Games Like Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri

Shogo is an anime-inspired first-person shooter. Fight on foot or pilot a giant mech in both open and urban levels. You will know the true power of giant robots!

Why similar: Mechs 49.8% ★, Classic 19.4% ★, Action 13.6%, FPS 10%, Sci-fi 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This classic title shares the 90s aesthetic and the unique feeling of switching between infantry combat and mech-based warfare.

The year is 3015. The battlefields are dominated by war machines known as BattleMechs. Level entire cities and decimate the enemy in your BattleMech. Follow a quest for glory and revenge. Manage an expanding mercenary company. Fight alongside your friends with a four-player PvE co-op.

Why similar: Mechs 65.3% ★, Simulation 15.2%, FPS 11.6%, Action 8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the most authentic modern experience of piloting heavy, customizable mechs in a tactical, mission-based campaign.

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: Mechs 84.7% ★, Sci-fi 11.5%, Action 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: While turn-based, it offers the deepest tactical simulation of mech combat within the same universe as the MechWarrior franchise.

In MECHWARRIOR 5: CLANS, players become new Smoke Jaguar pilots in the Clan Invasion of the Inner Sphere. Lead a five-mech "Star" squad across diverse planets, engaging in an expansive campaign with immersive gameplay and intricate combat. Customize BattleMechs and explore strategic options.

Why similar: Mechs 52.2% ★, Simulation 16.6%, FPS 11.4%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Action 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This entry focuses on a linear, narrative-driven campaign that echoes the mission-to-mission progression of classic tactical shooters.

Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

Why similar: Mechs 61.5% ★, FPS 16.8%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Action 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the high-speed movement and visceral impact of combining infantry combat with powerful, agile mech suits.

You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

Why similar: Classic 39% ★, FPS 24.4%, Sci-fi 19.7%, Action 16.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for squad-based tactical FPS gameplay, mirroring the team-command mechanics found in Terra Nova.

A new action game based on the concept of the ARMORED CORE series that uses the knowledge gained from FromSoftware's recent action game development.

Why similar: Mechs 78.5% ★, Sci-fi 12.5%, Action 9%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides deep mech customization and high-octane, mission-focused combat that rewards tactical loadout preparation.

Experience piloting and customizing massive armored units called Wanzers while engaging in high-intensity battles driven by a compelling story. The battle begins now!

Why similar: Mechs 85.3% ★, Action 10.3%, Sci-fi 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A third-person shooter that emphasizes heavy mech combat and strategic movement across diverse, war-torn environments.

The Director's Cut of Strike Suit Zero delivers the definitive version with a graphical overhaul, restructured campaign and more content. Pilot the mecha Strike Suit across massive fleet battles where your dogfighting skills will decide Earth's fate.

Why similar: Mechs 63% ★, Sci-fi 15.7%, Action 15.4%, Simulation 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It features intense sci-fi combat with the ability to transform your craft, providing a similar sense of mechanical versatility.

The forces of the Forseti and the evil Muspell are in a fight to the death. You are Hawk Winter, plucked from obscurity to pilot Battle Engine Aquila. Airborne or on land, your tactics and Aquila's firepower must combine to blaze a trail to lift the Forseti from oblivion.

Why similar: Mechs 71.1% ★, Sci-fi 15.7%, FPS 9.4%, Action 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the scale of large-scale destruction and vehicular combat found in mid-90s sci-fi shooters.

Experience the dramatic intensity of the frontlines of a war through the eyes of the first of a new breed of super soldiers in this gritty and epic first-person action game. An augmented super-soldier must stop a renegade regime from eradicating the civilized world. Hong Kong, 2065. 2nd Lt.

Why similar: Classic 32.1% ★, Action 30.5%, FPS 19.9%, Sci-fi 17.5%

Why You'll Like It: It blends futuristic FPS combat with tactical gadgets and augmentations that feel like a spiritual successor to 90s tactical shooters.

You’re now an Operative, a free agent and a speculator in the claustrophobic terminally ill city of (Misplaced) Optimism, the last crater cluster on barren mined-out Titan.

Why similar: FMV 37.5% ★, Simulation 22%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Action 12.4%, FPS 11%

Why You'll Like It: A unique simulation-heavy title that emphasizes vehicular combat and exploration in a gritty, sci-fi setting.

Mech FPS game in all directions of space; follow the story and contribute to the fight for your homeland! Survive the space wars as an up-and-coming soldier with the toughest warriors around!

Why similar: Mechs 65.8% ★, Sci-fi 15.8%, Action 11.1%, FPS 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A modern indie take on singleplayer mech combat that emphasizes sci-fi atmosphere and tactical engagement.

You are in control of DAT, a Battle Mech Peace Keeping Force. You must save Earth’s Migrants and the Mars Colonies from the threat of the ANTS uprising. Who or what could be leading this threat against Mars, and the new planned perfect utopia for humanity?

Why similar: Mechs 74.1% ★, Action 25.9%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced mech action game that focuses on mission-based objectives and heavy customization.

In the far future, armadas from surrounding systems have suddenly waged war on Earth. You are a pilot from the Ares Squadron, flying the fastest, most dangerous crafts ever made. You're outgunned, outmanned, and strapped into a flying coffin.

Why similar: Sci-fi 32.2%, FPS 24%, Action 22.9%, Simulation 20.9%

Why You'll Like It: It provides the classic, high-speed 90s sci-fi flight and combat experience that defined the era of Terra Nova.

Experience the original F.E.A.R. along with F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.

Why similar: Classic 46.6% ★, FPS 31.3%, Action 15.4%, Sci-fi 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at high-intensity, tactical squad-based combat that feels grounded and responsive.

Lead the Mobile Infantry in this RTS game set in the Starship Troopers film universe. Balance your army composition with a diverse set of unit types, overcome line-of-sight and line-of-fire challenges through tactical positioning, and use special abilities to smash the Arachnid hordes!

Why similar: Sci-fi 87.6%, Simulation 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of leading a squad against overwhelming odds in a gritty, military-focused sci-fi setting.

Prepare for one of the most action packed-shooters in PC gaming history! Every level is full of enemies and targets for you to destroy! You will become a soldier of the alien species and protect your home world from the forces of the Human armada.

Why similar: Classic 48.5% ★, Action 28.2%, Sci-fi 23.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic sci-fi shooter that focuses on diverse combat scenarios and heavy weaponry.

Mech Merc Company is a 90s style mech combat simulator with business management elements. Buy and sell mechs, customize your mechs, hire and fire AI pilots, manage your business expenses, and complete tactical objective-based missions.

Why similar: Mechs 61.1% ★, Simulation 16.4%, Sci-fi 14%, FPS 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy shooter that focuses on the logistical and combat challenges of running a mercenary mech unit.

Take charge of the most feared special operations forces in the world: the elite British SAS or the US Delta Force squads. You're the best trained, best equipped and best organised. The area that has been assigned to you is yours for the taking. Seek, locate and destroy enemy targets and personnel.

Why similar: Classic 68.8% ★, Action 31.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic squad-based tactical shooter that focuses on team coordination and mission completion.

You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace.

Why similar: Classic 74.1% ★, Sci-fi 19.3%, Simulation 5.5%, Action 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive tactical strategy game that shares the same 90s sci-fi atmosphere and high-stakes squad management.

Tank Universal is an action FPS tank wargame inspired by Tron and Battlezone. Explore a rich virtual sci-fi 3D world, and take part in large-scale tank combat between your AI allies and the forces of an evil dictator.

Why similar: Simulation 29.6%, FPS 29.1%, Sci-fi 24.2%, Action 17%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique blend of exploration and tactical tank combat that feels like a retro-inspired simulation.

Tactical Vehicle Action! Featuring diverse missions; stage daring rescues, manage resources, assault enemy bases and fight back against a sinister enemy. Strategic single and multiplayer gameplay, balance your vehicles speed, firepower, fuel and load capacity to overcome challenging missions.

Why similar: Action 100%

Why You'll Like It: A vehicular combat game that leans into the 80s/90s aesthetic and arcade-style tactical action.

Play for free in operator-based extraction and full-scale combined arms warfare. Become elite Operators, customize an ever-expanding arsenal of weapons, and deploy into thrill-packed missions across multiple modes.

Why similar: FPS 61.6%, Action 38.4%

Why You'll Like It: The original tactical shooter that defined the genre's focus on mission-based infantry combat.

Extraneum is an old-school, sci-fi single-player first person shooter with an emphasis on exploration and secret hunting. Fight your way through biohacked monstrosities and stop their progress before they take control of the entire world.

Why similar: Sci-fi 39.4%, FPS 36.1%, Action 24.5%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired FPS that captures the raw, fast-paced combat feel of the mid-90s.

Volition's classic is back. Descent: FreeSpace is the quintessential old school space shooter. With a deep story, great graphics and engaging battles against fighters to capital ships it keeps you moving. Breakout that flight stick and enroll with the Grand Terran Alliance today.

Why similar: Sci-fi 31.1%, Simulation 29.1%, FPS 20.6%, Action 19.2%

Why You'll Like It: A space combat sim that features deep tactical mission structures and a compelling sci-fi narrative.

You're a member of the U.S. Army's best kept secret: the elite SPECIAL OPERATIONS unit known as Delta Force, formed to BATTLE TERRORISM throughout the world. When the best of the rest can't handle the op, YOU are called into action. Can you handle THE JOB? Features FREE NovaWorld™: online gaming supporting up to 50 players.

Why similar: Classic 45.8% ★, Action 30.8%, FPS 23.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic military shooter that shares the tactical, mission-based DNA of 90s PC gaming.

Become an elite Fire Warrior and fight the forces of the Imperium of Man in an action-packed classic FPS. Experience Warhammer 40,000 from a unique T'au perspective with a story full of twists and betrayal.

Why similar: FPS 43.9%, Action 31.5%, Sci-fi 24.6%

MechWarrior Online™ Legends is a tactical, 'Mech-based online shooter set in the vast BattleTech Universe. Assume the role of an elite MechWarrior, piloting powerful BattleMechs, fighting for supremacy over the Inner Sphere.

Why similar: Mechs 69.8% ★, Simulation 8.9%, Sci-fi 8.4%, FPS 6.8%, Action 6.2%

Lead a team of domestic counter-terrorism experts through 11 dangerous missions that span the globe. Formed from the elite of the F.B.I.'s HRT, you have been tapped to perform covert ops in the most dangerous circumstances imaginable.

Why similar: Action 100%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical shooter that emphasizes careful planning and squad execution in high-tension environments.

Lock and load into the Starship Troopers universe and join the Mobile Infantry in the most realistic depiction of war ever made! Experience an original story in this action-packed, first-person retro shooter. Would you like to know more?

Why similar: FMV 65.4% ★, Sci-fi 19.1%, Action 7.9%, FPS 7.6%

Boot up your 486 and launch olcst.exe for this retro fps from an alternate 1990's. Descend into the madness of the Spanish Civil War fighting vicious fascist forces and supernatural monsters. Conquer three action packed episodes wielding machine guns, rifles, flamethrowers and explosives.

Why similar: FPS 63.3%, Action 36.7%

Engage the enemy across vast outdoor environments and expansive indoor environments as you take control of the US Army's elite anti-terrorist unit. Delta Force Land Warrior™ introduces new weapons and characters for both single player and intense online multiplayer via NovaWorld.

Why similar: Action 59.3%, FPS 40.7%

Pilot the mecha Strike Suit across massive fleet battles where your dogfighting skills decide Earth's fate. Fast, frantic space combat with capital ship destruction, multiple endings, and a universe that's anything but empty. This is space combat reborn.

Why similar: Mechs 60.5% ★, Sci-fi 15.2%, Simulation 12.7%, Action 11.6%

As a member of Delta Force — The Army's Elite, top secret special forces unit — the word 'impossible' is not in your vocabulary. In Delta Force, you will conduct missions swiftly and silently, in every possible terrain, under every imaginable condition and through unconventional means.

Why similar: Classic 52.7% ★, Action 24.9%, FPS 22.4%

From commanding the battle standing on the bridge of your flagship all the way down to tactical infantry firefights - AFF brings together all the combat you ever wanted in a rich science fiction setting. Boarding, pilotable capital ships, deep weapon customization and full AI support included!

Why similar: Sci-fi 27.7%, Simulation 27.6%, FPS 24.5%, Action 20.3%

Climb inside a colossal war machine, where every switch is at your command. Iron Rebellion is a VR multiplayer sci-fi mech shooter SIM that puts you in the pilot’s seat. Customize your mech, control every system from inside the cockpit, and face other players in fast-paced, tactical PvP battles.

Why similar: Mechs 53.4% ★, Simulation 14.8%, Sci-fi 13.1%, FPS 10.8%, Action 7.8%

It's all in a day's work for members of the most elite force in crime fighting history.

Why similar: FMV 52.6% ★, Simulation 30.3%, Action 17.1%

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: Sci-fi 62.6%, Action 37.4%

Total Conflict: Resistance is a unique symbiosis of global strategy, tactics and first-person action. Realistic mass battles, many types of armored vehicles, weapons, uniforms, unique mechanics, immersive free gameplay. Lead any state and bring it to greatness!

Why similar: FPS 38.2%, Simulation 36.9%, Action 24.9%

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: Mechs 73.5% ★, Sci-fi 18%, Action 8.6%

In Echelon: Wind Warriors you will discover the universe of the third millennium. This is a combat simulator involving hovering machines of the future. War is raging between the government forces of the Galactic Federation and squadrons from one of the colonies.

Why similar: Simulation 66.6%, Action 33.4%

Granvir: Zero Front is a 3rd person action roguelite mech-builder with co-op multiplayer. Experience the prelude to Granvir as the resistance response to the Millennium Company invasion. Pilot your Granvir, manage your campaign between battles to find the best equipment, and stay in the fight.

Why similar: Mechs 62.9% ★, Simulation 16.9%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Action 7.7%

Powered by today's gaming technology, Delta Force®: Xtreme™ brings the classic Delta Force game back to life to face the enemy once more. As a member of the elite Delta Force, prepare yourself to take on over 60 levels of frantic single and multiplayer FPS action, including graphically enhanced missions from the original game, new maps,...

Why similar: Action 60.1%, FPS 39.9%

The evil Empire is currently creating a doomsday army behind a veil of secrecy. However, they are no match for the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division. Your mission is to infiltrate the Empire and put an end to their plans for terror and domination.

Why similar: FPS 29.3%, Sci-fi 26.7%, Classic 26.1% ★, Action 17.9%

Pilot a heavily armed Gravcycle in Disintegration, a new sci-fi first-person shooter unlike any other. Command your troops on the ground as you battle through a thrilling single-player campaign.

Why similar: Mechs 60.1% ★, FPS 15.5%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Action 9.3%

The greatest warriors of all time and space have been summoned to battle for the amusement of an ancient alien race. Wield a variety of guns and power-ups as you fight for glory against ruthless combatants in this fast-paced single-player and multiplayer FPS.

Why similar: Classic 56.6% ★, FPS 25.1%, Action 12.8%, Sci-fi 5.5%

Prepare for the dark world of The Chaos Engine, a steampunk Victorian age in which one or two players must fight the hostile creations of the Chaos Engine across four dynamic landscapes and take part in the ultimate battle.Choose from six hard-nailed mercenaries each with their own unique weapons and skills.

Why similar: Action 55.7%, Classic 44.3% ★

Diluvian Ultra: Awakening shows a never-before seen part of Diluvian Ultra's story, preceding the events of the main game. As a young Diluvian Knight, stage a heroic defense against insurmountable odds, in this single-player FPS with a retro aesthetic and fast-paced, strategic combat.

Why similar: Sci-fi 42.1%, Action 30.1%, FPS 27.8%

The Battle of Sol is an intense space action game where you participate in epic capital ship battles, thrilling dogfights, space station raids, and much more as you liberate humanity's solar system from enemies determined to bring us to its fiery end.

Why similar: Simulation 53.6%, Action 27.1%, Sci-fi 19.2%

A linear, story-driven space sim in the style of 90s classics like X-Wing and Wing Commander. As a newly qualified Alliance pilot, you find yourself caught up in a plot to break the fragile peace between two galactic superpowers.

Why similar: Simulation 41.1%, Sci-fi 35.3%, Action 23.6%

Evolva combines the excitement of a fast paced shoot-em-up with the tactical challenge of commanding a squad. Fight against the alien parasites and save the planet. This is survival of the fittest!

Why similar: Classic 34.5% ★, Simulation 24.1%, Sci-fi 23.8%, Action 17.5%

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: Action 100%

Command entire companies of tanks across the battlefields of WW2 in turn based tactical strategy. Move without grids, skillfully aim every shot and use cover to lead your tanks to victory.

Why similar: Simulation 64.8%, Action 35.2%

Assume duties of a soldier involved in numerous battles and skirmishes with fast advancing German war machine. Go to battle on foot, driving armored vehicles, or flying an airplane. Use weapons not featured in any other game and feel a good, nostalgic climate of the production like MOHAA or COD.

Why similar: FPS 58.2%, Action 41.8%

A complex mech combat simulator, with native VR and HOTAS support. Manage a 50-foot bipedal weapons platform with a cockpit full of interactive controls, while carrying out complex operations across a challenging single-player campaign.

Why similar: Mechs 69.9% ★, Simulation 21.5%, Action 8.6%