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Games like Executive Assault

If Executive Assault is your kind of game, the closest matches are Executive Assault 2, Call to Arms and Planetary Annihilation: TITANS — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, competitive 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.

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Executive Assault is a 2015 indie game combining real-time strategy and first-person shooter elements in a sci-fi setting. Players build bases, manage resources, and deploy customizable robot units through a modular weapon chassis system. The game offers several tactical options: direct control of units provides sniping capability, an Executron mode lets players embody the CEO to assassinate rivals, and a hacker bot enables sabotage from within enemy defenses. Multiplayer supports up to 20 players in a single match. Players describe the experience as challenging and intense, with reviewers highlighting the competitive atmosphere and the wild mid-battle customization possibilities. The game holds an 85% positive rating from 1,095 Steam reviews and is available for $12.99.

About Executive Assault: Executive Assault is an indie real-time strategy/first-person shooter where you can not only build your base and create armies, but also take control of your units and fight as one of them.

2015ActionStrategy12.99 USDWindowsby Hesketh Studios Ltd
Executive Assault — Steam game cover
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Direct unit control grants massive sniping rangeExecutron mode lets you play as the ceo to assassinate rivalsHacker bot lets you sabotage enemy base from insideChallengingCompetitiveDark

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Steam players who put hours into Executive Assault 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. Executive Assault 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Executive Assault.

    Top pick for Executive Assault fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Executive Assault.

    The RTS/FPS phenomenon has moved into space! Build your base on an asteroid, command fleets of starships for epic battles, pilot fighters, mine and trade resources, assemble robots to defend or assault other stations. Take sole command or share the glory as you fight for control of the quadrant.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Call to Arms

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Executive Assault.

    Second-strongest match for Executive Assault fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Executive Assault.

    Call to Arms offers an innovative mix of real-time strategy and 3rd, as well as 1st person controls. Set in the time of modern warfare, the game offers realistically modeled vehicles and heavy weaponry. Command your troops to victory or fight by yourself in the 3rd or 1st person action mode.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Planetary Annihilation: TITANS

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an intense mood with Executive Assault.

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

    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. Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a competitive mood with Executive Assault.

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

    Act of Aggression – Reboot Edition brings the techno-thriller RTS game Act of Aggression to a higher level. The Reboot Edition offers a full gameplay overhaul in skirmish mode against the AI and in your multiplayer battles.

    2015StrategyIndie29.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Company of Heroes 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an intense mood with Executive Assault.

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

    Experience the ultimate WWII RTS platform with COH2 and its standalone expansions. This package includes the base game, which you can then upgrade by purchasing The Western Front Armies, Ardennes Assault and/or The British Forces. More info in the "About This Game" section below.

    2013Strategy19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Iron Harvest

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Executive Assault.

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

    A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+

    2020Strategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Stronghold Kingdoms

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Executive Assault.

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

    A massively multiplayer grand strategy game, Stronghold Kingdoms is about forging alliances, political mind games, city-building and castle sieges with thousands of other players!

    2012StrategyMassively MultiplayerFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Nuclear Dawn

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Executive Assault.

    Ranked #8 for Executive Assault fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Executive Assault.

    Explore war-torn post-apocalyptic landscapes and take fight against enemies using various weapons in this FPS/RTS hybrid.

    2011ActionStrategy0.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Executive Assault

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. Supreme Commander

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Executive Assault.

    Reviewers of Executive Assault cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Executive Assault.

    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. Men of War™

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Executive Assault.

    Reviewers of Executive Assault cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Executive Assault.

    Men of War is a stunning Real-Time Strategy game that takes place during the height of World War II. Intense battles span Europe and North Africa as gamers play as Soviet, Allied or German forces across 19 massive single-player missions.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Men of War II

    WHY THIS

    Shares direct unit control and an intense mood with Executive Assault.

    Reviewers of Executive Assault cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Executive Assault.

    Experience warfare like never before! Men of War II, the anticipated sequel to the highly acclaimed RTS franchise is here with all-new units, locations, campaigns, game modes and true trademarks of the series: historical fidelity and action-filled gameplay on the Eastern and Western Fronts of WWII.

    2024ActionStrategySimulation44.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Dungeon Keeper™ 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a dark mood with Executive Assault.

    Reviewers of Executive Assault cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Executive Assault.

    Bad guys have all the fun. Discover your dark side as you build an evil underground kingdom and defend it against the forces of good.

    2024ActionStrategy0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Click and Conquer

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Executive Assault cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Executive Assault.

    Click and Conquer is a short, relaxing incremental game. Drop bombs through the fog of war, uncover hidden enemies, collect rewards, and spend currency to boost passive income, increase bombing power, and unlock new maps.

    2025StrategySimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Executive Assault on Steam right now. Shares Action with Executive Assault.

    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. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under Executive Assault on Steam right now. Shares Action with Executive Assault.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~65% under Executive Assault on Steam right now. Shares Action with Executive Assault.

    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 ↗
  4. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~42% under Executive Assault on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Executive Assault.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Executive Assault on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Executive Assault.

    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 ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Executive Assault on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Executive Assault.

    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 ↗
  7. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under Executive Assault on Steam right now. Shares Action with Executive Assault.

    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 ↗
  8. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Executive Assault on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Executive Assault.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Executive Assault.

    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 ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Executive Assault.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Executive Assault.

    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 ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Executive Assault.

    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 ↗
  7. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Executive Assault.

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Executive Assault.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Executive Assault

How much does Executive Assault cost?
Executive Assault is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Executive Assault have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Executive Assault supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to Executive Assault?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Executive Assault are Executive Assault 2, Call to Arms, Planetary Annihilation: TITANS.
Who developed Executive Assault?
Executive Assault was developed by Hesketh Studios Ltd.

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