Games Like Nuclear Dawn

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

Why similar: FPS 19.3%, Team-Based 18.6%, RTS 16.6%, Strategy 11.1%, Multiplayer 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive FPS/RTS hybrid that mirrors the commander-led team dynamics of Nuclear Dawn perfectly.

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: RTS 16.1%, Team-Based 14.4%, FPS 12.1%, Real Time Tactics 10.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It features a dedicated commander role that manages resources and base-building while teammates engage in intense FPS combat.

Silica blends FPS and RTS in epic, photorealistic battles. Choose to fight on the ground or command from above as humans or aliens. Dive into thrilling multiplayer combat or master strategic command. Are you ready to survive and conquer?

Why similar: RTS 26.1%, FPS 19%, Strategy 10.6%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Shooter 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A modern hybrid that allows players to seamlessly switch between commanding RTS units and controlling vehicles or infantry in first-person.

Unique strategy/first person shooter mix: One commander on each team plays from above, choosing research, placing buildings and giving orders. The rest fill the role of soldiers on the ground, with four distinct classes to choose from and customizable vehicles to drive.

Why similar: RTS 19.4%, Team-Based 15.8%, FPS 14.5%, Base Building 10%, Strategy 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game served as the direct inspiration for Nuclear Dawn and remains the purest example of the FPS/RTS team-based formula.

The RTS/FPS phenomenon has moved into space! Build your base on an asteroid, command fleets of starships for epic battles, pilot fighters, mine and trade resources, assemble robots to defend or assault other stations. Take sole command or share the glory as you fight for control of the quadrant.

Why similar: Real-Time 23% ★, RTS 21.7%, FPS 11.1%, Base Building 9.2%, Strategy 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Allows you to build your own base and command units from an RTS perspective while jumping into the action as a soldier at any time.

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: RTS 25.8%, Real-Time 16.5% ★, FPS 15.5%, Strategy 12.6%, Base Building 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: The original title in the series that established the core loop of managing an RTS economy while fighting in first-person.

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: RTS 22.1%, Real-Time 19.7% ★, Strategy 17.2%, FPS 9.2%, Tactical 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique blend of tactical RTS gameplay with the ability to take direct control of any unit in the field.

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: RTS 18.7%, FPS 18.3%, Tactical 13.4%, Team-Based 13.4%, Multiplayer 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the commander-led RTS experience where one player directs the team while others fight in first-person.

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: RTS 46.3%, Strategy 24.1%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Action 8.3%, Multiplayer 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines real-time strategy base-building with fast-paced action-oriented combat in a sci-fi universe.

Battlezone: Combat Commander remasters FPS-RTS classic Battlezone II with slick new visuals, brand new achievements, Steam Workshop support and much more! The solar system is at war. Take command.

Why similar: Real-Time 21.8% ★, RTS 20.6%, Strategy 16.8%, FPS 13.2%, Action 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This remastered classic offers deep strategic control combined with direct-action vehicle combat in a sci-fi setting.

One of the greatest sci-fi strategy games of all time returns with remastered visuals, online multiplayer and near unlimited mod content from Steam Workshop. Experience thrilling first person action and acclaimed RTS in this explosive alternate vision of the 1960s space race.

Why similar: RTS 29.5%, Strategy 18.1%, Sci-fi 11.5%, FPS 9.9%, Alternate History 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A classic title that defined the FPS/RTS hybrid genre by putting the player in the cockpit of a tank while managing a base.

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: FPS 23.4%, Strategy 17.9%, Shooter 14.1%, RTS 10.9%, Real-Time 10% ★

Why You'll Like It: Blends large-scale tactical strategy with first-person shooter combat in a chaotic, war-torn environment.

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: FPS 22%, Team-Based 20.2%, Tactical 14.4%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Shooter 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the high-stakes, team-based tactical coordination and communication required in Nuclear Dawn's multiplayer matches.

A Co-Op FPS game with base building in a post-apocalyptic world. Craft weapons, build barricades and automated turrets, unlock new gear and items for visual customization and kill all savages and mutants trying to destroy the remnants of human civilization.

Why similar: Real-Time 20.7% ★, FPS 12.6%, Real Time Tactics 11%, Team-Based 10.5%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op FPS that integrates base-building and tower defense elements into its combat loop.

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: FPS 52.8%, Tactical 12%, Team-Based 9.8%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Shooter 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore tactical FPS that emphasizes the team coordination and communication essential to Nuclear Dawn's gameplay.

Join the ever expanding experience of Hell Let Loose - a hardcore World War Two first person shooter with epic battles of 100 players with infantry, tanks, artillery, a dynamically shifting front line and a unique resource based RTS-inspired meta-game.

Why similar: FPS 29.8%, Multiplayer 16%, Shooter 15.8%, Tactical 15.4%, Strategy 9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on large-scale, tactical team-based warfare where positioning and logistics are just as important as shooting.

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

Why similar: RTS 22.4%, Real Time Tactics 13.1%, Alternate History 12.2%, Base Building 11.1%, Team-Based 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style RTS that emphasizes base-building and tactical warfare in a post-apocalyptic world.

A Real-Time Strategy game with First-Person Shooter tactics.

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

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic RTS that emphasizes tactical unit management and base-building in a gritty setting.

2280 A.D. The last few survivors of a ruined Earth seek a new home: Mars, a planet whose inhabitants didn't take too kindly to outsiders. The Red Solstice is a tense, tactical, squad-based action game. Fight to survive with up to 8 players in co-op, or lead your own squad in single-player mode.

Why similar: Real-Time 20.9% ★, RTS 17.5%, Real Time Tactics 10.5%, Team-Based 10.4%, Tactical 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features tactical, squad-based combat with sci-fi themes that require careful coordination to survive.

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

Why similar: RTS 31.8%, Real-Time 16.2% ★, Alternate History 14.4%, Base Building 12.5%, Strategy 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic dieselpunk RTS that features heavy tactical focus and unit-based combat.

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: RTS 32.4%, Strategy 25.9%, Tactical 14.5%, Real Time Tactics 14.2%, Multiplayer 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides deep tactical control over individual units with the ability to take direct manual command at any moment.

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: RTS 25.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Tactical 12.8%, Base Building 12.7%, Dystopian 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired RTS that captures the gritty, industrial feel of early 2000s strategy games.

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: RTS 28.6%, Real Time Tactics 22.1%, Tactical 14.1%, Strategy 12.1%, Multiplayer 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a top-down tactical perspective on post-apocalyptic survival that focuses on strategic deployment.

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: RTS 50.7%, Strategy 20.4%, Real-Time 10.2% ★, Base Building 8.8%, Multiplayer 4.7%

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: RTS 45.1%, Strategy 22.8%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Tactical 8.4%, Real Time Tactics 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for tactical, squad-based RTS combat that emphasizes the importance of terrain and positioning.

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 31.8%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Real Time Tactics 13.8%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Action 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on tactical squad management and survival in a post-apocalyptic setting.

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: RTS 45.3%, Strategy 23.9%, Tactical 16.9%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Indie 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers complex tactical strategy that rewards the same kind of careful planning found in the commander role of Nuclear Dawn.

The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.8%, Strategy 25.9%, Base Building 23.4%, RTS 19.5%, Indie 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the base-building and survival aspects of a post-apocalyptic world, mirroring the setting of Nuclear Dawn.

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: RTS 35.5%, Strategy 19.3%, Real-Time 10.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 10.2%, Tactical 10%

Why You'll Like It: Provides deep strategic warfare that mirrors the complex logistics and unit management of the commander role.

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

Why similar: Real-Time 22.4% ★, RTS 15.6%, Real Time Tactics 10.8%, Alternate History 10.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%

The enemy attack on your base is imminent; secure your defenses, mobilize your troops, reinforce key positions, and get ready for the next battle. RTS Tactical Warfare will test your resilience and strategic prowess.

Why similar: RTS 28.7%, Real-Time 21.8% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Strategy 12.8%, Multiplayer 9.9%

After the destruction of the EARTH in 2150, the leaders of the Eurasian Dynasty escaped on board an evacuation fleet. Now they are fighting for the survival of the human species. Their base is one large building comprising of smaller variable parts.

Why similar: Real-Time 39.9% ★, RTS 27.6%, Base Building 14.5%, Strategy 11.5%, Post-apocalyptic 2.5%

Fight for control of a frontier world. Gather resources, build your base, and command your forces in battle. Survive long enough to unleash your ultimate weapon - THE EPIC.

Why similar: RTS 42.9%, Strategy 19.1%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Base Building 9.8%, Multiplayer 9.2%

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: Real-Time 39.4% ★, Strategy 28.3%, RTS 19.1%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Action 3.8%

Nuclear Day is a story-based role-playing game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore the secrets of this world. Fight monsters. Pass tests and solve puzzles. Become your own in this tragic world.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 100%

Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.1%, Base Building 20.8%, Dystopian 16.5%, Top-Down 11.2%, Strategy 10%

Control a fully armed Mech and fight through cyberpunk cities, military bases and industrial ruins. Capture and defend territories, build turrets and structures, and wage war against powerful enemies!

Why similar: RTS 26.8%, Post-apocalyptic 15.3%, Dystopian 12.1%, Base Building 10.5%, Shooter 10%

ThreadSpace: Hyperbol is an action-strategy game set in the distant future. Players battle each other on roads in space as they pilot massive ships capable of firing a wide variety of weapons. Create defenses, coordinate with your team, and launch an assault against your opponents to achieve victory!

Why similar: Real-Time 40.7% ★, Team-Based 23.3%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Strategy 11.8%, Action 5%

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: RTS 33%, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Base Building 14.2%, Strategy 12.7%, Tactical 12.7%

Build your own city in a post-apocalyptic future. Scavenge and fight for resources, everything counts! Restore civilization on the ashes of the fallen world! Explore wastelands to gather resources, protect and take care of your people! Fight off raiders, wild tribesman and natural disasters.

Why similar: RTS 24.2%, Post-apocalyptic 20.4%, Base Building 14.6%, Real Time Tactics 14.2%, Strategy 11.9%

Colonize newly-discovered planets, control the resources found there, and defend your colony against other rival factions in real-time or turn-based action.

Why similar: Strategy 38.5%, RTS 20.3%, Futuristic 11.9%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Action 10.2%

In Dawn of Anarchy, you become an experienced soldier and combat mech pilot tasked with a secret mission. A factory producing artificial intelligence robots has gone out of control. Prepare for the decisive battle at the dawn of anarchy.

Why similar: Strategy 44.2%, Real Time Tactics 30.5%, Action 16.5%, 3D 6.2%, Indie 2.5%

Z Dawn is a survival RPG that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which you get to manage a group of survivors to fight for their life, level up their skills, help fight off different breeds of zombies, build and upgrade camp, face hundreds of thrilling events and much more!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 44.6%, Strategy 40.2%, Action 7.6%, Indie 7.6%

FIRST STRIKE is a fast paced real time strategy game where you play one of the twelve biggest nuclear superpowers of the world – from known superpowers like the USA to an upstart hellraiser like North Korea – and try to be the last one remaining when the whole world blows to smithereens.

Why similar: RTS 36.4%, Tactical 16.4%, Strategy 15.9%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Top-Down 9%

Explore a post-apocalyptic island, craft, build, tear down enemy bases, defend and nuke your rivals! Life's about surviving in this multiplayer game, no matter what it takes!

Why similar: Dystopian 25.4%, Base Building 21%, Multiplayer 18.1%, Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, Shooter 12.3%

Explore, loot and fight in an open world action game set in a post-apocalyptic future after a devastating meteor strike. Assemble your team and take the fight to the enemy or choose a stealthy approach to gain the upper hand. Expand your base to research new gear and get ready to survive the fall.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.7%, Real Time Tactics 24.7%, Base Building 21.2%, Tactical 19.8%, Action 6.6%

In the late 21st century, the world's civilizations are wiped out by a series of nuclear strikes, seemingly caused by a massive malfunction of the new NASDA (North American Strategic Defense Agency) strategic defense system.

Why similar: RTS 28%, Strategy 22.3%, Base Building 14.2%, Real Time Tactics 12.8%, Futuristic 8.3%

Fly near-future aircraft with immersive physics on intense battlefields, facing land, air and sea threats. Wage war against AI or other players with an array of potent weapons. Wield tactical and strategic nuclear weapons, capable of annihilating anything in their path.

Why similar: Futuristic 25.9%, Multiplayer 24.5%, Sci-fi 21.4%, Action 10.8%, First-Person 10.8%

Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 43.3%, Strategy 29.3%, Base Building 19.4%, Tactical 6.1%, Multiplayer 1.9%

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: RTS 55.6%, Strategy 44.4%

A nuclear disaster has left an area of Britain in tatters. Atomfall, a new survival-action game, will see you explore, scavenge, craft, barter and fight your way through beautifully recreated scenery in search of answers.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 35.7%, FPS 32.8%, First-Person 13.4%, Action 11.7%, Sci-fi 6.4%

Project Wunderwaffe: Prologue is some part of the full version of the game. The gameplay starts in the realities of World War II, the Soviets and Allies are coming. Your task in the game is to keep enemy troops as far away from your base as possible. Fight and survive!

Why similar: Alternate History 26.4%, Base Building 25%, Strategy 22.9%, Real Time Tactics 16.5%, Action 6.5%

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: RTS 32.7%, Real Time Tactics 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Strategy 12.3%, Base Building 11.2%

Gray Zone is best described as Men of War meets Commandos in a futuristic coat. It's an odyssey of a slave who turned against his masters. Use stealth or direct combat in a squad-based encounters. Expect memorable characters, fun dialogues and lots of action!

Why similar: Real-Time 30.1% ★, RTS 19.5%, Real Time Tactics 12.6%, Tactical 9.9%, Strategy 8.5%

Fight against the robots and reclaim the land! Attempt to survive in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, where it seems like everything wants you dead! Tactical stealth action in a post-apocalyptic settings!

Why similar: Indie 56.8%, Strategy 31.4%, Action 11.8%