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Games like Cortex Command
Data Realms · 2012 · 71 % positive of 5,985
24 games that play like Cortex Command and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Forts, Codex of Victory and USC: Counterforce.
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At a glance
What games like Cortex Command have in common
- The tags they share most often with Cortex Command: Strategy (24 of 24), Sci-fi (15) and RTS (10).
- They came out between 2006 and 2025, 21 of them after Cortex Command (2012).
- Best rated by Steam players: Rusted Warfare - RTS (96 % positive of 6,241).
- Forts, Creeper World IXE and Dig or Die both play and look like Cortex Command.
By gameplay
Plays like Cortex Command
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Forts
91 % positive of 22,321
Shared: Strategy · Physics · Sandbox
Codex of Victory
68 % positive of 392
Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Indie
USC: Counterforce
70 % positive of 209
Shared: Strategy · Local Co-Op · Sci-fi
Creeper World IXE
70 % positive of 694
Shared: Strategy · Physics · Sandbox
Ground Control Anthology
86 % positive of 180
Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · RTS
Zero-K
93 % positive of 3,922
Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · RTS
Earth 2160
70 % positive of 1,405
Shared: Strategy · Pixel Graphics · Sci-fi
Metal Fatigue
94 % positive of 429
Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · RTS
Forged Battalion
58 % positive of 1,098
Shared: Strategy · RTS · Indie
Strain Tactics
85 % positive of 235
Shared: Strategy · Sandbox · Sci-fi
Rusted Warfare - RTS
96 % positive of 6,241
Shared: Strategy · Sandbox · Pixel Graphics
Frontline Crisis
89 % positive of 297
Shared: Strategy · Pixel Graphics · Local Co-Op
More matches
- IDUN - Frontline Survival78 % positive of 536Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · RTS
- Dig or Die90 % positive of 4,194Shared: Strategy · Physics · Sandbox
- WARSHIFT70 % positive of 686Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · RTS
- 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far82 % positive of 878Shared: Strategy · Sandbox · Moddable
- Frozen Synapse Prime63 % positive of 335Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi
- Nuclear Dawn78 % positive of 2,468Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · RTS
- Battlevoid: Sector Siege58 % positive of 191Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · RTS
- Control Craft 275 % positive of 440Shared: Strategy · Difficult · RTS
- Mechabellum86 % positive of 15,078Shared: Strategy · RTS · Action
- 8-Bit Invaders!82 % positive of 440Shared: Strategy · Pixel Graphics · Sci-fi
- Grey Goo67 % positive of 4,274Shared: Strategy · Sandbox · Sci-fi
- Supreme Commander 288 % positive of 12,431Shared: Strategy · Sandbox · Sci-fi
By look
Looks like Cortex Command
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Shortest Trip to Earth
77 % positive of 1,390
Edge of Space
33 % positive of 2,723
From Glory To Goo
95 % positive of 902
3030 Deathwar Redux - A Space Odyssey
93 % positive of 1,130
Mechanic Miner
57 % positive of 206
Farlanders: Prologue
92 % positive of 280
Forts
91 % positive of 22,321
Drill Core
85 % positive of 1,329
Farlanders
93 % positive of 524
Ad Fundum
94 % positive of 341
Oxygen Not Included
96 % positive of 128,390
RimWorld
97 % positive of 210,517
More matches
- Mr.Mine91 % positive of 17,216
- Rogue Station78 % positive of 215
- Super Mining Mechs90 % positive of 585
- Asteria55 % positive of 250
- After the Collapse79 % positive of 205
- CryoFall78 % positive of 6,167
- Pixel Starships73 % positive of 2,732
- Ark of Charon79 % positive of 344
- Dig or Die90 % positive of 4,194
- Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)78 % positive of 811
- Creeper World IXE70 % positive of 694
- Signs of Life76 % positive of 821
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.