Anomaly 2 similar games & best alternatives

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Anomaly 2

PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac • 2013

Should you play it?

Anomaly 2 is a sequel to the critically acclaimed Anomaly Warzone Earth. Maintaining the core elements of the original, Anomaly 2 adds plenty of new features: unit morphing, over million tactical combinations, post-apo world and tower defense vs tower offense multiplayer mode.

What works

  • Innovative unit morphing mechanic
  • Engaging and dynamic gameplay
  • Good graphics and sound design
  • Interesting sci-fi story with multiple endings
  • Challenging tactical depth

Things to keep in mind

  • Short single-player campaign
  • Sparse and inactive multiplayer community
  • Steep learning curve with long tutorials
  • Limited replayability beyond campaign
  • Some ui and control quirks

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Annihilate The Spance

  • Rogue Waters

  • Earth 2150 Trilogy

  • King Arthur: Knight's Tale

  • Showgunners

  • Sumerian Six

Less competitive

Games that feels like Anomaly 2 but with less competition against others

  • Shadows: Awakening

  • The Hive

  • Starship Troopers: Terran Command

  • Anomaly: Warzone Earth

  • Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch

  • Miasma Chronicles

More social

Games that feels like Anomaly 2 but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition

  • Solstice Chronicles: MIA

  • X-Morph: Defense

  • The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing

  • Songs of Silence

  • Skulls of the Shogun

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Anomaly: Warzone Earth

  • Anomaly Korea

  • Anomaly Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign

  • Anomaly Defenders

  • Frostpunk

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Anomaly 2. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Anomaly 2. These titles are not in What to play next.

Anomaly 2: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Competition. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

Last update: 21/08/2026