Interloper similar games & best alternatives

Interloper

iOS, Mac • 2015

Should you play it?

Interloper is an online multiplayer real-time strategy game with matches that take only 5 minutes. Instead of destroying your opponent, you win by claiming domain. By predicting your opponent's movements, you corner them to claim the entire map.

What works

  • Fast-paced and strategic gameplay
  • Easy to learn, hard to master
  • Short matches suitable for quick sessions
  • Unique and appealing art style
  • Active and responsive developers

Things to keep in mind

  • Multiplayer community is very small or dead
  • Limited number of maps and content
  • No narrative or campaign beyond tutorial
  • Some technical issues on certain platforms
  • Lack of cooperative or team modes

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Journey of Greed

  • Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®

  • Planets Under Attack

  • Art of War: Red Tides

  • Gremlins, Inc.

  • ICBM

Less dominating

Games that feels like Interloper but with less domination over others

  • Unexplored

  • Nordhold

  • IDUN - Frontline Survival

  • Good Robot

  • Monsters are Coming!

  • Infested Planet

Less competitive

Games that feels like Interloper but with less competition against others

  • AI War 2

  • Sipho

  • Time Wasters

  • Just King

  • Project Starship

  • Heat Signature

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Interloper but with less leadership over others

  • UBERMOSH:SANTICIDE

  • UBERMOSH Vol.7

  • UBERMOSH

  • UBERMOSH Vol.5

  • UBERMOSH:WRAITH

  • Boid

More social

Games that feels like Interloper but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Inkbound

  • Formicide

  • Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest

  • Tower Wars

  • MageQuit

  • Nexus 5X

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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).
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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).

Interloper: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Cooperation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Cooperation, Story.

Last update: 05/08/2026