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Games like Dustwind: Resistance

If Dustwind: Resistance is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dustwind, WARTILE and Cataclysm Era — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 Dustwind: Resistance: Dustwind: Resistance is a single-player tactical game. Lead your squad—including your dog—against a brutal raider army. Pause to plan tactics. Use overwhelming firepower, stealth, traps, turrets, or an armored car to outmaneuver enemies. Protect your home and freedom. No surrender!

2025ActionStrategyRPG10.94 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Dustwind Studios, Z-Software
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Steam players who put hours into Dustwind: Resistance 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. Dustwind

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dustwind: Resistance.

    Top pick for Dustwind: Resistance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Dustwind: Resistance.

    ARE YOU READY FOR CLASSIC REALTIME TACTICS? Be the nameless heroine in the wastelands of DUSTWIND's story campaign or find with two friends a new home or fight against and with human players in the elaborate Multiplayer mode or design your very own story campaigns and maps in the mighty map editor!

    2018ActionStrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. WARTILE

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dustwind: Resistance.

    Second-strongest match for Dustwind: Resistance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Dustwind: Resistance.

    Wartile is a cool-down based strategy game in which you control a warband of Viking figurines in a miniature universe inspired by Norse mythology. Unravel its secrets and rein the powers of the gods.

    2018StrategyRPG4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Cataclysm Era

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Dustwind: Resistance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Dustwind: Resistance.

    Build your forces, conquer cities, and unite the wasteland. Ashes&Gunfire merges real-time tactics, fast-paced top-down battles, and deep management systems to let you forge a new order from the world’s remains.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  4. Gone Rogue

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dustwind: Resistance.

    Ranked #4 for Dustwind: Resistance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Dustwind: Resistance.

    Gone Rogue is a tactical stealth game with RPG elements. Get into the role of a thief from the city slums. Lurking in the shadows, sneak unnoticed past enemies, get behind any locked doors, and carry off rich loot.

    2023StrategyAdventureRPG4.94 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Stirring Abyss

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dustwind: Resistance.

    Ranked #5 for Dustwind: Resistance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Dustwind: Resistance.

    Stirring Abyss is an indie tactical squad-based game with strong RPG elements in which you uncover the ancient mysteries of the depths depicted in the classic vein of Lovecraftian horror.

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Sabre Team

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Dustwind: Resistance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Dustwind: Resistance.

    Sabre Team is an isometric squad-level turn-based infiltration simulation that lets you assemble and take command of a Sabre Team unit of four hand-picked elite S.A.S. agents as they confront delicate and dangerous scenarios involving terrorist threats and hostage situations.

    2021StrategyRPG6.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Miasma Chronicles

    WHY THIS

    Shares squad management, turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Dustwind: Resistance.

    Ranked #7 for Dustwind: Resistance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Dustwind: Resistance.

    From the creators of Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden comes a beautifully crafted tactical adventure you won’t forget. Embark on a quest across a post-apocalyptic wasteland torn apart by a savage force known only as the ‘Miasma’.

    2023ActionStrategy34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Tower of Time

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Dustwind: Resistance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Dustwind: Resistance.

    A new kind of RPG awaits you. A story-rich dungeon crawler with innovative real-time combat that lets you pause or slow time. Tactical thinking is essential to succeed. Now with RPGlite and Permadeath for fast-paced game.

    2018StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Dustwind: Resistance

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. Pillars of Eternity

    WHY THIS

    Shares turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Dustwind: Resistance.

    Reviewers of Dustwind: Resistance cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Dustwind: Resistance.

    Prepare to be enchanted by a world where the choices you make and the paths you choose shape your destiny. Obsidian Entertainment, the developer of Fallout: New Vegas™ and South Park: The Stick of Truth™, together with Paradox Interactive is proud to present Pillars of Eternity.

    2015RPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel

    WHY THIS

    Shares tactical combat and a challenging mood with Dustwind: Resistance.

    Reviewers of Dustwind: Resistance cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Dustwind: Resistance.

    Tactical Squad-Based Combat comes to the Fallout® Universe! You are the wretched refuse. You may be born from dirt, but we will forge you into steel. You will learn to bend; if not you, will you break. In these dark times, the Brotherhood - your Brotherhood - is all that stands between the rekindled flame of civilization and the howling,...

    2009Strategy9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Fae Tactics

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dustwind: Resistance.

    Reviewers of Dustwind: Resistance cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and RPG with Dustwind: Resistance.

    In Fae Tactics, follow a young magic user named Peony on her journey across a vibrant world full of mystery and danger. Summon allies, cast spells, and befriend a motley crew of characters as you dive into the growing conflicts between man and magical beings known as fae.

    2020StrategyRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dustwind: Resistance at current Steam store prices.

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~54% under Dustwind: Resistance on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Dustwind: Resistance.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~59% under Dustwind: Resistance on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dustwind: Resistance.

    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.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Dustwind: Resistance on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dustwind: Resistance.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~54% under Dustwind: Resistance on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dustwind: Resistance.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~91% under Dustwind: Resistance on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dustwind: Resistance.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~54% under Dustwind: Resistance on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dustwind: Resistance.

    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.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~73% under Dustwind: Resistance on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dustwind: Resistance.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~54% under Dustwind: Resistance on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Dustwind: Resistance.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dustwind: Resistance.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

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

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dustwind: Resistance.

    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 ↗
  3. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and RPG with Dustwind: Resistance.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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 ↗
  5. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dustwind: Resistance.

    『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.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. Tails Noir: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Dustwind: Resistance.

    Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Dustwind: Resistance.

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Dustwind: Resistance.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Dustwind: Resistance

Does Dustwind: Resistance run on Steam Deck?
Dustwind: Resistance 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 Dustwind: Resistance cost?
Dustwind: Resistance is listed on Steam at 10.94 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Dustwind: Resistance?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dustwind: Resistance are Dustwind, WARTILE, Cataclysm Era.
Who developed Dustwind: Resistance?
Dustwind: Resistance was developed by Dustwind Studios, Z-Software and published by Z-Software GmbH.

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