Create account
Cover of Cortex Command

Similar games

Games like Cortex Command

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
＋ Combine with my games

Where to buy

* Affiliate link. Prices are synced regularly and may have changed in the shop since.

More in these topics: Sci-fi games Pixel art games

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.

Similar in what way?

0 of 3

Up to three areas count more, the rest steps back.

Not for me Shooter, Pixel art

Games where this is clearly part of it are left out, no matter how well the rest fits.

Horror Turn-based combat High difficulty Roguelike runs Shooter Pixel art Grind Survival PvP Open world Card game Allow all again

10 games with a similar feel, sorted by match · How is this calculated?

Show games from the same series

Best match

Barotrauma

83 %Match

2023USK 12PC, Steam Deck playable94 % positive34.99 €

Delivers what excites you about Cortex Command: complex systems to tinker with, a sci-fi setting and 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.

Where to buy

  • Gamesplanet* Best price Steam key 29.74 € 34.99 € −15 % Go to shop
  • Steam PC 34.99 € Go to shop

* Affiliate link. Prices are synced regularly and may have changed in the shop since.

Similar games →

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.

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.

Space Engineers

Sandbox with your own goals

A physics-driven space sandbox where you engineer ships, stations and rovers block by block, mine asteroids and watch your creations get realistically torn apart. Its huge creative and technical freedom shines brightest with friends in co-op.

Factorio

Sandbox with your own goals

Stranded on an alien world, you grow a crude mining operation into a sprawling automated factory, endlessly optimizing belts, production chains and logistics. All the while you must defend it from native creatures angered by your spreading pollution.

Sins of a Solar Empire

Tactical depth

A space strategy game blending real-time fleet battles with 4X economy, expansion and diplomacy. You lead an interstellar empire and command huge fleets across entire star systems.

Total Annihilation

Tactical depth

A landmark real-time strategy game where the Arm and Core factions clash in massive robot wars. Flowing resource management and true 3D units and terrain set a high bar for the genre.

From the Depths

Tactical depth

A deep vehicle-building sandbox where you design warships, submarines, aircraft and spaceships block by block, then test them in battles or a strategic island campaign against eight factions. Its engineering depth in weapons, propulsion and construction rewards dedicated tinkerers.

Supreme Commander 2

Tactical depth

A sci-fi real-time strategy game where you build an economy around your powerful commander unit, field huge armies and destroy the enemy commander. Research trees and large-scale battles are the focus.

Feedback