34 Multiplayer games like Gratuitous Space Battles that you should try

Shelved next to Gratuitous Space Battles for good reason: a sandbox world, tactical combat and single-player focus. To that it adds an isometric view. They part company on setting and visuals: this one brings historical setting.

It comes from the same genre as Gratuitous Space Battles and shares a sandbox world, tactical combat and single-player focus. To that it adds an isometric view. They part company on tone and setting: this one brings strong narrative focus and a medieval setting.

Genre puts it alongside Gratuitous Space Battles, and so does a sandbox world, tactical combat and single-player focus. The common ground extends to an isometric view. Where the two diverge is tone and setting: strong narrative focus and a medieval setting.

Shelved next to Gratuitous Space Battles for good reason: a sandbox world, tactical combat and single-player focus. Both also lean on an isometric view. The distance is in tone and game mode — its own ground is a casual, approachable feel and co-op play.

On paper it is what Gratuitous Space Battles is — melee combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. To that it adds an isometric view. They part company on tone and setting: this one brings strong narrative focus and post-apocalyptic world.

It shares the essentials of what Gratuitous Space Battles does: punishing difficulty, tactical combat and a sci-fi setting. The common ground extends to single-player focus and an isometric view. Where the two diverge is world and visuals: open world exploration.

Shelved next to Gratuitous Space Battles for good reason: tactical combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. To that it adds an isometric view. They part company on visuals and setting: this one brings loot and gear systems.

It comes from the same genre as Gratuitous Space Battles and shares a sandbox world, tactical combat and single-player focus. Both also lean on a top-down view. The distance is in tone and setting — its own ground is dark, oppressive atmosphere and procedural generation.

The genre is the same as Gratuitous Space Battles’s, and with it punishing difficulty, a sandbox world and tactical combat. The common ground extends to multiplayer gameplay and an isometric view. Where the two diverge is tone and game mode: a casual, approachable feel and magic-based combat.

On paper it is what Gratuitous Space Battles is — punishing difficulty, a sandbox world and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Both also lean on 2D presentation. The distance is in setting and visuals — its own ground is open world exploration and fantasy world.

Shelved next to Gratuitous Space Battles for good reason: a sandbox world, single-player focus and an isometric view. They part company on combat and setting: this one brings magic-based combat and historical setting.

The genre is the same as Gratuitous Space Battles’s, and with it a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and an isometric view. The distance is in setting and visuals — its own ground is post-apocalyptic world.

Genre puts it alongside Gratuitous Space Battles, and so does tactical combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. To that it adds 2D presentation. They part company on tone and visuals: this one brings dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting.

Its point of contact with Gratuitous Space Battles is single-player focus and an isometric view. The distance is in visuals.

The genre is the same as Gratuitous Space Battles’s, and with it single-player focus and an isometric view. They part company on setting and visuals: this one brings fantasy world.