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Games like Invasion Machine

If Invasion Machine is your kind of game, the closest matches are War Room, Regiments and Syrian Warfare — 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.

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About Invasion Machine: Modern-warfare RTS/sandbox game inspired by the real conflicts in the Middle East. Fight a counter-insurgency war, protect the civilian population, casevac your wounded and decide how the world sees your struggle. And remember - no one gets left behind.

2020StrategyIndieSimulationEarly Access18.99 USDWindowsby Pixel Machine
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Devs health struggles add emotional investmentEmergent storytelling from unit interactionsPassion project with slow but steady updatesAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

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  1. War Room

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Invasion Machine.

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

    War Room is a realistic strategy, taking you straight into the heat of the war in Afghanistan.

    2020ActionStrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Regiments

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Invasion Machine.

    Second-strongest match for Invasion Machine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Invasion Machine.

    Regiments is a Real-Time Tactics game set in Germany 1989. The Cold War has gone hot, and the inferno is raging. Lead your Regiment through the fires of conflict and the fog of war. Break through the lines, call in artillery, maneuver, feign retreats, stage defenses, counter-attack. Do not relent.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Syrian Warfare

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Invasion Machine.

    Third-strongest match for Invasion Machine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Invasion Machine.

    Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.

    2017StrategyIndie13.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Wargame: European Escalation

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Invasion Machine.

    Ranked #4 for Invasion Machine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Invasion Machine.

    The New Fatal Error DLC includes a new 5-mission Operation and touch-screen controls.

    2012StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Steel Division 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Invasion Machine.

    Ranked #5 for Invasion Machine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Invasion Machine.

    Steel Division 2 is a historically-accurate WW2 real-time strategy game set on the Eastern Front. Features 1:1-scale turn-based army management and real-time tactical battles with thousands of men at your order.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. King's Orders

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Invasion Machine.

    Ranked #6 for Invasion Machine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Invasion Machine.

    King's Orders is a simplified historical strategy game with an important innovation. You command your armies by sending letters with orders. Messengers with these letters travel the land and can be lost or intercepted. Generals execute orders upon receipt and send you reports the same dangerous way.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Broken Arrow

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Invasion Machine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Invasion Machine.

    Broken Arrow is a large-scale real-time modern warfare tactics game that combines the complexity of joint-forces wargaming with action-packed real-time tactics gameplay.

    2025Strategy49.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Invasion Machine.

    Ranked #8 for Invasion Machine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Invasion Machine.

    Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes – is a real-time strategy game with a high degree of realism. Relive the Battle of Kiev (2022), a turning point in the Ukrainian conflict. Witness the Untold Story of 2022 Through the Eyes of Those Who Fought.

    2026Strategy14.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Invasion Machine on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Invasion Machine.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~74% under Invasion Machine on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Invasion Machine.

    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 ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Invasion Machine on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Early Access with Invasion Machine.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Invasion Machine on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Invasion Machine.

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

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Invasion Machine on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Invasion Machine.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~74% under Invasion Machine on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Invasion Machine.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Invasion Machine on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Invasion Machine.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Invasion Machine on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Invasion Machine.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Invasion Machine.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Invasion Machine.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Invasion Machine.

    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 ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck 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. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Invasion Machine.

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Invasion Machine.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Invasion Machine

How much does Invasion Machine cost?
Invasion Machine is listed on Steam at 18.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Invasion Machine?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Invasion Machine are War Room, Regiments, Syrian Warfare.
Who developed Invasion Machine?
Invasion Machine was developed by Pixel Machine.

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 Invasion Machine.

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