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Games like Empire of the Ants

Enjoyed Empire of the Ants? Here are 6 games that play in a similar way – such as Starship Troopers: Terran Command, Uprising 2: Lead and Destroy, Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising. Each shows the cheapest key price from the stores we compare.

About Empire of the Ants: Empire of the Ants is a third-person real-time strategy game in which you command insect legions in epic battles. You conquer enemy nests and lead your colony through the dangers of the forest, playing as the warrior-caste ant 103,683rd, who explores the Federation and fights for it. Upgrading your nest unlocks stronger legions, while pheromones provide offensive and defensive abilities. The game also offers Horde mode with endless waves, story missions with scoring for replay, and online multiplayer.

Updated 12 Nov 2026, 00:00 UTC · similar games are picked by AI from our catalogue based on game content (play style, setting, co-op) · descriptions based on official publisher information on Steam

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Starship Troopers: Terran Command

Starship Troopers: Terran Command is a real-time strategy game set in the Starship Troopers film universe. Under Colonel Hawthorne you lead the Mobile Infantry on the desert planet Kwalasha, where the Arachnids disrupted the miners‘ peaceful lives, and fight to reclaim it. Your army mixes specialised unit types with unlockable elite abilities, such as Rifle Troopers, M11 Marauders and the Fleet Liaison. Tactical positioning is key: True Line of Sight and True Line of Fire limit your field of fire, so elevations and choke points pay off — and watch the tunnels the Bugs pour from.

Uprising 2: Lead and Destroy

Uprising 2: Lead and Destroy is a direct sequel to Uprising: Join or Die. After a century of bloody galactic war, an intelligent, bloodthirsty alien horde called the Kri’iSara threatens to wipe out all human life, and New Alliance Command relies on you to destroy it. You command your combined forces from a second-generation Wraith battle tank and fight through 28 brutal missions with fully upgraded weapons and power units at your disposal. Action and strategy are balanced in a streamlined design, and a Mission Editor lets you create your own solo levels.

Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising

In 2032 a world that knows only peace must relearn the art of war. Twenty years after a final destructive struggle for power, society has built a near utopia without currency, hunger or poverty, and all weapons have been destroyed. Hidden in an archipelago, however, a cabal of old-world magnates – former leaders, financiers, politicians and despots – plans a return to the greed-fuelled past. The only answer is the last remaining Adaptive Cruiser, The Antaeus: the player uses it to manufacture military units with advanced nanotechnology, plans the assault from within it and then enters the units for third-person action.

Tooth and Tail

Tooth and Tail is a real-time strategy game in which the player builds a base and commands an army. That army includes flamethrower-wielding Boars, Skunks lobbing mustard gas and Owls that puke paratroopers. A single-player campaign tells, with dark humour, a tale of riots and revolution in a civil war between the Longcoats, the Commonfolk, the KSR and the Civilized over who gets to eat and who has to be the meat. Online competitive play, split screen, replays, procedurally generated maps and customizable factions round it out; matches last 5–12 minutes and the controls are designed for a gamepad.

Moduwar

Moduwar is an adaptive organic real-time strategy game in which you control an alien creature, Modu, and your body serves as your army. You grow tiles from your body, place organs on them, and then split, merge or mutate these organs into units suited to each battle. The story is set in Arkadia, where Humans and the Chimera have enslaved the native Modu and turned them into living weapons. In the campaign you command one of three factions and decide whether to keep serving the ERE or break free; multiplayer for up to four players, Arena, Survival and Classic Skirmish modes are also available.

Men of War: Condemned Heroes

A standalone entry in the Men of War series, this real-time tactics game puts you in command of a Soviet penal battalion formed under Order 227. Its story draws on real events and veterans’ testimonies, and four connected campaigns from 1942 to 1945 follow condemned soldiers on the Eastern Front, from desperate defences in Poland to an assault on Germany. Missions mix large-scale battlefield planning with brutal close-quarters fighting, running on an enhanced GEM engine with improved physics and animation.