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We filtered the 50 games similar to Idun: Frontline Survival down to the 18 that fit the “Sci-Fi” category. Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time and Robowars top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Idun: Frontline Survival.

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Year 2025Dev IDUN Interactive
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Within the “Sci-Fi” category, the closest game to Idun: Frontline Survival is Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars — scoring 64/100 on our similarity scale. Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time and Robowars follow close behind.

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The best games with a sci-fi setting like Idun: Frontline Survival

18 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Idun: Frontline Survival. Each one has been evaluated across 18 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
StrategyTower Defense
SoloMeleeTacticalSci-FiHistoricalBase BuildingIsometric
Steam👍 90%· 9.2KRAWG👍 83%· 225MC85IGDB85· 4
Year 2007Dev Electronic Arts Los Angeles · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of tower defense games: real-time strategy, deep simulation and tower defense planning

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus, post-apocalyptic world and multiplayer gameplay, while skipping turn-based strategy

Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars is a real-time strategy game developed by EA Los Angeles. It is the third game in the Tiberium sub-series and continues the plot of Tiberian Sun. ###Plot The year is 2047, 17 years after the events of the Firestorm Expansion pack.

Where it drifts furthest from Idun: Frontline Survival: visuals.

It predates Idun: Frontline Survival by 18 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Progression72Setting63Game mode54Visuals38
Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time
StrategyTower Defense
SoloTacticalSci-FiHistoricalMultiplayer
IGDB80· 1
Year 2013Dev PopCap Games · Electronic ArtsOn Android · iOS

✓ Fits the tower defense games cluster, with real-time strategy, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics

≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and multiplayer gameplay, while skipping turn-based strategy

Where it drifts furthest from Idun: Frontline Survival: visuals.

It predates Idun: Frontline Survival by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat78Setting64Game mode55Visuals0
#3Robowars
Robowars
StrategyTower Defense
SoloTacticalMeleeSci-FiHistoricalIsometricTop-Down3D
Steam👍 46%· 290
Year 2014Dev N-Game Studios · KissPlaytime ~3hOn PC

✓ Same family of tower defense games: tower defense planning, real-time strategy and combat tactical

≠ Where it differs: brings card game strategy, setting cyberpunk and co op, while skipping turn-based strategy

In the near future, mankind has opened the way to the stars – made possible through the use of droids, able to operate in the hostile environment of the deep space. However, both spaceships and droids are dependent on ‘Neonium’ for their power.

Where it drifts furthest from Idun: Frontline Survival: game mode.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Idun: Frontline Survival.

It predates Idun: Frontline Survival by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Visuals100Setting56Game mode47
#4Gratuitous Space Battles
Gratuitous Space Battles
StrategyTower Defense
SoloMeleeTacticalSci-FiSpaceTop-DownIsometric
Steam👍 70%· 877RAWG👍 24%· 42MC72IGDB65· 2
Year 2009Dev Positech GamesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Same family of tower defense games: deep simulation, turn-based strategy and real-time strategy

≠ Stands apart with sandbox freedom, punishing difficulty and sandbox world, while skipping adventure storytelling

Gratuitous Space Battles is a mix of real-time strategy and tactics of Tower Defense, altogether featuring a science-fiction setting of space warfare.

Where it drifts furthest from Idun: Frontline Survival: world.

It predates Idun: Frontline Survival by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Setting85Visuals66Game mode54World0
#5Anomaly: Warzone Earth
Anomaly: Warzone Earth
StrategyTower Defense
SoloMeleeSci-FiHistoricalIsometric
Steam👍 87%· 4.7KRAWG👍 45%· 226MC80IGDB85· 5
Year 2011Dev 11 Bit Studios · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are tower defense games — sharing real-time strategy, tower defense planning and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings fantasy world, while skipping turn-based strategy

Anomaly: Warzone Earth is a real-time strategy based on tower defense genre principles. However, instead of protecting your base from waves of enemies, in this game, you try to break into aliens' facilities.  The story is set in the near future when an alien spacecraft falls on Earth.

Where it drifts furthest from Idun: Frontline Survival: visuals.

It predates Idun: Frontline Survival by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Setting65Combat55Visuals38
AI War: Fleet Command
StrategyTower Defense
SoloTacticalMeleeSci-FiSpaceIsometric
Steam👍 82%· 1.6KRAWG👍 26%· 50MC80IGDB90· 1
Year 2009Dev Arcen GamesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Same family of tower defense games: real-time strategy, deep simulation and turn-based strategy

≠ Where it differs: brings punishing difficulty, open world exploration and co op, while skipping adventure storytelling

###Impulse A real-time strategy developed by independent developers from Arcen Games. The game first appeared on the public in 2009 on the developer's site and the Impulse site, and later appeared on Steam in version 2.0.

Where it drifts furthest from Idun: Frontline Survival: world and progression.

It predates Idun: Frontline Survival by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Setting80Visuals38Game mode33World0
Unstoppable Gorg
StrategyTower Defense
SoloMeleeSci-FiSpaceIsometric
Steam👍 79%· 307MC73IGDB73· 2
Year 2012Dev FuturemarkPlaytime ~1hOn PC · iOS · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of tower defense games: tower defense planning, melee combat and setting scifi

≠ Stands apart with vibe casual, while skipping turn-based strategy

Get ready to experience a revolution in tower defense that will send you spinning. Unstoppable Gorg challenges you to defend the solar system from fearsome aliens by sending satellites into orbit. Unlike other tower defense games, in Unstoppable Gorg you can move your towers by rotating the orbits that surround planets, moons and space stations.

Where it drifts furthest from Idun: Frontline Survival: visuals.

It predates Idun: Frontline Survival by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Setting82Combat53Visuals38
#8Maia
Maia
StrategyRTS
SoloProceduralSci-FiSpaceBase BuildingCrafting
Steam👍 44%· 1.1K
Year 2013Dev Simon Roth · Machine StudiosPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Shared with Idun: Frontline Survival: real-time strategy, deep simulation and survival mechanics

≠ Where it differs: brings sandbox freedom, sandbox world and resource management, while skipping turn-based strategy

About This Game Maia is a strange and hostile alien world, toxic to humans, yet lush with new life. Your mission is to colonise this poison eden, survive it's dangers and establish humanity's first foothold in the stars.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Idun: Frontline Survival.

It predates Idun: Frontline Survival by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

Game mode100Setting83Progression79World78Genre50
Infested Planet
StrategyTower Defense
SoloTacticalMeleeSci-FiIsometricTop-Down
Steam👍 94%· 3.0KRAWG👍 59%· 44MC75OC77· 10
Year 2013Dev Rocket Bear GamesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Fits the tower defense games cluster, with real-time strategy, tower defense planning and combat tactical

≠ Stands apart with visual 2d, while skipping turn-based strategy

Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmaneuver and outsmart the enemy. The enemy is closing in around you. Your soldiers are being flanked and the perimeter is slowly collapsing under a vicious alien assault.

Where it drifts furthest from Idun: Frontline Survival: setting.

It predates Idun: Frontline Survival by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Visuals69Setting45
Defense Grid: The Awakening
StrategyTower Defense
SoloTacticalSci-FiIsometric
Steam👍 96%· 5.3KRAWG👍 59%· 106MC81IGDB86· 2
Year 2008Dev Hidden Path EntertainmentPlaytime ~4hOn PC · Xbox · Apple Macintosh

✓ Nearly identical: tower defense planning, deep simulation and real-time strategy.

≠ Missing: turn-based strategy.

###Microsoft’s tower defence The game is one in the genre of tower defense, developed by Hidden Path Entertainment for PC and Xbox 360. Later it was ported to the Mac, and for other consoles in 2013.

Where it drifts furthest from Idun: Frontline Survival: visuals and setting.

It predates Idun: Frontline Survival by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Combat78Setting45Visuals38
Revenge of the Titans
StrategyTower Defense
SoloMeleeSci-FiIsometricTop-Down
Steam👍 82%· 1.3KRAWG👍 38%· 94MC79IGDB70· 1
Year 2010Dev Puppygames · Puppy GamesPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Fits the tower defense games cluster, with tower defense planning, real-time strategy and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: punishing difficulty, visual pixel and visual 2d, while skipping turn-based strategy

Revenge of the Titans is a sequel to Titan Attacks! In the previous game, aliens who arrived from Titan on huge spacecraft to destroy us, were successfully stopped. But they flew again - to avenge the defeat. This time they prepared a full-scale landing on the surface of the planet.

Where it drifts furthest from Idun: Frontline Survival: setting.

It predates Idun: Frontline Survival by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals59Combat53Setting45
StarCraft
StrategyTower Defense
SoloTacticalMeleeSci-FiIsometric
Year 1998Dev Blizzard EntertainmentOn PC · Mac

✓ Fits the tower defense games cluster, with real-time strategy, tower defense planning and combat tactical

≠ Stands apart with multiplayer gameplay, loot and gear systems and skill tree progression, while skipping turn-based strategy

Where it drifts furthest from Idun: Frontline Survival: progression and visuals.

It predates Idun: Frontline Survival by 27 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode55Setting43Visuals38Progression0
Harvest: Massive Encounter
StrategyTower Defense
SoloSci-FiBase Building
Steam👍 79%· 162
Year 2008Dev Oxeye Game StudioPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Nearly identical: tower defense planning, real-time strategy and setting scifi.

≠ Missing: turn-based strategy.

Harvest: Massive Encounter is an award-winning real-time strategy game with battles of epic proportions and a unique style of resource management and exploration.

Where it drifts furthest from Idun: Frontline Survival: setting.

It predates Idun: Frontline Survival by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Progression65Setting45
Gratuitous Tank Battles
StrategyTower Defense
SoloSci-Fi
Steam👍 52%· 103MC69
Year 2012Dev Positech GamesPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Nearly identical: deep simulation, tower defense planning and setting scifi.

≠ Missing: turn-based strategy.

Gratuitous Tank Battles (GTB) is a unique hybrid of tower-defense, strategy, simulation and RTS. Set in an alternate history timeline where World War I never ends, you are the commander of allied forces fighting right up to the year 2114, where Mechs and lasers are used alongside tanks and rifles.

Where it drifts furthest from Idun: Frontline Survival: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Idun: Frontline Survival.

It predates Idun: Frontline Survival by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Setting43
Oil Rush
StrategyTower Defense
SoloSci-FiIsometricMultiplayerPost-Apocalyptic
Steam👍 58%· 535RAWG👍 13%· 54MC67IGDB50· 2
Year 2012Dev UniginePlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Fits the tower defense games cluster, with real-time strategy, tower defense planning and setting scifi

≠ Its own twist: post-apocalyptic world and multiplayer gameplay, while skipping turn-based strategy

This game is a genre of naval strategy with elements of tower defense from the Russian studio Unigine Corp. The game uses the graphics engine Unigine, which is known by most gamers thanks to the benchmark Unigine Heaven.

Where it drifts furthest from Idun: Frontline Survival: setting and visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Idun: Frontline Survival.

It predates Idun: Frontline Survival by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode55Visuals38Setting36

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