Games like Strike Team Hydra
If Strike Team Hydra is your kind of game, the closest matches are Demon's Rise - Lords of Chaos, Demon's Rise - War for the Deep and Reverse Crawl — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its gear customization feels meaningful, challenging and immersive. 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 Strike Team Hydra: Strike Team Hydra is a turn-based, tactical RPG that focuses on combat. Players will have to leverage morale, cover, special skills and suppressive fire to defeat a fearsome and ruthless alien enemy.
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Demon's Rise - Lords of Chaos
WHY THIS
Shares morale system and an immersive mood with Strike Team Hydra.
Top pick for Strike Team Hydra fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Strike Team Hydra.
Turn-based, tactical RPG where players command a powerful band of warriors.
Demon's Rise - War for the Deep
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Strike Team Hydra.
Second-strongest match for Strike Team Hydra fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Strike Team Hydra.
A turn-based, tactical RPG with 30 character classes and 50+ hours of gameplay.
Reverse Crawl
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Strike Team Hydra fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Strike Team Hydra.
A dungeon crawl where YOU are the dungeon! Lead your minions in tactical turn-based combat against the pesky heroes, and unlock a variety of evil Powers. With a dynamic campaign system and a branching storyline, "Reverse Crawl" lets you experience an RPG from a whole new angle!
Gears Tactics
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Strike Team Hydra.
Ranked #4 for Strike Team Hydra fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Strike Team Hydra.
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.
Shieldwall Chronicles: Swords of the North
WHY THIS
Shares grid based combat and an immersive mood with Strike Team Hydra.
Ranked #5 for Strike Team Hydra fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Strike Team Hydra.
Shieldwall Chronicles: Swords of the North is a gripping, tactical RPG that lets you build a powerful band of adventurers and partake in a grand adventure.
Templar Battleforce
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Strike Team Hydra.
Ranked #6 for Strike Team Hydra fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Strike Team Hydra.
An addictive mix of strategic combat and army building, with the precision of an RPG. Design your squad members' exact build of equipment and talents to create unique fireteam combinations. Step into the pilot suit of a Leviathan mech, lead the Templar Knights in turn-based tactical warfare.
Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Strike Team Hydra.
Ranked #7 for Strike Team Hydra fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Strike Team Hydra.
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!
Blackguards 2
WHY THIS
Shares morale system, grid based combat and a challenging mood with Strike Team Hydra.
Ranked #8 for Strike Team Hydra fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Strike Team Hydra.
Blackguards 2 is a turn-based strategy-RPG and will deliver challenging hexfield battles and a gritty story filled with violence and crime. - Includes bonus content: Soundtrack, digital Art Book and Strategy Guide Book!
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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Strike Team Hydra cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Strike Team Hydra.
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® 2
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Strike Team Hydra.
Reviewers of Strike Team Hydra cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Strike Team Hydra.
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.
Demon's Rise - War for the Deep
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Strike Team Hydra.
Reviewers of Strike Team Hydra cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Strike Team Hydra.
A turn-based, tactical RPG with 30 character classes and 50+ hours of gameplay.
Demon's Rise - Lords of Chaos
WHY THIS
Shares morale system and an immersive mood with Strike Team Hydra.
Reviewers of Strike Team Hydra cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Strike Team Hydra.
Turn-based, tactical RPG where players command a powerful band of warriors.
GLADIUM
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Strike Team Hydra.
Reviewers of Strike Team Hydra cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Strike Team Hydra.
Unforgiving boss fights. Gory pixels. Glorious fast-paced gladiatorial action-combat. Analyze your opponents weakness, adapt your strategy and colour the sands with the blood of your enemies.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Strike Team Hydra at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Strike Team Hydra on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Strike Team Hydra.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Strike Team Hydra on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Strike Team Hydra.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Strike Team Hydra on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strike Team Hydra.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Strike Team Hydra on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strike Team Hydra.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~79% under Strike Team Hydra on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strike Team Hydra.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Strike Team Hydra on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Strike Team Hydra.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Strike Team Hydra on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Strike Team Hydra.
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!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Strike Team Hydra on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strike Team Hydra.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
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. Shares Indie with Strike Team Hydra.
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.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Strike Team Hydra.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Strike Team Hydra.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strike Team Hydra.
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.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Strike Team Hydra.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Strike Team Hydra.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Strike Team Hydra.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
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Shieldwall Chronicles: Swords of the North
WHY THIS
Shares grid based combat and an immersive mood with Strike Team Hydra.
Another title from Wave Light Games Inc., the studio behind Strike Team Hydra. Shares Action and Strategy with Strike Team Hydra.
Shieldwall Chronicles: Swords of the North is a gripping, tactical RPG that lets you build a powerful band of adventurers and partake in a grand adventure.
Demon's Rise - Lords of Chaos
WHY THIS
Shares morale system and an immersive mood with Strike Team Hydra.
Another title from Wave Light Games Inc., the studio behind Strike Team Hydra. Shares Action and Strategy with Strike Team Hydra.
Turn-based, tactical RPG where players command a powerful band of warriors.
Demon's Rise - War for the Deep
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Strike Team Hydra.
Another title from Wave Light Games Inc., the studio behind Strike Team Hydra. Shares Action and Strategy with Strike Team Hydra.
A turn-based, tactical RPG with 30 character classes and 50+ hours of gameplay.
Strike Team Gladius
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Strike Team Hydra.
Another title from Wave Light Games Inc., the studio behind Strike Team Hydra. Shares Strategy and RPG with Strike Team Hydra.
Battle hordes of aliens in turn-based combat with elite soldiers, mechs and vehicles at your command. Enlist your strike team and drop planet-side into an intense, sci-fi warzone. Make tactical decisions and employ ruthless strategies to achieve each mission objective.
Frequently asked about Strike Team Hydra
- Does Strike Team Hydra run on Steam Deck?
- Strike Team Hydra 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 Strike Team Hydra cost?
- Strike Team Hydra is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Strike Team Hydra?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Strike Team Hydra are Demon's Rise - Lords of Chaos, Demon's Rise - War for the Deep, Reverse Crawl.
- Who developed Strike Team Hydra?
- Strike Team Hydra was developed by Wave Light Games Inc..
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