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Games like Total Annihilation

If Total Annihilation is your kind of game, the closest matches are Supreme Commander, Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance and Planetary Annihilation: TITANS — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, epic and nostalgic. 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 Total Annihilation: What began as a conflict over the transfer of consciousness from flesh to machines escalated into a war which has decimated a million worlds. The Core and the Arm have all but exhausted the resources of a galaxy in their struggle for domination.

2015Strategy4.99 USDMetacritic 86Windowsby Cavedog Entertainment
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Steam players who put hours into Total Annihilation 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. Supreme Commander

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Total Annihilation.

    Top pick for Total Annihilation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Total Annihilation.

    For a thousand years, three opposing forces have waged war for what they believe is true. There can be no room for compromise: their way is the only way. Dubbed The Infinite War, this devastating conflict has taken its toll on a once-peaceful galaxy and has only served to deepen the hatred between the factions.

    2011Strategy12.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Total Annihilation.

    Second-strongest match for Total Annihilation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Total Annihilation.

    The last days of man are at hand.. Two years after the Infinite War the once great warring nations now lie in ruins, and humanity’s hope for a brighter future is nothing but a bitter memory. A new, seemingly unstoppable enemy, supported by the zealots of The Order, now seeks to eradicate mankind: UEF, Aeon Loyalist, and Cybran alike.

    2011Strategy12.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Planetary Annihilation: TITANS

    WHY THIS

    Shares mod support and an epic mood with Total Annihilation.

    Third-strongest match for Total Annihilation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Total Annihilation.

    Wage war across entire solar systems with massive armies at your command. Annihilate enemy forces with world-shattering TITAN-class units, and demolish planets with massive super weapons!

    2015ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Command & Conquer™ Remastered Collection

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Total Annihilation.

    Ranked #4 for Total Annihilation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Total Annihilation.

    Command & Conquer and Red Alert are both remastered in 4K by the former Westwood Studios team members. Includes all 3 expansions, rebuilt multiplayer, a modernized UI, Map Editor, bonus footage gallery, and over 7 hours of remastered music.

    2020Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. SunAge: Battle for Elysium

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Total Annihilation.

    Ranked #5 for Total Annihilation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Total Annihilation.

    A return to the roots of real-time strategy, providing beautiful 2D visuals combined with all the features that we came to expect from old school classics. This remastered version is a culmination of all the improvements and new features based upon suggestions from the community.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Impossible Creatures Steam Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Total Annihilation.

    Ranked #6 for Total Annihilation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Total Annihilation.

    Impossible Creatures is a 3D RTS game that pits the player against an evil villain. Using Earth’s most formidable animals as building blocks, the player must create an army of genetically-altered mutant monsters in a titanic struggle to protect an unsuspecting world.

    2015Strategy9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Taur

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Total Annihilation.

    Ranked #7 for Total Annihilation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Total Annihilation.

    Taur is an action-strategy sci-fi game. Control the Prime Cannon and unlock all of its powerful weapons and abilities. Build turrets, droids, aircraft and more as you fight to protect the homeworld of the Tauron droids against a relentless invasion. Will your Taur stand against the Imperion warmachine?

    2020ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Armed to the Gears

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Total Annihilation.

    Ranked #8 for Total Annihilation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Total Annihilation.

    Control a fully armed Mech and fight through cyberpunk cities, military bases and industrial ruins. Capture and defend territories, build turrets and structures, and wage war against powerful enemies!

    2020ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Total Annihilation

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. Planetary Annihilation: TITANS

    WHY THIS

    Shares mod support and an epic mood with Total Annihilation.

    Reviewers of Total Annihilation cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Total Annihilation.

    Wage war across entire solar systems with massive armies at your command. Annihilate enemy forces with world-shattering TITAN-class units, and demolish planets with massive super weapons!

    2015ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 守卫魔兽-Guardian of Warcraft

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Total Annihilation cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Total Annihilation.

    This is a summoning tower defense strategy game, with different abilities of monsters and traps, with different effects. the player will continue to upgrade while defending, Become stronger, and summoning more powerful monsters to resist the brave.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Age of Empires: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Total Annihilation.

    Reviewers of Total Annihilation cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Total Annihilation.

    Age of Empires, the pivotal real-time strategy game that launched a 20-year legacy returns with modernized gameplay, all-new 4K visuals, 8-person multiplayer battles and a host of other new features. Welcome back to history.

    2019Strategy19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Aircraft War

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Total Annihilation cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Fight against enemy planes with the fun Aircraft War! Challenge your friends with single and double player modes. Conquer the sky, enjoy the victory!

    2019ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Command & Conquer™ Remastered Collection

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Total Annihilation.

    Reviewers of Total Annihilation cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Total Annihilation.

    Command & Conquer and Red Alert are both remastered in 4K by the former Westwood Studios team members. Includes all 3 expansions, rebuilt multiplayer, a modernized UI, Map Editor, bonus footage gallery, and over 7 hours of remastered music.

    2020Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Supreme Commander

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Total Annihilation.

    Reviewers of Total Annihilation cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Total Annihilation.

    For a thousand years, three opposing forces have waged war for what they believe is true. There can be no room for compromise: their way is the only way. Dubbed The Infinite War, this devastating conflict has taken its toll on a once-peaceful galaxy and has only served to deepen the hatred between the factions.

    2011Strategy12.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Total Annihilation cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    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.

    2015IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. WARZONE

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Total Annihilation cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Total Annihilation.

    WARZONE is a tactical turn-based war game which requires a chess level of logical thinking and which provides an entertainment comparable to that of a tank shooter.

    2017StrategyIndieMassively Multiplayer4.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Total Annihilation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Total Annihilation.

    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 ↗
  2. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Total Annihilation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Total Annihilation.

    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 ↗
  3. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Total Annihilation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Total Annihilation.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Majesty Gold HD

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Total Annihilation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Total Annihilation.

    The High Definition edition of Majesty Gold contains main game, the Northern Expansion Pack as well as 2 new quests and several other graphics and gameplay updates.Majesty is a Real-time strategy game with indirect control – your heroes have a will of their own!

    2009StrategySimulation2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Bomber Crew

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Total Annihilation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Total Annihilation.

    Chocks away! Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation game, where picking the right crew and keeping your bomber in tip top shape is the difference between completing your mission or losing it all! USAAF DLC NOW AVAILABLE! FLY THE ICONIC AMERICAN BOMBER!

    2017StrategySimulation2.39 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Turmoil

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under Total Annihilation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Total Annihilation.

    Drill for oil like it's 1899! Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America.

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation2.59 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Total Annihilation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Total Annihilation.

    Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete, the latest offering in the Sid Meier's Civilization III franchise, provides gaming fans with Sid Meier's Civilization III, the highly-addictive journey of discovery.

    2006Strategy0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Party Hard

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Total Annihilation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Total Annihilation.

    It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    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!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 ↗
  8. Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi

    WHY THIS

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

    Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.

    2015AdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Total Annihilation

Does Total Annihilation work on Steam Deck?
Total Annihilation is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Total Annihilation cost?
Total Annihilation is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Total Annihilation have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Total Annihilation supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
What games are most similar to Total Annihilation?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Total Annihilation are Supreme Commander, Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, Planetary Annihilation: TITANS.
Who developed Total Annihilation?
Total Annihilation was developed by Cavedog Entertainment and published by Wargaming.net.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Total Annihilation.

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