Jagged Alliance 3 similar games & best alternatives

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Jagged Alliance 3

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One • 2023

Should you play it?

The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.

What works

  • Faithful successor to jagged alliance 2
  • Challenging and deep tactical combat
  • Engaging merc personalities and humor
  • Strong strategic and rpg elements
  • Cooperative multiplayer and mod support

Things to keep in mind

  • Some ui and tutorial shortcomings
  • Small map sizes limit exploration
  • Balance issues and occasional difficulty spikes
  • Lack of certain classic features (e.g. shops)
  • Performance optimization needed on some systems

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Cyber Knights: Flashpoint

  • Frosthaven

  • Divinity: Original Sin (Classic)

  • Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition

  • Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked

  • Gloomhaven

Less social

Games that feels like Jagged Alliance 3 but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Hard West 2

  • Every Day We Fight

  • MENACE

  • Sumerian Six

  • Elemental: Reforged

  • Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Jagged Alliance 3 but with less of a community feel

  • The Hand of Merlin

  • Silent Storm Gold Edition

  • Miasma Chronicles

  • Jagged Alliance - Back in Action

  • Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew

  • Decision: Red Daze

Less fantastical

Games that feels like Jagged Alliance 3 but with less imaginative fiction

  • War Mongrels

  • Expeditions: Viking

  • Expeditions: Conquistador

  • Commandos: Origins

  • RUNNING WITH RIFLES

  • Expeditions: Rome

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Stranded: Alien Dawn

  • Tzar: The Burden of the Crown

  • Grand Ages: Rome

  • Tropico 5

  • Tropico 4

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  • 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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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 Jagged Alliance 3. These titles are not in What to play next.

Jagged Alliance 3: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Violence, Story.

Last update: 21/08/2026