Games like RED DAWN
If RED DAWN is your kind of game, the closest matches are Field of Glory II: Medieval, Acretia - Guardians of Lian and TRIANGLE STRATEGY — 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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Field of Glory II: Medieval
WHY THIS
Shares turn based tactics and an atmospheric mood with RED DAWN.
Top pick for RED DAWN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with RED DAWN.
Field of Glory II Medieval is a turn-based tactical game set in the High Middle Ages from 1040 AD to 1270 AD. Developed by legendary designer Richard Bodley Scott it brings the best from the tabletop world into the best digital framework.
Acretia - Guardians of Lian
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with RED DAWN.
Second-strongest match for RED DAWN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with RED DAWN.
Two worlds merged. A feud that lasted for hundreds of years. The flame of destruction slowly pulsates in the gap. Join your legion on a great journey to cut the chains of hatred and save the world from the primordial darkness.
TRIANGLE STRATEGY
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with RED DAWN.
Third-strongest match for RED DAWN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with RED DAWN.
A new tactics RPG from the team who brought you the Bravely series and Octopath Traveler. An epic tale, brought to life with stunning HD-2D graphics. Make difficult decisions in this story set against a backdrop of the war-torn continent of Norzelia.
Dream Tactics
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with RED DAWN.
Ranked #4 for RED DAWN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with RED DAWN.
Dream Tactics is a GBA-styled strategy RPG with cunning card combos and deep character customization. Pick your party, manage cards to create unique playstyles, and outsmart hordes of pillows in turn-based combat to save the Dream World from its inevitable collapse.
Every Day We Fight
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with RED DAWN.
Ranked #5 for RED DAWN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with RED DAWN.
Caught in a time loop, your band of resistance fighters is humanity’s last hope. Real-time exploration meets turn-based tactics and roguelite strategy as you learn new abilities, seek out new weapons, and develop new techniques to overcome the mysterious alien threat.
Jagged Alliance: Rage!
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with RED DAWN.
Ranked #6 for RED DAWN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with RED DAWN.
Jagged Alliance is back – With a new take on turn-based tactics, adventure elements and the well-known quirky mercenaries! Set 20 years after the first Jagged Alliance, this spin-off lets you experience a road trip into a jungle hell to test your mind and body to the limits!
End State
WHY THIS
Shares skill progression, turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with RED DAWN.
Ranked #7 for RED DAWN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with RED DAWN.
End State is a turn-based tactics game where you manage a mercenary company tracking down a terrorists in a war-torn country. Hire, gear up and gain experience for your mercenaries. Take on rebels and criminal gangs, do side contracts and explore Brekovia.
XCOM® 2
WHY THIS
Shares turn based tactics and an atmospheric mood with RED DAWN.
Ranked #8 for RED DAWN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with RED DAWN.
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
Reviewers mention these as similar to RED DAWN
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Valkyria Chronicles™
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with RED DAWN.
Reviewers of RED DAWN cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and RPG with RED DAWN.
The critically acclaimed Valkyria Chronicles is now available on PC in 1080p True HD, including all previously released DLC!
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
WHY THIS
Reviewers of RED DAWN cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear. A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.
XCOM® 2
WHY THIS
Shares turn based tactics and an atmospheric mood with RED DAWN.
Reviewers of RED DAWN cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with RED DAWN.
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
Girls' Frontline
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning, loadout customization, military and an atmospheric mood with RED DAWN.
Reviewers of RED DAWN cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and RPG with RED DAWN.
As a Commander for Griffin & Kryuger PMC. Navigate faction power struggles, deploy forces strategically, and work to restore order in a war-torn world.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below RED DAWN at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under RED DAWN on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with RED DAWN.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under RED DAWN on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with RED DAWN.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under RED DAWN on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with RED DAWN.
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.
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~42% under RED DAWN on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with RED DAWN.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under RED DAWN on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with RED DAWN.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under RED DAWN on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with RED DAWN.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under RED DAWN on Steam right now. Shares Indie with RED DAWN.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under RED DAWN on Steam right now. Shares Indie with RED DAWN.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with RED DAWN.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with RED DAWN.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with RED DAWN.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with RED DAWN.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with RED DAWN.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with RED DAWN.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
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.).
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with RED DAWN.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
TRIANGLE STRATEGY
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with RED DAWN.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Simulation with RED DAWN.
A new tactics RPG from the team who brought you the Bravely series and Octopath Traveler. An epic tale, brought to life with stunning HD-2D graphics. Make difficult decisions in this story set against a backdrop of the war-torn continent of Norzelia.
Dream Tactics
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with RED DAWN.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with RED DAWN.
Dream Tactics is a GBA-styled strategy RPG with cunning card combos and deep character customization. Pick your party, manage cards to create unique playstyles, and outsmart hordes of pillows in turn-based combat to save the Dream World from its inevitable collapse.
Every Day We Fight
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with RED DAWN.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with RED DAWN.
Caught in a time loop, your band of resistance fighters is humanity’s last hope. Real-time exploration meets turn-based tactics and roguelite strategy as you learn new abilities, seek out new weapons, and develop new techniques to overcome the mysterious alien threat.
Frequently asked about RED DAWN
- Does RED DAWN run on Steam Deck?
- RED DAWN 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 RED DAWN cost?
- RED DAWN is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to RED DAWN?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside RED DAWN are Field of Glory II: Medieval, Acretia - Guardians of Lian, TRIANGLE STRATEGY.
- Who developed RED DAWN?
- RED DAWN was developed by Dynamic Duo Games.
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