Games like EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN
If EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN is your kind of game, the closest matches are EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5, EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6 and Tank Brawl 2: Armor Fury — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its pa gear customization, unique enemy designs and challenging. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN: Save the world without hope. Year 2040. An action TPS where you will become one of the EDF soldiers and fight against the invaders from outer space which ruined the world. In the world settings which differs from the original "EARTH DEFENSE FORCE" series, more than 50 missions in five difficulties await for your challenge.
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EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5
WHY THIS
Top pick for EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
Stand and fight for humanity. This arcade shooter takes place in the year 2022, as the Earth Defense Force fends off an all-out attack by unknown life forms. Become an EDF soldier, battle against endless hordes of immense enemies, and restore peace to the earth.
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
Second-strongest match for EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
Live the future of despair.The year is 2024 AD. The survivors fought against the remaining threats while trying their best to continue their recovery.Three years passed in the year 2027. In a new world without hope, the time has come to once again resist the fate of the Earth.
Tank Brawl 2: Armor Fury
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
Third-strongest match for EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
Satisfy your need of destruction by smashing armor vehicles to pieces in spectacular fashions during the epic 4 players co-op campaign. Vehicles and drivers have unique upgrades and class combination. Multiple weapons such as laser beam, giant hammer, Mech's katana.
Serious Sam 3: BFE
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
Serious Sam 3: BFE is a prequel to the original indie fast action FPS and Game of the Year sensation - Serious Sam: The First Encounter!
Gears 5
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
From one of gaming’s most acclaimed sagas, Gears is bigger than ever. With all-out war descending, Kait Diaz breaks away to uncover her connection to the enemy and discovers the true danger to Sera – herself.
STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection
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Shares a challenging mood with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
Ranked #6 for EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
Play the classic STAR WARS™ Battlefront games, online and offline in this definitive collection.
Titanfall™
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Ranked #7 for EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
Titanfall delivers fast-paced, hyperkinetic vertical warfare that gives shooter fans the freedom to fight their way as both elite assault Pilots and fast, heavily armored Titans.
Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter
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Ranked #8 for EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Month February 2002!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
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Priced ~83% under EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN on Steam right now. Shares Action with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Phasmophobia
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Priced ~67% under EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN on Steam right now. Shares Action with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~83% under EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN on Steam right now. Shares Action with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN on Steam right now. Shares Action with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Schedule I
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Priced ~67% under EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN on Steam right now. Shares Action with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Hollow Knight
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Priced ~75% under EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN on Steam right now. Shares Action with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
The Forest
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Priced ~67% under EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN on Steam right now. Shares Action with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
People Playground
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Priced ~83% under EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN on Steam right now. Shares Action with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
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STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
Counter-Strike 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.
Dota 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
Rainbow Six® Siege is the reference in tactical team shooters, where elite strategy and execution triumph. Enjoy free access to Quick Match, Unranked, and Dual Front game modes with a selection of operators.
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AEW: Fight Forever
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Another title from YUKE'S, the studio behind EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN. Shares Action with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
Developed by YUKE’S, AEW: Fight Forever combines nostalgic arcade-wrestling with All Elite Wrestling finishers and moves. Featuring a big roster of AEW talent, multiple match types, robust career mode, tons of customization options, more than 40 weapons, and so much more!
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: WORLD BROTHERS
WHY THIS
Another title from YUKE'S, the studio behind EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN. Shares Action with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
A new EDF adventure begins! Only this time, the action unfolds in a parallel world where the Earth is made of digital blocks. This world has befallen into chaos, as the once peaceful square Earth has been shattered into pieces. Shape aside, it is an Earth nonetheless which needs to be defended.
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: WORLD BROTHERS 2
WHY THIS
Another title from YUKE'S, the studio behind EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN. Shares Action with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
The Earth is in pieces...again! We've gotta do more to save the planet!
FULL METAL SCHOOLGIRL
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
Another title from YUKE'S, the studio behind EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN. Shares Action with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN.
Full metal schoolgirl destroys an exploitative enterprise! (...while being livestreamed)
Frequently asked about EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN
- Does EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN run on Steam Deck?
- EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN cost?
- EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN is listed on Steam at 59.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN are EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5, EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6, Tank Brawl 2: Armor Fury.
- Who developed EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN?
- EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN was developed by YUKE'S and published by D3PUBLISHER.
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