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2012PC82 % positive18.99 €

A 2D blend of shooter and real-time strategy where you play a disembodied brain remotely controlling many expendable clone and robot bodies. A fully destructible pixel world and physics chaos make every fight unpredictable.

  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Pixel art
  • Deep systems to master
  • Sci-fi setting
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In short: Games like Cortex Command

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Cortex Command special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Mindustry

86 %Match

2017PC, Steam Deck playable95 % positive9.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Cortex Command: a sandbox with your own goals, pixel art and complex systems to tinker with.

Mindustry blends tower defense with factory building: you design conveyor networks and production chains to supply resources and ammo for defenses against enemy waves. It also offers a map editor, co-op and PvP.

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Rusted Warfare

Pixel art

A 2D real-time strategy game with a pixel art look, recalling Total Annihilation with huge armies of tanks, ships and aircraft. It focuses on base building, resource management and cooperative or competitive skirmishes.

Barotrauma

Co-op or multiplayer

You crew a submarine with friends through the icy ocean of Jupiter's moon Europa. Every task, from reactor to weapons to hull leaks, matters, and small mistakes quickly spiral into chaotic survival.

Empyrion: Galactic Survival

Sandbox with your own goals

A space sandbox survival game where you build your own ships, stations and planetary bases while exploring planets and deep space. Gathering resources, defending your bases and playing solo or with friends are at the core.

Arma 3

Sandbox with your own goals

An uncompromising military simulation on vast open maps where tactics, teamwork and patience matter more than twitch reflexes. Its powerful editor and huge modding community provide nearly endless scenarios.

Battlezone 98 Redux

Shooting and gunplay

A hybrid of first-person vehicle shooter and real-time strategy, where you pilot a unit from the cockpit while commanding your base and forces in an alternate 1960s space race. The Redux edition adds refreshed visuals, online multiplayer and Steam Workshop mods.

Arma 2

Sandbox with your own goals

A hyper-realistic military tactical shooter set in the vast open world of Chernarus, where you fight on foot, in vehicles and by commanding troops. Famous for its sandbox scale, mods and large multiplayer scenarios.

Starmade

Sandbox with your own goals

A sandbox space game where you build your own ships and stations from blocks, explore the void, and fight in combat, whether solo or on multiplayer servers.

Running With Rifles

Pixel art

A top-down tactical shooter where you control a single soldier within an army of hundreds, fighting chaotic battles across open maps. It offers a single-player campaign as well as online multiplayer and co-op.

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