Games like Battle Bugs
If Battle Bugs is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lines of Battle, Combat Mission Shock Force 2 and Wargame: Red Dragon — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its childhood nostalgia factor, challenging and nostalgic. 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 Battle Bugs: In this unconventional real-time strategy game, control a fearsome army of stink bugs, cockroaches, lightning bugs, ants and more in a miniature, pun-filled warzone! 56 battles with 22 types of Battle Bug await you!
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Steam players who put hours into Battle Bugs 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.
Lines of Battle
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Top pick for Battle Bugs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Battle Bugs.
Command armies in tactical battles with simultaneous turns during the Napoleonic Wars. Lead forces through single-player strategy campaigns, master formations and flanking tactics, then test your skills in competitive 1v1 and 4v4 battles.
Combat Mission Shock Force 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Battle Bugs.
Second-strongest match for Battle Bugs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Battle Bugs.
The latest title in the famous Combat Mission franchise of wargames, now on Steam. Shock Force 2 brings you to a hypothetical conflict in Syria between the forces of NATO and the Syrian Army. Play either on WeGo or Real Time in an incredibly detailed and realistic 1:1 tactical simulation.
Wargame: Red Dragon
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Battle Bugs.
Third-strongest match for Battle Bugs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Battle Bugs.
The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.
Steel Division: Normandy 44
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Battle Bugs.
Ranked #4 for Battle Bugs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Battle Bugs.
Steel Division: Normandy is a tactical real-time strategy (RTS) game that pits players against AI enemies in a single-player campaign -- or against several opponents in massive 10-on-10 multiplayer battles.
Company of Heroes 3
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Battle Bugs.
Ranked #5 for Battle Bugs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Battle Bugs.
Company of Heroes 3 combines heart-pounding combat with deeper strategic choices in a stunning Mediterranean theatre of war. In Company of Heroes 3, every battle tells a story...what's yours?
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
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Shares a challenging mood with Battle Bugs.
Ranked #6 for Battle Bugs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Battle Bugs.
A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic battlefield. Conquer multiple worlds across several single-player campaigns; or play with your friends in multiplayer combat.
Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
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Shares a challenging mood with Battle Bugs.
Ranked #7 for Battle Bugs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Battle Bugs.
Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".
Diplomacy is Not an Option
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Shares a challenging mood with Battle Bugs.
Ranked #8 for Battle Bugs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Battle Bugs.
Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Battle Bugs at current Steam store prices.
The Test
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Priced ~60% under Battle Bugs on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Battle Bugs.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
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Priced ~60% under Battle Bugs on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Battle Bugs.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
shapez
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Priced ~80% under Battle Bugs on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Battle Bugs.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Battle Bugs on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Battle Bugs.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The Test: Final Revelation
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Priced ~60% under Battle Bugs on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Battle Bugs.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Battle Bugs on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Battle Bugs.
"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!
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Battle Bugs on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Battle Bugs.
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.
Kill It With Fire
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under Battle Bugs on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Battle Bugs.
Kill It With Fire is a first-person action game about hunting spiders and causing collateral damage.
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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.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Battle Bugs.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!
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!
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More from Epyx, Inc.
Other recommendable Steam games by Epyx, Inc., ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Rogue
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Battle Bugs.
Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind Battle Bugs. Shares Strategy with Battle Bugs.
Experience the commercial port of the game that spawned a thousand 'Rogue-likes'. Venture into the Dungeons of Doom in search of the legendary Amulet of Yendor, and hopefully escape with your life! Randomly generated dungeons await you, full of nasty monsters, insidious traps, and glittering loot.
California Games (C64/DOS/Atari/Lynx/NES/SMS/Genesis)
WHY THIS
Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind Battle Bugs.
Ask anyone who considered themselves a true gamer in 1987 and the chances are they will fondly remember California Games. Now on Steam for the very first time, you too can enjoy six radical and awesome events: the half-pipe, roller skating, surfing, BMX, footbag and the flying disc.
Impossible Mission II
WHY THIS
Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind Battle Bugs. Shares Strategy with Battle Bugs.
Sequel to the equally-popular Impossible Mission, this classic 1980s action platformer sees you tasked with infiltrating a futuristic fortress, built to keep safe malicious mastermind Elvin Atombender. Now available on Steam for the first time, responsibility for saving the world rests with YOU!
California Games II
WHY THIS
Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind Battle Bugs.
Originally launched in 1990 on the boundary-pushing 16-bit computers and consoles of the day, this bodacious sequel to the immensely popular California Games sees you competing in five awesome events: hang-gliding, jet-skiing, snowboarding, body-boarding and skateboarding!
Temple of Apshai Trilogy
WHY THIS
Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind Battle Bugs.
In this classic dungeon crawler, hack and slash your way through over 500 rooms with dozens of terrifying monsters. A true 1980s fantasy game, experience the frustrations and triumphs of the tabletop gaming inspired combat. Temple of Apshai is waiting. Silently lurking. Patiently waiting. For you.
The Games: Winter Edition
WHY THIS
Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind Battle Bugs. Shares Simulation with Battle Bugs.
Compete in seven Winter Games events in this DOS classic from 1988, created by masters of sports simulation Epyx. Hurtle down the slopes, over jumps, or across the ice, all in search of that elusive Gold medal.
Jumpman (C64/MSDOS)
WHY THIS
Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind Battle Bugs. Shares Simulation with Battle Bugs.
Run, climb and jump from platform to platform to collect and disarm deadly bombs, but watch out! One single misstep will send you tumbling to the ground! With 30 different challenging levels to beat, experience the thrills and spills of one of the earliest platformers.
Snow Strike
WHY THIS
Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind Battle Bugs. Shares Simulation with Battle Bugs.
Fly your F14-LBC "Rapier" on a series of air bound missions. Your task – to destroy the labs, bomb refineries, and stop the enemy convoys. But watch out for those enemies who are armed with heat and radar guided missiles!
Frequently asked about Battle Bugs
- How much does Battle Bugs cost?
- Battle Bugs is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Battle Bugs have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Battle Bugs supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to Battle Bugs?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Battle Bugs are Lines of Battle, Combat Mission Shock Force 2, Wargame: Red Dragon.
- Who developed Battle Bugs?
- Battle Bugs was developed by Epyx, Inc. and published by Pixel Games UK.
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