It Takes a War similar games & best alternatives

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It Takes a War

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2025

Should you play it?

Graphics! Guns! Glory! Get ready to drop into a devastatingly real depiction of the battlefield as you and your team take on a relentless foe. It Takes a War presents a new vision for the team-based tactical shooter genre.

What works

  • Innovative meta-narrative storytelling
  • Emotional and relatable themes
  • Short and accessible experience
  • Creative use of steam features
  • Thought-provoking social commentary

Things to keep in mind

  • Clunky and weak gameplay mechanics
  • Very short with limited replay value
  • Some voice acting and writing criticized
  • Technical issues and bugs reported
  • Some players found story execution uneven

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

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  • Sally Face - Episode One

Less intimate

Games that feels like It Takes a War but with less focus on close relationships

  • The spy who shot me™

  • Kvark

  • Dread X Collection 5

  • Fingerbones

  • Chop Goblins

  • Metal Garden

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like It Takes a War but with less of a community feel

  • Paratopic

  • This Strange Realm Of Mine

  • Sorry We're Closed

  • Sniper Killer

  • El Paso, Elsewhere

  • BABBDI

More continuation-driven

Games that feels like It Takes a War but with an even stronger pull to keep playing

  • DUSK

  • Polyarmory: High Calibre Love

  • BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT

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  • Eternal Afternoon

  • Anodyne 2: Return to Dust

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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).

It Takes a War: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Competence, Experimenting, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition.

Last update: 03/08/2026