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Home Wars

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2017

Should you play it?

Do you hate bugs and arachnids? Seeing them creeps you out? Would you like them to disappear off the face of the Earth? GOOD! This is the right game for you! In HW you’ll play as a General of a toy soldiers army, with the sole purpose of saving the owner’s house from the invasion of those damn Bugs.

What works

  • Unique concept and nostalgic appeal
  • Challenging and deep strategy gameplay
  • Active and responsive developer
  • Variety of units and customization
  • Good value for price

Things to keep in mind

  • Bugs and glitches affecting gameplay
  • Steep learning curve and ui issues
  • Some balance problems and repetitiveness
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Unfinished polish and camera controls

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Xenonauts

  • Xenonauts 2

  • Shardpunk

  • Infection Free Zone

  • Astral Throne

  • Reignfall

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Home Wars but with less leadership over others

  • COMPOUND

  • The Adventures of Sir Kicksalot

  • ADACA

  • Void Bastards

  • Not The Robots

  • Rogue Shooter: The FPS Roguelike

More social

Games that feels like Home Wars but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Out of Ammo

  • Hedon Bloodrite

  • SENTRY

  • The Walking Trade

  • Plastic Battlegrounds

  • Vietnam War

More relaxing

Games that feels like Home Wars but with a more relaxing feel

  • Tactical Breach Wizards

  • Hive Blight

  • Toy Shire

  • Tabletop Tavern

  • .Forty-Five

  • NecroAttack！

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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).
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  • 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 Home Wars. These titles are not in What to play next.

Home Wars: A very typical example of its motivational profile. 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, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026