Games like RESEARCH and DESTROY
If RESEARCH and DESTROY is your kind of game, the closest matches are Biomech Hell, Uphold The Realm and Waking Knightmare — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its co op play shines, challenging and comedic. 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 RESEARCH and DESTROY: RESEARCH and DESTROY is a TURN-BASED ACTION GAME with local and online co-op. Take control of three brilliant scientists as you RESEARCH and develop strange new weapons and gadgets to DESTROY the Supernatural hordes that have all but crushed humanity!
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Biomech Hell
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Top pick for RESEARCH and DESTROY fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with RESEARCH and DESTROY.
A run and gun that mixes old-school mechanics from games like Contra, Gunstar Heroes and Metal Slug; with more modern features and a large dose of violence. A total arcade experience for all lovers of retro gaming!
Uphold The Realm
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Second-strongest match for RESEARCH and DESTROY fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with RESEARCH and DESTROY.
Uphold The Realm is a VR Tower Defense game that lets you take command of your wargames style campaign map to interact with levels and manage towers. When your ready - Shrink down onto the table and use your archery skills to defend against the oncoming hordes.
Waking Knightmare
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Third-strongest match for RESEARCH and DESTROY fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with RESEARCH and DESTROY.
Become a Dream Walker in this high Adrenaline Knightmare! Push yourself to the limits on Single Player for a high score or challenge your friends in a battle with your Knightmares on your side. The choice is yours...
Dimension Drive
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Shares an intense mood with RESEARCH and DESTROY.
Ranked #4 for RESEARCH and DESTROY fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with RESEARCH and DESTROY.
This intense space shoot ’em up challenges you to fight across two battlefields on one splitscreen. Instantly switch between them to dodge waves of bullets, reach secret areas, or surprise your enemies. Play solo or turn it up to 11 with a local co-op partner.
BiteVille
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Shares a funny mood with RESEARCH and DESTROY.
Ranked #5 for RESEARCH and DESTROY fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with RESEARCH and DESTROY.
The world has fallen victim to a deadly virus, zombies now roam the lands. While running for your life you stumble upon a small city. Claim this city as your own, protect it with your life and maybe other survivors will find you.
It's cooked
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Ranked #6 for RESEARCH and DESTROY fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with RESEARCH and DESTROY.
Cook burgers, avoid obstacles, check the time - Simple as that.
Launcher Heroes
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Ranked #7 for RESEARCH and DESTROY fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with RESEARCH and DESTROY.
Launcher Heroes is a tactical, artillery, party game where you try to knock your opponents off the world. Use an assortment of items such as bombs, rockets, and jetpacks to help you navigate and destroy the terrain.
Thugz VS Zombies
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Ranked #8 for RESEARCH and DESTROY fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with RESEARCH and DESTROY.
Thugz VS Zombies is a row-defense action strategy game where a neighborhood crew protects the block from zombie waves, wild bosses, and chaos. Place THUGZ, earn cash, upgrade your squad, trigger power-ups, and survive solo or with a local co-op partner.
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X-COM: UFO Defense
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Reviewers of RESEARCH and DESTROY cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with RESEARCH and DESTROY.
You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace.
Borderlands 2
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Shares a funny mood with RESEARCH and DESTROY.
Reviewers of RESEARCH and DESTROY cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with RESEARCH and DESTROY.
The Ultimate Vault Hunter’s Upgrade lets you get the most out of the Borderlands 2 experience.
Valkyria Chronicles™
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Reviewers of RESEARCH and DESTROY cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with RESEARCH and DESTROY.
The critically acclaimed Valkyria Chronicles is now available on PC in 1080p True HD, including all previously released DLC!
Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition
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Reviewers of RESEARCH and DESTROY cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with RESEARCH and DESTROY.
A Continent Engulfed in the Bitter Flames of War! Commander Claude Wallace and his childhood friends set out to fight in a desperate war, but bone-chilling blizzards, waves of imperial soldiers, and the godlike powers of the Valkyria stand between them and victory.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below RESEARCH and DESTROY at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~67% under RESEARCH and DESTROY on Steam right now. Shares Action with RESEARCH and DESTROY.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~67% under RESEARCH and DESTROY on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with RESEARCH and DESTROY.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Peggle Deluxe
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Priced ~67% under RESEARCH and DESTROY on Steam right now. Shares Casual with RESEARCH and DESTROY.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
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Priced ~67% under RESEARCH and DESTROY on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Casual with RESEARCH and DESTROY.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~67% under RESEARCH and DESTROY on Steam right now. Shares Action with RESEARCH and DESTROY.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
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Priced ~67% under RESEARCH and DESTROY on Steam right now. Shares Casual with RESEARCH and DESTROY.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
Bejeweled® 3
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Priced ~67% under RESEARCH and DESTROY on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Casual with RESEARCH and DESTROY.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
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Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with RESEARCH and DESTROY.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with RESEARCH and DESTROY.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with RESEARCH and DESTROY.
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 RESEARCH and DESTROY.
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 RESEARCH and DESTROY.
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.
The Lab
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
DORONKO WANKO
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Casual with RESEARCH and DESTROY.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
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Frequently asked about RESEARCH and DESTROY
- How much does RESEARCH and DESTROY cost?
- RESEARCH and DESTROY is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does RESEARCH and DESTROY have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — RESEARCH and DESTROY supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
- What games are most similar to RESEARCH and DESTROY?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside RESEARCH and DESTROY are Biomech Hell, Uphold The Realm, Waking Knightmare.
- Who developed RESEARCH and DESTROY?
- RESEARCH and DESTROY was developed by Implausible Industries and published by Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd..
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