GUNS UP! similar games & best alternatives

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GUNS UP!

2018

Should you play it?

GUNS UP! is a free-to-play side-scrolling strategy game that pits players against each other in a battle to destroy enemy bases to increase their own army’s strength. GUNS UP! combines the fun of enemy base invasion with tower–defense, for an experience like no other!

What works

  • Fun and unique base building and pvp gameplay
  • Free-to-play with fair progression
  • Customization of bases and troops
  • Engaging strategic combat
  • Active community and alliances

Things to keep in mind

  • Game shutdown and server termination
  • Grindy progression at higher levels
  • Pay-to-win elements and monetization complaints
  • Repetitive meta strategies limit creativity
  • Technical issues and bugs reported

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Deadswitch Combat

  • Dota Underlords

  • Minion Masters

  • Battlerite Royale

  • Crystal Clash

  • Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense

More fantastical

Games that feels like GUNS UP! but with more imaginative fiction

  • Phobies

  • Dota 2

  • Entropy Survivors

  • Miscrits: World of Creatures

  • Dungeon Defenders

  • SOVL: Fantasy Warfare

More story-driven

Games that feels like GUNS UP! but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Battle Nations

  • Pox Nora

  • The Walking Dead: No Man's Land

  • Infinity Wars: Animated Trading Card Game

  • Swords and Sandals Immortals

  • Galaxy Life

More intimate

Games that feels like GUNS UP! but with more focus on close relationships

  • SUPERVIVE

  • HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition

  • Sineus Arena Survivors

  • Sirocco

  • They Can't Stop All Of Us

  • The Ultimatest Battle

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

GUNS UP!: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Exploration, Fantasy.

Last update: 03/08/2026