Games like M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration
If M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tempest Rising, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition and Medieval II: Total War™ Kingdoms — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its mastery requires lifetime investment, challenging and contemplative. 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 M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration: A sci-fi colony-building RTS where you choose between simultaneous turns or fully turn-based modes. With eight human clans and dozens of land, sea and air units to build.
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Tempest Rising
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Shares unit customization, resource management and a retro mood with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
Top pick for M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
Command distinct factions in a desperate struggle for power and resources in Tempest Rising - a classic RTS set on Earth after a nuclear war.
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
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Second-strongest match for M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.
Medieval II: Total War™ Kingdoms
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Shares an epic mood with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
Third-strongest match for M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms is the official expansion to last year's award-winning Medieval II: Total War, presenting players with all-new territories to explore, troops to command, and enemies to conquer.
Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
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Shares resource management and an epic mood with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
Ranked #4 for M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
Tower of Time
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Ranked #5 for M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
A new kind of RPG awaits you. A story-rich dungeon crawler with innovative real-time combat that lets you pause or slow time. Tactical thinking is essential to succeed. Now with RPGlite and Permadeath for fast-paced game.
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
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Shares a challenging mood with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
Ranked #6 for M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
"Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive" is the first strategy game ever to combine a movie-based and story-driven atmosphere of an adventure game with the intellectual challenge of a real time tactic game.In this western-style title, discover a game of strategy and tactics played out in exceptional real time.
Anno 2070™
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Ranked #7 for M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
Build your society of the future, colonize islands, and create sprawling megacities with multitudes of buildings, vehicles, and resources to manage.
Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
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Ranked #8 for M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
A ground-based RTS prequel to the classic Homeworld games. Assemble your fleet and lead them to victory on the shifting sands of Kharak in this compelling strategy game for PC from Blackbird Interactive.
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Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~50% under M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
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.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
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Priced ~50% under M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
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.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
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Priced ~50% under M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
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.
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
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Priced ~50% under M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
Nubby's Number Factory
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Priced ~50% under M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.
Monster Train
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Priced ~50% under M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
Nodebuster
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Priced ~70% under M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
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Age of Conquest IV
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
Age of Conquest is a turn-based grand strategy wargame.
Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
Galcon 2 is a demolition derby in space! Send swarms of ships from planet to planet to conquer the galaxy in this fast paced multiplayer strategy game!
Kriegsfront Tactics - Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
Kriegsfront Tactics - Prologue is the proof of concept for the upcoming procedural turn-based mecha tactics RPG set in alternate 1970s Southeast Asia. In this prologue chapter, you'll get to experience combat, exploration, and the opening story of the game.
Bang! Howdy
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
Bang! Howdy is an online strategy game. The setting mixes elements from a variety of related genres, such as steampunk or Native American myth. Several of the players' available units are entirely mechanical, including artillery and a "steam gunman", a robot boasting large wagon wheels for movement while wearing a cowboy hat.
Day of the Shell: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
Day of the Shell: Prologue is a “one-click, one-turn” tactical rogue-lite. In a shattered and flooded world, travel from island to island with only hope and a revolver, challenging and appeasing the gods.
Stones Keeper: King Aurelius
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
Stones Keeper is a turn-based strategy game with RPG elements in which you explore a detailed fantasy world, lead the Order of the Griffin, and live through the final moments of King Aurelius
SHAFTED
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
SHAFTED is a QUICK resource management game. Build your mini mining colony. Optimize your mineral outputs. Strategically position your buildings with turn based tactics. Pay off your contracts or else you'll get SHAFTED.
Aeons Echo
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Aeons Echo offers a captivating role-playing adventure where sexy goddesses meet lewd mythology in a cyber-futuristic world. On your mission to save Zeus, you'll encounter kinky girls, steamy scenes, dating sim elements, interactive features, and diverse gameplay modes.
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Frequently asked about M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration
- How much does M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration cost?
- M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
- What games are most similar to M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration are Tempest Rising, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, Medieval II: Total War™ Kingdoms.
- Who developed M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration?
- M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration was developed by Interplay.
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