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DEPLOYMENT

2018

Should you play it?

Deployment is an intense competitive top-down shooter game. Infosoldiers, made of pure information, fight in an endless war between governments and megacorporations to rule over the digital systems that control the world. Deploy your troops from up to five different classes!

What works

  • Addictive fast-paced gameplay
  • Multiple classes with upgrades
  • Randomly generated maps for replayability
  • Good multiplayer and co-op modes
  • Affordable price, especially on sale

Things to keep in mind

  • Sparse multiplayer population
  • Repetitive gameplay and grind
  • Minimal story and narrative depth
  • Technical issues and bugs reported
  • Limited customization and progression depth

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Enemy On Board

  • Pummel Party

  • Skillshot City

  • AirMech

  • Of Guards And Thieves

  • Dota 2

Less dominating

Games that feels like DEPLOYMENT but with less domination over others

  • Meltdown

  • SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising

  • 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far

  • Unrailed 2: Back on Track

  • Spiral Knights

  • TDS - Tower Defense Strategy

More story-driven

Games that feels like DEPLOYMENT but with deeper narrative immersion

  • I am not a Monster: First Contact

  • WAKFU

  • Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure

  • G2 Fighter / 基因特工

  • Eternal Return

  • The Last Conflict

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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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 DEPLOYMENT. These titles are not in What to play next.

DEPLOYMENT: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026