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Games like Anomaly Korea

If Anomaly Korea is your kind of game, the closest matches are Anomaly: Warzone Earth, Anomaly 2 and Anomaly Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign — 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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About Anomaly Korea: Exclusively brought to Steam for PC, Mac and Linux in Anomaly Bundle, Anomaly Korea is an expansion campaign to Anomaly Warzone Earth. The alien robots are back and this time they’ve got Korea in their sights. It’s your job to lead a squad into fierce fire-fights and fend off the alien invasion.

2013ActionStrategy4.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby 11 bit studios
Anomaly Korea — Steam game cover
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New abilities enhance unit versatilityNon randomized tougher mode replaces luck based trialsPolished mobile port with refined controlsAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

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Steam players who put hours into Anomaly Korea 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. Anomaly: Warzone Earth

    WHY THIS

    Shares ability management, reverse tower defense and an atmospheric mood with Anomaly Korea.

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

    Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!

    2011ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Anomaly 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares reverse tower defense and an atmospheric mood with Anomaly Korea.

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

    Anomaly 2 is a sequel to the critically acclaimed Anomaly Warzone Earth. Maintaining the core elements of the original, Anomaly 2 adds plenty of new features: unit morphing, over million tactical combinations, post-apo world and tower defense vs tower offense multiplayer mode.

    2013ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Anomaly Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign

    WHY THIS

    Shares unit upgrades and a contemplative mood with Anomaly Korea.

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

    Anomaly Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign continues Steam's Anomaly Warzone Earth in an extra 15-level campaign. Originally released on mobile devices, the campaign is brought to Steam for PC, Mac and Linux exclusively in Anomaly Bundle. AWE Mobile Campaign turns tower defense on its head.

    2013ActionStrategy4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Anomaly Defenders

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Anomaly Korea.

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

    Anomaly Defenders is the closing installment of the Anomaly series. The original incarnation of the Tower Offense sub-genre had players controlling humans fighting alien invaders. Now, the tables have turned. The human counterattack is underway and the alien homeworld is under threat.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. CARNAGE OFFERING Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Anomaly Korea.

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

    The replicator robots are back! It's 2528. The machines are increasingly infecting the planets with genetically modified monsters. Challenge them and try to stop the onslaught. Upgrade buildings and heroes, mine resources, discover technology and fight to save humanity!

    2023ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Decimation

    WHY THIS

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

    Sci-fi tower defense meets ARPG-like hero combat. Build towers then fight alongside them with your hero as you battle through a campaign to uncover the fate of a colonization effort on a distant planet.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  7. Terminal squad: Swarmites

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Anomaly Korea fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Korea.

    Terminal squad: swarmites is a game with indirect control where you must erect a chain of buildings, which generate resources for construction or the combat units for destruction of an enemy.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Infested Planet

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Anomaly Korea.

    Ranked #8 for Anomaly Korea fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Korea.

    Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmaneuver and outsmart the enemy.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Anomaly Korea

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. Anomaly: Warzone Earth

    WHY THIS

    Shares ability management, reverse tower defense and an atmospheric mood with Anomaly Korea.

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

    Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!

    2011ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Anomaly 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares reverse tower defense and an atmospheric mood with Anomaly Korea.

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

    Anomaly 2 is a sequel to the critically acclaimed Anomaly Warzone Earth. Maintaining the core elements of the original, Anomaly 2 adds plenty of new features: unit morphing, over million tactical combinations, post-apo world and tower defense vs tower offense multiplayer mode.

    2013ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Anomaly Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign

    WHY THIS

    Shares unit upgrades and a contemplative mood with Anomaly Korea.

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

    Anomaly Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign continues Steam's Anomaly Warzone Earth in an extra 15-level campaign. Originally released on mobile devices, the campaign is brought to Steam for PC, Mac and Linux exclusively in Anomaly Bundle. AWE Mobile Campaign turns tower defense on its head.

    2013ActionStrategy4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Anomaly Defenders

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Anomaly Korea.

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

    Anomaly Defenders is the closing installment of the Anomaly series. The original incarnation of the Tower Offense sub-genre had players controlling humans fighting alien invaders. Now, the tables have turned. The human counterattack is underway and the alien homeworld is under threat.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Anomaly Korea on Steam right now. Shares Action with Anomaly Korea.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Anomaly Korea on Steam right now. Shares Action with Anomaly Korea.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Anomaly Korea on Steam right now. Shares Action with Anomaly Korea.

    You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Anomaly Korea on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Anomaly Korea.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Anomaly Korea on Steam right now. Shares Action with Anomaly Korea.

    Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

    2009Action2.49 USDSteam ↗
  6. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Anomaly Korea on Steam right now. Shares Action with Anomaly Korea.

    "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!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Anomaly Korea on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Anomaly Korea.

    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.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Anomaly Korea on Steam right now. Shares Action with Anomaly Korea.

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 Anomaly Korea.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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 ↗
  4. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

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

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Korea.

    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.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Dota 2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Korea.

    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.

    2013ActionStrategyFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. SCP: Secret Laboratory

    WHY THIS

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

    Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.

    2017ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Splitgate

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2019ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

More from 11 bit studios

Other recommendable Steam games by 11 bit studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Frostpunk

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Anomaly Korea.

    Another title from 11 bit studios, the studio behind Anomaly Korea. Shares Strategy with Anomaly Korea.

    Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

    2018StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. This War of Mine

    WHY THIS

    Another title from 11 bit studios, the studio behind Anomaly Korea.

    In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.

    2014IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Frostpunk 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Anomaly Korea.

    Another title from 11 bit studios, the studio behind Anomaly Korea. Shares Strategy with Anomaly Korea.

    Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.

    2024StrategySimulation44.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Alters

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Anomaly Korea.

    Another title from 11 bit studios, the studio behind Anomaly Korea.

    Explore an emotional sci-fi game with a unique blend of survival, adventure, and base-building elements. Help Jan Dolski, the sole survivor of an ill-fated space expedition, create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal turmoils with this unconventional crew.

    2025Adventure34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Anomaly: Warzone Earth

    WHY THIS

    Shares ability management, reverse tower defense and an atmospheric mood with Anomaly Korea.

    Another title from 11 bit studios, the studio behind Anomaly Korea. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Korea.

    Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!

    2011ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Anomaly 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares reverse tower defense and an atmospheric mood with Anomaly Korea.

    Another title from 11 bit studios, the studio behind Anomaly Korea. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Korea.

    Anomaly 2 is a sequel to the critically acclaimed Anomaly Warzone Earth. Maintaining the core elements of the original, Anomaly 2 adds plenty of new features: unit morphing, over million tactical combinations, post-apo world and tower defense vs tower offense multiplayer mode.

    2013ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Anomaly Defenders

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Anomaly Korea.

    Another title from 11 bit studios, the studio behind Anomaly Korea. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Korea.

    Anomaly Defenders is the closing installment of the Anomaly series. The original incarnation of the Tower Offense sub-genre had players controlling humans fighting alien invaders. Now, the tables have turned. The human counterattack is underway and the alien homeworld is under threat.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Anomaly Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign

    WHY THIS

    Shares unit upgrades and a contemplative mood with Anomaly Korea.

    Another title from 11 bit studios, the studio behind Anomaly Korea. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Korea.

    Anomaly Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign continues Steam's Anomaly Warzone Earth in an extra 15-level campaign. Originally released on mobile devices, the campaign is brought to Steam for PC, Mac and Linux exclusively in Anomaly Bundle. AWE Mobile Campaign turns tower defense on its head.

    2013ActionStrategy4.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Anomaly Korea

Does Anomaly Korea work on Steam Deck?
Anomaly Korea is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Anomaly Korea cost?
Anomaly Korea is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Anomaly Korea?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Anomaly Korea are Anomaly: Warzone Earth, Anomaly 2, Anomaly Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign.
Who developed Anomaly Korea?
Anomaly Korea was developed by 11 bit studios.

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