Games like Barkhan
If Barkhan is your kind of game, the closest matches are Instant War, Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition and Crossfire: Legion — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Barkhan: A harsh sand planet has become the stage for a brutal war between three Great Clans. For the power over rare minerals each wants to prove their superiority. In the heat of dynamic battles with the enemy's troops, be prepared to face and attack giant Sand Snakes.
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Instant War
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Top pick for Barkhan fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Massively Multiplayer with Barkhan.
Embark on a military strategy 4X RTS game, in a world where your battle tactics and your massive army are the keys to victory. Instant War delivers an amazing battlefield experience in a realistic military game. As a commander, you develop your military base and lead your army to victory!
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
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Second-strongest match for Barkhan fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Barkhan.
Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.
Crossfire: Legion
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Third-strongest match for Barkhan fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Barkhan.
Crossfire: Legion is a real time strategy game featuring tactical action in furious battles across a shattered version of the near future. Raise and customize your army to engage in intense online combat and carve your own path as you rise through the ranks. It’s a new generation of warfare.
Company of Heroes 3
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Ranked #4 for Barkhan fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Barkhan.
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?
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition
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Ranked #6 for Barkhan fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Barkhan.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition is the ultimate Dawn of War experience, featuring the original Dawn of War and all its expansions, along with enhanced visuals, an improved camera, and 64-bit platform support.
The Scouring
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Ranked #7 for Barkhan fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Barkhan.
The Scouring is an RTS with fast pace, high attention to detail and next generation experience. Lead humans or orcs in a Classic Mode or use one of powerful Heroes to fight for victory! Play alone or with friends. Use our modding tools to create maps and custom game modes! Join The Scouring!
Tempest Rising
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Ranked #8 for Barkhan fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Barkhan.
Command distinct factions in a desperate struggle for power and resources in Tempest Rising - a classic RTS set on Earth after a nuclear war.
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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.).
Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Barkhan.
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!
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Barkhan.
《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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Barkhan.
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
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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.
Splitgate
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Barkhan.
Splitgate is a free-to-play, fast-paced multiplayer shooter that features player-controlled portals. This sci-fi shooter takes the FPS genre to a new dimension with its portal mechanics, delivering high-flying, multi-dimensional combat.
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Frequently asked about Barkhan
- Does Barkhan have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Barkhan supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Barkhan?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Barkhan are Instant War, Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, Crossfire: Legion.
- Who developed Barkhan?
- Barkhan was developed by Glyph Worlds.
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