Games like Afghanistan '11
If Afghanistan '11 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Panzer Corps Gold, Vietnam ‘65 and Panzer Corps 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging 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 →About Afghanistan '11: Afghanistan '11 is the sequel to the highly praised and innovative Vietnam '65. It enhances and builds on it: Afghanistan '11 changes the paradigm of wargaming and manages to bring Counter-Insurgency and guerrilla warfare to your screen, properly represented thanks to a revolutionary gameplay formula!
Players who liked Afghanistan '11 also play
Steam players who put hours into Afghanistan '11 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.
Panzer Corps Gold
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Afghanistan '11.
Top pick for Afghanistan '11 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Afghanistan '11.
The ultimate edition of Panzer Corps, containing hundreds of scenarios and all its expansions. Panzer Corps Gold is the culmination of the wargame that has enthralled millions of fans all around the globe, and now it’s your chance to fully experience a real classic.
Vietnam ‘65
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Afghanistan '11.
Second-strongest match for Afghanistan '11 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Afghanistan '11.
It is 1965 and the US ground war in Vietnam is in full swing. As a US Army commander, wage a counter-insurgency (COIN) war to secure the Ia Drang valley, on the border with Cambodia.
Panzer Corps 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Afghanistan '11.
Third-strongest match for Afghanistan '11 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Afghanistan '11.
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.
Arma Tactics
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Afghanistan '11.
Ranked #4 for Afghanistan '11 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Afghanistan '11.
Arma Tactics is a turn-based close-combat strategy game, where you take control of a four-member Special Forces team. There are no given strategies, rails to move on, or paths to follow; it‘s up to you to decide how you will play through both the story-driven missions and generated missions with randomized objectives.
Unity of Command II
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Afghanistan '11.
Ranked #5 for Afghanistan '11 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Afghanistan '11.
Unity of Command II is the sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed strategy games of all time; a game critics called 'the perfect gateway' into computer war games.
Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Afghanistan '11.
Ranked #6 for Afghanistan '11 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Afghanistan '11.
Unity of Command is an innovative and refreshing operational-level wargame that covers the entire 1942/43 Stalingrad Campaign on the Eastern Front.
Oriental Empires
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Afghanistan '11.
Ranked #7 for Afghanistan '11 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Afghanistan '11.
Turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s biggest empires.
Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Afghanistan '11.
Ranked #8 for Afghanistan '11 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Afghanistan '11.
Command the seas, control the land, forge a new nation, and conquer the globe.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Afghanistan '11 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Afghanistan '11 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Afghanistan '11.
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 Afghanistan '11 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Afghanistan '11.
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 Afghanistan '11 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Afghanistan '11.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Afghanistan '11 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Afghanistan '11.
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 Afghanistan '11 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Afghanistan '11.
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 Afghanistan '11 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Afghanistan '11.
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 Afghanistan '11.
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!
Toribash
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Afghanistan '11.
Toribash is an innovative free-to-play online turn-based fighting game where you’re able to design your own moves. Complete control over character's body, hundreds of game mods and bloody mess with full body dismemberment - you've never been able to annihilate your enemies like that before!
KARDS - The WW2 Card Game
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Afghanistan '11.
KARDS, The World War II Card Game, combines traditional CCG gameplay with innovative mechanics inspired by classic strategy games and real battlefield tactics. Take command and challenge other players in grand-scale warfare on the ground, air, or seas.
War Selection
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Afghanistan '11.
War Selection is a compelling RTS game featuring base building, resource extraction and warfare. Evolve from a stone age tribe to a distinct industrial nation with unique game mechanics and battle for supremacy with dozens of players on a unique procedurally generated map.
Card Hunter
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Afghanistan '11.
Shuffle your cards and ready your dice - Card Hunter is a fresh new card gaming spin on classic tabletop RPGs. Battle your way through a massive campaign solo or with friends and compete with other players in ranked play and tournaments.
Battle for Wesnoth
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Afghanistan '11.
The Battle for Wesnoth is an open source, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme. Explore the four corners of Irdya in seventeen solo campaigns and dozens of multiplayer maps, taking part in countless adventures as you go.
Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Afghanistan '11.
As Captain Kayto Shields, embark on a galactic voyage of heroism and survival. With his home world destroyed and his nation conquered, the inexperienced Captain Shields, and his newly minted vessel, the Sunrider, are left as the only hope against a galactic evil intent on subjugating all sentient life.
Star Realms
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Afghanistan '11.
Star Realms is a hugely popular space combat deckbuilding game. Download and play today (note: base set is required to play online) to find out why Star Realms is the winner of SXSW 2014 Board Game of the Year, 7 Golden Geek Awards from BoardGameGeek, and 2 Dice Tower awards!
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Carrier Deck
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Afghanistan '11.
Another title from Every Single Soldier, the studio behind Afghanistan '11.
Carrier Deck is a fast paced time management game where you play as the Air Boss on board the CVN-76 in the midst of active war.
Vietnam ‘65
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Afghanistan '11.
Another title from Every Single Soldier, the studio behind Afghanistan '11. Shares Strategy with Afghanistan '11.
It is 1965 and the US ground war in Vietnam is in full swing. As a US Army commander, wage a counter-insurgency (COIN) war to secure the Ia Drang valley, on the border with Cambodia.
Her Majesty's Ship
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Afghanistan '11.
Another title from Every Single Soldier, the studio behind Afghanistan '11. Shares Strategy with Afghanistan '11.
All young naval officers dream of becoming Admiral, but few realise this can't be done without a loyal crew and keeping the vessel under your command afloat!
Terra Incognito - Antarctica 1911
WHY THIS
Another title from Every Single Soldier, the studio behind Afghanistan '11.
Survive all the odds and reach the South Pole before your competitors with this simple, abstract and compelling strategy game.
Angola '86
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Afghanistan '11.
Another title from Every Single Soldier, the studio behind Afghanistan '11. Shares Strategy with Afghanistan '11.
The first strategy game to capture the essence of the entire South African Border war, from Omugulugwombashe to UNTAG (Aug'66 - Mar'90)
Northern Ireland '74
WHY THIS
Another title from Every Single Soldier, the studio behind Afghanistan '11. Shares Strategy and Indie with Afghanistan '11.
The first strategy game to capture the essence of the entire Northern Ireland Conflict (1966 - 1998).
Frequently asked about Afghanistan '11
- How much does Afghanistan '11 cost?
- Afghanistan '11 is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Afghanistan '11?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Afghanistan '11 are Panzer Corps Gold, Vietnam ‘65, Panzer Corps 2.
- Who developed Afghanistan '11?
- Afghanistan '11 was developed by Every Single Soldier, Retro Epic and published by Slitherine Ltd..
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