Games like Cortex Command
by Data Realms
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!
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$14.99Forts
Apr 19 · EarthWork Games
Both: Physics · Moddable · Sandbox
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!
Base BuildingMultiplayerStrategyPhysicsDestructionBuildingModdableSandbox2DMilitary👍 21,226
$24.99From the Depths
Nov 6 · Brilliant Skies Ltd.
Both: Sandbox · Physics
Over 1000 unique components allow you to build and command voxel vehicles from the deep ocean to outer space! Forge strategies, allegiances and fleets strong enough to destroy eight deadly factions of the planet and reign supreme. A genre-defying mashup of simulation, building, RTS and RPG.
BuildingSandboxNaval CombatVehicular CombatPhysicsRTSCraftingGun CustomizationStrategyMultiplayer👍 11,062
$5.99Frontline Crisis
Aug 14 · BCQT
Both: Pixel Graphics · Local Co-Op
Defend humanity's last hope, pilot a powerful mech, in Frontlines Crisis! A battlefield swarming with insects makes strategic and combat decisions crucial. Each decision will determine your fate. Defend humanity's last sanctuary, fight fiercely, and uphold human honor with wits and courage!
Tower DefenseTop-Down ShooterRTSStrategyPixel GraphicsSpaceMechsLocal Co-OpAction RTS1980s👍 348
$14.99Into the Breach
Feb 27 · Subset Games
Both: Pixel Graphics
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.
StrategyTurn-Based StrategyIndiePixel GraphicsTurn-Based TacticsMechsRoguelikePuzzleTurn-BasedRoguelite👍 19,019
$14.99Particle Fleet: Emergence
Sep 29 · Knuckle Cracker
Both: Sci-fi · Pixel Graphics
Build and design your own fleets and stand opposed to the Particulate in this physics/strategy/RTS/fleet hybrid. Build partially destructible and self repairing ships that interact with enemies less controlled by some scripted logic and more driven by a real time massive physics particle simulation.
StrategyIndieSimulationSpaceRTSReal-Time with PauseSci-fi2DSingleplayerPixel Graphics👍 1,198
$24.99Starship EVO
Jun 19 · Moonfire Entertainment
Both: Sandbox · Sci-fi
Mine and craft your way to orbit, build your own starship and explore a vast, dangerous galaxy alongside your crew. For players who love a meaningful survival progression, a unique and elegant building system, and epic space-opera scale.
IndieActionSimulationBuildingSpaceAdventureSandboxSci-fiOpen WorldEarly Access👍 1,322
$14.99Farlanders
Jan 17 · Andrii Bychkovskyi
Both: Pixel Graphics · Sandbox
Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet.
Turn-Based StrategyPixel GraphicsColony SimCity BuilderResource ManagementProcedural GenerationPuzzleStrategyBase BuildingSandbox👍 510
$7.99Swarm Grinder
Apr 22 · Last Bite Games
Both: Pixel Graphics
An action roguelite game with alien swarms and mechs. Battle enemies to make your way through a mass of spreading and evolving cells hosting dormant enemies. Collect a variety of game-changing skills and upgrades to create unique builds.
RoguelikeRogueliteAction RoguelikeBullet HellMechsProcedural Generation2DPixel GraphicsControllerAction RPG👍 1,164
$9.99Cluckmech Oasis
May 9 · BlackLight
Both: Pixel Graphics
Cluckmech Oasis, a top-down shooting Roguelike tower defense game. Play as the Warcluck and lead your team of animal heroes in a fight for survival. Collect, build and upgrade defenses, and engage in intense battle against waves of plant enemies.
StrategyRoguelikeTower DefensePixel GraphicsTop-Down ShooterCuteRogueliteBuildingActionShooter👍 3,078
$19.99HARDCORE MECHA
Jun 26 · RocketPunch Games
Both: Sci-fi
HARDCORE MECHA is a 2D platformer action focusing on a better handling. The Campaign mode offers rich gameplay and seamless in-game cut-scenes for an immersive experience. Choose your favorite mecha, experience the fast-paced hardcore competitive battle of steel in Multiplayer!
ActionIndieMechsAnimeSci-fi2DShooterPlatformerSingleplayerMultiplayer👍 2,331
$19.999-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far
Aug 26 · Petroglyph
Both: Sandbox
Unleash voxel warfare in 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far. Lead a modern military, build bases, unlock units, and attack in all-out war. Engage on land, sea and air in over two dozen missions, online skirmishes, or co-op. Easy to learn, a challenge to master.
Action RTSRTSWargameReal Time TacticsSandboxColorfulPvPBase BuildingStrategyTactical👍 945
$5.99Mainframe Defenders
Feb 25 · Synthetic Domain
Both: Sandbox
MAINFRAME DEFENDERS - Turn-based tactics centered around gear and unit customization. It offers simple combat, high replayability, and tons of loot. Items don't just provide stats boost, but also offer distinct mechanics that can be combined into powerful builds.
ExplorationTactical RPGTraditional RoguelikeRogueliteSandboxRoguelikeStrategyRPG2DMechs👍 724
$29.99The Riftbreaker
Oct 14 · EXOR Studios
Both: Sandbox
The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.
Base BuildingOnline Co-OpMultiplayerTower DefenseSurvivalAction RPGHack and SlashExplorationSandboxBuilding👍 22,140
$9.99Mobile Droid Gumda
Oct 28 · TWME Studio
Both: Sandbox · Pixel Graphics
Build, upgrade, and research mechs, weapons, and components. Manage employees and expand your base. Explore and collect resources. Find wanted mechs, destroy them, and collect bounties. Explore the post-nuclear wasteland and make the choices you believe are right.
RPGInteractive FictionDating SimWord GameSandboxTime ManagementPixel GraphicsAnimePost-apocalypticSpace
-30%$8.39From Glory To Goo
Apr 2 · Stratagem Blue
Both: Sandbox
From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.
Base BuildingRTSTower DefenseReal-Time with PauseAction RTSResource ManagementColony SimCity BuilderStrategySandbox👍 1,796
-30%$17.49Stellar Tactics
Mar 30 · Don Wilkins
Both: Sandbox
A Sci-Fi role-playing game featuring turn-based ground combat, space exploration, deep character customization and a massive living universe with thousands of star systems. Equip your ships with the best equipment you can find, gather a powerful crew of mercenaries and set out into the void!
CRPGExplorationTactical RPGTurn-Based TacticsDungeon CrawlerSandboxParty-Based RPGCharacter CustomizationRPGIsometric👍 1,667

