Games like Meridian: Squad 22
Below are 26 hand-picked alternatives to Meridian: Squad 22 for fans of action, strategy, indie, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Meridian: Squad 22 also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks, more from Elder Games. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
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Reviewers mention these as similar to Meridian: Squad 22
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Meridian: New World
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Meridian: Squad 22.
Reviewers of Meridian: Squad 22 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Meridian: Squad 22.
Slip into the role of Daniel Hanson, commander of the first mission to a remote planet called Meridian. Assured of the fact that the planet is uninhabited, the unexpected reception of a distress call from the surface could mean many things, none of which you are prepared for.
Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars™
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Meridian: Squad 22 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Meridian: Squad 22.
The year is 2047. A massive nuclear fireball explodes high in the night sky, marking the dramatic beginning of the Third Tiberium War and the long-awaited return of the most groundbreaking Real-Time Strategy franchise of all time
SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Meridian: Squad 22.
Reviewers of Meridian: Squad 22 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Meridian: Squad 22.
SC2VN is a visual novel about the South Korean StarCraft 2 scene. You play as Mach, a foreign semi-pro trying to make it in eSports who soon learns that success in StarCraft takes more than in-game strategy.
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Meridian: Squad 22.
Reviewers of Meridian: Squad 22 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Meridian: Squad 22.
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is an enhanced version of the real-time strategy classic, Halo Wars, updated to run natively on PC. Halo Wars: Definitive Edition includes improved graphics, new achievements and all of the DLC created for the landmark real-time strategy game.
Gray Goo
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Meridian: Squad 22 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Meridian: Squad 22.
Gray goo is a short retro arcade shooter with lots of upgrades. This game is about destroying goo in space and saving the universe.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Meridian: Squad 22 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Meridian: Squad 22 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Meridian: Squad 22.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Meridian: Squad 22 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Meridian: Squad 22.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Meridian: Squad 22 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Meridian: Squad 22.
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.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Meridian: Squad 22 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Meridian: Squad 22.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Meridian: Squad 22 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Meridian: Squad 22.
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.
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Meridian: Squad 22 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Meridian: Squad 22.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Meridian: Squad 22 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Meridian: Squad 22.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Meridian: Squad 22 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Meridian: Squad 22.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
AirMech
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Meridian: Squad 22.
AirMech® Strike is a fast paced Action-RTS game that can be played solo, coop, or competitively online. Earn Kudos and Experience in battle and unlock a wide collection of AirMechs and Units while you practice the perfect strategy to emerge victorious!
Istrolid
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Meridian: Squad 22.
In Istrolid you design your own unique spaceships from a large number of parts to fit your strategy and play style. With no set units or factions you are free to create a fleet where each ship has its own balanced strengths and weaknesses, from basic fighters and bombers to hulking battleships and speedy destroyers.
Zombie Defense
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Meridian: Squad 22.
A modern hybrid of the classic RTS and modern Tower Defense. Recruit soldiers, place them on slots and let them shoot incoming waves of zombies by their own. Order supplies, throw grenades, order airstrikes and many more... Perfect mix of strategy, tactics and micromanagement.
Spellsworn
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Meridian: Squad 22.
Enter a world of magic and battle, where your wits and reflexes will be pushed to their limits! Choose your spells, enter the ever-changing arena and prepare to obliterate all who stand in your way!
Toy Shire: Room One
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Meridian: Squad 22.
Are you prepared for a thrilling toy army tower defense adventure? Welcome to the Toy Shire! Battle diverse foes in various locations, defend your family, and repel foes from your area. Save the world by strengthening your defense with toy towers! FULL GAME AVAILABLE NOW!
SQUIDS FROM SPACE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Meridian: Squad 22.
SQUIDS FROM SPACE is an 8v8, team-based PvP top-down shooter where humans and the sinister Squid aliens wage war for the future of the Earth!
League of Pixels - 2D MOBA
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Meridian: Squad 22.
League of Pixels is a fast paced pixel art approach on the MOBA genre, with an average game length of 5-10 minutes.
Soul Harvest
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Meridian: Squad 22.
Soul Harvest is a fast paced local multiplayer strategy game set in the depths of Hell! Play as Archdemons fighting for the domination of the underworld, harvest souls to summon armies of minions or to cast unholy magicks and send your enemies into oblivion!
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Soulslinger: Envoy of Death
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Meridian: Squad 22.
Another title from Elder Games, the studio behind Meridian: Squad 22. Shares Action and Indie with Meridian: Squad 22.
You are a gunslinger in limbo, involved in a gritty war against "The Cartel", a ruthless organization harvesting souls to break free of the shackles of the afterlife. Grow stronger with each new run, gather the essence of lost souls to take on the biggest threats in this rogue-lite FPS!
Everreach: Project Eden
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Meridian: Squad 22.
Another title from Elder Games, the studio behind Meridian: Squad 22. Shares Action and Indie with Meridian: Squad 22.
Take on the role of Nora Harwood, member of Everreach’s Security Division, on a mission to secure the colonization process of Eden and investigate mysterious incidents! Everreach: Project Eden is a fast-paced, story-driven action-RPG set on the visually stunning Planet Eden.
Cardaclysm
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Meridian: Squad 22.
Another title from Elder Games, the studio behind Meridian: Squad 22. Shares Strategy with Meridian: Squad 22.
Face the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in epic card battles! Cardaclysm: Shards of the Four is a procedurally generated collectible card game mixed with action RPG elements. Collect creature and spell cards throughout your journey and unleash their power if anyone opposes you!
Meridian: New World
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Meridian: Squad 22.
Another title from Elder Games, the studio behind Meridian: Squad 22. Shares Strategy and Indie with Meridian: Squad 22.
Slip into the role of Daniel Hanson, commander of the first mission to a remote planet called Meridian. Assured of the fact that the planet is uninhabited, the unexpected reception of a distress call from the surface could mean many things, none of which you are prepared for.
Solar Shifter EX
WHY THIS
Another title from Elder Games, the studio behind Meridian: Squad 22. Shares Action and Indie with Meridian: Squad 22.
Warp into action with Solar Shifter EX. Man your ship and dive into fierce combat situations in space and over beautiful and distant planet surfaces. Solar Shifter EX is a sci-fi shoot 'em up with the unique ability to 'shift'.
Frequently asked about Meridian: Squad 22
- How much does Meridian: Squad 22 cost?
- Meridian: Squad 22 is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Who developed Meridian: Squad 22?
- Meridian: Squad 22 was developed by Elder Games and published by Headup.
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