Games like Phantom Brigade
If Phantom Brigade is your kind of game, the closest matches are BATTLETECH, SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS and Super Robot Wars 30 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its detailed mech customization, prescient simultaneous turns and tactical positioning matters. 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 →Phantom Brigade is a 2023 strategy and simulation game set in the war-torn nation of Fyrland, where players command a squad of rebels fighting to reclaim their homeland from occupation. The core combat system features predictive simultaneous turns, allowing players to anticipate enemy actions and plan counterattacks on a timeline. Factual mechanics include ammo-limited weapons, a heat management system, mech customization, terrain exploitation, and weight class strategy. Players describe the experience as challenging and immersive, highlighting detailed mech customization and the significance of tactical positioning as key engagement points. The game supports solo play with a medium-length campaign designed for focused sit-down sessions. It is currently available for $29.99 USD and runs in a playable state on Steam Deck, holding an 80% positive rating from over 2,800 Steam reviews.
About Phantom Brigade: Phantom Brigade 2.0 is a cinematic, tactical mech strategy game with a revolutionary timeline-based command system. See the future, predict enemy actions, and plot your counterattack on the timeline! Recruit and level up your squad of rebels to retake war-torn Fyrland from the Kaskad occupation.
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BATTLETECH
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Phantom Brigade.
Top pick for Phantom Brigade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Phantom Brigade.
Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.
SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Phantom Brigade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Phantom Brigade.
Beyond creation, four eras come together as one! Discover the latest entry in this iconic Tactical RPG series. Form your own team of SD Gundams and deploy for battle -- with units from Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, SEED, 00, and Iron-Blooded Orphans!
Super Robot Wars 30
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Phantom Brigade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Phantom Brigade.
30 years on, the battle for our world's future continues. Super Robot Wars is a tactical RPG that brings characters and robots from a variety of mecha anime together to battle their mutual foes.
Dead Hand
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Phantom Brigade.
Ranked #4 for Phantom Brigade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Phantom Brigade.
Dead Hand is a turn based tactical roguelike game set in a fully destructible procedural environment. Guide your Autonomous Weapons Platform in a fatalistic trek through a multiple level underground cave complex in order to fulfill your directives.
Fuga: Melodies of Steel 3
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Ranked #5 for Phantom Brigade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Phantom Brigade.
The dramatic RPG Fuga: Melodies of Steel series is now complete!
Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2
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Ranked #6 for Phantom Brigade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Phantom Brigade.
The sequel to the captivating tale of Fuga: Melodies of Steel has arrived! This turn-based RPG is back with a ramped up battle system for more strategy, as well as a brand new event system that gives you more thrilling choices to affect your experience!
Bionic Dues
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Phantom Brigade.
Ranked #7 for Phantom Brigade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Phantom Brigade.
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.
Mechabellum
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Phantom Brigade.
Ranked #8 for Phantom Brigade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Phantom Brigade.
Command massive armies in this epic mech auto-battler. Draft your troops, customize your units, master your formations, and crush enemies in spectacular 3D battles. All strategy, no clickfest. Outsmart opponents in 1v1, 2v2, free-for-all, or Survival Mode.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Phantom Brigade
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XCOM® 2
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Phantom Brigade.
Reviewers of Phantom Brigade cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Phantom Brigade.
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.
Door Kickers
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Phantom Brigade.
Reviewers of Phantom Brigade cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Phantom Brigade.
Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.
Armored
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Phantom Brigade cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Phantom Brigade.
It's time for you to prove yourself in the management of armored vehicles. You have to perform many operations from liberating the territory to escorting VIP and battling against enemy armored vehicles.
BATTLETECH
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Phantom Brigade.
Reviewers of Phantom Brigade cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Phantom Brigade.
Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Phantom Brigade 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.
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
WHY THIS
Shares mech customization with Phantom Brigade.
Reviewers of Phantom Brigade cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Phantom Brigade.
The year is 3015. The battlefields are dominated by war machines known as BattleMechs. Level entire cities and decimate the enemy in your BattleMech. Follow a quest for glory and revenge. Manage an expanding mercenary company. Fight alongside your friends with a four-player PvE co-op.
Frozen Synapse
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Phantom Brigade cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Phantom Brigade.
Brings the simultaneous turn-based strategy genre up-to-date and lets you give detailed, accurate orders to your squad.
Othercide
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Phantom Brigade cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Phantom Brigade.
As Humanity’s last hope, lead your army to combat in an intricate dance of spectacular actions and counters, using an original Dynamic Timeline System, and face fearsome bosses in epic battles.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Phantom Brigade at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Phantom Brigade on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Phantom Brigade.
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.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Phantom Brigade on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Phantom Brigade.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Phantom Brigade on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Phantom Brigade.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Phantom Brigade on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Phantom Brigade.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Phantom Brigade on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Phantom Brigade.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Phantom Brigade on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Phantom Brigade.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Phantom Brigade.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
Counter-Strike 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Rainbow Six® Siege is the reference in tactical team shooters, where elite strategy and execution triumph. Enjoy free access to Quick Match, Unranked, and Dual Front game modes with a selection of operators.
Splitgate
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Phantom Brigade.
Splitgate is a free-to-play, fast-paced multiplayer shooter that features player-controlled portals. This sci-fi shooter takes the FPS genre to a new dimension with its portal mechanics, delivering high-flying, multi-dimensional combat.
World of Warships
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Phantom Brigade.
Immerse yourself in thrilling naval battles and assemble an armada of over 800 ships from the first half of the 20th century — from stealthy destroyers to gigantic battleships. Change the look of your ship, choose upgrades to suit your play style, and go into battle with other players!
PlanetSide 2
WHY THIS
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.
Limbus Company
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.
Dota Underlords
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Phantom Brigade.
Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.
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Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Phantom Brigade.
Another title from Brace Yourself Games, the studio behind Phantom Brigade. Shares Indie with Phantom Brigade.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Rift of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Phantom Brigade.
Another title from Brace Yourself Games, the studio behind Phantom Brigade. Shares Indie with Phantom Brigade.
The NecroDancer's back in an all-new rhythm game! Dragged into a strange new world, Cadence must engage in musical combat with monsters surging through the Rift! Face pulse-pounding Rhythm Rifts where every beat is a battle, all set to an original soundtrack by Danny Baranowsky & friends.
Industries of Titan
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Phantom Brigade.
Another title from Brace Yourself Games, the studio behind Phantom Brigade. Shares Strategy and Indie with Phantom Brigade.
Create a sprawling industrial city. Compete with other rival corporations on Titan for resources, territory, and power. Seek victory via technology, influence, warfare, or the wealth extracted from your citizens. Stake your claim to the Industries of Titan in this innovative sim/strategy game!
Frequently asked about Phantom Brigade
- Does Phantom Brigade run on Steam Deck?
- Phantom Brigade is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Phantom Brigade cost?
- Phantom Brigade is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Phantom Brigade?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Phantom Brigade are BATTLETECH, SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS, Super Robot Wars 30.
- Who developed Phantom Brigade?
- Phantom Brigade was developed by Brace Yourself Games.
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