Games like Armed to the Gears
If Armed to the Gears is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cyber Siege, Vermin Control and ∀stralbringer -Shaded Arkarium- — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, 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 Armed to the Gears: Control a fully armed Mech and fight through cyberpunk cities, military bases and industrial ruins. Capture and defend territories, build turrets and structures, and wage war against powerful enemies!
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Cyber Siege
WHY THIS
Top pick for Armed to the Gears fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Armed to the Gears.
Cyber Siege is a fast-paced shooter with pure gameplay. Play solo or in local co-op up to 4 players. Upgrade your character and weapons as you fight 50+ enemy types across 20 levels in 4 different worlds.
Vermin Control
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Armed to the Gears fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Armed to the Gears.
In Vermin Control, you will enter a thrilling sci-fi tower defense world filled with strategic combat and high tension. Operate a versatile unit capable of both melee combat and construction, deploy and manage 9 unique devices, and protect key facilities from relentless vermin assaults.
∀stralbringer -Shaded Arkarium-
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Armed to the Gears fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Armed to the Gears.
Shoot 'em up has reached a new frontier! 2D bullet-hell sci-fi action shooter with mouse control and multiple buttons!
Cyber Tower
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Ranked #4 for Armed to the Gears fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Armed to the Gears.
Tricky maps, insane waves. Once you master the path, enemies are nothing.
Grey Goo
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Armed to the Gears.
Ranked #5 for Armed to the Gears fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Armed to the Gears.
Fight for control of a frontier world. Gather resources, build your base, and command your forces in battle. Survive long enough to unleash your ultimate weapon - THE EPIC.
DAEMON X MACHINA
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Armed to the Gears.
Ranked #6 for Armed to the Gears fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Armed to the Gears.
Pilot your fully customizable Arsenal mech and join your fellow mercenaries in defending humanity from the corrupted machines and gigantic robots in this post-apocalyptic action game!
Taur
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Armed to the Gears.
Ranked #7 for Armed to the Gears fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Armed to the Gears.
Taur is an action-strategy sci-fi game. Control the Prime Cannon and unlock all of its powerful weapons and abilities. Build turrets, droids, aircraft and more as you fight to protect the homeworld of the Tauron droids against a relentless invasion. Will your Taur stand against the Imperion warmachine?
Binary Domain
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Shares a challenging mood with Armed to the Gears.
Ranked #8 for Armed to the Gears fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Armed to the Gears.
Set in futuristic Tokyo, take control of the robotic community before they control everything!
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X-Morph: Defense
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Armed to the Gears.
Reviewers of Armed to the Gears cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Armed to the Gears.
Unique fusion of a top-down shooter and tower defense strategy. You are the invader! Use destructive weapons or lead your enemies into a maze of towers. Strategize in the build mode by carefully selecting various types of alien towers or throw yourself right into the heat of the battle.
Sanctum
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Armed to the Gears.
Reviewers of Armed to the Gears cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Armed to the Gears.
You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.
Z
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Armed to the Gears.
Reviewers of Armed to the Gears cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Armed to the Gears.
“Z”, the classic Real Time Strategy Game by the Bitmap Brothers. Fans of this classic strategy title are in for a real treat. Everything is in here from the terrific comedy cut scenes to the frantic game play making this is the definitive version of Z.
The Riftbreaker
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a challenging mood with Armed to the Gears.
Reviewers of Armed to the Gears cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Armed to the Gears.
The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
WHY THIS
Shares mech customization and an intense mood with Armed to the Gears.
Reviewers of Armed to the Gears cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Armed to the Gears.
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.
METEOR COMMANDER
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Armed to the Gears cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Armed to the Gears.
Retro-inspired arcade-style shooter. Save humanity from incoming waves of flaming hot meteors, alien ships hell-bent on destroying humanity, and the strangeness of space by shooting, blasting and nuking incoming waves of meteors and enemies.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Armed to the Gears at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Armed to the Gears on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Armed to the Gears.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Armed to the Gears on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Armed to the Gears.
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
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Priced ~70% under Armed to the Gears on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Armed to the Gears.
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 ~80% under Armed to the Gears on Steam right now. Shares Action with Armed to the Gears.
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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Armed to the Gears on Steam right now. Shares Action with Armed to the Gears.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
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Priced ~80% under Armed to the Gears on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Armed to the Gears.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Armed to the Gears on Steam right now. Shares Action with Armed to the Gears.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Armed to the Gears on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Armed to the Gears.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Armed to the Gears.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Armed to the Gears.
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.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Armed to the Gears.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Armed to the Gears.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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!
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Armed to the Gears.
A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Armed to the Gears.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Waves
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Armed to the Gears.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
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Frequently asked about Armed to the Gears
- How much does Armed to the Gears cost?
- Armed to the Gears is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Armed to the Gears?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Armed to the Gears are Cyber Siege, Vermin Control, ∀stralbringer -Shaded Arkarium-.
- Who developed Armed to the Gears?
- Armed to the Gears was developed by Deonn Games.
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