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Games like Rising Front

If Rising Front is your kind of game, the closest matches are Verdun, Holdfast: Nations At War and Isonzo — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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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Rising Front is a 2026 action-strategy-simulation hybrid from Sandstorm Studios Inc. that drops players into large-scale World War I combat scenarios. The game combines real-time tactical command with hands-on unit micromanagement, emphasizing historical unit authenticity against intelligent AI opponents. Players can create custom sandbox scenarios or draw from community workshop content thanks to extensive mod support. The title runs verified on Steam Deck. Reviewers note that massive armies feel tactically deep, and players describe the overall experience as atmospheric, immersive, and challenging. The game holds an 89% positive rating from 2,987 Steam reviews.

About Rising Front: A FPS WW1 & Revolutionary War battle simulator with a focus on Workshop Content, rag-doll physics, intelligent AI, massive battles, procedural AI cover system, real-time building system and FPS combat!

2026ActionStrategySimulationCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindows · macOSby Sandstorm Studios Inc.
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Steam players who put hours into Rising Front 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. Verdun

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Rising Front fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Rising Front.

    Merciless trench warfare immerses you and your squad in intense battles of attack and defense. Verdun is the first multiplayer FPS set in an authentic World War One setting offering a rarely seen battlefield experience.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Holdfast: Nations At War

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Rising Front.

    Second-strongest match for Rising Front fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Rising Front.

    Fight on multiple fronts in Holdfast: Nations At War - A multiplayer first and third-person shooter set during the great Napoleonic Era and WW1. Charge into battle with over 150 players per server!

    2020ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Isonzo

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Rising Front.

    Third-strongest match for Rising Front fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Rising Front.

    Ferocious Alpine warfare will test your tactical skills in this authentic WW1 FPS. Battle among the scenic peaks, rugged valleys and idyllic towns of northern Italy. The Great War on the Italian Front is brought to life and elevated to unexpected heights!

    2022ActionStrategyIndie9.89 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Attack on Toys

    WHY THIS

    Shares mod support and an immersive mood with Rising Front.

    Ranked #4 for Rising Front fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Rising Front.

    Relive Your Childhood Toys comes to life! Build your Army Toys, make battle scenario, watch the Toys battling each other, and customize your play with Attack on Toys Toy Box. Command your Army Toys to fight againts another toys strategically and keep them alive during battle!

    2021ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Home Wars

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Rising Front.

    Ranked #5 for Rising Front fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Rising Front.

    Do you hate bugs and arachnids? Seeing them creeps you out? Would you like them to disappear off the face of the Earth? GOOD! This is the right game for you! In HW you’ll play as a General of a toy soldiers army, with the sole purpose of saving the owner’s house from the invasion of those damn Bugs.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Beyond The Wire

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Rising Front.

    Ranked #6 for Rising Front fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Rising Front.

    Set in the muddy trenches of WW1, Beyond The Wire is a 50v50 multiplayer FPS that immerses players in the desperate & brutal circumstances of the Great War. Featuring an arsenal of historic weapons, ten massive maps, ten playable factions, era-specific tanks, & a brutal melee combat system.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. The Great War: Western Front™

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Rising Front.

    Ranked #7 for Rising Front fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Rising Front.

    The Great War: Western Front is the definitive WW1 strategy game. Play a deciding role in history with this real-time tactical experience as you take charge in the iconic Western Front from 1914 to 1919. Pick your faction and lead your forces to victory.

    2023Strategy34.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Field of Honor

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Rising Front.

    Ranked #8 for Rising Front fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rising Front.

    Field of Honor is a single-player game that combines elements of first-person shooter and strategy, set in the Napoleonic Wars, American Revolutionary War and American Civil War. You can take command of massive battles or engage as a single soldier to defeat the enemy in various game modes.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Rising Front

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. Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare® (2007)

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Rising Front.

    Reviewers of Rising Front cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Rising Front.

    The new action-thriller from the award-winning team at Infinity Ward, the creators of the Call of Duty® series, delivers the most intense and cinematic action experience ever. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare arms gamers with an arsenal of advanced and powerful modern day firepower and transports them to the most treacherous hotspots...

    2007Action19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Shares mod support and an immersive mood with Rising Front.

    Reviewers of Rising Front cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Rising Front.

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

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Company of Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Rising Front.

    Reviewers of Rising Front cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Rising Front.

    Delivering a visceral WWII gaming experience, Company of Heroes redefines RTS by bringing the sacrifice of heroic soldiers, war-ravaged environments, and dynamic battlefields to life. Please visit the "Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition" page for additional user reviews.

    2006ActionStrategy19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Rising Front cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.

    2015AdventureDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Patchwork

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Rising Front.

    Reviewers of Rising Front cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Casual with Rising Front.

    In the long-awaited digital adaptation of Uwe Rosenberg's Patchwork, players patch their way to victory using fabric pieces of assorted sizes, colors, and buttons.

    2016StrategyIndieCasual6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Ravenfield

    WHY THIS

    Shares mod support and an immersive mood with Rising Front.

    Reviewers of Rising Front cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Rising Front.

    Fight upon the Ravenfield together with your Blue allies! Take down those pesky Reds using helicopters, tanks, guns, and active ragdoll physics!

    2017ActionIndieEarly Access17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Rise of Liberty

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Rising Front cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Rising Front.

    Rise of Liberty is a FPS single-player massive Revolutionary War battle simulator. Fire deafening cannons into the thick of the battle, stand in line formation and fire devastating volleys into the enemy. Gather your men for these monumental battles and defeat the enemy!

    2019StrategyIndie7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Vietnam War

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Rising Front.

    Reviewers of Rising Front cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Rising Front.

    Open world single-player FPS. Command your squad in battle across jungles, hills and villages of Vietnam. Fight as U.S or Vietcong. Vast arsenal of weapons and 50+ vehicles

    2025ActionEarly Access14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Rising Front at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Rising Front on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Rising Front.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Rising Front on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Rising Front.

    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 ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Rising Front on Steam right now. Shares Action with Rising Front.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Rising Front on Steam right now. Shares Action with Rising Front.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Rising Front on Steam right now. Shares Action with Rising Front.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Rising Front on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Rising Front.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Rising Front on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Rising Front.

    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 ↗
  8. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Rising Front on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Rising Front.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Rising Front.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    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.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Rising Front.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Rising Front.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Rising Front.

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. 93, Kuindzhi

    WHY THIS

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

    Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

More from Sandstorm Studios Inc.

Other recommendable Steam games by Sandstorm Studios Inc., ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Rise of Liberty

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Sandstorm Studios Inc., the studio behind Rising Front. Shares Strategy with Rising Front.

    Rise of Liberty is a FPS single-player massive Revolutionary War battle simulator. Fire deafening cannons into the thick of the battle, stand in line formation and fire devastating volleys into the enemy. Gather your men for these monumental battles and defeat the enemy!

    2019StrategyIndie7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Stowaway

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Rising Front.

    Another title from Sandstorm Studios Inc., the studio behind Rising Front. Shares Action and Strategy with Rising Front.

    An 10 player online social deduction game inspired by games like Among Us & Town of Salem, where the stowaway is tasked with killing the crew before they reach land!

    2020ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Wolf Ridge

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Sandstorm Studios Inc., the studio behind Rising Front. Shares Action and Strategy with Rising Front.

    Wolf Ridge is a multiplayer objective-based survival game centered around a group of hikers lost in a vast mountain range when they are attacked. The hikers must reach the evac helicopter before it's too late!

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Rising Front

Is Rising Front verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Rising Front is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Rising Front cost?
Rising Front is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Rising Front?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Rising Front are Verdun, Holdfast: Nations At War, Isonzo.
Who developed Rising Front?
Rising Front was developed by Sandstorm Studios Inc..

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