Games like Phantom Brigade

Miss the replayable and cinematic pull of Phantom Brigade? Give these games a try when the craving hits.

Into the Breach
Giant bugs are tearing up the surface, and you have three mechs and an 8x8 grid to stop them. Every enemy attack is shown in advance, so losing is never bad luck: it is a mistake you can learn from. Short, tense, endlessly replayable tactics from the makers of FTL.
Replayable, Tense
93% of 19,172 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 216$14.99
BATTLETECH
Command four giant BattleMechs as a mercenary captain caught in a civil war in 3025. You position each machine forTerrain, facing, and heat matter, then keep the company solvent between fights. Slow, crunchy tactics with a full management layer underneath.
Replayable
84% of 23,176 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,552$39.99
MENACE
Lead marines, mercenaries and criminals across the cut-off Wayback system to stop an alien threat. You answer distress calls, build infantry squads and tanks, and fight hard turn-based battles where suppression, cover and range decide who walks home.
Replayable, Tense
90% of 12,848 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 801$39.99
Mech Armada
Create and command custom Mechs to outmaneuver The Swarm in this post-apocalyptic tactical turn-based rogue-lite. Leverage the terrain, learn each Mech's unique skills and use strategy and resources to survive an ever-changing series of battles to give humanity hope.
Replayable, Tense
81% of 658 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99
NITRO GEN OMEGA
A sandbox tactical RPG of steel, fire, friendship, and shonen anime. Assemble your crew, customize your Mech, and lead them in cinematic turn-based battles through a world ruled by rogue AI. The bonds you forge will decide who survives!
Replayable
83% of 410 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$29.99
Drop Command
A '90s-flavoured mech war on a grand scale. Run a sandbox campaign across a whole star cluster, then drop into any battle and pilot whichever unit you fancy: a mech, a tank, a VTOL or power-armoured infantry. Build an empire, customize your pilots, and shoot through fully destructible battlefields. One more planet always sounds like a good idea.
Replayable, Tense
79% of 153 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$22.99
Grit and Valor - 1949
A dieselpunk real-time tactics roguelite set in an alt-history World War 2. Grit and Valor – 1949 puts you in command of an elite Mech Squadron. Think fast and battle the Evil Axis forces to liberate Europe. Upgrade your Mechs and Pilots and develop new strategies to neutralise the enemy HQ!
Replayable, Tense
75% of 276 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Mecharashi
Mecharashi is a turn-based tactics game about mechs you build yourself. Every machine is made of parts with their own health, so shooting off a leg or an arm really matters. Assemble your squad, pick pilots with their own stories, and fight through the war-torn world of Milkhama.
Replayable
68% of 1,537 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 166Free
No Plan B
Carefully plan your team's tactics in close quarters battles. Use the timeline to synchronize each door breach, grenade throw and room entry with precision. Watch your team execute your plan autonomously in epic cinematic replays. Take on challenging roguelike campaigns or standalone missions.
Replayable, Tense
86% of 767 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Mech Havoc
Rogue AI HIVE has taken the planet, and you answer with steel. Pick anything from a weaponized delivery truck to a towering heavy mech, bolt on lasers, railguns, or missile barrages, then flatten killer robots across destructible deserts, frozen wastes, and cities.
Replayable, Tense
96% of 867 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$9.99
Brigador: Up-Armored Edition
Pilot a mech through Solo Nobre, a cyberpunk city where every building can come down. Pick from 56 vehicles and 40 weapons, level whole blocks, and get paid for the wreckage. A fast, tactical isometric shooter with a synth soundtrack that carries the whole grim thing.
Replayable, Tense
93% of 4,605 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$24.99
Mechs & Mercs: Black Talons
You are the commander of the Black Talons company, currently stationed in the Oberon system. After an eventful campaign, the military Tzanar Union has overrun the planet of Genai and blocked all departure from the system: leaving you and the Black Talons stranded.
Replayable, Tense
44% of 120 Steam reviews are positive$9.99

Cheaper than Phantom Brigade

Into the Breach

Command three mechs on a tiny battlefield where you see every enemy attack coming and each turn is a puzzle to solve.

$14.99

Mech Armada

Create and command custom Mechs to outmaneuver The Swarm in this post-apocalyptic tactical turn-based rogue-lite.

$19.99

Drop Command

Run a sandbox campaign, drop into any battle, and pilot a mech, tank, VTOL or power-armoured soldier through fully destructible battlefields.

$22.99

Grit and Valor - 1949

A dieselpunk real-time tactics roguelite set in an alt-history World War 2. Grit and Valor – 1949 puts you in command of an elite Mech Squadron.

$19.99

No Plan B

Carefully plan your team's tactics in close quarters battles.

$14.99

Mech Havoc

Rogue AI HIVE has taken the planet, and you answer with steel.

$9.99

Brigador: Up-Armored Edition

Drive a mech through a cyberpunk city where nothing you shoot stays standing, and cash in the rubble.

$24.99

Mechs & Mercs: Black Talons

You are the commander of the Black Talons company, currently stationed in the Oberon system.

$9.99

Cavalry Girls

Command a mecha squad through a fast top-down war where every gun you assemble and every choice you make pushes the story toward a different ending.

$8.79

MechCorp

MechCorp. is a turn-based-tactics/strategy game where you take command of a mercenary mech squadron in space.

$8.99

Ignited Steel: Mech Tactics

Ignited Steel is a mech roguelike turn-based-tactics game. Manage a team of overheating old-tech mechs, more heat means more vulnerability and damage!

$14.99