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Also World War II and RTS, like Skirmish Line.
- $12.99 (Price checked Oct 10)
- Deck Verified
- 2021
Games like Skirmish Line
- 24 games
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Players who liked Skirmish Line also play
The closest matches to Skirmish Line: Mud and Blood, Steel Division: Normandy 44, Company of Heroes, Men of War: Assault Squad 2, and Infested Planet. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Shares tactical positioning with Skirmish Line.
- $19.99 (Price checked Oct 13)
- Deck Playable
- 2017
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Shares resource management with Skirmish Line.
- $14.99 (Price checked Oct 13)
- Deck Playable
- 2006
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Infested Planet
Why this: Also RTS and Tower Defense, like Skirmish Line.
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Warfare Legacy Collection
Why this: Shares tactical positioning and resource management with Skirmish Line.
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Shares tactical positioning and resource management with Skirmish Line.
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- Released: 2019
- Developer: The Snarktopus
- Price: $9.99checked Oct 10
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 91% of 204 reviews
- Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie, Simulation, Casual
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Care packages and points add replayability
- Constant adaptation required to survive
- Dark humor offsets the grim tone
- Dark
- Stressful
- Tense
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Why this: Same dark mood as Skirmish Line.
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About Skirmish Line
The closest matches to Skirmish Line: Mud and Blood, Steel Division: Normandy 44, Company of Heroes, Men of War: Assault Squad 2, and Infested Planet. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Skirmish Line is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mud and Blood, Steel Division: Normandy 44 and Company of Heroes — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as dark, stressful and tense, and single out its faction specific units and procedural enemy spawning. 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 Skirmish Line: Experience the brutality and randomness of war as an Allied tactical commander in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. Train, equip, and command a squad of soldiers as you fight against the fanatical Imperial Japanese Empire.
Is Skirmish Line worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 91% of 204 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $9.99 (checked Oct 10).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 25 h when they wrote their review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Care packages and points add replayability
- Constant adaptation required to survive
- Dark humor offsets the grim tone
- Tactical positioning matters more than brute force
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“It's pretty well-done for what it is, but it's just not for me. You use the highly varied units available to you to defend against dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of waves of Japanese soldiers, snipers, tanks, artillery... until you…”
People who play it also play: Mud and Blood, Steel Division: Normandy 44, Company of Heroes
Frequently asked about Skirmish Line
Can I run it?
Does Skirmish Line run on Steam Deck?
Skirmish Line 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 Skirmish Line cost?
Skirmish Line is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Skirmish Line?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Skirmish Line are Mud and Blood, Steel Division: Normandy 44, Company of Heroes.
Who developed Skirmish Line?
Skirmish Line was developed by The Snarktopus.