-based ground combat.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 25%, Turn-Based 21.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Tactical 11.5%, Strategy 9.6%

As Captain Kayto Shields, embark on a galactic voyage of heroism and survival. With his home world destroyed and his nation conquered, the inexperienced Captain Shields, and his newly minted vessel, the Sunrider, are left as the only hope against a galactic evil intent on subjugating all sentient life.

Why similar: Mechs 49.7% ★, Turn-Based 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Strategy 6.9%, Sci-fi 5.6%

Deploy for battle in the Variable Armour, a technologically advanced suit of war. With turn-based tactics and quick-fire clashes, lead a strike force of deadly mecha to bring peace to the solar system in a 40-mission campaign. Create your own maps, practice in skirmish, or battle across multiplayer.

Why similar: Mechs 38.2% ★, Turn-Based 17.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%, Tactical 6.1%

You are the captain of a starship venturing through a massive open universe. Customize your crew and take command at the helm of your very own ship as you explore a galaxy torn apart by internal strife, alien threats, and political intrigue.

Why similar: Sci-fi 33.5%, Strategy 22.2%, Management 15.7%, Space 14.5%, RPG 7.3%

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 is the new real-time strategy game adapted from Games Workshop’s famous tabletop game that portrays the epic space battles of the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

Why similar: Strategy 40.5%, Space 33.6%, Sci-fi 16.7%, Multiplayer 4%, Tactical 3.9%

You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace.

Why similar: Turn-Based 27%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Strategy 15.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.1%, Tactical 10.8%

You are the commander of the Black Talons company, currently stationed in the Oberon system. After an eventful campaign, the military Tzanar Union has overrun the planet of Genai and blocked all departure from the system: leaving you and the Black Talons stranded.

Why similar: Mechs 55.9% ★, Tactical 9.3%, Strategy 8.4%, Sci-fi 8%, Character Customization 6.5%

An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.

Why similar: Turn-Based 32.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.4%, Tactical 16.8%, Strategy 14.2%, Space 8.2%

A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.

Why similar: Sci-fi 28%, Tactical 24.5%, Strategy 20%, Management 17.7%, Multiplayer 6.7%

FRONT MISSION 2: Remake preserves the mature story, strategic turn-based combat, and Wanzer customization options of the original.

Why similar: Mechs 47% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 13.9%, Robots 8.2%, Tactical 8%, Strategy 6.8%

A sandbox tactical RPG of steel, fire, friendship, and shonen anime. Assemble your crew, customize your Mech, and lead them in cinematic turn-based battles through a world ruled by rogue AI. The bonds you forge will decide who survives!

Why similar: Mechs 42.3% ★, Turn-Based 15.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%, Robots 6.9%