Games like Shock Tactics
If Shock Tactics is your kind of game, the closest matches are ENDLESS™ Legend, Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut and Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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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ENDLESS™ Legend
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Shock Tactics.
Top pick for Shock Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shock Tactics.
ENDLESS™ Legend is a 4X turn-based fantasy strategy game by the creators of ENDLESS™ Space and Dungeon of the ENDLESS™. Control every aspect of your civilization as you struggle to save your homeworld Auriga. Create your own Legend!
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shock Tactics.
Second-strongest match for Shock Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shock Tactics.
Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!
Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Shock Tactics.
Third-strongest match for Shock Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shock Tactics.
From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.
Shadowrun Returns
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Ranked #4 for Shock Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shock Tactics.
The unique cyberpunk-meets-fantasy world of Shadowrun has gained a huge cult following since its creation nearly 25 years ago. Now, creator Jordan Weisman returns to the world of Shadowrun, modernizing this classic game setting as a single player, turn-based tactical RPG.
Silent Storm Gold Edition
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Shock Tactics.
Ranked #5 for Shock Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shock Tactics.
Silent Storm from leading Russian developer Nival is a true 3D tactical turn-based Role-Playing-Game set against the backdrop of WWII. As the conflict rages on the frontlines, you’ll be leading a small multinational squad behind enemy lines to gather information and wreak havoc on your enemies while trying to thwart a mysterious new...
Space Hulk: Ascension (Classic)
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Shock Tactics.
Ranked #6 for Shock Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shock Tactics.
Space Hulk: Ascension is a 3D, digital, turn based, strategy game, which re-interprets the classic board game experience, and adds new RPG style mechanics, new weapons and missions, new enemy types, 3 playable chapters and loads of other new features to the single player experience.
Bionic Dues
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Shock Tactics.
Ranked #7 for Shock Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shock Tactics.
Bionic Dues is a tactical, turn-based roguelite with mech customization. Out-think wide-ranging tactical situations featuring robots with bad GPS, terrible aim, insecurity, a lack of focus, a tendency to backstab, and dozens of other maladies to exploit.
Gears Tactics
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Ranked #8 for Shock Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Shock Tactics.
Gears Tactics is the fast-paced, turn-based strategy game from one of the most-acclaimed video game franchises – Gears of War. Outnumbered and fighting for survival, recruit and command your squad to hunt down an evil mastermind who makes monsters.
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XCOM® 2
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Shares base management and an atmospheric mood with Shock Tactics.
Reviewers of Shock Tactics cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Shock Tactics.
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
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Reviewers of Shock Tactics cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear. A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.
Jagged Alliance 3
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Shares a challenging mood with Shock Tactics.
Reviewers of Shock Tactics cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Shock Tactics.
The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shock Tactics at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~50% under Shock Tactics on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Shock Tactics.
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!
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~50% under Shock Tactics on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Shock Tactics.
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.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
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Priced ~50% under Shock Tactics on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Shock Tactics.
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.
Brotato
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Priced ~50% under Shock Tactics on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Shock Tactics.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
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Priced ~50% under Shock Tactics on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Shock Tactics.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
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Priced ~50% under Shock Tactics on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Shock Tactics.
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
The Test
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Priced ~80% under Shock Tactics on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Shock Tactics.
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?
Nubby's Number Factory
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Shock Tactics on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Shock Tactics.
A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
PlanetSide 2
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
PlanetSide 2 is an all-out planetary war, where thousands of players battle as one across enormous continents. Utilize infantry, ground and air vehicles, and teamwork to destroy your enemies in this revolutionary first-person shooter on a massive scale.
Card Hunter
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shock Tactics.
Shuffle your cards and ready your dice - Card Hunter is a fresh new card gaming spin on classic tabletop RPGs. Battle your way through a massive campaign solo or with friends and compete with other players in ranked play and tournaments.
Battle for Wesnoth
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Shock Tactics.
The Battle for Wesnoth is an open source, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme. Explore the four corners of Irdya in seventeen solo campaigns and dozens of multiplayer maps, taking part in countless adventures as you go.
Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shock Tactics.
As Captain Kayto Shields, embark on a galactic voyage of heroism and survival. With his home world destroyed and his nation conquered, the inexperienced Captain Shields, and his newly minted vessel, the Sunrider, are left as the only hope against a galactic evil intent on subjugating all sentient life.
Star Realms
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Shock Tactics.
Star Realms is a hugely popular space combat deckbuilding game. Download and play today (note: base set is required to play online) to find out why Star Realms is the winner of SXSW 2014 Board Game of the Year, 7 Golden Geek Awards from BoardGameGeek, and 2 Dice Tower awards!
Tactical Monsters Rumble Arena
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shock Tactics.
Are you ready to RUMMMBLE?
Girls' Frontline
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shock Tactics.
As a Commander for Griffin & Kryuger PMC. Navigate faction power struggles, deploy forces strategically, and work to restore order in a war-torn world.
Kriegsfront Tactics - Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shock Tactics.
Kriegsfront Tactics - Prologue is the proof of concept for the upcoming procedural turn-based mecha tactics RPG set in alternate 1970s Southeast Asia. In this prologue chapter, you'll get to experience combat, exploration, and the opening story of the game.
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Frequently asked about Shock Tactics
- How much does Shock Tactics cost?
- Shock Tactics is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Shock Tactics?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shock Tactics are ENDLESS™ Legend, Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut, Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
- Who developed Shock Tactics?
- Shock Tactics was developed by Point Blank Games and published by EuroVideo Medien .
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