Games like Syrian Warfare
If Syrian Warfare is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes, Wargame: Red Dragon and Tactics of World War I — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, immersive and stressful. 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 →Syrian Warfare is a 2017 real-time tactics game developed and published by Cats Who Play. Set during the Syrian civil war, the game presents a storyline based on real events from the perspective of Syrian and Russian forces. Players command units across a campaign where mission cleanliness determines resource availability, and units gain experience to become elite over time. The game features fully destructible environments, reinforcement spawning systems, and a detailed vehicle damage and capture mechanic. Reviewers highlight the challenging difficulty that rewards careful planning and note the realistic approach to modern warfare. The game carries an 84% positive rating from 1,308 Steam reviews and is priced at $13.99. It is not supported on Steam Deck and is played solo only.
About Syrian Warfare: Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.
Players who liked Syrian Warfare also play
Steam players who put hours into Syrian Warfare 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.
Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Syrian Warfare.
Top pick for Syrian Warfare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Syrian Warfare.
Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes – is a real-time strategy game with a high degree of realism. Relive the Battle of Kiev (2022), a turning point in the Ukrainian conflict. Witness the Untold Story of 2022 Through the Eyes of Those Who Fought.
Wargame: Red Dragon
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Syrian Warfare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Syrian Warfare.
The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.
Tactics of World War I
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Syrian Warfare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Syrian Warfare.
Tactics of World War I is a real time tactics (RTT) game that puts you in the role of a military leader in the First World War. It requires you to plan your actions thoroughly and make smart tactical decisions in the blink of an eye.
Regiments
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Syrian Warfare.
Ranked #4 for Syrian Warfare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Syrian Warfare.
Regiments is a Real-Time Tactics game set in Germany 1989. The Cold War has gone hot, and the inferno is raging. Lead your Regiment through the fires of conflict and the fog of war. Break through the lines, call in artillery, maneuver, feign retreats, stage defenses, counter-attack. Do not relent.
Wargame: European Escalation
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Syrian Warfare.
Ranked #5 for Syrian Warfare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Syrian Warfare.
The New Fatal Error DLC includes a new 5-mission Operation and touch-screen controls.
Sudden Strike 4
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Syrian Warfare.
Ranked #6 for Syrian Warfare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Syrian Warfare.
Sudden Strike is back! The beloved Real Time Strategy series returns, this time with bigger battlefields, more units, better graphics, new scenarios and legendary commanders – making Sudden Strike 4 more tactical and realistic than ever before!
Call to Arms
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Syrian Warfare.
Ranked #7 for Syrian Warfare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Syrian Warfare.
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.
Broken Arrow
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Syrian Warfare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Syrian Warfare.
Broken Arrow is a large-scale real-time modern warfare tactics game that combines the complexity of joint-forces wargaming with action-packed real-time tactics gameplay.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Syrian Warfare
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Men of War: Assault Squad 2
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Syrian Warfare.
Reviewers of Syrian Warfare cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Syrian Warfare.
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.
Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Syrian Warfare.
Reviewers of Syrian Warfare cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Syrian Warfare.
Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance is not just a game; it's an adrenaline-fueled journey where your strategic prowess decides the fate of mankind against the machines. After the machines took over, the greatest threats may not come from the machines but rather from other human survivors.
Company of Heroes
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Syrian Warfare.
Reviewers of Syrian Warfare cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Syrian Warfare.
Delivering a visceral WWII gaming experience, Company of Heroes redefines RTS by bringing the sacrifice of heroic soldiers, war-ravaged environments, and dynamic battlefields to life. Please visit the "Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition" page for additional user reviews.
Blitzkrieg 3
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Syrian Warfare.
Reviewers of Syrian Warfare cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Syrian Warfare.
Blitzkrieg 3 is a WW2 RTS made for true admirers of strategic mastery! Challenge your tactical skills in historical campaigns and defeat powerful Neural Network AI in competitive matches.
Path of Exile
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Syrian Warfare.
Reviewers of Syrian Warfare cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Syrian Warfare.
You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. The game is completely free and will never be pay-to-win.
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Syrian Warfare.
Reviewers of Syrian Warfare cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Syrian Warfare.
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell is a realistic RTS/ RTT game that offers endless replay value. Command all types of troops in historical singleplayer, dynamic campaign, PvP and PvE battles. Are you ready for some serious immersion in World War 2?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Syrian Warfare at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~64% under Syrian Warfare on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Syrian Warfare.
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 ~64% under Syrian Warfare on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Syrian Warfare.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Syrian Warfare on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Syrian Warfare.
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?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Syrian Warfare on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Syrian Warfare.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Syrian Warfare on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Syrian Warfare.
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 ~43% under Syrian Warfare on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Syrian Warfare.
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...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~64% under Syrian Warfare on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Syrian Warfare.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~64% under Syrian Warfare on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Syrian Warfare.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Syrian Warfare.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Syrian Warfare.
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?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Syrian Warfare.
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.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Syrian Warfare.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Syrian Warfare.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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More from Cats Who Play
Other recommendable Steam games by Cats Who Play, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Syrian Warfare.
Another title from Cats Who Play, the studio behind Syrian Warfare. Shares Strategy with Syrian Warfare.
Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes – is a real-time strategy game with a high degree of realism. Relive the Battle of Kiev (2022), a turning point in the Ukrainian conflict. Witness the Untold Story of 2022 Through the Eyes of Those Who Fought.
Three Heroes
WHY THIS
Another title from Cats Who Play, the studio behind Syrian Warfare. Shares Indie with Syrian Warfare.
A magic world, epic heroes, bright graphics, excellent humor and absorbing gameplay – “Three Heroes”!
The Cat! Porfirio's Adventure
WHY THIS
Another title from Cats Who Play, the studio behind Syrian Warfare. Shares Indie with Syrian Warfare.
The best sim game about adventures of an urban cat in the village.
Kitty Play
WHY THIS
Another title from Cats Who Play, the studio behind Syrian Warfare. Shares Indie with Syrian Warfare.
Who said being a kitten would be easy? Sure, the owners feed you and the bowl is full of water! But growing up is so hard. After all, in order to grow tall and strong, you'll have to develop your skills by playing learning games, and sometimes you just want to mess around!
Frequently asked about Syrian Warfare
- Does Syrian Warfare work on Steam Deck?
- Syrian Warfare is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Syrian Warfare cost?
- Syrian Warfare is listed on Steam at 13.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Syrian Warfare?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Syrian Warfare are Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes, Wargame: Red Dragon, Tactics of World War I.
- Who developed Syrian Warfare?
- Syrian Warfare was developed by Cats Who Play.
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