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Silica

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2023

Should you play it?

Silica blends FPS and RTS in epic, photorealistic battles. Choose to fight on the ground or command from above as humans or aliens. Dive into thrilling multiplayer combat or master strategic command. Are you ready to survive and conquer?

What works

  • Innovative rts/fps hybrid gameplay
  • Strong team cooperation and leadership roles
  • Immersive sci-fi setting and visuals
  • Active developer engagement and updates
  • Reasonable price for early access

Things to keep in mind

  • Ai pathfinding and unit control issues
  • Slow pacing and large map traversal
  • Limited customization and content
  • Performance and optimization problems
  • Small player base and matchmaking challenges

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Battlezone: Combat Commander

  • Guardians Frontline

  • Vox Machinae

  • Angels Fall First

  • Last Flag

  • WARSHIFT

More dominating

Games that feels like Silica but with more domination over others

  • DUCKSIDE

  • Natural Selection 2

  • Forefront

  • Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)

  • Halo: The Master Chief Collection

  • Battlezone 98 Redux

More expressive

Games that feels like Silica but with more self-expression and customization

  • Crossout

  • Space Engineers

  • Arma Reforger

  • Shatterline

  • Enlisted

  • Borderlands 2

Less fantastical

Games that feels like Silica but with less imaginative fiction

  • Arma 3

  • Company of Heroes

  • Isonzo

  • Battlefield™ 1

  • Battlefield™ V

  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands

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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.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • 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).

Silica: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Cooperation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

Last update: 03/08/2026