Games like Deterrence
If Deterrence is your kind of game, the closest matches are Warfront Defenders, NationWar:Chronicles | 国战:列国志传 and Door Kickers 2: Task Force North — 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 Deterrence: Artificial intelligence has plotted a path to a sustainable future, but humans aren't included. Defend humanity against the A.I. in this instant action real-time strategy, tower defense hybrid.
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Warfront Defenders
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Top pick for Deterrence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Deterrence.
The gameplay is inspired by famous last stands from some of history's deadliest conflicts, such as the Second World War and the Sino-Japanese War. A hybrid of Tower Defense and Real-Time Strategy with a lot of replay value.
NationWar:Chronicles | 国战:列国志传
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Second-strongest match for Deterrence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Deterrence.
This is a sandbox game that is deeply rooted in the rich historical information of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The story of the game unfolds slowly in the eighth century BC on the vast and mysterious land of China.
Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
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Third-strongest match for Deterrence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Deterrence.
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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Ranked #4 for Deterrence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Deterrence.
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?
Starship Troopers: Terran Command
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Ranked #5 for Deterrence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Deterrence.
Lead the Mobile Infantry in this RTS game set in the Starship Troopers film universe. Balance your army composition with a diverse set of unit types, overcome line-of-sight and line-of-fire challenges through tactical positioning, and use special abilities to smash the Arachnid hordes!
Welcome Back, Commander
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Ranked #6 for Deterrence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Deterrence.
Commander, your strike team is to dive deep into the contaminated city of Sun Stone and get some answers before the mysterious deadly plague spreads . Good luck Commander!
Broken Arrow
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Ranked #7 for Deterrence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Deterrence.
Broken Arrow is a large-scale real-time modern warfare tactics game that combines the complexity of joint-forces wargaming with action-packed real-time tactics gameplay.
Home Wars
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Ranked #8 for Deterrence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Deterrence.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Deterrence at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~50% under Deterrence on Steam right now. Shares Action with Deterrence.
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!
Titanfall® 2
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Priced ~55% under Deterrence on Steam right now. Shares Action with Deterrence.
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.
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~50% under Deterrence on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Deterrence.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~90% under Deterrence on Steam right now. Shares Action with Deterrence.
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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
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Priced ~50% under Deterrence on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Deterrence.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~70% under Deterrence on Steam right now. Shares Action with Deterrence.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
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Priced ~50% under Deterrence on Steam right now. Shares Action with Deterrence.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
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Priced ~50% under Deterrence on Steam right now. Shares Action and Strategy with Deterrence.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Deterrence.
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!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Deterrence.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Counter-Strike 2
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Deterrence.
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.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Deterrence.
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 Action with Deterrence.
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.
Totally Accurate Battlegrounds
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Deterrence.
Grab your balloon crossbow and trusty inflatable hammer, because things are about to get wobbly! Be the last weirdo standing in the world-leading physics-based Battle Royale game.
Crusader Kings II
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Deterrence.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
PlanetSide 2
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Deterrence.
PlanetSide 2 is an all-out planetary war, where thousands of players battle as one across enormous continents. Utilize infantry, ground and air vehicles, and teamwork to destroy your enemies in this revolutionary first-person shooter on a massive scale.
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Frequently asked about Deterrence
- How much does Deterrence cost?
- Deterrence is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Deterrence?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Deterrence are Warfront Defenders, NationWar:Chronicles | 国战:列国志传, Door Kickers 2: Task Force North.
- Who developed Deterrence?
- Deterrence was developed by Pisces Studios.
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