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Games like Survivor Squad: Gauntlets

If Survivor Squad: Gauntlets is your kind of game, the closest matches are Survivor Squad, Project Apocalypse and FALL — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its bleak infected world setting, atmospheric and challenging. 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 Survivor Squad: Gauntlets: Command your Squad of Survivors in a game where Line of Sight is extremely important, you cannot shoot what you cannot see. Develop your formations, move as a unit and cover every corner. Leave no man behind!

2015ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby Endless Loop Studios
Survivor Squad: Gauntlets — Steam game cover
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Bleak infected world settingLine of sight combat forces deliberate explorationPowerful level editor for custom contentAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

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Steam players who put hours into Survivor Squad: Gauntlets 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. Survivor Squad

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    Top pick for Survivor Squad: Gauntlets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    Survivor Squad is a Strategy Action game where you control a Squad of up to four survivors and guide them through a highly randomized world looking for supplies to aid you on your journey.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Project Apocalypse

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Survivor Squad: Gauntlets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    Build and defend your post-apocalyptic city in Project Apocalypse. Manage your survivor's needs, gather resources, and trade items to help them stay alive. See if you can create a thriving community in this harsh world.

    2022StrategyIndie5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. FALL

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

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

    In the past, the world was almost invaded by zombies.You will play the commander of the remaining survivor camp, searching for hope for the last surviving companions, forming and assigning your special police squad to explore this post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies!

    2024ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. They Are Billions

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    Ranked #4 for Survivor Squad: Gauntlets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

    2019Strategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Zombie Apocalypse - The Last Fortress

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Survivor Squad: Gauntlets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    Defend your base against hordes of zombies while using a variety of weapons, vehicles, explosives, soldiers and turrets in this survival tower defense game. Will you be able to create your own strategy and survive for 30 days?

    2023StrategyIndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Zombie Apocalypse - The Last Defense

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Survivor Squad: Gauntlets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    Create your own strategies, tactics and manage your resources in this survival tower defense game. Buy weapons, vehicles, explosives, soldiers, turrets and battle against huge waves of zombies. Can you survive for 25 days?

    2022StrategyIndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Dustwind

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

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

    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 ↗
  8. Door Kickers

    WHY THIS

    Shares squad management and a contemplative mood with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    Ranked #8 for Survivor Squad: Gauntlets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Survivor Squad: Gauntlets at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Survivor Squad: Gauntlets on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    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 ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Survivor Squad: Gauntlets on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Survivor Squad: Gauntlets on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Survivor Squad: Gauntlets on Steam right now. Shares Action with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Survivor Squad: Gauntlets on Steam right now. Shares Action with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Survivor Squad: Gauntlets on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    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 ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Survivor Squad: Gauntlets on Steam right now. Shares Action with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

    2009Action2.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Survivor Squad: Gauntlets on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 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 and Indie with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!

    2021ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    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 ↗
  6. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. Unturned

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.

    2017ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. SCP: Secret Laboratory

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.

    2017ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Endless Loop Studios

Other recommendable Steam games by Endless Loop Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Game Corp DX

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Endless Loop Studios, the studio behind Survivor Squad: Gauntlets. Shares Indie with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    Manage your Game Studio, earn big bucks, impress the critics, beat rival studios and clean up at the awards!

    2015IndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Blueprint Tycoon

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    Another title from Endless Loop Studios, the studio behind Survivor Squad: Gauntlets. Shares Indie with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!

    2016IndieSimulationCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Hyper Knights

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Endless Loop Studios, the studio behind Survivor Squad: Gauntlets. Shares Action and Indie with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    Slash and Dash, raise your army, learn powerful combos and take back your land!

    2017ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Survivor Squad

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    Another title from Endless Loop Studios, the studio behind Survivor Squad: Gauntlets. Shares Action and Strategy with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    Survivor Squad is a Strategy Action game where you control a Squad of up to four survivors and guide them through a highly randomized world looking for supplies to aid you on your journey.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Battle Royale Tycoon

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Endless Loop Studios, the studio behind Survivor Squad: Gauntlets. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    Design and build arenas for your guests to fight in, keep them happy, your workers paid and make a profit!

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Ninja Tycoon

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    Another title from Endless Loop Studios, the studio behind Survivor Squad: Gauntlets. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    Recruit Ninjas, Hire Workers, build your base, train your Ninjas and send them on Missions!

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Hyper Knights: Battles

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Endless Loop Studios, the studio behind Survivor Squad: Gauntlets. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    Spartans vs Persians, Ogres vs Chickens, Marines vs Archers. Create your own units, customize their AI and watch them fight!

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Learn Game Development, Unity Code Monkey

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    Another title from Endless Loop Studios, the studio behind Survivor Squad: Gauntlets.

    Learn Game Development from a Professional Indie Game Developer. Make your own games and bring your ideas to life!

    2020SimulationFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Survivor Squad: Gauntlets

How much does Survivor Squad: Gauntlets cost?
Survivor Squad: Gauntlets is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Survivor Squad: Gauntlets?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Survivor Squad: Gauntlets are Survivor Squad, Project Apocalypse, FALL.
Who developed Survivor Squad: Gauntlets?
Survivor Squad: Gauntlets was developed by Endless Loop Studios.

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