Games like Buggos 2
If Buggos 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Buggos, MARS and DUSK OF WAR — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, chill and dark. 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 Buggos 2: Conquer and destroy the dirty Humans by sending swarms of bugs to crush their home worlds. Evolve your Buggos into stronger, faster, more murderous creatures that can rip the Human defenses to shreds! No one can stop your evolutionary powers. You are the evil Buggo Hivemind!!!
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Buggos
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Shares base building, skill tree progression and a funny mood with Buggos 2.
Top pick for Buggos 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Buggos 2.
Lead your hive to victory in 'Buggos', an RTS Auto Battler! Customize your swarm with 120+ evolutions and conquer humanity. Strategy meets bug chaos!
MARS
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Second-strongest match for Buggos 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Buggos 2.
Survival is temporary. Legacy is forever. Rule the last colony on Mars in this RTS x Colony Sim. Build domes for colonists as they harvest crops to survive, and command Mech armies against endless Marsect swarms. With hostile enemies and climate threatening your expedition, every choice matters.
DUSK OF WAR
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Buggos 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Buggos 2.
DUSK OF WAR is a base-building game with resource and human management in a post-apocalyptic world where resources are limited. The game is played in real time and allows you to alternate between base management phases and real-time tactical combat.
Venusville
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Ranked #4 for Buggos 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Buggos 2.
Guide pioneering settlers among Venusian clouds in this space colonisation city builder. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, balance buoyancy and weight to stay afloat in the treacherous Venusian atmosphere, and build a self-sufficient colony while navigating storms and acidic clouds.
Ground of Aces
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Shares mission based progression, base building and a chill mood with Buggos 2.
Ranked #5 for Buggos 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Buggos 2.
Take command of a remote military air base during World War II. Build your own airfield, manage iconic aircraft and oversee your crew’s well-being. Prepare them against air raids and send your pilots on dangerous missions. Survive and help your nation win the war!
Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition
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Shares real time strategy, mission based progression and an epic mood with Buggos 2.
Ranked #6 for Buggos 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Buggos 2.
Gird your loins and sharpen your steel! Besiege 20 unique enemy lords and battle friends online, in this expanded remaster of the classic 'castle sim'. Relive history with new units, opponents, visuals, audio, campaigns, skirmish trails, co-op and larger maps.
IDLE BOSS RUSH
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Shares skill tree progression, arcade style and a chill mood with Buggos 2.
Ranked #7 for Buggos 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Buggos 2.
Slay giant bosses and turn the hollow wasteland into the almighty kingdom! Endlessly rewarding incremental game where you collect fountains of rare loot, unleash crazy combos and watch the monsters fall under your knees. Boss Rush that keeps on going when you're gone!
Northgard: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Buggos 2.
Ranked #8 for Buggos 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Buggos 2.
Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!
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SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel
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Reviewers of Buggos 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Buggos 2.
SC2VN is a visual novel about the South Korean StarCraft 2 scene. You play as Mach, a foreign semi-pro trying to make it in eSports who soon learns that success in StarCraft takes more than in-game strategy.
Starship Troopers: Extermination
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Shares base building and a tense mood with Buggos 2.
Reviewers of Buggos 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Starship Troopers: Extermination is a 16-player co-op FPS that puts you on the far-off frontlines of an all-out battle against the Bugs! Squad up, grab your rifle, and do your part as an elite Deep Space Vanguard Trooper to take back planets from the Arachnid threat!
杀虫剂小队：虫族争霸Insecticide Troopers:Star zerg
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Reviewers of Buggos 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The new flames of war have ignited, and you will lead the mobile infantry regiment to defend the position. At that time, these damn Zergs will come from all directions, but I believe that under the leadership of your heroic lieutenant, you and your subordinates can definitely defeat these damn Zergs
STARSHIP BLOOPERS
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Reviewers of Buggos 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play.
STARSHIP BLOOPERS is a chaotic co-op space survival game where one wrong move can doom the mission. Play with 2 to 6 crewmates as you traverse space, gather resources, survive disasters, battle aliens and each other's incompetence before the sun goes supernova. Can you keep your SHIP together?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Buggos 2 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~79% under Buggos 2 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Buggos 2.
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.
Bloons TD 6
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Priced ~42% under Buggos 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Buggos 2.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
People Playground
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Priced ~58% under Buggos 2 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Buggos 2.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Balatro
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Priced ~50% under Buggos 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Buggos 2.
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
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Priced ~69% under Buggos 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Buggos 2.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Kerbal Space Program
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Priced ~58% under Buggos 2 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Buggos 2.
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
Slay the Spire
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Priced ~74% under Buggos 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Buggos 2.
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
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Priced ~67% under Buggos 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Buggos 2.
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...
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Last Sovereign
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Buggos 2.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
Crusader Kings II
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Buggos 2.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
AdVenture Capitalist
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome, eager young investor, to AdVenture Capitalist! Arguably the world's greatest Capitalism simulator!
Supermarket Together
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Buggos 2.
The multiplayer supermarket has arrived to your neighbourhood for free! Stock your shop space, unlock perks and franchises, hire employees or chase those pesky shoplifters. The more players, the more action!
Fallout Shelter
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Buggos 2.
Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.
Clicker Heroes
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Buggos 2.
Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.
Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Buggos 2.
Start your own Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria with Freddy Fazbear Pizzeria Simulator!
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Buggos 2.
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition offers players a trial of this historical single & multiplayer RTS experience. *Note: To unlock all features of the game please see the “Base Game” product.
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More from Intrepid Marmot
Other recommendable Steam games by Intrepid Marmot, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Buggos
WHY THIS
Shares base building, skill tree progression and a funny mood with Buggos 2.
Another title from Intrepid Marmot, the studio behind Buggos 2. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Buggos 2.
Lead your hive to victory in 'Buggos', an RTS Auto Battler! Customize your swarm with 120+ evolutions and conquer humanity. Strategy meets bug chaos!
Praise Dead
WHY THIS
Shares upgrade system and a chill mood with Buggos 2.
Another title from Intrepid Marmot, the studio behind Buggos 2. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Buggos 2.
Praise Dead is a roguelike auto-battler where you create zombies from the parts of dead villagers and monsters. Use your zombies to defeat waves of demons, and to harvest resources to improve and upgrade your village.
Gravity Shot
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Another title from Intrepid Marmot, the studio behind Buggos 2. Shares Simulation with Buggos 2.
Sling shot explosive nuclear warheads into collision course with your planetary assassination targets. Using the gravitation of a planet against itself, while navigating your payload around asteroids, moons and even Black Holes for devastating effect!
Goblin Summer Camp
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Buggos 2.
Another title from Intrepid Marmot, the studio behind Buggos 2.
The one true multiplayer goblin simulator. Play Goblin Tag and acquire power ups that let you leap across the entire map. Play Hide and Seek and annoy your friends with ‘REEEES’ when they cant find you. Stay alive in Death Run without being trapped. Be a goblin and do goblin things!
Frequently asked about Buggos 2
- Does Buggos 2 run on Steam Deck?
- Buggos 2 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 Buggos 2 cost?
- Buggos 2 is listed on Steam at 23.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Buggos 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Buggos 2 are Buggos, MARS, DUSK OF WAR.
- Who developed Buggos 2?
- Buggos 2 was developed by Intrepid Marmot.
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