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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Turn-Based Strategy, Strategy, Turn-Based Tactics, Tactical.

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Dive into a top-down, turn-based strategy game with 80's sci-fi flair. Command elite soldiers in multiplayer duels on 24 maps, local hot-seat mode, or a thrilling singleplayer campaign. Master teleportation and gridless movement on the mysterious planet Anthracite.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 75% — of 53 reviews
Released: 2021-04-15
Developer: QED Games
Genres: Indie, Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Linux
Median playtime: 3.9 hrs
Mean playtime: 5.2 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 93%

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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Battle with robots on dynamic, randomly generated battlegrounds, as you attempt to take on the world in this unique turn-based strategy game.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 16.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Turn-Based Combat 14.2%, Strategy 12%

  55. #55 I am not a Monster: First Contact
    67% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,281 reviews2018
    Dev: CheerdealersPub: Alawar
    Windows
    Median: 24 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 34%

    Retro sci-fi tactical turn-based strategy with an exciting storyline. The Albatross space liner is overrun by lizard-like monsters that can infect humans and turn them into their own kind. Save the passengers and defeat the hostile creatures.

    Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 58.7%, Strategy 19.8%, Turn-Based 3.9%, 1980s 3.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 2.8%

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