Games Like No Plan B

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: Military 17.2%, Strategy 12.2%, Top-Down 12%, Tactical 10.9%, Real Time Tactics 9.1%

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: Military 19.5%, Top-Down 15.8%, Tactical 15.7%, Strategy 11.5%, Real Time Tactics 10.4%

Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.

Why similar: Tactical 29.8%, Strategy 22.2%, Top-Down 17.6%, Simulation 7.1%, Real Time Tactics 5.4%

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: Strategy 30.2%, Tactical 28.1%, Military 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%, Simulation 7.4%

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: Military 30.3%, Tactical 20.4%, Strategy 16.1%, Simulation 10.9%, Level Editor 7.9%

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: Military 19.8%, Tactical 14.5%, Strategy 13.9%, Time Manipulation 11.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 8.9%

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: Military 37.8%, Tactical 33.1%, Gun Customization 10.4% ★, Simulation 7.3%, Strategy 5%

A PVP tactical FPS about PLANNING & EXECUTION. Sound strategy and good teamwork are essential for victory because new PROCEDURALLY-GENERATED MAPS are delivered every week. You'll face a new tactical challenge every round.

Why similar: Tactical 34.1%, Strategy 28.9%, Simulation 16%, Character Customization 10.6%, Procedural Generation 10.5%

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: Military 27.5%, Top-Down 18.9%, Strategy 18.1%, Real Time Tactics 15.5%, Simulation 12.1%

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: Strategy 26.2%, Tactical 20.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Turn-Based Combat 11.1%

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: Military 31.2%, Strategy 18.3%, Real Time Tactics 15.7%, Tactical 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%

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: Strategy 27.7%, Tactical 26.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.1%, Simulation 13.3%, Action 8.5%

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: Strategy 41.6%, Military 26.1%, Tactical 22.4%, Indie 6.6%, Action 2.7%

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 16.8%, Real Time Tactics 14%, Strategy 12.8%, Top-Down 11.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.7%

Take command in Europe's greatest 18th-century war. Equip & customize regiments, manage supplies, and engage in brutal real-time battles across procedural campaigns. Resources and replacements are scarce, and keeping your best men alive may matter more than any single victory.

Why similar: Military 27%, Strategy 20.1%, Tactical 18.1%, Real Time Tactics 13.2%, Simulation 7.4%

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 34.4%, Military 26.8%, Real Time Tactics 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 12.9%, Top-Down 3.8%

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: Military 23.3%, Tactical 17.6%, Top-Down 17.6%, Top-Down Shooter 9.8%, Real Time Tactics 9.8%

Dagger Directive is a tactical FPS that allows you to approach each mission in your own way. Select equipment, decide the time of day, then move methodically to complete your mission. Enjoy the modern mechanics and old school graphics as you fight across a variety of missions and environments.

Why similar: Military 39.4%, Tactical 21.8%, Simulation 16.8%, Gun Customization 13% ★, Action 9%

Recon Control is a turn-based strategy and 2D platformer hybrid focused on combat. Lead your special operations squad through a set of challenging and deadly missions.

Why similar: Military 24.9%, Strategy 18.7%, Tactical 16.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%

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: Strategy 33.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, Tactical 14.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.9%, Indie 7.2%

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 35.9%, Top-Down 17.8%, Strategy 10.7%, Difficult 10%, Top-Down Shooter 9.9%

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: Military 19.7%, Top-Down 17%, Tactical 16.8%, Strategy 14%, Real Time Tactics 11.9%

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 39%, Military 31.5%, Strategy 14.3%, Simulation 6.8%, Action 6.1%

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: Military 28.9%, Tactical 17.7%, Strategy 14.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%

A stylish blend of deck-building, turn-based tactics, and thrilling animated fight sequences in classic action-movie settings. Learn to balance your hand, momentum, and positioning to overcome the odds to defeat your adversaries. Build your deck, control the space and live to fight another day.

Why similar: Strategy 38.3%, Tactical 14.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 14%, Turn-Based Combat 10.7%, Action 8.6%

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 36.5%, Top-Down 18.6%, Strategy 16.1%, Tactical 12.4%, Simulation 7.4%

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: Military 32.1%, Tactical 24%, Gun Customization 14.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 10%, Simulation 7.6%

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 28.7%, Gun Customization 21.5% ★, Top-Down 19%, Top-Down Shooter 11.4%, Simulation 6.6%

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: Military 26.1%, Strategy 23.5%, Tactical 19.7%, Real Time Tactics 16.5%, Simulation 6.1%

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 36.2%, Military 34.3%, Tactical 14.9%, Simulation 6.8%, Action 5.2%

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: Military 27.7%, Tactical 20.4%, Strategy 18.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%

In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to try every crazy plan you can think of to punch a Traffic Warlock through a 4th story window.

Why similar: Military 27.7%, Tactical 24.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Strategy 12.6%

Mud and Blood, the cult classic flash real time strategy game, returns with its signature take on infantry tactics. Command a small squad through brutal battles against unfair odds. This is combat. Experience the chaos and unceremonious violence of modern war, where every decision counts.

Why similar: Military 20.4%, Top-Down 17.6%, Strategy 15.5%, Tactical 14.8%, Real Time Tactics 13.7%

End State is a turn-based tactics game where you manage a mercenary company tracking down a terrorists in a war-torn country. Hire, gear up and gain experience for your mercenaries. Take on rebels and criminal gangs, do side contracts and explore Brekovia.

Why similar: Strategy 21.2%, Military 19.6%, Tactical 15.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 7%

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: Military 26.5%, Strategy 22.4%, Real Time Tactics 17.6%, Moddable 11.3% ★, Level Editor 10.3%

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: Strategy 21.5%, Tactical 20%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Turn-Based Combat 8.6%

Turn-based tactics & strategy about an elite mercenary squad with an old-school action-movie vibe. Command Sparta: recruit distinctive fighters, upgrade your base, run missions, and decide Africa’s future—no point-blank misses, with real ballistics.

Why similar: Strategy 28.8%, Tactical 18.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.4%, Top-Down 9.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%

Command an elite team of allied special operators in Nazi-occupied France wreaking havoc in the run up to D-Day in this ambitious turn-based tactics game. Take on the might of Germany's war machine and launch daring raids in occupied territory. Can you do enough to ensure Allied victory?

Why similar: Military 25.4%, Tactical 20.1%, Strategy 17.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 11%, Turn-Based Combat 9.8%

Lead an elite strike team through the wars of a reborn civilisation, and decide the fate of humanity through your achievements and choices. Traverse a dynamic war-map, engage in fast, turn-based battles, and explore the world of 2952.

Why similar: Strategy 69.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Singleplayer 2.9%

Modern-warfare RTS/sandbox game inspired by the real conflicts in the Middle East. Fight a counter-insurgency war, protect the civilian population, casevac your wounded and decide how the world sees your struggle. And remember - no one gets left behind.

Why similar: Military 32.1%, Strategy 26.8%, Tactical 11.7%, Simulation 11.4%, Real Time Tactics 10.3%

🌋⚔ Terraforming + Into The Breach! An experimental puzzle strategy where you are not commanding your troops - now, you are shaping the battlefield itself! Nothing is random*, everything is predictable*, and the battlefield is changing. Every turn. By you.

Why similar: Strategy 30.6%, Tactical 21.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.8%, Turn-Based Combat 8.3%

Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?

Why similar: Military 29.8%, Tactical 20.8%, Strategy 19.9%, Level Editor 12.8%, Simulation 10.5%

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: Military 35.5%, Tactical 34.9%, Strategy 13.7%, Action 7.2%, Simulation 4.9%

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 38.1%, Top-Down 26.6%, Real Time Tactics 13.3%, Indie 10.4%, Action 9.8%

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 43.1%, Top-Down 27.6%, Tactical 12.4%, Action 7.4%, Indie 6.9%

Squad is a tactical FPS that provides authentic combat experiences through teamwork, communication, and realistic combat. It bridges the gap between arcade shooter and military realism with 100-player battles, combined-arms warfare, and base building.

Why similar: Military 49.8%, Tactical 24.8%, Strategy 12.6%, Simulation 6.5%, Action 6.2%

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: Strategy 26.2%, Tactical 22%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%, Difficult 8.4%

Quarantine is an intense turn-based strategy game about waging war on pandemic disease. Recruit a team of specialized operatives to deploy on worldwide missions. Research the contagion, upgrade your tech, and quarantine the outbreak before it kills us all.

Why similar: Strategy 39%, Tactical 19.5%, Simulation 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.7%

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: Military 29.4%, Strategy 27.9%, Tactical 15.6%, Simulation 8.1%, Moddable 7.1% ★

Break the Loop is a turn-based Rogue-like RPG. Compose your team and create a timeline by selecting the events you'll go through. Each decision will bring you one step closer to the ultimate threat, but will you have accumulated enough power to stop the apocalypse?

Why similar: Strategy 39%, Turn-Based Combat 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Difficult 10.5%, Indie 10.2%

Counter Terrorist Agency lets you fight international terrorism and prevent attacks all over the world. Use modern invigilation techniques, discover connections, interrogate suspects, eliminate threats and dismantle terrorist networks.

Why similar: Strategy 38.7%, Simulation 20.1%, Real Time Tactics 15.5%, Indie 10.4%, Action 9.2%

Broken Arrow is a large-scale real-time modern warfare tactics game that combines the complexity of joint-forces wargaming with action-packed real-time tactics gameplay.

Why similar: Strategy 37.1%, Tactical 21.2%, Real Time Tactics 20.2%, Military 18.9%, Difficult 1.6%

Now with over 500,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...

Why similar: Top-Down 39.2%, Strategy 26.5%, Simulation 14.3%, Indie 8.4%, Action 8.3%

Attack at Dawn is a WWII strategy game that mixes the ease of real-time action with the depth of operational gameplay, all on beautifully crafted North Africa maps. Plan your strategy like Rommel or Montgomery and better the real history.

Why similar: Strategy 25.8%, Top-Down 24.1%, Military 19.9%, Level Editor 14.6%, Indie 5.5%

EXFIL delivers raw tactical FPS intensity with no distractions. No loot grinding, no gimmicks, just pure realism. EXFIL tests your strategy, comms, and teamwork in high-stakes tactical engagements. Will your squad rise to the challenge?

Why similar: Military 33.6%, Tactical 23.1%, Gun Customization 22% ★, Simulation 10.8%, Indie 5.3%

Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.

Why similar: Strategy 38.3%, Tactical 21.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Character Customization 4.8%

A turn-based game on a planet outpost - with no waiting between turns! Play it at the speed of an arcade game, or take your time and think about your next step.. no matter how fast you take your turn, it might be your last!

Why similar: Top-Down 31.9%, Strategy 28.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Difficult 9.1%, Action 7.3%

In this top-down tactical shooter RPG, guide a band of cute soldiers through a warzone to safety. Rescue, train and manage your squad for the upcoming war of survival.

Why similar: Military 25.6%, Strategy 21.8%, Tactical 15.8%, Real Time Tactics 13.9%, Simulation 9.5%