Games like BATTLETECH
If BATTLETECH is your kind of game, the closest matches are UniWar, Age of Wonders: Planetfall and Codex of Victory — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its faithful to tabletop experience, rich modding community 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 →BATTLETECH is a turn-based tactical mech combat game developed by Harebrained Schemes and published by Paradox Interactive, released in 2018. Players command a mercenary outfit navigating an interstellar civil war, managing their lance of BattleMechs while accepting contracts to earn credits and expand their operation. Players describe the experience as challenging and immersive, with tactical positioning mattering significantly in engagements. The game is noted for its faithful adaptation of the tabletop source material and rich modding community supporting extended play. At $9.99, the game offers a massive length experience designed for sit-down sessions. Steam Deck compatibility is confirmed as playable. Based on 18,004 Steam reviews, the game holds an 85% positive rating.
About BATTLETECH: 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.
Players who liked BATTLETECH also play
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UniWar
WHY THIS
Top pick for BATTLETECH fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with BATTLETECH.
Turn Based strategy, more fun than chess. Play it. With a vibrant and supportive community, every battle is not just a conquest, but an experience shared among friends.
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with BATTLETECH.
Second-strongest match for BATTLETECH fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with BATTLETECH.
Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the new strategy game from Triumph Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Age of Wonders series, bringing all the exciting tactical turn-based combat and in-depth empire building of its predecessors to space in an all-new, sci-fi setting.
Codex of Victory
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with BATTLETECH.
Third-strongest match for BATTLETECH fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with BATTLETECH.
In this sci-fi turn-based strategy with real-time base-building elements, you’ll be defending human territories against the transhuman Augments. Expand your HQ, and manufacture and upgrade an army of advanced drones to wage interplanetary war for Humanity!
Battlestar Galactica Deadlock
WHY THIS
Shares tactical combat and an immersive mood with BATTLETECH.
Ranked #4 for BATTLETECH fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with BATTLETECH.
In Battlestar Galactica Deadlock™ you’ll take command of the Colonial Fleet in defense of the Twelve Colonies during the First Cylon War. Lead many different types of ships in this 3D tactical game. Every decision counts, your strategy will be vital – can you ensure mankind’s survival?
Phantom Doctrine
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with BATTLETECH.
Ranked #5 for BATTLETECH fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with BATTLETECH.
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.
Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with BATTLETECH.
Ranked #6 for BATTLETECH fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with BATTLETECH.
Incredibly dynamic turn-based strategy, reviving the traditions of the old school tactics. Lead a team of the most desperate fighters, destroy alien monsters and uncover the secrets of the lost planet.
Into the Breach
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with BATTLETECH.
Ranked #7 for BATTLETECH fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with BATTLETECH.
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
XCOM®: Chimera Squad
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with BATTLETECH.
Ranked #8 for BATTLETECH fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with BATTLETECH.
XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.
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MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
WHY THIS
Reviewers of BATTLETECH cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with BATTLETECH.
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.
X-COM: UFO Defense
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with BATTLETECH.
Reviewers of BATTLETECH cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with BATTLETECH.
You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace.
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
WHY THIS
Reviewers of BATTLETECH cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with BATTLETECH.
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.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
WHY THIS
Shares mod support and a challenging mood with BATTLETECH.
Reviewers of BATTLETECH cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with BATTLETECH.
The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!
Commander Cool 2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of BATTLETECH cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with BATTLETECH.
Commander Cool 2 is a four player local coop retro-styled adventure that is destined to be one of coolest game in 2015!
MechWarrior Online™ Legends
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with BATTLETECH.
Reviewers of BATTLETECH cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with BATTLETECH.
MechWarrior Online™ Legends is a tactical, 'Mech-based online shooter set in the vast BattleTech Universe. Assume the role of an elite MechWarrior, piloting powerful BattleMechs, fighting for supremacy over the Inner Sphere.
Mechabellum
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with BATTLETECH.
Reviewers of BATTLETECH cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with BATTLETECH.
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.
Phantom Brigade
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with BATTLETECH.
Reviewers of BATTLETECH cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with BATTLETECH.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below BATTLETECH at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under BATTLETECH on Steam right now. Shares Action with BATTLETECH.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under BATTLETECH on Steam right now. Shares Action with BATTLETECH.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under BATTLETECH on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with BATTLETECH.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under BATTLETECH on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with BATTLETECH.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under BATTLETECH on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with BATTLETECH.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under BATTLETECH on Steam right now. Shares Action with BATTLETECH.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under BATTLETECH on Steam right now. Shares Action with BATTLETECH.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under BATTLETECH on Steam right now. Shares Action and Strategy with BATTLETECH.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with BATTLETECH.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with BATTLETECH.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with BATTLETECH.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with BATTLETECH.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with BATTLETECH.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with BATTLETECH.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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More from Harebrained Schemes
Other recommendable Steam games by Harebrained Schemes, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Shadowrun Returns
WHY THIS
Another title from Harebrained Schemes, the studio behind BATTLETECH. Shares Strategy and Adventure with BATTLETECH.
The unique cyberpunk-meets-fantasy world of Shadowrun has gained a huge cult following since its creation nearly 25 years ago. Now, creator Jordan Weisman returns to the world of Shadowrun, modernizing this classic game setting as a single player, turn-based tactical RPG.
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with BATTLETECH.
Another title from Harebrained Schemes, the studio behind BATTLETECH. Shares Strategy and Adventure with BATTLETECH.
Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!
NECROPOLIS: BRUTAL EDITION
WHY THIS
Shares tactical combat and an immersive mood with BATTLETECH.
Another title from Harebrained Schemes, the studio behind BATTLETECH. Shares Action and Adventure with BATTLETECH.
NECROPOLIS: BRUTAL EDITION is a major update featuring a new playable adventurer (The Brute), a completely new outdoor environment (The Black Forest), and lots of new enemies, weapons, armor, traps, potions, scrolls, and other big improvements to the game.
Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition
WHY THIS
Shares tactical combat and an immersive mood with BATTLETECH.
Another title from Harebrained Schemes, the studio behind BATTLETECH. Shares Strategy and Adventure with BATTLETECH.
Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition is the capstone title in Harebrained Schemes' Shadowrun series - and now includes the all-new, 6+ hr Shadows of Hong Kong Bonus Campaign. Experience the most impressive Shadowrun RPG yet, hailed as one of the best cRPG / strategy games of 2015!
The Lamplighters League
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with BATTLETECH.
Another title from Harebrained Schemes, the studio behind BATTLETECH. Shares Strategy and Adventure with BATTLETECH.
Recruit a team of misfits with unique abilities and unforgettable personalities, and chase the Banished Court to the ends of the earth in a mix of real-time infiltration, turn-based tactical combat, and a character-driven story of adventure and intrigue.
Frequently asked about BATTLETECH
- Does BATTLETECH run on Steam Deck?
- BATTLETECH 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 BATTLETECH cost?
- BATTLETECH is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does BATTLETECH have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — BATTLETECH supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to BATTLETECH?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside BATTLETECH are UniWar, Age of Wonders: Planetfall, Codex of Victory.
- Who developed BATTLETECH?
- BATTLETECH was developed by Harebrained Schemes and published by Paradox Interactive.
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