Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines similar games & best alternatives

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Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2007

Should you play it?

Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is a real-time tactics game set in World War II that puts you in command of a small squad of elite troopers. Send them behind enemy lines on a series of hazardous missions, and bring them back alive.

What works

  • Challenging and rewarding gameplay
  • Strong nostalgia and replay value
  • Unique commando abilities and tactical depth
  • Historical wwii setting
  • Well-designed mission variety

Things to keep in mind

  • Dated graphics and ui
  • Steep learning curve
  • Some technical issues on modern systems (fixed by patches)
  • Lack of multiplayer emphasis
  • No character customization

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • They Are Billions

  • Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive

  • Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware

  • Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty

  • Xenonauts

  • X-COM: Terror From the Deep

More expressive

Games that feels like Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines but with more self-expression and customization

  • Silent Storm Gold Edition

  • Metal Slug Tactics

  • Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse

  • Breach & Clear

  • Tactics Ogre: Reborn

  • Sumerian Six

More social

Games that feels like Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Commandos: Origins

  • Desperados III

  • War Mongrels

  • Door Kickers 2: Task Force North

  • Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice

  • Trench Lord: Eastern Front

Less fantastical

Games that feels like Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines but with less imaginative fiction

  • Blitzkrieg Anthology

  • Stalingrad

  • Men of War: Red Tide

  • Sudden Strike 2 Gold

  • Blitzkrieg 2 Anthology

  • American Conquest: Fight Back

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Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines: 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. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026