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Games like Operation: New Earth

  • 12 games
  • Updated May 5, 2026

Players who liked Operation: New Earth also play

The closest matches to Operation: New Earth: VEGA Conflict, Stronghold Kingdoms, SUPREMACY: WORLD WAR 3, March of Empires, and XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 04

    March of Empires

    Why this: Shares resource management with Operation: New Earth.

    • Free
    • Deck Playable
    • 2017
  2. Rank 05

    XCOM: Enemy Unknown

    Why this: Shares base building with Operation: New Earth.

    • $14.99 (Price checked Nov 9)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2012
  3. Rank 07

    Natural Selection 2

    Why this: Also Aliens and RTS, like Operation: New Earth.

    • $4.99 (Price checked Nov 9)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2012

The full ranked list: top 24 games like Operation: New Earth

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    VEGA Conflict

    Genres: Strategy, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play

    • 51% of 2,244 reviews
  2. 2
    Stronghold Kingdoms

    Same stressful mood as Operation: New Earth.

    • 57% of 4,303 reviews
  3. 3
    SUPREMACY: WORLD WAR 3

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Massively Multiplayer

    • 73% of 3,097 reviews
  4. 4
    March of Empires

    Shares resource management with Operation: New Earth.

    • 60% of 679 reviews
  5. 5
    XCOM: Enemy Unknown

    Shares base building with Operation: New Earth.

    • 93% of 24,805 reviews
  6. 6
    Sky Clash: Lords of Clans 3D

    Shares base building and resource management with Operation: New Earth.

    • 80% of 97 reviews
  7. 7
    Natural Selection 2

    Also Aliens and RTS, like Operation: New Earth.

    • 85% of 5,398 reviews
  8. 8
    Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation

    Also Base-Building and RTS, like Operation: New Earth.

    • 79% of 1,871 reviews
  9. 9
    GUNS UP!

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Free To Play

    • 80% of 3,333 reviews
  10. 10
    Infested Planet

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 95% of 1,860 reviews
  11. 11
    Supremacy: Call of War 1942

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer

    • 64% of 2,211 reviews
  12. 12
    Aliens: Dark Descent

    Genres: Action, Strategy

    • 88% of 9,060 reviews
  13. 13
    Earth 2160

    Also Base-Building and Aliens, like Operation: New Earth.

    • 60% of 327 reviews
  14. 14
    Xenonauts

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 86% of 2,658 reviews
  15. 15
    Hades' Star

    Same atmospheric mood as Operation: New Earth.

    • 75% of 1,221 reviews
  16. 16
    Nuclear Dawn

    Also RTS and Futuristic, like Operation: New Earth.

    • 78% of 977 reviews
  17. 17
    Company of Heroes

    Genres: Action, Strategy

    • 95% of 5,079 reviews
  18. 18
    Empires Apart

    Genres: Strategy, Free To Play

    • 67% of 1,003 reviews
  19. 19
    Prime World: Defenders 2

    Genres: Strategy, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play

    • 76% of 746 reviews
  20. 20
    War Planet Online: Global Conquest

    Genres: Strategy, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play

    • 59% of 387 reviews
  21. 21
    XERA: Survival

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 64% of 2,413 reviews
  22. 22
    Northgard: Definitive Edition

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Adventure

    • 84% of 23,056 reviews
  23. 23
    Imperia Online

    Shares event driven progression and resource management with Operation: New Earth.

    • 50% of 112 reviews
  24. 24
    The Red Solstice

    Genres: Strategy

    • 72% of 581 reviews
Operation: New Earth — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2016
  • Developer: Hunted Cow Games
  • Price: Free to play
  • Steam Deck: Deck Playable
  • 58% of 499 reviews
  • Genres: Strategy, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play
  • Platforms: Windows, macOS

Players highlight

  • Alliance credits balance free to play economy
  • Community makes or breaks the experience
  • Customer support is exceptionally responsive
  • Atmospheric
  • Immersive
  • Stressful

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About Operation: New Earth

The closest matches to Operation: New Earth: VEGA Conflict, Stronghold Kingdoms, SUPREMACY: WORLD WAR 3, March of Empires, and XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Operation: New Earth is your kind of game, the closest matches are VEGA Conflict, Stronghold Kingdoms and SUPREMACY: WORLD WAR 3 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, immersive and stressful, and single out its alliance based cooperation and base building. 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.

About Operation: New Earth: Operation: New Earth is an intense sci-fi multiplayer strategy game in which you must command an advanced military facility to defend Earth from a hostile alien invasion. Create an alliance, gather resources, and unlock advanced technology to level up your stronghold!

Is Operation: New Earth worth buying?

Players are split

A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.

  • 58% of 499 Steam reviews are positive.
  • We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
  • Free to play.
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 71 h when they wrote their review.
  • Critics had played a median of 139 h before turning negative, so complaints are about the long run, not the first hours.
  • Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

Top critical reviews

The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.

“Mostly like a mobile/browser game port. You enjoy it at the beginning but it gets boring pretty fast. And like most of the games pay2win”
86 h played
“Wow, this isn't even "pay to win", it's pay to place on the leader boards. Let me tell you, I came into this game with my PC, phone, laptop and tablet thinking I'd feed all my resourses to one account to make a dent into some other…”
8 h played
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People who play it also play: VEGA Conflict, Stronghold Kingdoms, SUPREMACY: WORLD WAR 3

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Frequently asked about Operation: New Earth

Can I run it?

Does Operation: New Earth run on Steam Deck?

Operation: New Earth is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.

Is Operation: New Earth free to play?

Yes — Operation: New Earth is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.

Does Operation: New Earth have multiplayer or co-op?

Yes — Operation: New Earth supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).

What games are most similar to Operation: New Earth?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Operation: New Earth are VEGA Conflict, Stronghold Kingdoms, SUPREMACY: WORLD WAR 3.

Who developed Operation: New Earth?

Operation: New Earth was developed by Hunted Cow Games.