Games like Metal Thunder
If Metal Thunder is your kind of game, the closest matches are Gunner, HEAT, PC!, Last Drone War and Combat Air Patrol 2: Military Flight Simulator — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, epic and intense. 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 Metal Thunder: Command the legendary gunship in a high-octane action-roguelite! Engage insurgents with devastating firepower in ever-changing missions. Upgrade your arsenal, adapt to dynamic challenges, and survive relentless waves of enemies. Every run offers new tactics and chaos as you dominate the skies.
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Gunner, HEAT, PC!
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Metal Thunder.
Top pick for Metal Thunder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Thunder.
Gunner, HEAT, PC! (GHPC) is a simulation game about modern mounted combat, with special attention to authenticity and fun.
Last Drone War
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Metal Thunder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Metal Thunder.
You lose the war! Pilot FPV drones, helicopters, and fighter jets to unleash devastating firepower - and become a true ACE of modern warfare.
Combat Air Patrol 2: Military Flight Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Metal Thunder.
Third-strongest match for Metal Thunder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Metal Thunder.
Feel the power of flying the AV8B Harrier II. A middle ground flight and naval combat simulator with mission planner & fully dynamic open ended campaign. Showstopping VR.
Drone Sector
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Metal Thunder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Metal Thunder.
Drone Sector is a futuristic gunship game. Provide close air support by firing variety of weapons at the enemies and guide your allied troops via commands. Keep your troops alive, complete objectives, collect resources and recruit engineers. Research better weaponry for the gunship and the troops.
Warplane Quest
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Metal Thunder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Thunder.
Warplane Quest is a WW1 dogfighting game where fast side-scrolling action meets immersive air battles. Fight deadly missions, customize your aircraft, and take to the skies in open-ended free flight.
Raid on the Zone
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Metal Thunder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Thunder.
Fight in a furious battle against “The Zone”, a mysterious terrorist group hell-bent on destroying the world. Cripple their defenses with your dual-prop helicopter and massive arsenal of weaponry in this retro-inspired homage to arcade games of the 80’s.
Nuclear Option
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Metal Thunder.
Ranked #7 for Metal Thunder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Thunder.
Fly near-future aircraft with immersive physics on intense battlefields, facing land, air and sea threats. Wage war against AI or other players with an array of potent weapons. Wield tactical and strategic nuclear weapons, capable of annihilating anything in their path.
Vietnam War
WHY THIS
Shares resource management with Metal Thunder.
Ranked #8 for Metal Thunder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with Metal Thunder.
Open world single-player FPS. Command your squad in battle across jungles, hills and villages of Vietnam. Fight as U.S or Vietcong. Vast arsenal of weapons and 50+ vehicles
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IS Defense
WHY THIS
Shares upgrade system and an intense mood with Metal Thunder.
Reviewers of Metal Thunder cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Thunder.
„IS Defense” is a game set in politically-fictional 2020 – where the expansion of ISIS went out of hand. The player takes the role of NATO’s stationary machine-gun operator, deployed to defend the shores of Europe.
Project Gunship
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Metal Thunder.
Reviewers of Metal Thunder cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Thunder.
Rain hell on the enemy from 12,000 feet in an AC-130 Gunship. Project Gunship provides an authentic and historical simulation of combat in all gunship variants from Vietnam to present day.
Beach Invasion 1944
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Metal Thunder.
Reviewers of Metal Thunder cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Thunder.
Defend the fortified beach during D-day against invading forces in this WW2 FPS game as the enemy attacks you with troops, tanks, planes and more! Use the iconic WWII weapons such as MG42, Flak88 and Panzers, prepare your defenses with mines, explosives and bonuses!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Metal Thunder at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Metal Thunder on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Metal Thunder.
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 ~55% under Metal Thunder on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Thunder.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~59% under Metal Thunder on Steam right now. Shares Action with Metal Thunder.
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 ~43% under Metal Thunder on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Metal Thunder.
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 ~55% under Metal Thunder on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Metal Thunder.
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 ~55% under Metal Thunder on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Metal Thunder.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~91% under Metal Thunder on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Thunder.
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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Metal Thunder on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Metal Thunder.
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.
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 Metal Thunder.
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 Metal Thunder.
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.).
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Thunder.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Thunder.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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!
93, Kuindzhi
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Metal Thunder.
Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.
DORONKO WANKO
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Simulation with Metal Thunder.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Metal Thunder.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
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Frequently asked about Metal Thunder
- Is Metal Thunder verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Metal Thunder 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 Metal Thunder cost?
- Metal Thunder is listed on Steam at 10.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Metal Thunder?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Metal Thunder are Gunner, HEAT, PC!, Last Drone War, Combat Air Patrol 2: Military Flight Simulator.
- Who developed Metal Thunder?
- Metal Thunder was developed by Dumbbell Games.
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