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Games like Door Kickers

  • 27 games
  • Updated Oct 23, 2026

Players who liked Door Kickers also play

The closest matches to Door Kickers: Door Kickers 2: Task Force North, Police Stories, Door Kickers: Action Squad, Men of War: Assault Squad 2, and Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 02

    Why this

    Also Top-Down Shooter and Tactical, like Door Kickers.

    • $19.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2019
  1. Rank 04

    Men of War: Assault Squad 2

    Why this: Also Real Time Tactics and RTS, like Door Kickers.

    • $29.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2014
  2. Rank 06

    Hot Brass

    Why this: Also Real Time Tactics and Tactical, like Door Kickers.

    • $14.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
    • 2021
  3. Rank 07

    Infested Planet

    Why this: Also Real-Time with Pause and RTS, like Door Kickers.

    • $14.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2014

The full ranked list: top 24 games like Door Kickers

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    Door Kickers 2: Task Force North

    Shares squad management with Door Kickers.

    • 96% of 7,631 reviews
  2. 2
    Police Stories

    Also Top-Down Shooter and Tactical, like Door Kickers.

    • 82% of 2,383 reviews
  3. 3
    Door Kickers: Action Squad

    Same challenging mood as Door Kickers.

    • 94% of 1,997 reviews
  4. 4
    Men of War: Assault Squad 2

    Also Real Time Tactics and RTS, like Door Kickers.

    • 92% of 16,449 reviews
  5. 5
    Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

    Genres: Strategy, Indie

    • 95% of 8,989 reviews
  6. 6
    Hot Brass

    Also Real Time Tactics and Tactical, like Door Kickers.

    • 82% of 187 reviews
  7. 7
    Infested Planet

    Also Real-Time with Pause and RTS, like Door Kickers.

    • 95% of 1,860 reviews
  8. 8
    Thunder Tier One

    Genres: Action, Simulation, Free To Play

    • 71% of 2,164 reviews
  9. 9
    Steel Division: Normandy 44

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Simulation

    • 74% of 2,612 reviews
  10. 10
    Full Spectrum Warrior

    Genres: Action, Strategy

    • 74% of 152 reviews
  11. 11
    RUNNING WITH RIFLES

    Genres: Action, Indie

    • 89% of 5,049 reviews
  12. 12
    The Red Solstice

    Also Real-Time with Pause and Real Time Tactics, like Door Kickers.

    • 72% of 581 reviews
  13. 13
    No Plan B

    Also Real Time Tactics and Top-Down Shooter, like Door Kickers.

    • 87% of 407 reviews
  14. 14
    Commandos: Origins

    Genres: Strategy

    • 78% of 597 reviews
  15. 15
    Welcome Back, Commander

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 83% of 116 reviews
  16. 16
    Wargame: Airland Battle

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 86% of 2,310 reviews
  17. 17
    Breach & Clear

    Same contemplative mood as Door Kickers.

    • 82% of 1,281 reviews
  18. 18
    John Wick Hex

    Genres: Action, Strategy

    • 68% of 204 reviews
  19. 19
    Call to Arms

    Also RTS and Tactical, like Door Kickers.

    • 80% of 8,514 reviews
  20. 20
    Jagged Alliance - Back in Action

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation, RPG

    • 70% of 560 reviews
  21. 21
    Rebel Inc: Escalation

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 83% of 2,582 reviews
  22. 22
    Polaris Sector

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 64% of 230 reviews
  23. 23
    Atom Zombie Smasher

    Genres: Strategy, Indie

    • 90% of 927 reviews
  24. 24
    Of Guards And Thieves

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 84% of 1,964 reviews
Door Kickers — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2014
  • Developer: KillHouse Games
  • Price: $19.99checked Nov 4
  • Steam Deck: Deck Playable
  • 93% of 3,617 reviews
  • Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie, Simulation
  • Metacritic 83
  • Platforms: Windows, Linux

Players highlight

  • Addictive random mission generator
  • No story neededpure tactical focus
  • Plans unravel and adapt to rng chaos
  • Challenging
  • Contemplative
  • Intense

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About Door Kickers

The closest matches to Door Kickers: Door Kickers 2: Task Force North, Police Stories, Door Kickers: Action Squad, Men of War: Assault Squad 2, and Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Door Kickers is your kind of game, the closest matches are Door Kickers 2: Task Force North, Police Stories and Door Kickers: Action Squad — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, contemplative and intense, and single out its mission randomization and pause and execute. 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.

Door Kickers is a 2014 top-down tactical strategy game developed by KillHouse Games that tasks players with planning and executing SWAT room-clearing operations. The core gameplay loop centers on squad management, strategic planning, and real-time execution with pause functionality, where mission randomization and adaptive RNG keep scenarios fresh across replays. Players describe the experience as challenging, contemplative, and intense, with reviewers highlighting how the top-down perspective effectively teaches close-quarters combat theory. The absence of narrative focus allows pure tactical gameplay to drive engagement, as plans must adapt to dynamic chaos during missions. Available for $19.99 USD, the game runs at a playable level on Steam Deck and maintains a 93% positive rating from over 3,600 Steam reviews.

About Door Kickers: Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.

Is Door Kickers worth buying?

  • 93% of 3,617 Steam reviews are positive.
  • We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
  • Price: $19.99 (checked Nov 8).
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 15 h when they wrote their review.
  • Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

Top critical reviews

The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.

“I don't have fun playing this. I suppose it's just not my genre, and the controls combined with the game design make for a bad experience.”
5 h played
“The idea of this game is great and I loved it in the beginning. The problem here is the mechanics of planning, I'm not sure if it's bug, but very often when I needed to change a route a little bit, I had to remove it completely and make…”
6 h played
More negative reviews on Steam ↗

People who play it also play: Door Kickers 2: Task Force North, Police Stories, Door Kickers: Action Squad

How this verdict works →

Mobile version

Door Kickers is also on Google Play and App Store. What the store pages declare:

  • No ads declared on Google Play (checked 2026-11-04, source)
  • No in-app purchases declared on Google Play (checked 2026-11-04, source)
  • No In-App Purchases listed on the App Store (checked 2026-11-04, source)
  • App Store privacy label: no "Data Used to Track You" (checked 2026-11-04, source)

On our lists: Pay once, no in-app purchases

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Frequently asked about Door Kickers

Can I run it?

Does Door Kickers run on Steam Deck?

Door Kickers 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 Door Kickers cost?

Door Kickers is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).

Does Door Kickers have multiplayer or co-op?

Yes — Door Kickers supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op).

What games are most similar to Door Kickers?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Door Kickers are Door Kickers 2: Task Force North, Police Stories, Door Kickers: Action Squad.

Who developed Door Kickers?

Door Kickers was developed by KillHouse Games.