Games like Phantom Doctrine
If Phantom Doctrine is your kind of game, the closest matches are BATTLETECH, Hard West and Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its profound immersion, tactical positioning matters and writing quality is exceptional. 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 Doctrine is a turn-based tactical strategy game developed by CreativeForge Games and published by Good Shepherd Entertainment, released in 2018. Set during the Cold War in 1983, the game places players in charge of a network of intelligence operatives conducting covert missions. Core gameplay involves agent management, intelligence-gathering, and stealth missions alongside turn-based tactical combat featuring body-engineering and MKUltra-style psychological systems. The game incorporates RPG elements including character customization, with players able to recruit and develop agents throughout the campaign. Reviewers highlight tactical positioning as essential to success, and players describe the espionage atmosphere as immersive. Phantom Doctrine is solo-only with a medium-length campaign, priced at $39.99, and holds a 74% positive rating based on over 2,000 Steam reviews.
About Phantom Doctrine: The year is 1983. The world teeters on the verge of destruction as the Cold War tightens its icy grip. East or West: trust no one, question everything. The fate of humanity rests in your hands as you pit spy versus spy in tactical Phantom Doctrine.
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BATTLETECH
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Shares an immersive mood with Phantom Doctrine.
Top pick for Phantom Doctrine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Phantom Doctrine.
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Hard West
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Shares a challenging mood with Phantom Doctrine.
Second-strongest match for Phantom Doctrine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Phantom Doctrine.
When a tragic turn of events sets one man down a path of supernatural chaos and revenge, he must brutally hunt down all those who wronged him. Fight and survive through 8 unique story-based scenarios, and try your hand at 40 individually designed turn-based combat missions
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
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Third-strongest match for Phantom Doctrine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Phantom Doctrine.
A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
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Shares a challenging mood with Phantom Doctrine.
Ranked #4 for Phantom Doctrine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Phantom Doctrine.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!
Mordheim: City of the Damned
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Shares a challenging mood with Phantom Doctrine.
Ranked #5 for Phantom Doctrine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Phantom Doctrine.
Mordheim: City of the Damned is the first video game adaptation of Games Workshop's cult classic tabletop game Mordheim. Set in the Warhammer World's decimated Empire city, Mordheim: City of the Damned is a turn-based tactical game where you lead warbands into bloody and lethal skirmishes.
Gears Tactics
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Ranked #6 for Phantom Doctrine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Phantom Doctrine.
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.
Necromunda: Underhive Wars
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Shares an immersive mood with Phantom Doctrine.
Ranked #7 for Phantom Doctrine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Phantom Doctrine.
Deep below the hive cities of Necromunda, lead, customize and grow your gang in the twisted tunnels of the dystopian Underhive. Face rival gangs in tactical gunfights for power, wealth, survival, and honor.
Silent Storm Gold Edition
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Shares an immersive mood with Phantom Doctrine.
Ranked #8 for Phantom Doctrine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Phantom Doctrine.
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...
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XCOM® 2
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Reviewers of Phantom Doctrine cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Phantom Doctrine.
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.
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This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiraling the drain. Taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, you'll dive into a deep story of crime and intrigue. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken ... or worse?
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Stardew Valley
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Priced ~63% under Phantom Doctrine on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Phantom Doctrine.
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?
Phasmophobia
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Priced ~50% under Phantom Doctrine on Steam right now. Shares Action with Phantom Doctrine.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~75% under Phantom Doctrine on Steam right now. Shares Action with Phantom Doctrine.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~75% under Phantom Doctrine on Steam right now. Shares Action with Phantom Doctrine.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Bloons TD 6
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Priced ~65% under Phantom Doctrine on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Phantom Doctrine.
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Schedule I
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Priced ~50% under Phantom Doctrine on Steam right now. Shares Action and Strategy with Phantom Doctrine.
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Hollow Knight
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Priced ~63% under Phantom Doctrine on Steam right now. Shares Action with Phantom Doctrine.
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.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Another title from CreativeForge Games, the studio behind Phantom Doctrine. Shares Action with Phantom Doctrine.
POSTAL: Brain Damaged is a new, action-oriented take on the Running With Scissors’ cult game series with throwback graphics, and fast-paced, modern gameplay. Take a wild roller coaster ride through the twisted wonderland encased in the POSTAL DUDE’S messed-up mind.
Hard West
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Shares a challenging mood with Phantom Doctrine.
Another title from CreativeForge Games, the studio behind Phantom Doctrine. Shares Strategy and RPG with Phantom Doctrine.
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Ancient Space
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Shares a challenging mood with Phantom Doctrine.
Another title from CreativeForge Games, the studio behind Phantom Doctrine. Shares Strategy with Phantom Doctrine.
Ancient Space is a story driven single player real time strategy game where you take command of a fleet embarking on a scientific mission to chart undiscovered reaches of space called ‘The Black Zone’. Overcome overwhelming odds and fight for your life and the survival of your ship and its crew.
Aircraft Carrier Survival: Tutorial
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Shares an immersive mood with Phantom Doctrine.
Another title from CreativeForge Games, the studio behind Phantom Doctrine. Shares Action with Phantom Doctrine.
When the harshness of the sea meets the cruelties of war, a challenge for perseverance makes itself known. And it is like none other. Welcome to Aircraft Carrier Survival, a strategy set in the merciless reality of World War II, where your prowess as a commander decides the fate of a naval behemoth.
Frequently asked about Phantom Doctrine
- Does Phantom Doctrine work on Steam Deck?
- Phantom Doctrine is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Phantom Doctrine cost?
- Phantom Doctrine is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Phantom Doctrine have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Phantom Doctrine supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to Phantom Doctrine?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Phantom Doctrine are BATTLETECH, Hard West, Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden.
- Who developed Phantom Doctrine?
- Phantom Doctrine was developed by CreativeForge Games and published by Good Shepherd Entertainment.
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