Games Like Door Kickers

Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".

Why similar: Tactical 24.8%, Real-Time with Pause 23.3% ★, Top-Down 8.5%, Real Time Tactics 7.7%, Moddable 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel that refines the core tactical mechanics with modern equipment and more complex environments.

Carefully plan your team's tactics in close quarters battles. Use the timeline to synchronize each door breach, grenade throw and room entry with precision. Watch your team execute your plan autonomously in epic cinematic replays. Take on challenging roguelike campaigns or standalone missions.

Why similar: Tactical 30.5%, Strategy 21.9%, Top-Down 17.4%, Simulation 7%, Real Time Tactics 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical squad game that heavily emphasizes the planning phase, allowing you to choreograph complex breaches in real-time.

Intravenous 2 is the ultimate blend of tactical gameplay and immersive storytelling. Will you embrace the shadows or confront your foes head-on? The choice is yours. Experience a new era of tactical stealth action. Save lives. Uncover secrets. Take vengeance.

Why similar: Tactical 53.9%, Top-Down 12.4%, Top-Down Shooter 9.4%, Shooter 6.4%, Simulation 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical top-down shooter that rewards careful planning, stealth, and precise execution in high-stakes missions.

Breach & Clear brings deep tactical strategy simulation to PC, Mac and Linux! Build your Special Operations team, plan and execute advanced missions, and own every angle.Choose your real-world squad -- US Army Rangers, Germany's KSK, Canada’s JTF2, UK SAS, and more -- and take on a variety of foes with different skill-sets and...

Why similar: Tactical 61.8%, Strategy 22.8%, Simulation 6.2%, Action 3%, Top-Down 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses specifically on the tactical room-clearing aspect of SWAT operations with a deep focus on squad loadouts.

A fresh take on top-down shooters with an emphasis on tactics that forces you to make split second decisions. Neutralize criminals, rescue civilians and defuse bombs in Single Player mode or Co-op. And remember - shooting first is not an option!

Why similar: Tactical 40.4%, Strategy 14.4%, Co-op 9.4%, Top-Down Shooter 9.3%, Simulation 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down tactical shooter that captures the tension of SWAT raids and the necessity of making split-second moral decisions.

Teeth-clenching stealth, followed by tactical hardcore gunplay for those not looking for a quiet way in. Intravenous redefines challenging stealth-action and will keep you on the edge of your seat!

Why similar: Tactical 57.1%, Top-Down 9.9%, Top-Down Shooter 6.9%, Difficult 6.7%, Strategy 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the top-down tactical stealth feel, requiring players to carefully navigate and clear rooms with limited resources.

As an elite SWAT operator, think fast and put your tactics to the test to master a series of missions and save lives. Summon your team of up to four players in online and local co-op, or hone your skills solo. Don’t just be the best—be the best of the best.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 31.7%, Tactical 22.7%, Top-Down 11.7%, Strategy 10.1%, Co-op 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down tactical SWAT game that emphasizes coordination and careful movement in tight, dangerous environments.

Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.

Why similar: Tactical 56.1%, Strategy 18.6%, Real Time Tactics 14%, RTS 4.9%, Difficult 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: An excellent squad-based tactical game that requires careful positioning and synchronized stealth actions.

Brings the simultaneous turn-based strategy genre up-to-date and lets you give detailed, accurate orders to your squad.

Why similar: Tactical 62.3%, Strategy 23.5%, Top-Down 7.5%, Indie 3.4%, Multiplayer 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep tactical planning experience where you must predict enemy movements and execute synchronized maneuvers.

Desperados III is a story-driven, hardcore tactical stealth game, set in a ruthless Wild West scenario. Play smart if you want to succeed. A good plan can make the difference between survival and finding yourself at the business end of a pistol.

Why similar: Tactical 43.1%, Real Time Tactics 24.2%, Strategy 21.5%, Top-Down 3.9%, RTS 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features complex tactical squad gameplay where planning and executing synchronized actions is key to success.

Tactical squad-based heist game set in 1970s. The 2D top-down view gives you a great overview of what's happening at any given moment, allowing you to be a real criminal mastermind. Can you pull off the greatest heist in the history of mankind?

Why similar: Tactical 47.7%, Top-Down 18.6%, Strategy 16.9%, Action 5.1%, 2D 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down heist game that shares the tactical planning and execution feel of Door Kickers.

Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is a real-time tactics game set in World War II that puts you in command of a small squad of elite troopers. Send them behind enemy lines on a series of hazardous missions, and bring them back alive.

Why similar: Tactical 49.5%, Strategy 21.9%, RTS 9.1%, Real Time Tactics 9%, Action 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: The classic tactical squad game that defined the genre of top-down infiltration and precise mission execution.

RUNNING WITH RIFLES is a top-down tactical shooter with open world RPG elements. In RWR, you join the ranks of an army as a common soldier, just like the thousands around you.

Why similar: Tactical 40.7%, Top-Down 14.1%, Moddable 14%, Top-Down Shooter 11.1%, Co-op 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down tactical shooter that captures the chaos and scale of military engagements.

Rescue hostages, disarm bombs and save the day in this old school, side-scroller action game with retro graphics and retro sensibilities. Online and Couch Coop Included.

Why similar: Tactical 46.4%, Level Editor 12.2%, Co-op 10.1%, Simulation 9%, Shooter 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A faster-paced, arcade-style spin-off that retains the core SWAT theme and tactical equipment.

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: Tactical 57.1%, Strategy 34%, Action 4.2%, Singleplayer 2.8%, Multiplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical game focused on espionage and squad management where planning and positioning are paramount.

Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.

Why similar: Tactical 58.2%, Strategy 23.8%, Difficult 9.4%, Simulation 6.9%, Singleplayer 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes tactical stealth game where every move must be carefully planned to avoid detection.

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: Tactical 33.1%, Strategy 27.4%, RTS 15.7%, Simulation 5.8%, Action 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RTS that allows for direct unit control, bridging the gap between strategy and action.

Become an elite SWAT commander and bring order to a city overwhelmed by chaos and corruption.

Why similar: Tactical 74.6%, Co-op 10.6%, Shooter 6.5%, Action 3.2%, Multiplayer 3%

Why You'll Like It: A realistic SWAT simulator that captures the high-stakes tension and methodical pace of room clearing.

From one of the developers behind the original Rainbow Six® and Ghost Recon® games, comes a thinking-man's first-person shooter featuring in-depth character and weapon customization. Take your time. Think ahead. Get the job done.

Why similar: Tactical 72.1%, Simulation 6%, Co-op 5.6%, Shooter 5.2%, Strategy 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical FPS that focuses on realistic weapon handling and squad-based coordination.

Satellite Reign is a real-time, class-based strategy game, set in an open-world cyberpunk city. You command a group of 4 agents through rain-soaked, neon-lit streets, where the law is the will of mega-corporations.

Why similar: Tactical 43.4%, Strategy 22.3%, Top-Down 10.2%, Co-op 6.8%, RTS 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A squad-based tactical game that offers deep tactical options and stealth mechanics in a cyberpunk setting.

Partisans 1941 is a real-time tactics game with stealth elements, set on the eastern front of WW II. As an army commander behind enemy lines you gather a group of Partisans to wage guerilla warfare against the German occupants.

Why similar: Tactical 45.5%, Strategy 23.8%, Real Time Tactics 22.7%, Difficult 2.3%, Singleplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical squad-based game that blends stealth and combat in a historical setting requiring careful mission planning.

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

Why similar: Tactical 38.9%, Real Time Tactics 17.9%, RTS 16.8%, Strategy 12.9%, Moddable 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A realistic tactical RTS that emphasizes unit preservation and careful tactical positioning on the battlefield.

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: Tactical 64.8%, Strategy 27.8%, Co-op 3.7%, Action 2.1%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep tactical squad management with a focus on realistic combat scenarios and character-specific skills.

Game about the difficult work of people that manage emergency lines and services. Answer incoming calls and react properly - give first aid instructions, advise, dispatch correct number of firemen / police / ambulances, or sometimes - just ignore the call. Play on ANY CITY in the world!

Why similar: Strategy 30.1%, Tactical 25.2%, Simulation 19.8%, Real Time Tactics 9.2%, Moddable 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management and dispatch side of emergency response, sharing the tactical oversight theme.

Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.

Why similar: Tactical 32.4%, Strategy 25%, RTS 13.9%, Real Time Tactics 9.3%, Simulation 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RTS that offers deep control over individual units and complex squad maneuvers.

Take to the streets for intense close quarters combat, where a team's survival depends upon securing crucial strongholds and destroying enemy supply in this multiplayer and cooperative Source Engine based experience.

Why similar: Tactical 62.6%, Strategy 8.4%, Co-op 7.6%, Shooter 7.1%, Action 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical FPS that emphasizes realistic combat, squad communication, and careful movement.

Zero Hour is a tactical FPS with online team-based game play that takes place in a variety of fictional locations interpreted in Bangladesh with Real-life scale & resource management. It brings a grounded, close quarter combat experience to the game.

Why similar: Tactical 63.4%, Co-op 8.7%, Strategy 8%, Shooter 7.1%, Simulation 4.3%

ST brings the most intense, tactical-action experience to Steam. Select your custom loadout, plan out strategies and accomplish your objectives. Addictive Survival mode and unrivaled multiplayer including Squads (1 vs 1, 2 vs 2, 2 vs 1)

Why similar: Tactical 34.2%, Real Time Tactics 13.6%, Strategy 8.9%, Top-Down 7.9%, Top-Down Shooter 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A real-time tactical game that focuses on squad control and mission execution in a top-down view.

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: Tactical 58.3%, Top-Down 20%, Strategy 19%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for tactical squad management and planning under intense pressure.

Thunder Tier One is a realistic top-down shooter where you join an elite special operations team tasked with stopping a dangerous terrorist organization wreaking havoc across the fictional Eastern European country of Salobia.

Why similar: Tactical 36.9%, Top-Down 12.6%, Moddable 10.7%, Real Time Tactics 9.6%, Top-Down Shooter 8.8%

Welcome, trainee! Use tactics and special equipment to become a true cop in the free version of Police Stories: The Academy. Neutralize criminals, search for clues and find a "rat" in the police station alone or in co-op with a partner.

Why similar: Tactical 30%, Strategy 13.1%, Top-Down 13.1%, Top-Down Shooter 9.1%, Simulation 7.8%

Carefully plan your team's tactics in close quarters battles. Use the timeline to synchronize each door breach, grenade throw and room entry with precision. Watch your team execute your plan autonomously in epic cinematic replays. Take on challenging roguelike campaigns or standalone missions.

Why similar: Tactical 30.6%, Real Time Tactics 12.1%, Strategy 11.7%, Top-Down 11.6%, Level Editor 8.4%

Company of Crime places you in the heart of 1960s London. Will you build an influential criminal empire, or head up an elite Scotland Yard task force and crack down on the rising tide of corruption? Case out targets, then dive into the melee with your hand-picked team of gangsters or detectives.

Why similar: Tactical 52.8%, Top-Down 20.2%, Strategy 18.5%, Action 5%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical game focused on managing a criminal organization through turn-based combat and strategic positioning.

Take charge of a SWAT unit as an elite operator. Command a specialized AI squad or team up in co-op to seize suspects, rescue civilians, and restore order. Study the briefing, kit out your team, and execute your plan with disciplined precision.

Why similar: Tactical 52.9%, Real Time Tactics 10.5%, Co-op 10.4%, Shooter 7.3%, Simulation 6.3%

Call to Arms - Gates of Hell is a realistic RTS/ RTT game that offers endless replay value. Command all types of troops in historical singleplayer, dynamic campaign, PvP and PvE battles. Are you ready for some serious immersion in World War 2?

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 19.1%, Strategy 17.8%, RTS 16.9%, Moddable 15.9%, Level Editor 10.7%

Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmaneuver and outsmart the enemy.

Why similar: Strategy 26.1%, Tactical 21.7%, Top-Down 16.7%, RTS 15.9%, Real-Time with Pause 8% ★

Black One Blood Brothers is a tactical military shooter game where strategy and coordination are key. Command a squad of top operators, with unique skills, through high-risk missions around the globe. Customize your crew, plan your missions, and adjust on the fly for a vast replayability.

Why similar: Tactical 48.4%, Strategy 13%, Simulation 9.9%, Real Time Tactics 8.7%, Level Editor 8.4%

Phantom Squad is a 1-4 player co-op tactical top-down shooter blending fast-paced combat with real-time strategy. Play solo or team up through online co-op and matchmaking, coordinating movement, positioning, and split-second decisions to survive intense, high-risk missions.

Why similar: Tactical 57.1%, Real Time Tactics 14.7%, Co-op 14.1%, Top-Down Shooter 9.3%, Top-Down 2.3%

Arma Tactics is a turn-based close-combat strategy game, where you take control of a four-member Special Forces team. There are no given strategies, rails to move on, or paths to follow; it‘s up to you to decide how you will play through both the story-driven missions and generated missions with randomized objectives.

Why similar: Tactical 54.7%, Strategy 35.2%, Indie 4%, Action 2.6%, Shooter 2%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical game featuring realistic military squad combat and mission planning.

A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.

Why similar: Tactical 29.4%, Real-Time with Pause 27.5% ★, Strategy 10.2%, Moddable 9.6%, RTS 8%

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: Tactical 25.6%, Real-Time with Pause 23.8% ★, Strategy 15.7%, RTS 13.3%, Moddable 7.1%

Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.

Why similar: Top-Down 25.9%, Strategy 25.5%, Moddable 17.2%, Simulation 17.1%, 2D 6.3%

Commander, your strike team is to dive deep into the contaminated city of Sun Stone and get some answers before the mysterious deadly plague spreads . Good luck Commander!

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 29.5% ★, Tactical 27.7%, Top-Down 9.7%, Real Time Tactics 9.3%, Strategy 7.9%

Use the radio to give commands to the soldiers on the battlefield. Keep track of the situation based on their voice reports only. Lead US platoons to clash with Vietcong in a realistic, innovative approach to the RTS genre. Make hard choices in a narrative driven experience, and face the outcome.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 20.4%, Top-Down 18%, RTS 17.7%, Strategy 17.1%, Simulation 12.8%

Drop into the gripping journey of Aliens: Dark Descent, a squad-based, single-player action game in the iconic Alien franchise. Lead your soldiers in real-time to stop a new and terrifying kind of Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.

Why similar: Tactical 42.1%, Strategy 16.5%, RTS 12.3%, Real Time Tactics 12.2%, Top-Down 8.5%

Tactical Combat Department is a tactical turn-based strategy game inspired by Swat games. You command a special intervention squad that intervenes in various situations and environments.

Why similar: Tactical 56.3%, Strategy 15.6%, Top-Down Shooter 10.5%, Shooter 5.3%, Simulation 4.3%

TAKEDOWN is a thinking-person’s shooter; brutal, hardcore and deadly - like the real thing. Not for the faint hearted, Takedown requires you to bring your 'A' game - FPS fans looking for an ultra hardcore experience only need apply!

Why similar: Tactical 57%, Strategy 14.2%, Simulation 9.3%, Action 6.2%, Co-op 5.9%

Manage emergency services in any city in the world! Take calls and dispatch rescue forces. Handle difficult situations, now depending on the weather, and traffic. Help the citizens through cataclysms and natural disasters, becoming a better emergency number operator every day!

Why similar: Moddable 27.4%, Strategy 16.6%, RTS 16.4%, Simulation 16.3%, Real Time Tactics 16.1%

Experience close-quarters battles in iconic WWII settings. Defend the line, storm the beach, torch the enemy, or use a radio to call in fire support. Day of Infamy is a teamwork-oriented shooter that will keep you on your toes and coming back for more with its diverse game modes and authentic arsenal.

Why similar: Tactical 51.5%, Strategy 12.5%, Shooter 8.5%, Co-op 8.3%, Action 6.4%

A Tactical Battle Simulator that allows you to command thousands of soldiers as a Union or Confederate General. The game features the most accurately created map, a non-linear battle campaign, complex morale, innovative control mechanics and smart AI.

Why similar: Tactical 42.3%, Strategy 27.8%, RTS 16.3%, Simulation 9.4%, Indie 2.3%

Men of War: Assault Squad delivers a deeply tactical WWII experience, blending large-scale strategy with intense, hands-on combat. Fight across multiple fronts – from European countryside to Pacific jungles and command every unit and every bullet on the battlefield.

Why similar: Tactical 36%, Strategy 24.1%, RTS 11.2%, Real Time Tactics 8.3%, Moddable 5.9%

Blacklist Brigade is a co-op focused top-down shooter game, where players as a part of a mercenary group fight against banana republic dictators and other evil scoundrels.

Why similar: Tactical 34.4%, Top-Down 14.9%, Top-Down Shooter 10.6%, Strategy 7.5%, Real Time Tactics 7.2%

Gunpoint is a stealth puzzle game that lets you rewire its levels to trick people. You play a freelance spy who takes jobs from his clients to break into high security buildings and steal sensitive data.

Why similar: Strategy 33.7%, Puzzle 14.4%, Indie 12.4%, 2D 11.7%, Level Editor 11.3%

Steel Division: Normandy is a tactical real-time strategy (RTS) game that pits players against AI enemies in a single-player campaign -- or against several opponents in massive 10-on-10 multiplayer battles.

Why similar: Tactical 32.8%, Strategy 22%, RTS 21.1%, Simulation 7.7%, Real Time Tactics 4.8%

It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.

Why similar: Strategy 45.8%, Top-Down 17.9%, Action 11.1%, Indie 8.1%, Difficult 6.9%

Insurgency: Sandstorm is a hardcore tactical FPS built on lethal close-quarters combat and ruthless intensity. Every bullet count, every step matters, and teamwork is your only path to survival in the brutality of modern warfare.

Why similar: Tactical 65.3%, Shooter 10.2%, Co-op 8.4%, Action 5.4%, Multiplayer 4%

Realistic, immersive, breathtaking. WARNO is the ultimate World War III battle simulator from the masters of strategy, Eugen Systems. A Cold War turns decisively hot as you command hundreds of units on a beautiful and brutal battlefield. Outsmart, outfight, and lead your forces to total victory.

Why similar: Tactical 30.5%, Real Time Tactics 17.1%, RTS 15.9%, Strategy 14.5%, Moddable 7.9%

See what it means to face the fire. Command a firefighting unit in an exciting tactical RTS. Save lives, manage your water supplies and care for your team in 30+ missions. Be a real hero!

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 31.9% ★, Tactical 28.4%, Real Time Tactics 10.8%, Strategy 10.2%, RTS 9.9%

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: Tactical 37%, Strategy 15.3%, Real Time Tactics 14.2%, RTS 13.9%, Co-op 10.3%