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REDCON

2016

Should you play it?

Command your own fortress in FTL-like real-time battles! Crush the enemy fortress with unrelenting bombardment or seize it with carefully executed invasion.

What works

  • Deep tactical gameplay
  • Extensive fort and weapon customization
  • Challenging and rewarding
  • Good value for price
  • Engaging dystopian setting

Things to keep in mind

  • No multiplayer or co-op
  • Tedious micromanagement controls
  • Lack of replay modes beyond campaign
  • Steep difficulty curve
  • Some ui and control frustrations

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Last Spell

  • Time Walker: Dark World

  • Ironcast

  • Dream of Corpse Lady

  • Sintopia

  • Prime of Flames

More exploratory

Games that feels like REDCON but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Stellar Tactics

  • Home Behind 2

  • Shortest Trip to Earth

  • Ark of Charon

  • Darfall

  • SteamWorld Heist II

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like REDCON but with less leadership over others

  • Breachway

  • CleanFall

  • Swarm Queen

  • Battlecruisers

  • Wantless : Solace at World’s End

  • System Crash

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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 REDCON. These titles are not in What to play next.

REDCON: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. 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 Exploration.

Last update: 21/08/2026