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24 alternatives to Iron Marines
RTS game from the creators of Kingdom Rush trilogy
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Iron Marines launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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A prequel to one of the most addictive tower defense games
2014 · its alternatives →
- 2IM
I've posted this game here before, hopefully a repost is fine as the game has changed quite a bit (improved AI, improved mapeditor, much quicker gameplay, etc). Game is based on JavaScript/Canvas and WebSockets. On the browser side the map is pre-rendered (as a background image), just the mobile units/buildings and animations are dynamically rendered. The lobby server is made in node.js, but the game server is C++ for performance reasons (mainly the pathfinding). I found the C++ WebSocket libraries out there to be too difficult to use so I made my own based on the rfc. Overall I…
2022 · battle-of-flags.com · its alternatives →
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2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 4OR
2014 · openra.res0l.net · its alternatives →
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A fast-paced strategy card game for everyone
2015 · its alternatives →
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A simple browser RTS game. Defend your base. Capture flags.
2018 · its alternatives →
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A small browser-based arcade I vibe-coded between one missile alert and another. Written in Typescript from scratch. Hope you like it.
Mar 2026 · irondomecommander.com · its alternatives →
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I made a game (https://polyfight.io/) which revolves around a player (a tank) leveling up and upgrading by killing shapes and other tanks (partially inspired by https://diep.io). It has a bunch of features, a vast number of tanks, an inbuilt chatting system, clans to make teams with your friends, a colour scheme maker, controllable sandboxes which can be public or private, a last man standing gamemode, and an inbuilt 1v1 system with its own ELO rankings and a global leaderboard. The game has a few players right now, and I'd hope to spread the joy players have with…
2024 · polyfight.io · its alternatives →
- 14MA
I made an in-browser game called Meatshields (https://meatshields.com) which allows players to play a turn-based strategy game against many different players simultaneously. The game is heavily inspired by Advance Wars and I wanted to give people the multiplayer experience I loved from my childhood. I couldn't find an online version of the gameplay that I really loved (Advance Wars By Web (AWBW) is FANTASTIC, but there are actually a few gameplay mechanics in Advance Wars that I take issue with that I wanted to try to balance myself), so I decided to make my own. It's still pretty…
2017 · its alternatives →
- 15MA
A few months ago (82 days to be exact!) I posted a link on HN to my game, Meatshields. A bunch of you commented and played my game and gave me some wonderful feedback. Over the last few months I've been playing with many of you and implementing the best of everybody's suggestions. So, thank you, HN for all your help! I feel this is an extreme overhaul I couldn't have done without your input. Since then, I have: Dramatically improved our hosting platform (So it HOPEFULLY won't go down this time (oops.)), Added two new units, Rebalanced all existing units, Added many more maps, Improved the…
2017 · its alternatives →
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- 18M1
2019 · mnml.gg · its alternatives →
- 19WF
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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