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Games like Strike Team Gladius

If Strike Team Gladius is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark, Gears Tactics and Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its contemplative, immersive and intense. 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.

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About Strike Team Gladius: Battle hordes of aliens in turn-based combat with elite soldiers, mechs and vehicles at your command. Enlist your strike team and drop planet-side into an intense, sci-fi warzone. Make tactical decisions and employ ruthless strategies to achieve each mission objective.

2021StrategyRPG24.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Wave Light Games Inc.
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Players who liked Strike Team Gladius also play

Steam players who put hours into Strike Team Gladius also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Strike Team Gladius.

    Top pick for Strike Team Gladius fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Strike Team Gladius.

    Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!

    2019StrategyIndieRPG4.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Gears Tactics

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Strike Team Gladius.

    Second-strongest match for Strike Team Gladius fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Strike Team Gladius.

    Gears Tactics is the fast-paced, turn-based strategy game from one of the most-acclaimed video game franchises – Gears of War. Outnumbered and fighting for survival, recruit and command your squad to hunt down an evil mastermind who makes monsters.

    2020Strategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Strike Team Gladius.

    Third-strongest match for Strike Team Gladius fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Strike Team Gladius.

    Veil of the Witch is a roguelite strategy RPG with turn-based combat and branching progression. Set in the world of “Lost Eidolons,” build a nimble squad of five, pick your skills as you level, and adapt to each unique run. May the gods favor the bold and the wise.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Alvora Tactics

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Strike Team Gladius.

    Ranked #4 for Strike Team Gladius fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Strike Team Gladius.

    Alvora Tactics is an indie Tactics RPG that combines strategic combat with immersive exploration. Explore and conquer Great Serpent Alvora with your own customizable band of warriors!

    2017StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Voidspire Tactics

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Strike Team Gladius.

    Ranked #5 for Strike Team Gladius fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Strike Team Gladius.

    An indie turn-based Tactics RPG with a heavy emphasis on exploration, character progression, and highly tactical combat. Create your own deeply customizable party of Warriors, Sorcerers, and Shiftcloaks to take on the Spire!

    2015StrategyIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Strike Team Hydra

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Strike Team Gladius.

    Ranked #6 for Strike Team Gladius fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Strike Team Gladius.

    Strike Team Hydra is a turn-based, tactical RPG that focuses on combat. Players will have to leverage morale, cover, special skills and suppressive fire to defeat a fearsome and ruthless alien enemy.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Strike Team Gladius.

    Ranked #7 for Strike Team Gladius fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Strike Team Gladius.

    Featuring fully voiced dialogue, beautifully enhanced graphics, and countless gameplay improvements, the genre-defining tactical RPG makes its long-awaited return.

    2025StrategyRPG34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Templar Battleforce

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Strike Team Gladius.

    Ranked #8 for Strike Team Gladius fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Strike Team Gladius.

    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.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Strike Team Gladius

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Strike Team Hydra

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Strike Team Gladius.

    Reviewers of Strike Team Gladius cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Strike Team Gladius.

    Strike Team Hydra is a turn-based, tactical RPG that focuses on combat. Players will have to leverage morale, cover, special skills and suppressive fire to defeat a fearsome and ruthless alien enemy.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Age of Wonders

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Strike Team Gladius.

    Reviewers of Strike Team Gladius cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and RPG with Strike Team Gladius.

    Welcome to Age of Wonders, the authentic turn based fantasy strategy classic that started the hit series. Age of Wonders’ intimate atmosphere with painterly graphics still shines today. The game’s fully patched up, start building your fantasy empire today!

    2010StrategyRPG5.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Bureau: XCOM Declassified

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Strike Team Gladius cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear.  A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.

    2013Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. XCOM® 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Strike Team Gladius.

    Reviewers of Strike Team Gladius cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Strike Team Gladius.

    XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.

    2016Strategy2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shieldwall Chronicles: Swords of the North

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Strike Team Gladius.

    Reviewers of Strike Team Gladius cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Strike Team Gladius.

    Shieldwall Chronicles: Swords of the North is a gripping, tactical RPG that lets you build a powerful band of adventurers and partake in a grand adventure.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Demons Rise Up!

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Strike Team Gladius cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Demons Rise Up! is a kinetic futanari visual novel about a pro-gamer named Suzy who summons a succubus through a cursed video game created by developers from the pits of hell.

    2022Casual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Strike Team Gladius at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Strike Team Gladius on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Strike Team Gladius.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Bloons TD 6

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Strike Team Gladius on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Strike Team Gladius.

    The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.

    2018Strategy13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Strike Team Gladius on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Strike Team Gladius.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Strike Team Gladius on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Strike Team Gladius.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Strike Team Gladius on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Strike Team Gladius.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Balatro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Strike Team Gladius on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Strike Team Gladius.

    The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Strike Team Gladius on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Strike Team Gladius.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Strike Team Gladius on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Strike Team Gladius.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Strike Team Gladius.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  2. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and RPG with Strike Team Gladius.

    Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and RPG with Strike Team Gladius.

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Shape of Dreams: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    《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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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.

    2015ActionFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. Warframe

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Strike Team Gladius.

    Awaken as an unstoppable warrior and battle alongside your friends in this story-driven free-to-play online action game

    2013ActionRPGFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Path of Exile

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. The game is completely free and will never be pay-to-win.

    2013ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Strike Team Gladius.

    STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ is a free-to-play MMORPG that puts you at the center of your own story-driven saga. Play as a Jedi, Sith, Bounty Hunter, or one of many other iconic STAR WARS roles in the galaxy far, far away over three thousand years before the classic films.

    2020Massively MultiplayerRPGFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Wave Light Games Inc.

Other recommendable Steam games by Wave Light Games Inc., ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Shieldwall Chronicles: Swords of the North

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Strike Team Gladius.

    Another title from Wave Light Games Inc., the studio behind Strike Team Gladius. Shares Strategy with Strike Team Gladius.

    Shieldwall Chronicles: Swords of the North is a gripping, tactical RPG that lets you build a powerful band of adventurers and partake in a grand adventure.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Demon's Rise - Lords of Chaos

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Strike Team Gladius.

    Another title from Wave Light Games Inc., the studio behind Strike Team Gladius. Shares Strategy and RPG with Strike Team Gladius.

    Turn-based, tactical RPG where players command a powerful band of warriors.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Strike Team Hydra

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Strike Team Gladius.

    Another title from Wave Light Games Inc., the studio behind Strike Team Gladius. Shares Strategy with Strike Team Gladius.

    Strike Team Hydra is a turn-based, tactical RPG that focuses on combat. Players will have to leverage morale, cover, special skills and suppressive fire to defeat a fearsome and ruthless alien enemy.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Demon's Rise - War for the Deep

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Strike Team Gladius.

    Another title from Wave Light Games Inc., the studio behind Strike Team Gladius. Shares Strategy and RPG with Strike Team Gladius.

    A turn-based, tactical RPG with 30 character classes and 50+ hours of gameplay.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Strike Team Gladius.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Strike Team Gladius.

    Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!

    2019StrategyIndieRPG4.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Strike Team Gladius.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Strike Team Gladius.

    Veil of the Witch is a roguelite strategy RPG with turn-based combat and branching progression. Set in the world of “Lost Eidolons,” build a nimble squad of five, pick your skills as you level, and adapt to each unique run. May the gods favor the bold and the wise.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Strike Team Gladius.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Strike Team Gladius.

    Featuring fully voiced dialogue, beautifully enhanced graphics, and countless gameplay improvements, the genre-defining tactical RPG makes its long-awaited return.

    2025StrategyRPG34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Strike Team Gladius

Does Strike Team Gladius run on Steam Deck?
Strike Team Gladius 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 Strike Team Gladius cost?
Strike Team Gladius is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Strike Team Gladius?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Strike Team Gladius are Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark, Gears Tactics, Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch.
Who developed Strike Team Gladius?
Strike Team Gladius was developed by Wave Light Games Inc..

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