Games like They Are Rising
If They Are Rising is your kind of game, the closest matches are BattleGrounds : War, Tanks And Nukes, Cataclysm Era and Supreme Ruler Global Outbreak — picked from the ranked list below. 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 They Are Rising: They Are Rising is an RTS strategy game set against the backdrop of the apocalypse. Combine skills, build a massive army, establish shelters, and fight against large numbers of enemies. How long can you survive?
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BattleGrounds : War, Tanks And Nukes
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Top pick for They Are Rising fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with They Are Rising.
A military styled action tower-defence game filled with nukes, missiles and tanks. Improve your building, canons and tanks. Purchase stronger ammunition and survive the next wave. Highly replayable, tough and addictive.The fun never ends
Cataclysm Era
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Second-strongest match for They Are Rising fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with They Are Rising.
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.
Supreme Ruler Global Outbreak
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Third-strongest match for They Are Rising fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with They Are Rising.
In a time of growing unrest and uncertainty, a new threat to humanity emerges - take control of any nation as major outbreaks challenge world order. Global Pandemics and Mysterious Outbreaks will test humanity to the limits.
Rebirth evolution
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Ranked #4 for They Are Rising fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with They Are Rising.
2D pixel style simulation business strategy game Build and operate your own survivor base, recruit and cultivate various professional combatants. Clear zombie strongholds, reduce regional infections, survive in the apocalypse, and establish your own power.
Attack on Toys
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Ranked #5 for They Are Rising fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with They Are Rising.
Relive Your Childhood Toys comes to life! Build your Army Toys, make battle scenario, watch the Toys battling each other, and customize your play with Attack on Toys Toy Box. Command your Army Toys to fight againts another toys strategically and keep them alive during battle!
ReEarth
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Ranked #6 for They Are Rising fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with They Are Rising.
ReEarth is an exciting TD & (RTS) indie game. Here, you will play as humanity's last hope. You will fend off the oncoming swarms by continuously building your base and dispatching various types of units. Prepare for the challenge and save the future of humanity!
Cavalry Girls
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Ranked #7 for They Are Rising fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with They Are Rising.
In this refreshing and exciting shooting game, lead the brave and fearless girl soldiers to fight with the enemy. Refit different types of machine armour, reasonably deploy machine soldiers with different skills, repel all kinds of enemies, and protect the Empire behind you in the gunfire.
MechDefender - Tower Defense
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Ranked #8 for They Are Rising fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with They Are Rising.
MechDefender is an innovative fusion of two gaming genres - seamlessly blending the intense action of a top-down shooter with the strategic depth of tower defense.
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STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with They Are Rising.
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.
Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with They Are Rising.
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!
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with They Are Rising.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with They Are Rising.
A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!
Wheelchair Wizards
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with They Are Rising.
Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with They Are Rising.
《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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with They Are Rising.
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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- What games are most similar to They Are Rising?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside They Are Rising are BattleGrounds : War, Tanks And Nukes, Cataclysm Era, Supreme Ruler Global Outbreak.
- Who developed They Are Rising?
- They Are Rising was developed by zj.
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