First Strike similar games & best alternatives

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First Strike

Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac • 2017

Should you play it?

FIRST STRIKE is a fast paced real time strategy game where you play one of the twelve biggest nuclear superpowers of the world – from known superpowers like the USA to an upstart hellraiser like North Korea – and try to be the last one remaining when the whole world blows to smithereens.

What works

  • Addictive and engaging gameplay
  • Good strategic depth and variety
  • Smooth controls and ui improvements over mobile
  • Interesting superweapons and diplomacy mechanics
  • Accessible for quick sessions

Things to keep in mind

  • No multiplayer in pc version
  • Some bugs and ui issues
  • Limited content compared to mobile version
  • Ai can be inconsistent or unbalanced
  • Price considered high by some players

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Planets Under Attack

  • Polaris Sector

  • Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®

  • Final Theory

  • Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection

  • Interplanetary: Enhanced Edition

Less competitive

Games that feels like First Strike but with less competition against others

  • AI War 2

  • Fate of the World: Tipping Point

  • Spinnortality | cyberpunk management sim

  • Battlevoid: Harbinger

  • Taur

  • Space Tyrant

More expressive

Games that feels like First Strike but with more self-expression and customization

  • Galactic Civilizations IV

  • Stellaris

  • Particle Fleet: Emergence

  • Stellar Warfare

  • Star Ruler

  • Worbital

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with First Strike. 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.
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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 First Strike. These titles are not in What to play next.

First Strike: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Status, Intimacy.

Last update: 21/08/2026