Games Like ShellShock Live

The worms are back in their most destructive game yet. With a gorgeous, hand-drawn 2D look, brand new weapons, the introduction of crafting, vehicles and buildings plus the return of some much-loved classic weapons and gameplay, Worms W.M.D is the best worms experience ever.

Why similar: Multiplayer 29.9%, Turn-Based 20.2%, Strategy 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Funny 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: It is the closest overall match, offering turn-based artillery combat, destructible terrain, outrageous weapons, and competitive online multiplayer in a similarly accessible package.

Those intrepid invertebrates return with a vengeance in the much-loved Worms™ Armageddon. It’s a whole new can of worms! It’s hilarious fun that you can enjoy on your own or with all your friends.

Why similar: Turn-Based 29.7%, Multiplayer 27.2%, Strategy 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%, 2D 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its classic turn-based projectile battles, huge arsenal, and emphasis on smart positioning make it one of the strongest ShellShock-style substitutes on Steam.

Ten years on from Worms™ Armageddon and the turn-based comic mayhem continues in Worms™ Reloaded, an all-new edition available for PC through Steam.

Why similar: Turn-Based 33.1%, Multiplayer 19.8%, Strategy 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%, 2D 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers polished online Worms-style artillery matches with lots of weapons, tactical terrain play, and the same fun mix of skill and chaos.

A frantic online Battle Royale set on destructible, sinking Islands! Fire rockets from your custom robo-tank to eliminate the competition using advanced tactics and powerful weapons.

Why similar: Tanks 54.5% ★, Multiplayer 15.7%, Massively Multiplayer 12.4%, Strategy 6.8%, 2D 3%

Why You'll Like It: It adapts ballistic tank combat into fast online matches with deformable terrain and arcing shots, making it an excellent modern companion pick.

Turn-based strategy, artillery, action and comedy game, featuring the antics of pink hedgehogs with attitude as they battle from the depths of hell to the depths of space.

Why similar: Strategy 37.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.2%, Multiplayer 23.5%, 2D 13.5%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: This free artillery strategy game closely mirrors the weapon-testing, terrain-destroying, turn-based formula that makes ShellShock Live so replayable.

Worms™ Clan Wars is the biggest and best Worms™ game to date - more worms, larger landscapes, more dynamic water, more weapons and more customisation items than ever before.

Why similar: Turn-Based 37.2%, Multiplayer 30.2%, Strategy 21%, Funny 5%, 2D 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its online team-based turn-based battles and deep weapon sandbox hit many of the same strategic and social notes as ShellShock Live.

Worms™ Revolution is the latest game in the classic turn-based strategy series to come to the PC.

Why similar: Multiplayer 28.2%, Turn-Based 25.3%, Strategy 18.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Funny 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: The emphasis on trajectory aiming, environmental manipulation, and multiplayer mind games makes it a natural fit for ShellShock Live fans.

Unleash your creativity and strategic prowess in Forts, the exhilarating physics-based RTS! Design, construct, and customize imposing fortresses, bristling with devastating firepower, and blast your opponent’s buildings to rubble!

Why similar: Multiplayer 39.4%, Strategy 19.7%, Physics 12.9%, 2D 9.6%, Funny 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Although more base-focused and real-time, it shares the joy of ballistic weapons, terrain-aware strategy, and spectacular destruction in multiplayer battles.

Tiny Tanks is a fun multiplayer party game about colorful tanks, an endless flood of game modes and absolute destruction mayhem. To top it all off, everything is "physically accurate".

Why similar: Tanks 40.4% ★, Multiplayer 16.8%, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Great Soundtrack 5.9%, Co-op 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its compact multiplayer tank matches and simple physics make it a solid pick if you want more casual, quick-fire armored skirmishes.

Ballistic Tanks is the best tank game you've played since the 80's. Battle in exhilarating local multiplayer, or challenge yourself in an intense solo/co-op arcade mode. Play 5 game modes in over 50 maps; and destroy your enemies in a frenzy of bullets, lasers, and explosions!

Why similar: Tanks 65.3% ★, Multiplayer 10.2%, Co-op 6%, Action 5.9%, Casual 4%

Why You'll Like It: It keeps the arcade tank combat fantasy front and center with local and online-friendly battles built around dodging and blasting.

Treadnauts launches 4-player tank brawls into the sky. Drive up all the walls! Rocket jump onto the roof! Shoot bullets out of the air! Move with style!!

Why similar: Tanks 67% ★, Multiplayer 14.6%, Physics 5.3%, Funny 4.2%, Action 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: This stylish 2D tank arena game captures ShellShock Live's duel-heavy feel with physics-driven movement, ricochets, and precision shooting.

Stick Fight is a physics-based couch/online fighting game where you battle it out as the iconic stick figures from the golden age of the internet.

Why similar: Multiplayer 43%, Funny 10.7%, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Shooter 6.2%, 2D 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is a great fallback if what you love most is ShellShock Live's quick multiplayer rounds, wild weapons, and laugh-out-loud reversals.

Imagine taking the perfect online gaming experience and one of the most popular Worms games ever made, adding a touch of Steam achievements, leaderboards, cloud saves, full controller support; a little sprinkle of 1080 / 60FPS, and you have Worms World Party Remastered!

Why similar: Turn-Based 29.4%, Multiplayer 28.4%, Strategy 18.8%, Action 7.3%, Funny 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its old-school turn-based artillery formula still nails the same satisfying cycle of lining up shots, wrecking terrain, and outthinking friends.

TANKNAROK is a fast paced couch/online action game where 2-4 tanks duke it out in a wide range of arenas, with tons of explosive powerups and deadly hazards.

Why similar: Tanks 58% ★, Multiplayer 22.3%, Action 6.3%, Shooter 6.1%, Great Soundtrack 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: While faster and more arcade-like, it still scratches the competitive multiplayer tank-combat itch with readable arenas and chaotic battles.

Feel the adrenaline as you control your unique tank in multiplayer arcade action! Build your ultimate war machine from over a million different combinations. Now, will you go for the rumbling caterpillar tracks or the crawling spider legs?

Why similar: Tanks 60.8% ★, Multiplayer 17.9%, Shooter 7.3%, Massively Multiplayer 6.3%, Action 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its vehicle customization and online combat echo ShellShock Live's progression-and-loadout appeal, just in a 3D arena format.

Cannon Brawl is action RTS and artillery hybrid. Pilot an airship, command powerful weapon emplacements and use the destructible terrain to out think and destroy your enemy! It's a new take on artillery strategy!

Why similar: Multiplayer 45%, Strategy 19.4%, 2D 14.4%, Colorful 7.3%, Action 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It blends artillery weapon trajectories and destructible environments with faster strategy, giving a similar shot-planning payoff even without turns.

Blow off steam and tank turrets in a free-to-play online 7v7 tank shooter! Drive hundreds of tanks, from museum classics to "did-that-ever-exist?" specials, in quick 5 to 7-minute brawls packed with metal mayhem. Play solo or team up with a friend and enjoy smooth action even on modest hardware!

Why similar: Tanks 73.9% ★, Multiplayer 5.8%, Shooter 5.6%, Massively Multiplayer 5.1%, Online Co-Op 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is a decent pick for players who mainly want accessible online tank battles and a steady unlock loop, even if it drops the 2D artillery angle.

A couch/online game where you battle your friends with unique and wild abilities. There are many choices such as a shrink ray, creating black holes, stopping time and attaching a rocket engine to the stage to send it flying. Choose a combination that synergizes well to win the round!

Why similar: Multiplayer 32.3%, Online Co-Op 17.5%, Strategy 11.7%, Co-op 9.3%, Funny 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same party-friendly experimentation and weapon-combo chaos, even though it swaps tanks and turns for freeform physics combat.

With the shifting gravity on your side, aim your cannons, blast your enemies and enjoy the fireworks. Worbital is a real-time strategic artillery game in space, peppered with a heavy dose of cosmic chaos. The goal: be the last civilization standing!

Why similar: Multiplayer 25.4%, Online Co-Op 16.3%, Strategy 11.7%, Co-op 11.3%, 2D 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It turns artillery duels into a gravity-based multiplayer mind game, preserving the same pleasure of mastering arcs and landing impossible shots.

Teeworlds is a free online multiplayer game, available for all major operating systems. Battle with up to 16 players in a variety of game modes, including Team Deathmatch and Capture The Flag. You can even design your own maps!

Why similar: Multiplayer 40.5%, 2D 12.1%, Shooter 10.8%, Action 8%, Massively Multiplayer 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its free 2D online action delivers skill-based projectile duels and a similarly easy-to-jump-into competitive feel.

Tanki Online is the free-to-play MMO-shooter with real-time PvP-battles. Throw yourself into furious tank battles shoulder to shoulder with other living players and master your skills – destroy enemy tanks, customize your futuristic armored vehicle and compete with tankers from all over the world.

Why similar: Tanks 63.8% ★, Massively Multiplayer 12.2%, Online Co-Op 8.7%, Shooter 5.3%, Physics 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: It offers customizable tanks, progression, and quick multiplayer matches for anyone who wants more competitive armored combat.

In this turn-based strategic artillery game, players wage interplanetary wars by developing their home planets and firing massive barrages through the unpredictable gravity fields of the solar system.

Why similar: Turn-Based 38.4%, Strategy 26.3%, Multiplayer 18%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Indie 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is a more strategic take on artillery combat where trajectory calculation and predictive shots are everything, much like ShellShock Live at its most tactical.

Would you enjoy building CASTLES, traps and siege machines in MULTIPLAYER? And then undermine your opponents castle and collapse it with 2D PHYSICS & DESTRUCTION?

Why similar: Multiplayer 63.1%, 2D 9.5%, Strategy 7.2%, Co-op 7.2%, Action 6%

Why You'll Like It: Its 2D destructible environments, projectile-heavy combat, and emergent multiplayer teamwork echo the strategic sandbox side of ShellShock Live.

Tank Force - the coolest free online tank shooter! This is a new word in online tank battles, which combines the best qualities of a tank simulator and thrilling arcade battles.

Why similar: Tanks 61.4% ★, Multiplayer 11.6%, Massively Multiplayer 10.4%, Shooter 6.6%, Funny 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its straightforward online tank warfare and upgrade-driven structure make it a reasonable lighter substitute for the progression side of ShellShock Live.

TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by classics from the golden age of couch multiplayer, it's a 4-player local party game centering around hilarious, intense versus matches. The core mechanics are simple and accessible, but hard to master and combat is fierce.

Why similar: Multiplayer 41.4%, Action 18.4%, Co-op 14.5%, 2D 11.3%, Indie 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Though local and platform-based, it offers tight projectile combat and high-skill competitive rounds with the same immediate rematch appeal.

ROCKETS fire ROCKETS at ROCKETS in this action-arcade, arena-combat, gorgeous festival-of-fireworks! It's dogfighting meets figure-skating in space with local multiplayer and single-player fast-paced action modes plus a ZEN MODE where ROCKETS learn to LOVE.

Why similar: Multiplayer 29.1%, Strategy 18.4%, Action 13.1%, Great Soundtrack 8.7%, Casual 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: The focus on multiplayer physics, movement, and lining up decisive projectile shots gives it a familiar competitive rhythm.

Choose between different factions, with their own set of expendable soldiers, mechas, and weapons. Protect your brain, mine gold, and destroy the enemy cortex in his bunker complex!

Why similar: Strategy 81.1%, Physics 5%, 2D 4.9%, Action 3.5%, Multiplayer 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is more sandbox-driven, but its destructible terrain, varied weaponry, and physics-heavy combat will appeal to players who enjoy ShellShock's experimentation.

Worms Rumble is Worms like you’ve never played it before, with intense, real-time, arena-based 32 player cross-platform combat. Get ready for Deathmatch and Last Worm Standing modes where you’re only ever a Holy Hand Grenade away from death!

Why similar: Multiplayer 48.3%, Shooter 15.2%, Funny 8.3%, Strategy 8.1%, Action 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It abandons turns for real-time chaos, but the familiar weapon style and multiplayer Worms energy still make it relevant for ShellShock fans.

Why have friends if not to play Golf... With Your Friends! Nothing is out of bounds as you take on courses filled with fast paced, exciting, simultaneous mini golf for up to 12 players!

Why similar: Multiplayer 40.7%, Massively Multiplayer 10.8%, Online Co-Op 8.5%, Co-op 7.5%, Strategy 6.8%

Dynamic tank shooter! Play on unique tanks of the future with individual abilities, mechanics and appearance. Upgrade your tank during the battle.

Why similar: Tanks 46.5% ★, Massively Multiplayer 15.1%, Strategy 8.5%, Multiplayer 7.6%, Shooter 6.5%

Go head to head with other players in a Bloon-popping battle for victory. From the creators of best-selling Bloons TD 6, this all new Battles game is specially designed for multiplayer combat, featuring the ability to control bloons directly and send them charging past your opponent's defenses.

Why similar: Multiplayer 43.2%, Strategy 21.3%, Massively Multiplayer 8.9%, Co-op 6.3%, Action 5.4%

A team based PVP game where groups of up to 8 players must work together to operate a tank!

Why similar: Tanks 41.6% ★, Online Co-Op 19.7%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Funny 6.4%, Co-op 5.4%

Destroy other tanks, use bonuses correctly and stay alive. You need at least 1 friend for this game :)

Why similar: Tanks 75.4% ★, Multiplayer 15.7%, Action 4.3%, Massively Multiplayer 2.6%, Indie 1.3%

Drive a tank, destroy enemy, defend your homeland. Act alone or co-op with a friend and have fun!

Why similar: Tanks 66.4% ★, Action 11.5%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Co-op 6.8%, Indie 4.6%

Panzer Warfare is an amazing multiplayer tank game with up to 24 players online.

Why similar: Tanks 49.7% ★, Massively Multiplayer 14%, Strategy 12.6%, Multiplayer 9%, Action 5.7%

PLAY ONLINE FREE: try the Free Royale Edition and progress syncs to the full version. Pick an awesome tank, buckle up and get ready for explosive battle royale experience. 10-players brawling for survival and only one true winner who gets chicken dinner. Can you become the last tank standing?

Why similar: Tanks 56.3% ★, Massively Multiplayer 13.6%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Strategy 7.5%, Shooter 5%

Explosions. Tanks. Bosses. And more explosions. Crazy fun with your friends. Hundreds of maps. Boom.

Why similar: Tanks 73.3% ★, Shooter 8%, Co-op 7.7%, Action 4.5%, Family Friendly 3.4%

Jump, Dash, and Shoot your way to victory in this 3D, Physics based, Tank game! Choose from several different types of Tanks, Each with their own unique set of stats and abilities! Work together with up to 4 of your friends to defeat, unlock, and discover all this adventure has to offer!

Why similar: Tanks 80.2% ★, Physics 5.9%, Action 4.1%, Colorful 3.3%, Family Friendly 2.7%

Dungeon Defenders II is a cooperative Action Tower Defense game packed with roleplaying elements like loot, leveling, and pets.

Why similar: Multiplayer 51.8%, Online Co-Op 34.5%, Colorful 6.4%, Family Friendly 5.4%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Tick, Tank, Boom is an arcade multiplayer-shooter where players fight each other in various game modes like free for all, domination or capture the flag. A large selection of tanks will give you everything you need to find your perfect playstyle to succeed on the battlefield.

Why similar: Tanks 70.3% ★, Multiplayer 18%, Shooter 5.2%, Action 4.5%, Colorful 2%

A top-down shooter with tanks that have various assorted abilities, with support for multiplayer and a level editor.

Why similar: Tanks 67.6% ★, Multiplayer 13.6%, Strategy 7.2%, Shooter 6.8%, Casual 1.8%

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 69% ★, Strategy 14%, Multiplayer 4.9%, Action 4.8%, Physics 2.7%

Embark on an exciting journey with Golf It! Seize your putter, rally your friends, and immerse yourself in an epic minigolf adventure. Conquer countless courses, create lasting memories, and refine your skills to emerge as the ultimate minigolf champion. Your thrilling golfing odyssey begins here!

Why similar: Multiplayer 50.9%, Online Co-Op 16.8%, Funny 8.5%, Co-op 7.1%, Strategy 5.8%

World of Tanks is a tactical action game with very different gameplay depending on the vehicle type and role. Aside from regular PvP, there are competitive and clan-based modes, special PvE and PvPvE events, and much more. Whether you play to dominate or just enjoy the ride, you'll fit right in.

Why similar: Tanks 72.3% ★, Multiplayer 12.7%, Strategy 6.6%, Shooter 6.5%, Action 1.8%

Tank Arena:Total Operation is a free MMO war game where you play as a commander, drive thousands of types of tanks, armored vehicles or helicopters on a massive battlefield engaging in 12v12 team-based battles against players globally. Enjoy the fun!

Why similar: Tanks 61.1% ★, Multiplayer 9.6%, Massively Multiplayer 9.4%, Strategy 6.3%, Online Co-Op 6.2%

Compete with friends or players from around the globe using some of the world's deadliest modern weapons and vehicles in this intense First Person Shooter. Play in unique environments designed for infantry, vehicle, and air combat.

Why similar: Tanks 66.4% ★, Multiplayer 16.1%, Shooter 8.9%, Action 6.4%, Indie 2.3%

BombTag is an online multiplayer Bomberman-inspired game for up to 8 players. Drop bombs, blow up crates, collect powerups, and blow up your friends - but be careful not to get blown up first!

Why similar: Multiplayer 71.5%, Casual 10.6%, Strategy 8.8%, Indie 6.2%, Action 3%

GunboundM is the latest version of the world famous turn-shooter, Gunbound. Gamers from all over the world on Steam and mobile platforms can compete or collaborate together. Enjoy over 40 tanks and over 100 avatars with unique weapons and skills.

Why similar: Tanks 65.4% ★, Multiplayer 17.2%, Strategy 7.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.6%, 2D 2.4%

Compete on war and prove your superiority in the tank games genre PVP!

Why similar: Tanks 67.1% ★, Multiplayer 10.3%, Massively Multiplayer 8.2%, Action 7.4%, Online Co-Op 6.4%

Rounds is a 1v1 rogue-lite shooter where each round gets more intense. The losing player of each round unlocks clever upgrades to create a better build to counter their opponent.

Why similar: Multiplayer 57.4%, Physics 14.5%, 2D 13.8%, Action 10.1%, Indie 4.1%

Soldier! All to your tanks! We must win this battle at all costs!

Why similar: Tanks 57% ★, Multiplayer 10.9%, Action 7.1%, Shooter 5.6%, Strategy 5.2%

A fresh take on the classic artillery genre! Fight in physics-based battles online against players around the world. Defeat your opponents with UFO-tracked Cows, gravity-defying Anvils, or a good ol' fashioned Baseball Bat. The choice is yours!

Why similar: Multiplayer 26.7%, Online Co-Op 13.8%, Strategy 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Physics 8.8%

STUG is a free multiplayer physics based tank combat game where every shot counts. Angle your armor to bounce incoming fire, and ricochet shots off walls to hit enemies in their weak points.

Why similar: Tanks 72.3% ★, Multiplayer 14.9%, 2D 4.7%, Shooter 3.4%, Action 3%

World of Tanks: HEAT is the first ever hero-driven tank action game. Choose your Agent, personalize your tank, and combine skill and strategy to dominate the battlefield.

Why similar: Tanks 61.8% ★, Multiplayer 14%, Massively Multiplayer 10.3%, Shooter 7.4%, Action 3.6%

TankZone Battle is a dynamic 3D action game. Dynamic and exciting battles are awaiting you, where the power of ammunition is not everything. Use your speed and agility to defeat your rivals!

Why similar: Tanks 59.2% ★, Multiplayer 14.9%, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Shooter 7.1%, Action 3.8%

Load your weapons and experience a whole new dimension in destructive turn-based cartoon action!

Why similar: Multiplayer 31.1%, Turn-Based 29.3%, Strategy 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%, Funny 7.2%

Fortress 2 BLUE (疯狂坦克) – a hilarious multiplayer battle game! Team up with friends, pilot wacky tanks, and enjoy physics-based duels full of traps and surprises. Land epic shots or "accidentally" blast teammates off cliffs. Pure chaos, pure fun!

Why similar: Tanks 71.1% ★, Multiplayer 16.3%, Shooter 5.9%, Funny 4.7%, Casual 1.8%