Games Like Phantom Doctrine

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: Turn-Based Tactics 27.5%, Stealth 23.4%, Turn-Based 14.3%, Tactical 9.6%, Strategy 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the high-stakes espionage and stealth-focused turn-based tactics found in Phantom Doctrine.

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 38.7%, Strategy 14.6%, Tactical 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Turn-Based 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep, character-driven tactical experience where managing your mercenary squad is just as important as the combat itself.

A Turn-based Strategy game in a futuristic global cold war from the award-winning creators of Out There. Recruit a squad of special agents and run your intel agency to secure the control of the singularity.

Why similar: Turn-Based 40.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.7%, Tactical 17.1%, Strategy 16.6%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title leans heavily into the Cold War espionage theme, focusing on global intelligence gathering and political maneuvering.

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 Tactics 24.6%, Turn-Based 16.3%, Tactical 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Strategy 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the definitive base-building and squad-customization experience that serves as the foundation for modern tactical games.

Silent Storm from leading Russian developer Nival is a true 3D tactical turn-based Role-Playing-Game set against the backdrop of WWII. As the conflict rages on the frontlines, you’ll be leading a small multinational squad behind enemy lines to gather information and wreak havoc on your enemies while trying to thwart a mysterious new...

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 34%, Turn-Based 19.5%, Strategy 10.7%, Tactical 10.3%, RPG 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic tactical game that shares the deep, physics-based destruction and squad-level combat depth of Phantom Doctrine.

A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 27.4%, Strategy 15.4%, Turn-Based 14.9%, Stealth 13.8%, Tactical 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: It blends real-time exploration and stealth with turn-based combat, mirroring the pacing of infiltration missions.

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: Stealth 46.6%, Strategy 19.6%, Tactical 16.8%, Isometric 9.8%, Violent 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a masterclass in real-time tactical stealth, where every move must be calculated to avoid detection in a hostile environment.

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: Stealth 52.1%, Tactical 21%, Strategy 16.3%, Isometric 5.2%, Violent 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at the tactical stealth gameplay that Phantom Doctrine fans will find familiar, requiring careful planning and positioning.

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: Turn-Based Tactics 33%, Turn-Based 21.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Tactical 12.7%, RPG 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines modern tactical combat with a humorous take on spy-like operations and specialized character abilities.

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: Turn-Based Tactics 29.8%, Stealth 22.4%, Tactical 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Strategy 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It features a strong emphasis on stealth-based tactical combat and squad management within a historical military setting.

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 Tactics 21.8%, Stealth 19.1%, Turn-Based 14.3%, Tactical 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a gritty, cyberpunk take on squad-based tactics with a heavy emphasis on stealth and character progression.

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: Stealth 41.8%, Strategy 21.7%, Tactical 17.7%, Isometric 9.1%, Character Customization 5%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on guerrilla warfare and stealth, requiring players to manage a base while conducting tactical missions behind enemy lines.

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: Turn-Based Tactics 44.6%, Tactical 18.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.9%, Strategy 14.5%, Action 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a unique time-manipulation mechanic that rewards the same kind of predictive tactical planning required in espionage missions.

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: Tactical 22.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 22%, Strategy 15.9%, Character Customization 15.2%, Isometric 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: Created by the original creator of X-COM, this game offers complex tactical combat and a strategic layer that demands careful resource management.

Hard West 2 is a journey to the heart of darkness in the American West. Take control of a supernatural posse and catch the mysterious Ghost Train. Outsmart, outcheat and outgun your enemies in this turn-based tactics game set in a Wild West world where nothing is as it seems.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 30.9%, Turn-Based 17.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Tactical 10.9%, Strategy 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: It features a highly polished turn-based combat system with deep character customization and a focus on aggressive tactical play.

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: Cold War 47.5% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 25.3%, Tactical 8.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.5%, Strategy 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game is set during the Cold War and uses a hex-based tactical system that captures the military aesthetic of the era.

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: Turn-Based Tactics 33.4%, Turn-Based 20.3%, Strategy 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Tactical 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep strategic layer and complex tactical combat involving heavy machinery, perfect for fans of squad-based management.

CM Cold War is set in the tipping-point years of a conflict that gripped the world for 45 years. Between 1979-1982, both the NATO and Soviet Warsaw Pact militaries began the shift away from industrialized warfare of the early 20th century and towards the modern digital battlefield of today.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 36.1%, Cold War 18.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Strategy 14.5%, Tactical 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a highly realistic simulation of Cold War-era tactical engagements for players who want a more authentic military experience.

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 Tactics 32.9%, Strategy 22.9%, Turn-Based 17.3%, Tactical 9.1%, Violent 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game delivers fast-paced, high-intensity tactical combat with a strong emphasis on character builds and squad synergy.

Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe. Explore the world, recruit companions, collect bounties and unravel the secrets of the tombs of the ancients!

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 31.4%, Turn-Based 20.1%, RPG 20%, Strategy 12.7%, Violent 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This open-world mercenary RPG provides extensive character customization and tactical combat that rewards careful squad management.

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 41.5%, Strategy 24.3%, Violent 16.9%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Action 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the tactical planning and execution of high-stakes infiltration missions in a modern setting.

Determine the destiny of Rome as you conquer foreign lands and navigate political intrigue in this turn-based RPG. Directly fight with your party of Praetorians, guide your legion to victory, and choose your own path in a story where every decision matters. How will you shape the future of Rome?

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 35.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.5%, Strategy 14.7%, RPG 11.6%, Tactical 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It balances deep tactical turn-based combat with a complex strategic layer and narrative-driven character development.

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: Turn-Based Tactics 25.3%, Turn-Based 12.5%, Stealth 12.2%, Strategy 9.1%, Tactical 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a realistic approach to mercenary-based tactical combat with a focus on weapon customization and squad management.

All Walls Must Fall is a Tech-Noir Tactics game set in Berlin 2089, where the Cold War never ended.

Why similar: Cold War 40.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 24.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Strategy 7.6%, Isometric 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses a time-manipulation mechanic within a noir-inspired setting that feels like a stylized version of espionage tactics.

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 Tactics 28.5%, Turn-Based 17.4%, Strategy 11.9%, Tactical 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique tactical system with deep character customization that allows for highly specialized squad roles.

As a contestant on a high stakes reality game show of the future, you must survive a dangerous urban environment packed with traps, confounding puzzles, and heavily armed psychopaths. Turn-based combat in hand crafted levels, built for entertainment.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 37.6%, Tactical 15.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Strategy 11%, Isometric 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It features polished turn-based tactical combat with a focus on environmental interaction and character-specific abilities.

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

Why similar: Turn-Based 34.9%, Tactical 21.4%, Strategy 18.9%, Great Soundtrack 9.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: It features a unique simultaneous-turn system that forces players to predict enemy movements, much like a spy anticipating an opponent.

Twilight Struggle is a two-player game where players play as either the US or USSR during the Cold War. Using actual events from history, players must plan out their strategies in order to obtain world dominance. Play Twilight Struggle and change the course of history.

Why similar: Cold War 54.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Strategy 9.3%, Turn-Based 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: While a board game adaptation, it is the ultimate simulation of the Cold War's global political and intelligence struggle.

Relive the real-time tactics masterpiece that defined the genre like no other: Commandos 2 - HD Remaster is a true homage to one of gaming’s most celebrated masterpieces.

Why similar: Strategy 45.2%, Stealth 40.7%, Tactical 7.5%, Isometric 5%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational title for the stealth-tactics genre that requires the same level of patience and planning as Phantom Doctrine.

Flashpoint Campaigns: Southern Storm is a grand tactical wargame set at the height of the Cold War, with the action centered on the year 1989.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 36.5%, Cold War 22% ★, Strategy 20.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Multiplayer 3.6%

Cold War turns hot in 1953: massive hex strategy with nukes, supply, and sabotage.

Why similar: Cold War 51.2% ★, Turn-Based 19.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Strategy 11.2%, Great Soundtrack 3%

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: Cold War 31.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 24.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Turn-Based 10.7%, Tactical 8.6%

Master grand tactical combat as a Cold War force commander in this data-rich simulation. Plan and issue orders in asynchronous WEGO turns, leveraging real-world maps and complex features like Electronic Warfare and Air Assaults to outthink your enemy.

Why similar: Cold War 66.8% ★, Strategy 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Real-Time Strategy/Wargame. From World War II through the Cold War and into the future, re-live or re-imagine the tensions and crises of our recent history! Guide your nation through the era of your choice in Campaigns, Scenarios, and Sandboxes, as you make every effort to become Supreme Ruler!

Why similar: Cold War 49.6% ★, Tactical 22.8%, Strategy 14.9%, Alternate History 7.5%, Multiplayer 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: This grand strategy game allows players to manage a nation throughout the Cold War, providing the macro-level context for espionage.

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

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 47.4%, Strategy 16.8%, Turn-Based 16.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Tactical 4.3%

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 36%, Strategy 18%, Turn-Based 17.9%, Tactical 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%

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: Turn-Based Tactics 31.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 18%, Turn-Based 15.4%, Strategy 14.6%, Tactical 7.9%

The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear. A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.

Why similar: Tactical 34.1%, Cold War 29.3% ★, Strategy 13%, Action 7.3%, RPG 5.9%

A game of diplomacy and war in the atomic age. Safeguard your closest allies and change unfavorable regimes without giving away your long-term ambitions. Every action risks an enemy reprisal, and if nobody backs down from a standoff, we all lose.

Why similar: Cold War 57% ★, Strategy 15.4%, Tactical 9%, Great Soundtrack 5%, Alternate History 4.9%

A tactical sci-fi RPG set in an alternative 1970's, where an enormous and inexplicable artifact –the Dome– is discovered in a remote desert. Fight enemies, explore the anomalous wasteland, level up your character, join one of the forces in the ruined world.

Why similar: Strategy 23.4%, Turn-Based 22%, RPG 17.3%, Isometric 14.2%, Tactical 12.5%

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 Tactics 28.2%, Turn-Based 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Strategy 10.6%, Tactical 10.6%

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 Tactics 27.1%, Turn-Based 17.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Tactical 11.8%, Strategy 9.8%

Future War Tactics: SOF vs Alien Invasion - a turn-based strategy where you command SOF forces against an alien threat. Investigate disappearances, fight the invaders, and uncover the mystery. Every decision affects the fate of humanity.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 37.7%, Turn-Based 25.3%, Strategy 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Tactical 6%

You are the commander of either NATO or Soviet forces locked in battle on the ground in 1980’s Central Europe. As commander, it is your task to provide the battle plan orders to your units. You need to know your mission objectives, strength and weakness of both your forces and you enemy, lay of the land, weather, and time of day in order...

Why similar: Cold War 52.8% ★, Strategy 15.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 14%, Tactical 8.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.2%

Lead the CIA or KGB in a turn-based global strategy. Influence nations, run covert ops, and win the Cold War without firing a shot.

Why similar: Cold War 54.4% ★, Strategy 14.9%, Turn-Based 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Alternate History 2%

Ash of Gods: Redemption is a turn-based RPG that combines tactical combat, CCG elements, and a constantly evolving story in which no one is safe from death, including the main characters.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 32.4%, Turn-Based 20.8%, Strategy 14.2%, Isometric 13.2%, RPG 12.1%

It is the height of the Cold War, a time of global uncertainty and civil unrest. You are Agent Alekhine, a highly skilled Russian assassin, driven by a moral compass that leads you headfirst into a covert operation unsanctioned by the country you previously served.

Why similar: Cold War 57.7% ★, Stealth 39.5%, Action 2.8%

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 25.4%, Strategy 21.9%, Turn-Based 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 8%

Cuban Missile Crisis is a real-time strategy game combined with a global turn-based tactical mode, thrusting gamers into a world ravaged by the military-political confrontation between the USA and USSR in 1962.

Why similar: Cold War 58% ★, Strategy 42%

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: Turn-Based Tactics 28.5%, Turn-Based 15.7%, Strategy 14.2%, Tactical 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%

World-renowned Kojima Productions brings the Metal Gear Solid franchise to Steam with METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES. Play as the legendary hero Snake and infiltrate a Cuban military base to rescue the hostages. Can you make it out alive?

Why similar: Stealth 54%, Tactical 15.2%, Cold War 15% ★, Great Soundtrack 5%, Action 3.7%

Challenge the horrifying reign of Nazi terror and battle an immortal evil in Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics; a turn-based tactical strategy game set in the award-winning Achtung! Cthulhu universe.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 32.7%, Turn-Based 19.1%, Strategy 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%, Violent 9.1%

Embark on a thrilling journey in a high-stakes, turn-based tactics game. Lead an elite squad in a fictional, dystopian Eastern European country as you unravel a conspiracy threatening the state. Navigate intense strategic battles and adapt to ever-evolving challenges to prevail.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 40.4%, Tactical 18.8%, Strategy 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Isometric 7.8%

Lead a ragtag squad of cops in rebellion against their town's new criminal power and see how long you can hold out in this unforgiving turn-based spin-off game from This Is the Police. You'll be desperately short on supplies, and a single shot can cost a cop their life.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 32.3%, Turn-Based 24%, Strategy 23.3%, Violent 7.8%, Great Soundtrack 6.3%

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: Cold War 63.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Strategy 11.1%, Tactical 10%, Multiplayer 3%

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: Stealth 40.9%, Tactical 22.3%, Strategy 18.5%, Great Soundtrack 11.5%, Action 4.1%

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: Stealth 30.2%, Strategy 24.8%, Tactical 20.6%, Isometric 8.3%, RPG 4.9%

What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder.

Why similar: Turn-Based 32.6%, RPG 15.2%, Tactical 14.1%, Strategy 13.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.7%

Step into the wacky heroic fantasy universe of the Dungeon of Naheulbeuk. Lead a team of unlikely and clumsy heroes in an epic and challenging tactical RPG. Live an adventure filled with humor, surprises and silly encounters.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 32.5%, Turn-Based 18.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, RPG 10.2%, Strategy 8.6%