Games like The Red Solstice
If The Red Solstice is your kind of game, the closest matches are DG2: Defense Grid 2, Original War and Stardust Exile — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its hardcore survival challenge, marine squad customization matters and atmospheric. 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 The Red Solstice: 2280 A.D. The last few survivors of a ruined Earth seek a new home: Mars, a planet whose inhabitants didn't take too kindly to outsiders. The Red Solstice is a tense, tactical, squad-based action game. Fight to survive with up to 8 players in co-op, or lead your own squad in single-player mode.
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DG2: Defense Grid 2
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with The Red Solstice.
Top pick for The Red Solstice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Red Solstice.
Great strategy is timeless. Build, adapt, and defend across dynamic maps, solo or online - every session brings new strategies, new solutions, and new surprises. Now is the perfect time to enter the grid.
Original War
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with The Red Solstice.
Second-strongest match for The Red Solstice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Red Solstice.
An American geological expedition, under a UN mandate, assesses the natural resources in a distant part of Siberia, deep in the trackless steppes of Eastern Russia. But instead of oil, they discover a deposit of a hitherto unknown mineral.
Stardust Exile
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with The Red Solstice.
Third-strongest match for The Red Solstice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Red Solstice.
Stardust Exile is an RTS set in the Milky Way galaxy, containing currently known stars and exoplanets with their real characteristics. The remaining star systems are procedurally generated. It has both online mode and single-player skirmish mode. The online server is persistent and single-shard.
Edge Of Extinction
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Red Solstice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Red Solstice.
Edge of Extinction is a real-time strategy game focused on tactical unit control, faction identity, and large-scale conflict. Command armies across unstable voxel-based terrain, deploy formations, manage resources, and fight for survival as five rival factions are forced into war. Wishlist now!
Empires Apart
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Red Solstice.
Ranked #5 for The Red Solstice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Red Solstice.
An exciting free-to-play Real Time Strategy game set in medieval times. Uniquely designed factions, customization options, singleplayer and multiplayer gameplay. Gather resources, raise an army and lead your civilization to victory in a classic RTS, brought to the modern age.
Galactic Ruler
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with The Red Solstice.
Ranked #6 for The Red Solstice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Red Solstice.
Galactic Ruler offers real time strategy game play at both planetary level and in space! Lead your faction in diplomacy or conquest across a procedurally generated galactic map where any system might hold hostile enemies or resource riches. Develop advanced technologies to rule the galaxy!
Wargame: Red Dragon
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with The Red Solstice.
Ranked #7 for The Red Solstice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Red Solstice.
The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.
Wargame: European Escalation
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with The Red Solstice.
Ranked #8 for The Red Solstice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Red Solstice.
The New Fatal Error DLC includes a new 5-mission Operation and touch-screen controls.
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The Ascent
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Red Solstice.
Reviewers of The Red Solstice cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The Ascent is a solo and co-op Action-shooter RPG set in a cyberpunk world. The mega corporation that owns you and everyone, The Ascent Group, has just collapsed. Can you survive without it?
Alien Swarm
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Red Solstice.
Reviewers of The Red Solstice cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Co-operative multiplayer game and complete code base available for free.
Alien: Isolation
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Red Solstice.
Reviewers of The Red Solstice cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
HELLDIVERS™ 2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Red Solstice cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The Galaxy’s Last Line of Offence. Enlist in the Helldivers and join the fight for freedom across a hostile galaxy in a fast, frantic, and ferocious third-person shooter.
Wooden Battles: Spec Ops
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Red Solstice cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with The Red Solstice.
Wooden Battles: Spec Ops is a stealth action strategy game. Take control of a group of 4 special forces units with unique abilities, infiltrate the enemy base and complete the mission objectives. Use the in-game level editor to create your own missions and upload them to the Steam Workshop.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Red Solstice at current Steam store prices.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Red Solstice on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Red Solstice.
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.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Red Solstice on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Red Solstice.
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.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Red Solstice on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Red Solstice.
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.
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Red Solstice on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Red Solstice.
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
Nubby's Number Factory
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Red Solstice on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Red Solstice.
A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.
Monster Train
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Red Solstice on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Red Solstice.
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under The Red Solstice on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Red Solstice.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Free alternatives
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Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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.).
The Lab
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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!
Cube Escape: Paradox
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
South Scrimshaw, Part One
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
South Scrimshaw is the story of a newborn whale in a vast alien ocean. It is a richly illustrated experimental visual novel, written in the style of a nature documentary.
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
《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
WHY THIS
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.
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Red Solstice 2: Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with The Red Solstice.
Another title from Ironward, the studio behind The Red Solstice. Shares Strategy with The Red Solstice.
Sequel to the best-seller The Red Solstice. Plan your strategy and infiltrate a real-time tactical battlefield - alone or with up to 7 squad members. Can you demonstrate the combat prowess to survive and secure a future for humanity?
Solstice Chronicles: MIA
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Red Solstice.
Another title from Ironward, the studio behind The Red Solstice.
In this 2-player twin-stick shooter, use a friendly drone for a game-changing abilities. Survive waves, upgrade, and uncover the mystery in this cooperative, action-packed experience.
Atre: Dominance Wars
WHY THIS
Another title from Ironward, the studio behind The Red Solstice. Shares Strategy with The Red Solstice.
Fantasy kingdom builder with god powers and turn-based tactical combat. Build thriving settlements, forge artifacts, command armies with heroes, and ascend from sorcerer to god - wielding spells powerful enough to reshape the world itself. Betray your allies or be betrayed. Only one can ascend.
Frequently asked about The Red Solstice
- Does The Red Solstice run on Steam Deck?
- The Red Solstice 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 The Red Solstice cost?
- The Red Solstice is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does The Red Solstice have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — The Red Solstice supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to The Red Solstice?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Red Solstice are DG2: Defense Grid 2, Original War, Stardust Exile.
- Who developed The Red Solstice?
- The Red Solstice was developed by Ironward.
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