Games like IS Defense
If IS Defense is your kind of game, the closest matches are Heavy Fire: Afghanistan, Heavy Fire: Shattered Spear and Crisis Brigade 2 reloaded — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, contemplative 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 IS Defense: „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.
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Heavy Fire: Afghanistan
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with IS Defense.
Top pick for IS Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with IS Defense.
Heavy Fire: Afghanistan is a super fast playing on-rails shooter set in modern-day Afghanistan featuring tanks, assault vehicles and helicopters. The game offers 60 awards, one machine co-op for up to four, Steam Cloud, Leaderboards and Trading Cards.
Heavy Fire: Shattered Spear
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with IS Defense.
Second-strongest match for IS Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with IS Defense.
Iran has nuclear weapons and one is sitting on a fully fueled ICBM going through its final launch checklist. Fight your way through Afghanistan, make it over the Iranian border, infiltrate the missile base and permanently stop the countdown in this super fast, high intensity on-rails shooter.
Crisis Brigade 2 reloaded
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with IS Defense.
Third-strongest match for IS Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with IS Defense.
Crisis Brigade 2 reloaded is about covering, pointing and shooting, fast-paced pure action. Intense shootouts, powerful weapons, challenging levels, fierce enemies... Like the 90's classic arcade machines, but with the immersion that Virtual Reality is capable of.
Blue Estate The Game
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with IS Defense.
Ranked #4 for IS Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with IS Defense.
Blue Estate is a black-humoured and corrosive rail shooter, adapted from the critically acclaimed and Eisner Award nominated graphic novel, Blue Estate by Viktor Kalvachev!
BeachHead
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with IS Defense.
Ranked #5 for IS Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with IS Defense.
BEACHHEAD - IT'S NOT JUST A GAME, IT'S THE FUTURE OF REALITY. BeachHead 2000 changed the gaming paradigm by bringing a new gaming experience to life. 20 + years later, the original creators are doing it again. Try the new BEACHHEAD experience (VR or Desktop) and see for yourself.
Pistol Whip
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for IS Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with IS Defense.
Enter: the ultimate action hero. Pistol Whip is a physical action-rhythm game where film-inspired gunplay and blood-pumping beats collide. Blast, duck and dodge your way through fever dream Scenes, build unique rhythms in a ballet of bullets and claim glory on the leaderboards. Includes mod support!
Arma 3
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for IS Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with IS Defense.
Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploy with a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, a massive arsenal of modern weapons and vehicles, and limitless opportunities for content creation. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war.
Sniper Elite 4
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for IS Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with IS Defense.
Discover unrivalled sniping freedom in the largest and most advanced World War 2 shooter ever built. Experience tactical third-person combat, gameplay choice and epic longshots across gigantic levels as you liberate wartime Italy from the grip of Fascism.
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Medal of Honor™
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with IS Defense.
Reviewers of IS Defense cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with IS Defense.
Fight Today's War: Elite Special Forces in a gritty combat campaign using the surgical tactics of Tier 1 Operators combined with the sledgehammer force of Army Rangers.
Medal of Honor: Airborne
WHY THIS
Reviewers of IS Defense cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with IS Defense.
Step into the boots of Boyd Travers, Private First Class of the “All-American” 82nd Airborne Division, and revolutionize the way the war is fought. From a rocky beginning in Sicily to war winning triumphs in the heart of Germany, fight the epic WWII battles that turned America’s first paratroopers into combat legends.
Hatred
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with IS Defense.
Reviewers of IS Defense cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with IS Defense.
Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity.
Call of Duty®: Warzone™
WHY THIS
Reviewers of IS Defense cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with IS Defense.
Welcome to Call of Duty®: Warzone™, the massive free-to-play combat arena. Experience thrilling modes & new gameplay features across Endgame (for a limited time), Battle Royale, Black Ops Royale, and Resurgence.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below IS Defense at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under IS Defense on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with IS Defense.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under IS Defense on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with IS Defense.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under IS Defense on Steam right now. Shares Indie with IS Defense.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under IS Defense on Steam right now. Shares Indie with IS Defense.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under IS Defense on Steam right now. Shares Action with IS Defense.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under IS Defense on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with IS Defense.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under IS Defense on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with IS Defense.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under IS Defense on Steam right now. Shares Indie with IS Defense.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with IS Defense.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with IS Defense.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with IS Defense.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with IS Defense.
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 IS Defense.
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.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with IS Defense.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with IS Defense.
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.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with IS Defense.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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More from Destructive Creations
Other recommendable Steam games by Destructive Creations, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Hatred
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with IS Defense.
Another title from Destructive Creations, the studio behind IS Defense. Shares Action and Indie with IS Defense.
Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity.
Ancestors Legacy
WHY THIS
Another title from Destructive Creations, the studio behind IS Defense.
Ancestors Legacy is a squad-based real time strategy with a strong focus on tactics. Inspired by medieval European history, it brings to life four different nations and their conflicts, usually solved by war.
War Mongrels
WHY THIS
Another title from Destructive Creations, the studio behind IS Defense. Shares Action with IS Defense.
War Mongrels is an isometric real-time tactics game that takes place on the eastern front of World War II. Dynamic and tactical gameplay with stealth elements, tightly packed into a dark, fascinating story! Play on your own or in online co-op (PC).
63 Days
WHY THIS
Another title from Destructive Creations, the studio behind IS Defense. Shares Action with IS Defense.
Coming of age as a part of the first generation born free, WWII stripped me of my family, home, and future. Now I'm left with only one choice: to get my revenge and independence, or die trying. The odds are against us: will our tactics, stealth and teamwork be enough?
Ancestors Legacy Free Peasant Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with IS Defense.
Another title from Destructive Creations, the studio behind IS Defense.
Ancestors Legacy Free Peasant Edition represents a part of the full product. Get a taste of medieval battles in this free version of the acclaimed historical RTS! 4 SP missions and 17 MP maps are now available to everyone. Challenge friends, AI, or take part in our League that will start in March!
Stormbinders
WHY THIS
Another title from Destructive Creations, the studio behind IS Defense.
Stormbinders is a turn-based strategy game with a unique fantasy setting. Classic tactical gameplay meets a new level of strategic depth in a battle for survival against chaotic magic storms.
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Frequently asked about IS Defense
- How much does IS Defense cost?
- IS Defense is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to IS Defense?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside IS Defense are Heavy Fire: Afghanistan, Heavy Fire: Shattered Spear, Crisis Brigade 2 reloaded.
- Who developed IS Defense?
- IS Defense was developed by Destructive Creations.
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