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1991

A classic shareware artillery game where you take turns adjusting angle and power to blast opponents off the terrain, buying ever bigger weapons with your winnings. Hot-seat matches with up to ten players make it chaotic fun.

Turn-based combat
Competing against other players
Co-op or multiplayer
Shooting and gunplay

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The closest matches for Scorched Earth are ShellShock Live, Worms Armageddon and Battle Chess. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Scorched Earth special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

In short: games like Scorched Earth

Best alternative overall: ShellShock Live 90% match – Competing against other players
To play together: Worms Armageddon 90% match – with co-op
Without combat: Battle Chess 89% match – calmer, no fighting
Newest alternative: Your Only Move is Hustle 86% match – released 2023

Best match

ShellShock Live

90 %Match

2019PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck playable93 % positive9.75 €

An online artillery game in the vein of classic tank duels, where up to eight players aim angle and power with quirky tanks and weapons in free-for-all or team matches. Quick rounds and a wide variety of maps and weapons make for chaotic fun with friends.

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Worms Armageddon

Turn-based combat

Turn-based artillery chaos where teams of worms blast each other with bazookas, exploding sheep and holy hand grenades across destructible terrain. A timeless party classic that shines brightest in multiplayer.

Battle Chess

Tactical depth

Classic chess where every capture plays out as a short animated fight between the pieces. The tongue-in-cheek humor turns the board game into an entertaining spectacle.

Battleship: Official Edition

Turn-based combat

A digital take on the classic Hasbro board game where you guess and sink your opponent's fleet. Besides the classic mode, a faster Commanders mode adds special abilities.

Worms

Turn-based combat

The classic has teams of worms take turns blasting each other with absurd weapons like bazookas and holy hand grenades. Destructible terrain, physics chaos and multiplayer fun make it highly replayable.

Your Only Move is Hustle

Competing against other players

A turn-based online fighting game where you plan moves frame by frame, predicting your opponent and chaining flashy combos like a superpowered fight scene. It blends fighting-game mind games with tactical foresight.

Lux Delux

Turn-based combat

Lux Delux is a Risk-style world domination strategy game played in turns, with over 900 maps, random map generators and strong mod support. An online league and AI opponents give it lasting replay value.

Worms: Ultimate Mayhem

Turn-based combat

Turn-based artillery skirmishes between goofy worms in fully destructible 3D arenas. Absurd weapons and multiplayer duels deliver plenty of chaotic fun.

Abalone

Turn-based combat

A digital version of the classic board game Abalone, where you push lines of marbles across a hexagonal board to knock six opposing marbles off. It includes several alternative board layouts such as Swiss Daisy, Alien and Fujiyama.

Risk: Global Domination

Turn-based combat

A digital take on the classic Risk board game: you draft troops, attack neighbors and conquer the world map, whether online against real opponents or locally with friends.

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