Othercide similar games & best alternatives

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Othercide

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2020

Should you play it?

As Humanity’s last hope, lead your army to combat in an intricate dance of spectacular actions and counters, using an original Dynamic Timeline System, and face fearsome bosses in epic battles.

What works

  • Unique timeline-based tactical combat
  • Dark, immersive art style and atmosphere
  • Deep meta progression and replayability
  • Challenging but fair difficulty
  • Excellent soundtrack and sound design

Things to keep in mind

  • Repetitive mission and enemy variety
  • Steep learning curve may deter some players
  • Some ui and technical issues reported
  • Limited customization and classes
  • No multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch

  • XCOM: Enemy Unknown

  • Space Hulk: Ascension (Classic)

  • Chrono Ark

  • Miasma Chronicles

  • Library Of Ruina

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Othercide but with less leadership over others

  • Dark Light

  • Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree

  • AI LIMIT

  • The First Berserker: Khazan

  • Phantom Rose 2 Sapphire

  • NINJA GAIDEN 4

More exploratory

Games that feels like Othercide but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Souls of Blades

  • Hellpoint: The Thespian Feast

  • ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights

  • The Surge 2

  • Darkest Dungeon® II

  • Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden

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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.
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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).

Othercide: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026