Starship Troopers: Terran Command similar games & best alternatives

Starship Troopers: Terran Command

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2022

Should you play it?

Lead the Mobile Infantry in this RTS game set in the Starship Troopers film universe. Balance your army composition with a diverse set of unit types, overcome line-of-sight and line-of-fire challenges through tactical positioning, and use special abilities to smash the Arachnid hordes!

What works

  • Faithful to starship troopers universe and tone
  • Challenging tactical gameplay with line-of-fire mechanics
  • Solid single-player campaign with dlc expansions
  • Good visual and audio design capturing sci-fi atmosphere
  • Community content and map editor support

Things to keep in mind

  • Lack of multiplayer, co-op, or skirmish modes
  • Linear missions with limited replayability
  • Some ai and pathfinding issues reported
  • No base building or customization depth
  • Price considered high by some for content volume

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Anomaly: Warzone Earth

  • Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch

  • Calyx

  • They Are Billions

  • MarZ: Tactical Base Defense

  • Gears Tactics

More exploratory

Games that feels like Starship Troopers: Terran Command but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Tower of Time

  • Aliens: Dark Descent

  • Miasma Chronicles

  • Darfall

  • Sumerian Six

  • Showgunners

Less fantastical

Games that feels like Starship Troopers: Terran Command but with less imaginative fiction

  • Men of War: Red Tide

  • Syrian Warfare

  • Sudden Strike 2 Gold

  • Sudden Strike 4

  • War Mongrels

  • Last Train Home

More competitive

Games that feels like Starship Troopers: Terran Command but with more competition against others

  • Tempest Rising

  • Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector

  • Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars™

  • Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach (Classic)

  • Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak

  • Anomaly 2

More social

Games that feels like Starship Troopers: Terran Command but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics

  • Commandos: Origins

  • Gorky 17

  • Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

  • Partisans 1941

  • Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice

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Starship Troopers: Terran Command: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Exploration.

Last update: 03/08/2026