Formicide similar games & best alternatives

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Formicide

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2017

Should you play it?

Formicide is a fast-paced 2D online platformer with a lineup of versatile classes. Think Worms meets Team Fortress 2. Face off with teammates against enemies in destructible environments with the weapons and abilities at your disposal.

What works

  • Free to play with no microtransactions
  • Fun and fast-paced gameplay
  • Multiple unique classes with abilities
  • Balanced and strategic team play
  • Low system requirements

Things to keep in mind

  • Very small and mostly dead player base
  • Lack of progression and customization
  • Limited maps and game modes
  • Technical issues and crashes reported
  • No bots or offline play

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Ring of Titans

  • Knight Club +

  • Armajet

  • SYNTHETIK: Arena

  • Altitude

  • Dungeon Rampage

More progression-driven

Games that feels like Formicide but with more progression and upgrades

  • Portal Dungeon

  • Sky Force Reloaded

  • Shape of Dreams: Prologue

  • Ember Knights

  • SAS: Zombie Assault 4

  • GUNTOUCHABLES

Less social

Games that feels like Formicide but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Syder Arcade

  • Pixel Gladiator

  • Magic Rune Stone

  • Jaded

  • Time Wasters

  • Just King

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Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

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

Formicide: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Fantasy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Progression, Status.

Last update: 21/08/2026