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Games like EMERGENCY 20

If EMERGENCY 20 is your kind of game, the closest matches are EMERGENCY 4 Deluxe, EMERGENCY and Wargame: Airland Battle — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, immersive and emergency response management. 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.

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About EMERGENCY 20: Coordinate your team of first responders in the anniversary edition of EMERGENCY! Featuring 10 remastered classic EMERGENCY missions and three full campaigns, EMERGENCY 20 is the complete package for both experienced and new rescue commanders!

2017StrategySimulation29.99 USDWindows · macOSby Sixteen Tons Entertainment
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Players who liked EMERGENCY 20 also play

Steam players who put hours into EMERGENCY 20 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.

  1. EMERGENCY 4 Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Shares mod support and a challenging mood with EMERGENCY 20.

    Top pick for EMERGENCY 20 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with EMERGENCY 20.

    Coordinate firefighters, police, medical personnel and specialists in the classic EMERGENCY 4 Deluxe! Now with the previously untranslated bonus missions in English.

    2018StrategySimulation17.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. EMERGENCY

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with EMERGENCY 20.

    Second-strongest match for EMERGENCY 20 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with EMERGENCY 20.

    Save lives – be a hero! Join forces against the chaos in the newest title of the award-winning EMERGENCY series. Take up your shift as incident commander and coordinate with other players to fight fires, arrest gangsters and rescue injured civilians. Your city needs you!

    2023ActionStrategyFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Wargame: Airland Battle

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with EMERGENCY 20.

    Third-strongest match for EMERGENCY 20 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with EMERGENCY 20.

    2 SIDES, 12 NATIONS, 750 UNITS: THE STRATEGY GAME REFERENCE IS BACK! Richer, more beautiful and more accessible, Wargame AirLand Battle is the sequel to the explosive real-time strategy game Wargame European Escalation! 1985.

    2013StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Wargame: Red Dragon

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with EMERGENCY 20.

    Ranked #4 for EMERGENCY 20 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with EMERGENCY 20.

    The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.

    2014StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Stronghold: Warlords

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with EMERGENCY 20.

    Ranked #5 for EMERGENCY 20 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with EMERGENCY 20.

    Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!

    2021StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Call to Arms

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with EMERGENCY 20.

    Ranked #6 for EMERGENCY 20 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with EMERGENCY 20.

    Call to Arms offers an innovative mix of real-time strategy and 3rd, as well as 1st person controls. Set in the time of modern warfare, the game offers realistically modeled vehicles and heavy weaponry. Command your troops to victory or fight by yourself in the 3rd or 1st person action mode.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Men of War: Assault Squad 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares mod support and an immersive mood with EMERGENCY 20.

    Ranked #7 for EMERGENCY 20 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with EMERGENCY 20.

    Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.

    2014ActionStrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. SuperPower 3

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for EMERGENCY 20 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with EMERGENCY 20.

    SuperPower 3 is a modern geopolitical sim in a planet Earth setup. Rule the world or challenge your knowledge about demography, economics, military strategy, as well as political issues across the globe. Compete with or against other players, or just try to do better than the real-life politicians.

    2022StrategySimulation29.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to EMERGENCY 20

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. EMERGENCY 4 Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Shares mod support and a challenging mood with EMERGENCY 20.

    Reviewers of EMERGENCY 20 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with EMERGENCY 20.

    Coordinate firefighters, police, medical personnel and specialists in the classic EMERGENCY 4 Deluxe! Now with the previously untranslated bonus missions in English.

    2018StrategySimulation17.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Emergency 2017

    WHY THIS

    Shares mod support and a challenging mood with EMERGENCY 20.

    Reviewers of EMERGENCY 20 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with EMERGENCY 20.

    There's no shortage of action in EMERGENCY 2017. Command firefighters, police, technical relief forces and paramedics in all new emergencies. With a brand new vehicle and large scale events, you'll take on rescue missions like never before!

    2016SimulationSteam ↗
  3. EMERGENCY

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with EMERGENCY 20.

    Reviewers of EMERGENCY 20 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with EMERGENCY 20.

    Save lives – be a hero! Join forces against the chaos in the newest title of the award-winning EMERGENCY series. Take up your shift as incident commander and coordinate with other players to fight fires, arrest gangsters and rescue injured civilians. Your city needs you!

    2023ActionStrategyFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Emergency 2016

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with EMERGENCY 20.

    Reviewers of EMERGENCY 20 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with EMERGENCY 20.

    There's no shortage of action in EMERGENCY 2016. Command firefighters, police, technical relief forces and paramedics in all new emergencies. With a brand new vehicle and large scale events, you'll take on rescue missions like never before!

    2015StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  5. EMERGENCY 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with EMERGENCY 20.

    Reviewers of EMERGENCY 20 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with EMERGENCY 20.

    Save Lives! When disaster strikes it all comes down to you! Take command of firefighters, doctors and more in this EMERGENCY Classics re-release of EMERGENCY 2. Now playable on modern operating systems!

    2018StrategySimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below EMERGENCY 20 at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~83% under EMERGENCY 20 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with EMERGENCY 20.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Stardew Valley

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under EMERGENCY 20 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with EMERGENCY 20.

    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?

    2016IndieSimulationRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Bloons TD 6

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under EMERGENCY 20 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with EMERGENCY 20.

    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.

    2018Strategy13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under EMERGENCY 20 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with EMERGENCY 20.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Balatro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under EMERGENCY 20 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with EMERGENCY 20.

    The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Don't Starve Together

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under EMERGENCY 20 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with EMERGENCY 20.

    Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under EMERGENCY 20 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with EMERGENCY 20.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Kerbal Space Program

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under EMERGENCY 20 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with EMERGENCY 20.

    In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.

    2015IndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with EMERGENCY 20.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. 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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Cube Escape: Paradox

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.

    2018IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Sixteen Tons Entertainment

Other recommendable Steam games by Sixteen Tons Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. EMERGENCY 4 Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Shares mod support and a challenging mood with EMERGENCY 20.

    Another title from Sixteen Tons Entertainment, the studio behind EMERGENCY 20. Shares Strategy and Simulation with EMERGENCY 20.

    Coordinate firefighters, police, medical personnel and specialists in the classic EMERGENCY 4 Deluxe! Now with the previously untranslated bonus missions in English.

    2018StrategySimulation17.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Emergency 2017

    WHY THIS

    Shares mod support and a challenging mood with EMERGENCY 20.

    Another title from Sixteen Tons Entertainment, the studio behind EMERGENCY 20. Shares Simulation with EMERGENCY 20.

    There's no shortage of action in EMERGENCY 2017. Command firefighters, police, technical relief forces and paramedics in all new emergencies. With a brand new vehicle and large scale events, you'll take on rescue missions like never before!

    2016SimulationSteam ↗
  3. Emergency 2014

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with EMERGENCY 20.

    Another title from Sixteen Tons Entertainment, the studio behind EMERGENCY 20. Shares Simulation with EMERGENCY 20.

    You have command of paramedics, fire brigades, police and disaster relief. Send your teams out on tense real-time missions to deal with disasters in Europe's major centres.

    2013Simulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Emergency 2016

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with EMERGENCY 20.

    Another title from Sixteen Tons Entertainment, the studio behind EMERGENCY 20. Shares Strategy and Simulation with EMERGENCY 20.

    There's no shortage of action in EMERGENCY 2016. Command firefighters, police, technical relief forces and paramedics in all new emergencies. With a brand new vehicle and large scale events, you'll take on rescue missions like never before!

    2015StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  5. EMERGENCY 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with EMERGENCY 20.

    Another title from Sixteen Tons Entertainment, the studio behind EMERGENCY 20. Shares Strategy and Simulation with EMERGENCY 20.

    Their lives are in your hands - can you take the pressure? In this re-release of the classic EMERGENCY 3 it's your job to save lifes! Command many different first responder units in an exciting mix of simulation and real-time strategy.

    2017StrategySimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. EMERGENCY

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with EMERGENCY 20.

    Another title from Sixteen Tons Entertainment, the studio behind EMERGENCY 20. Shares Strategy with EMERGENCY 20.

    Save lives – be a hero! Join forces against the chaos in the newest title of the award-winning EMERGENCY series. Take up your shift as incident commander and coordinate with other players to fight fires, arrest gangsters and rescue injured civilians. Your city needs you!

    2023ActionStrategyFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. EMERGENCY 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with EMERGENCY 20.

    Another title from Sixteen Tons Entertainment, the studio behind EMERGENCY 20. Shares Strategy and Simulation with EMERGENCY 20.

    Save Lives! When disaster strikes it all comes down to you! Take command of firefighters, doctors and more in this EMERGENCY Classics re-release of EMERGENCY 2. Now playable on modern operating systems!

    2018StrategySimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about EMERGENCY 20

Does EMERGENCY 20 work on Steam Deck?
EMERGENCY 20 is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does EMERGENCY 20 cost?
EMERGENCY 20 is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does EMERGENCY 20 have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — EMERGENCY 20 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to EMERGENCY 20?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside EMERGENCY 20 are EMERGENCY 4 Deluxe, EMERGENCY, Wargame: Airland Battle.
Who developed EMERGENCY 20?
EMERGENCY 20 was developed by Sixteen Tons Entertainment.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on EMERGENCY 20.

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