Games like Phantom Squad
If Phantom Squad is your kind of game, the closest matches are Door Kickers 2: Task Force North, TREAD: Arcade Tank Combat and World of Warships — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and immersive. 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 Phantom Squad: Phantom Squad is a 1-4 player co-op tactical top-down shooter blending fast-paced combat with real-time strategy. Play solo or team up through online co-op and matchmaking, coordinating movement, positioning, and split-second decisions to survive intense, high-risk missions.
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Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Phantom Squad.
Top pick for Phantom Squad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Squad.
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".
TREAD: Arcade Tank Combat
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Phantom Squad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Squad.
Fast-paced top-down online tank battles where skill, teamwork, and strategy decide every fight. Customize your tank with specialized hulls and turrets, each with unique stats and abilities.
World of Warships
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Phantom Squad.
Third-strongest match for Phantom Squad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Phantom Squad.
Immerse yourself in thrilling naval battles and assemble an armada of over 800 ships from the first half of the 20th century — from stealthy destroyers to gigantic battleships. Change the look of your ship, choose upgrades to suit your play style, and go into battle with other players!
Door Kickers
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Phantom Squad.
Ranked #4 for Phantom Squad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Squad.
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.
Six Days in Fallujah
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Phantom Squad.
Ranked #5 for Phantom Squad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Phantom Squad.
Six Days in Fallujah is an intensely realistic first-person tactical shooter based on true stories from one of this century’s toughest urban battles.
Timemelters
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Phantom Squad.
Ranked #6 for Phantom Squad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Squad.
Prevent Doomsday AFTER it happened! Designed by the co-creator of Sang-Froid - Tales of Werewolves and featuring both a single-player and co-op campaign, TimeMelters is a strategy hero defense where you go back in time and fight alongside your past selves.
RUNNING WITH RIFLES
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Phantom Squad.
Ranked #7 for Phantom Squad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Squad.
RUNNING WITH RIFLES is a top-down tactical shooter with open world RPG elements. In RWR, you join the ranks of an army as a common soldier, just like the thousands around you.
PUBG: BLINDSPOT
WHY THIS
Shares stealth, loadout customization, military and a tense mood with Phantom Squad.
Ranked #8 for Phantom Squad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Phantom Squad.
PUBG: BLINDSPOT is a 5v5 top-down tactical shooter built on clever positioning, tight teamwork, and shared vision. Choose unique Agents, create squad synergies and execute smart strategies that turn the tide of every round.
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Of Guards And Thieves
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Phantom Squad.
Reviewers of Phantom Squad cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Squad.
Of Guards and Thieves is a multiplayer stealth game in which high-powered guards face off against fast and elusive thieves in a contest of wits. Outsmarting the enemy and shooting your way through to the goal are equally valid strategies. Simple rules, emergent gameplay and high replayability.
Zombie Admin
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Phantom Squad cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Squad.
It's the zombie apocalypse, but you can't miss a work day! Scavenge for weapons, survive... and don't forget to restock the toner cartridges over at accounting. This humorous top-down shooter has you working your way up the corporate ladder, all the way to the rescue helicopter on the rooftop.
Ready or Not
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Phantom Squad.
Reviewers of Phantom Squad cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Squad.
Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter that depicts a modern-day world in which SWAT police units are called to defuse hostile and confronting situations.
Thunder Tier One
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Phantom Squad.
Reviewers of Phantom Squad cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Phantom Squad.
Thunder Tier One is a realistic top-down shooter where you join an elite special operations team tasked with stopping a dangerous terrorist organization wreaking havoc across the fictional Eastern European country of Salobia.
Police Stories
WHY THIS
Shares co op teamwork and an atmospheric mood with Phantom Squad.
Reviewers of Phantom Squad cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Squad.
A fresh take on top-down shooters with an emphasis on tactics that forces you to make split second decisions. Neutralize criminals, rescue civilians and defuse bombs in Single Player mode or Co-op. And remember - shooting first is not an option!
SWAT
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Phantom Squad cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Phantom Squad.
Combines FPS & TPS. It puts players against some of them. And the winning team gets points and coins. There are 3 game modes. There are many weapons to pick up.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Phantom Squad.
Reviewers of Phantom Squad cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Phantom Squad.
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.
Hot Brass
WHY THIS
Shares non lethal takedowns, loadout customization and a tense mood with Phantom Squad.
Reviewers of Phantom Squad cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Squad.
As an elite SWAT operator, think fast and put your tactics to the test to master a series of missions and save lives. Summon your team of up to four players in online and local co-op, or hone your skills solo. Don’t just be the best—be the best of the best.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Phantom Squad at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~64% under Phantom Squad on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Phantom Squad.
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 ~64% under Phantom Squad on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Squad.
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 ~50% under Phantom Squad on Steam right now. Shares Action with Phantom Squad.
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.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Phantom Squad on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Squad.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~68% under Phantom Squad on Steam right now. Shares Action with Phantom Squad.
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.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Phantom Squad on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Phantom Squad.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Phantom Squad on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Phantom Squad.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~64% under Phantom Squad on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Phantom Squad.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Phantom Squad.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Phantom Squad.
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 Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Squad.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Squad.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
NERTS! Online
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Squad.
NERTS! Online is a fast-paced competitive solitaire game for you and up to five of your friends, played the same way we play it at the Zachtronics office!
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Phantom Squad.
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. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Squad.
《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.
Wires And Whiskers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Phantom Squad.
Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.
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Frequently asked about Phantom Squad
- Is Phantom Squad verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Phantom Squad is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Phantom Squad cost?
- Phantom Squad is listed on Steam at 13.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Phantom Squad have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Phantom Squad supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Phantom Squad?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Phantom Squad are Door Kickers 2: Task Force North, TREAD: Arcade Tank Combat, World of Warships.
- Who developed Phantom Squad?
- Phantom Squad was developed by Ctrl Freak and published by Super Rare Originals.
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