Games like MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction
If MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Little World, DEFCON and Combat Mission Cold War — picked from the ranked list below. 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 MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction: A modern 3D revival of the turn-based artillery duel for up to 8 players. Control a Cold War arsenal of missiles, cluster bombs, and nukes to destroy your enemies. Say your prayers, press fire, and hope to be the last one standing.
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The Little World
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Top pick for MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction.
The Little World is a strategy-based tactical game featuring random campaigns, story maps, custom game maps, and custom character creation, with support for multiplayer battles and cooperation.
DEFCON
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Second-strongest match for MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction.
Inspired by the 1983 cult classic film, Wargames, DEFCON superbly evokes the tension, paranoia and suspicion of the Cold War era, playing on the fascinating aspects of psychological gameplay that occur during strategic nuclear warfare.
Combat Mission Cold War
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Third-strongest match for MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction.
CM Cold War is set in the tipping-point years of a conflict that gripped the world for 45 years. Between 1979-1982, both the NATO and Soviet Warsaw Pact militaries began the shift away from industrialized warfare of the early 20th century and towards the modern digital battlefield of today.
Panzer Corps 2
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Ranked #4 for MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction.
Panzer Corps 2 is the ultimate Second World War strategy game! Enjoy the time-proven gameplay formula which has been appreciated by millions of players over the years, brought to a whole new level of refinement up to the latest technical standards.
Combat Mission Black Sea
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Ranked #5 for MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction.
Combat Mission Black Sea is a military grade simulation depicting a fictional series of escalations between Russian and Ukraine which results in open conflict in the summer of 2017
Axis & Allies 1942 Online
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Ranked #6 for MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction.
Play the classic board game, Axis & Allies 1942 2nd Edition! Act as WWII powers in a turn-based strategy game that fits your screen and schedule— get notified on your turn and command armies at your own pace! Team up with friends, challenge the world’s top players, or go solo vs. A.I.
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
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Ranked #7 for MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction.
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.
WARNO
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Ranked #8 for MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction.
Realistic, immersive, breathtaking. WARNO is the ultimate World War III battle simulator from the masters of strategy, Eugen Systems. A Cold War turns decisively hot as you command hundreds of units on a beautiful and brutal battlefield. Outsmart, outfight, and lead your forces to total victory.
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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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 Lab
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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93, Kuindzhi
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction.
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Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
SuchArt: Creative Space
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
Electoral Carnage
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?
Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.
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Frequently asked about MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction
- Does MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
- What games are most similar to MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction are The Little World, DEFCON, Combat Mission Cold War.
- Who developed MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction?
- MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction was developed by Second Strike Studios.
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