Games Like Gratuitous Tank Battles

Command your TOY SOLDIERS in epic, action-packed battles.

Why similar: Tower Defense 58.5%, Strategy 28.1%, Simulation 13.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the WWI-themed tower defense and arcade-style combat found in the seed game.

Command your own fortress in FTL-like real-time battles! Crush the enemy fortress with unrelenting bombardment or seize it with carefully executed invasion.

Why similar: Tower Defense 40.8%, Strategy 34.1%, Simulation 15.8%, Indie 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It features a similar focus on managing defensive structures and artillery in a gritty, alternate-history war setting.

Deceptively simple... amazingly deep. Creeper World 2 thrusts you into the 14th millennium fighting and enemy that flows and oozes through the terrain. Employ advanced weapons,gravity manipulating repulsors, wormhole like rifts, and your own wit against this never yielding enemy.

Why similar: Strategy 37.9%, Tower Defense 25.3%, Simulation 24.5%, Indie 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a deep, strategic tower defense experience with a focus on managing resources and terrain against overwhelming odds.

Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!

Why similar: Tower Defense 51.7%, Strategy 39.9%, Indie 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a reverse tower defense experience where you command armored units through enemy defenses, echoing the tank-focused gameplay.

The Great War: Western Front is the definitive WW1 strategy game. Play a deciding role in history with this real-time tactical experience as you take charge in the iconic Western Front from 1914 to 1919. Pick your faction and lead your forces to victory.

Why similar: Strategy 72.5%, Tanks 27.5% ★

Why You'll Like It: It offers a more serious, grand-scale take on the WWI trench warfare that serves as the thematic foundation for the seed game.

Defense Grid: The Awakening is a unique spin on tower defense gameplay that will appeal to players of all skill levels. A horde of enemies is invading, and it's up to the player to stop them by strategically building fortification towers around their base.

Why similar: Tower Defense 79.7%, Strategy 16.4%, Indie 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential tower defense experience that emphasizes strategic placement and wave management similar to the core loop of the seed game.

Join The Mobile Trench Brigade and protect humanity from the evil Monovision menace!

Why similar: Tower Defense 71.3%, Strategy 28.7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines tower defense mechanics with direct control of mechs and tanks, matching the hybrid nature of the seed game.

An unique long-term strategy game with week-long matches with up to 101 players, set in the alternate reality of 1919.

Why similar: Strategy 54.9%, Simulation 45.1%

Why You'll Like It: This grand strategy game leans heavily into the alternate-history WWI theme with a focus on mechanized warfare.

Steam Squad - a classical tactical wargame with honest physics simulation of battles set in an alternative universe during the First World War. Players acting for the 3 of the superpowers - the Holy Roman, British and Tianxian Empires complete 30 missions with squads of up to 8 units.

Why similar: Strategy 76.7%, Indie 23.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title captures the steampunk and alternate-history aesthetic while focusing on tactical, turn-based tank combat.

You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.

Why similar: Tower Defense 79.4%, Strategy 16.7%, Indie 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: It excels at the action-tower defense hybrid genre, rewarding players for both trap placement and active combat participation.

Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.

Why similar: Tower Defense 80.3%, Strategy 15.9%, Indie 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A unique blend of first-person shooting and tower defense that requires the same strategic planning for base protection.

Commander in the ranks. Soldier at heart. Choose a faction and deploy and command your army into massive physics-driven WWII battles to the last man standing. Destroy everything on sight with an insane amount of units that will behave tactically.

Why similar: Tanks 35.6% ★, Strategy 32%, Simulation 25%, Indie 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox-style game that allows for large-scale tank battles with a focus on physics and tactical positioning.

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: Strategy 51.2%, Tanks 26.8% ★, Simulation 22%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides high-fidelity tactical tank combat and unit management for players who enjoy the vehicular focus of the seed game.

Defense Task Force Featuring Large Scale Procedurally Generated Tower Defense Battles with FPS Quality Visuals and Infinite Waves. 10 tower types, with different attacks , 3 levels plus boosts. 25 Enemy alien species: Regulars, Swarmers, Racers, Cloakers, Healers, Boss Units and Spawners.

Why similar: Tower Defense 52.4%, Strategy 22.7%, Simulation 16.9%, Indie 8%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward tower defense game that focuses on managing waves of enemies with varied defensive towers.

Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks is a unique combination of tank design and tycoon game. It puts you in charge of an arms trading company specialized in tanks from WWI to the modern era. Research, design, sell and follow your tanks in battle to make your own history!

Why similar: Tanks 68.9% ★, Simulation 31.1%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the design and production of tanks, appealing to the customization and engineering side of the seed game.

Blitzkrieg 3 is a WW2 RTS made for true admirers of strategic mastery! Challenge your tactical skills in historical campaigns and defeat powerful Neural Network AI in competitive matches.

Why similar: Tanks 47.2% ★, Strategy 34.5%, Simulation 18.4%

Why You'll Like It: It blends classic RTS gameplay with defensive fortification mechanics, mirroring the tactical depth of the seed game.

The Great War is a turn-based grand strategy game based on the epic struggles of the WWI era. Experience the battles of attrition and punishing artillery barrages. Play as any nation of the period as the modern world of industrialized warfare replaces an age of kings with a struggle of ideologies.

Why similar: Strategy 51.4%, Simulation 35.7%, Indie 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a grand strategy perspective on the WWI era, focusing on the broader geopolitical context.

Get ready to DEFEND THE WORLD! The biggest sequel in tower defense history is finally here: Fieldrunners 2 has arrived! From Subatomic Studios, creators of the award winning classic strategy game comes an all new adventure that was years in the making.

Why similar: Tower Defense 81.4%, Strategy 18.6%

Why You'll Like It: A polished tower defense game that focuses on diverse unit types and complex pathing, similar to the tactical requirements of the seed game.

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 61.2%, Simulation 27.8%, Indie 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a massive scale for tank and infantry combat, ideal for those who want more realism in their vehicular strategy.

The desperate leadership of a doomed Soviet Union travels back in time to change history and restore the glory of Mother Russia.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the over-the-top, alternate-history military aesthetic and fast-paced RTS action.

Stickman Trenches is a Real Time Strategy game in which you need to manage your men and weapons and build up your defenses in the brutal trenches of Stick World War 1.

Why similar: Tanks 37.7% ★, Tower Defense 34.9%, Strategy 27.4%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the essence of trench warfare strategy with a simple, accessible art style.

The epic tower defense dark fantasy journey continues! Create powerful gems with various abilities and take on the battle against an endlessly flowing army of monsters, and face the growing darkness as you fight your way back towards the Spiritforge.

Why similar: Tower Defense 70%, Strategy 25.3%, Indie 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers incredible depth in its tower defense mechanics, appealing to players who enjoy the customization aspects of the seed game.

Defend America from an alternate-universe America using state-of-the-art 1980s military hardware in this intricate and tactical turn-based strategy game.

Why similar: Tanks 53.1% ★, Strategy 27.6%, Simulation 19.3%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical wargame set in an alternate-history Cold War, featuring hex-based combat and unique military units.

8-Bit Armies is a retro Real-Time Strategy game. With a colorful, blocky voxel art style, 8-Bit Armies is Petroglyph's most fast-paced, friendly, and accessible RTS game to date. Featuring a campaign of 25 single-player missions, 12 co-op missions, multiplayer and skirmish modes.

Why similar: Strategy 55.9%, Simulation 30.9%, Indie 13.3%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, arcade-style RTS that shares the accessible yet strategic feel of the seed game.

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 100%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for tactical tank and infantry combat, offering deep strategic layers for military enthusiasts.

January, 1915. The Race to the Sea is over. The Great War has just begun. You are the commander of a single division in the meat grinder that is the Western Front. Lead your men over the top as you attempt to break the stalemate that is to claim the lives of millions over the course of years.

Why similar: Strategy 46.1%, Simulation 36.8%, Indie 17.1%

Get ready for an epic journey to defend your kingdom against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends using a vast arsenal of towers and spells at your command!Fight on forests, mountains and wastelands, customizing your defensive strategy with different tower upgrades and specializations!

Why similar: Tower Defense 77.1%, Strategy 19%, Indie 4%

Why You'll Like It: A classic tower defense title that emphasizes strategic tower placement and hero management.

Command a platoon of Sherman tanks over the most famous theaters of WWII. Take the commander’s seat and give specific orders to your crew, or open the tactical map to coordinate your actions with accompanying units.

Why similar: Tanks 49.8% ★, Simulation 21.9%, Strategy 21.2%, Indie 7.1%

Create a hero from one of four classes to save Etheria in this 4-player coop Tower Defense Action-RPG. Includes Steam exclusive Portal gun & TF2 familiars!

Why similar: Tower Defense 78.5%, Strategy 21.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game successfully merges action-RPG elements with tower defense, providing a similar hybrid appeal.

Build your towers of paper before they get out of the box and make a big mess in the room. Manage the turrets, upgrade and be careful where you put them... every decision can be fatal! Watch out for the air units, they have a different route!

Why similar: Tower Defense 65.7%, Strategy 25.7%, Indie 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A stylized tower defense game that focuses on defending against waves of tanks in a paper-craft aesthetic.

Creeper World 3 is what happens when cellular automata takes over a strategy simulation. Instead of discrete units that attack your base, a fluid-like substance spreads over the terraformable terrain. Your base, your weapons, your strategy... you must adapt them all.

Why similar: Tower Defense 74.3%, Strategy 17.6%, Simulation 4.4%, Indie 3.6%

Immerse yourself in a world of armored tank battles. Choose from a wide range of famous tanks of the major combatants. Pick the best tank and blast your way across the battlefield. Defeat your enemies with force and strategic decisions! And lead your team on a glorious road to victory!

Why similar: Tanks 42.6% ★, Simulation 39.6%, Indie 17.8%

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

Why similar: Tanks 56.5% ★, Strategy 43.5%

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 88.7%, Simulation 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a unique mix of vehicular strategy and command-based gameplay across land, sea, and air.

Command antique WWI Toy Soldiers in the trench-filled battlefields of Europe. Deploy an exciting arsenal of guns, artillery, flamethrowers, tanks and planes to defend your WWI toy dioramas. Take direct control of individual units or command the entire battlefield from above.

Why similar: Tower Defense 60%, Strategy 28.5%, Simulation 11.5%

Armored Battle Crew is a Tank and Crew Management Simulation game, where your skills as a Tank commander is tested. Customize your tank carefully and make strategic battle choices to achieve mission success! The fate of your crew lies in your hands!

Why similar: Tanks 50.2% ★, Strategy 22.6%, Simulation 18.4%, Indie 8.8%

A turn-based WWI Grand Strategy game. Rush to field new modern weaponry and survive the horrendous attrition battles. Join the global conflict between the Great Powers of the age and forge a new world order for freedom or tyranny.

Why similar: Strategy 47.4%, Simulation 36.6%, Indie 16%

Command entire companies of tanks across the battlefields of WW2 in turn based tactical strategy. Move without grids, skillfully aim every shot and use cover to lead your tanks to victory.

Why similar: Strategy 57.2%, Simulation 42.8%

Tank Operation: European Campaign - is a turn-based, tactical war game with a dozen nerve-racking historical scenarios on the various battlefields of World War II. As an allied general you fight right on the frontline to defeat the Third Reich with all its destructive potential.

Why similar: Strategy 64.6%, Tanks 35.4% ★

A tactical scale strategy game that invites the players to take command of the Allied or German forces in an epic struggle for the control of Western Europe during World War Two.

Why similar: Tanks 32.6% ★, Strategy 32%, Simulation 26.3%, Indie 9%

Command a special task force composed of different kinds of units, including tanks, APCs, field guns, mortars, various infantry regiments and will also have an opportunity to call for artillery and air support.

Why similar: Strategy 67.8%, Tanks 32.2% ★

Dive deep into the exhilarating world of high-stakes battles. Lead your army against a relentless onslaught of enemy machinery, spanning from the iconic tanks of WW2 to the modern-day helicopters.

Why similar: Tower Defense 55.4%, Tanks 44.6% ★

Regiments is a Real-Time Tactics game set in Germany 1989. The Cold War has gone hot, and the inferno is raging. Lead your Regiment through the fires of conflict and the fog of war. Break through the lines, call in artillery, maneuver, feign retreats, stage defenses, counter-attack. Do not relent.

Why similar: Tanks 40.8% ★, Strategy 36.6%, Simulation 16.2%, Indie 6.4%

Graviteam Tactics: Tunisia 1943 - tactical battalion level combat simulation. During the Tunisian Campaign in winter 1943 German Panzer battlegroups launch a counteroffensive against the Allied forces to drive them out of Eastern Dorsal.

Why similar: Strategy 38.1%, Tanks 31.9% ★, Simulation 30%

Take Command and Secure Victory in the Great War! Commander – The Great War features a Grand Campaign covering the whole war from the invasion of Belgium on August 5, 1914 to the Armistice on the 11th of November 1918 in addition to 16 different unit types including Infantry, Cavalry, Armoured Cars and Tanks, Artillery, and much more!

Why similar: Strategy 100%

iBomber Defense combines classic tower defense gameplay with intense action and strategy. Keep enemies at bay all over the world using a variety of weapons and tactics, from rattling Machine guns, explosive cannons and awesome anti-aircraft artillery!

Why similar: Tower Defense 66.1%, Strategy 25.9%, Indie 8%

Customize your unique faction in a new take on real-time strategy as you fight in a variety of skirmish, solo, and multiplayer battles. You are not only a commander, but also an engineer – so you have ultimate control over your faction’s units, factories, superweapons and economy.

Why similar: Strategy 54.2%, Simulation 32.6%, Indie 13.2%

The first ever auto-battler game, from way back in 2009Who needs backstory? Who needs resource-gathering? Diplomacy is so last year. Gratuitous Space Battles cuts right to the chase of sci-fi strategy games, and deals with large, completely unjustified space battles between huge opposing space fleets.

Why similar: Strategy 39.3%, Tower Defense 31.3%, Simulation 19.4%, Indie 9.9%

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: Strategy 52.1%, Simulation 32.6%, Indie 15.3%

This is a strategy game with the theme of WWII. As a battlefield commander, maintaining your army's motivation and satisfaction, promoting your generals, managing your own economy, dealing with your friends' armies, and real time grand battle. What kind of commander will you become in the process?

Why similar: Strategy 55.7%, Simulation 44.3%

Every war has its Generals. Take command of an army during World War II and lead them to victory. Strategize your way through many scenarios and real historical military campaigns of past generals.

Why similar: Strategy 54.6%, Simulation 45.4%

In this roguelike wargame, take command of a tank and its crew in the Second World War, joining one of over 50 campaigns across Europe, North Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific. Fight against over 1300 historically-based unit types, where each day is a struggle for survival.

Why similar: Tanks 61.5% ★, Strategy 27.7%, Simulation 10.8%

Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 is a story-driven RTS that brings to life some of the most brutal battles of the Great War. Each mission showcases the era’s most devastating weaponry — sabotage, stealth, trench warfare, gas attacks, artillery, and mobile infantry. BoE delivers the full WWI experience.

Why similar: Strategy 66.1%, Simulation 23.6%, Indie 10.3%

Experience the brutality and randomness of war as an Allied tactical commander in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. Train, equip, and command a squad of soldiers as you fight against the fanatical Imperial Japanese Empire.

Why similar: Tower Defense 39.6%, Strategy 30.3%, Simulation 20%, Indie 10.1%

Ageod’s To End All Wars is a grand strategy game set during World War One. Players will take control over one of the major powers that so desperately fought for control over Europe and to end all wars.

Why similar: Strategy 62.1%, Simulation 37.9%

A turn-based strategy game where you can experience WWII campaigns and explore alternate history scenarios made by the community.

Why similar: Tanks 60.5% ★, Strategy 39.5%

Tank on Tank Digital brings World War II tactical ground combat on Western Front 1944.

Why similar: Strategy 33.8%, Tanks 31.6% ★, Simulation 22.4%, Indie 12.3%

A dieselpunk real-time tactics roguelite set in an alt-history World War 2. Grit and Valor – 1949 puts you in command of an elite Mech Squadron. Think fast and battle the Evil Axis forces to liberate Europe. Upgrade your Mechs and Pilots and develop new strategies to neutralise the enemy HQ!

Why similar: Tower Defense 67.5%, Strategy 32.5%

The unstoppable alien force known as The Creeper has returned, devouring thousands of worlds in its path, and yours is next. Battle against the Creeper fluid in a groundbreaking pixel-level simulation to prove that humanity will rule the galaxy forever!

Why similar: Tower Defense 64.7%, Strategy 20.7%, Simulation 14.5%