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Games Like Act of War: Direct Action
Mar 14, 2005·91% positive·
Tomorrow's War Is NOW Ripped from today's headlines, Act of War: Direct Action™ is a frightening tale of suspense, international intrigue and geopolitical military conflict. This real-time strategy experience puts you squarely in control of counterterrorist forces and delivers a first look at tomorrow's war.
Best games like Act of War: Direct Action
The best games like Act of War: Direct Action are Act of War: High Treason, Joint Task Force, Homefront, Delta Force 2, and Shadow Ops: Red Mercury. GAMESLIKE ranks these alternatives using shared gameplay metadata, Steam review sentiment, and similarity signals. Evidence includes 91% positive across 533 Steam reviews, Steam genre and tag overlap across Action, platform support for Windows, and $2.99 pricing signal.
- Act of War: High Treason - Act of War: High Treason is closely similar to Act of War: Direct Action because both games are made by Eugen Systems, and both are Action games, and share gameplay elements like RTS, Strategy, Military, and fit the same systems/automation/colony intent.
- Joint Task Force - Joint Task Force is closely similar to Act of War: Direct Action because both are Action games, and share gameplay elements like RTS, Strategy, Military, Action, and fit the same systems/automation/colony intent.
- Homefront - Homefront is loosely similar to Act of War: Direct Action because both are Action games, and share gameplay elements like Military, War, Action, Gore.
- Delta Force 2 - Delta Force 2 is loosely similar to Act of War: Direct Action because both are Action games, and share gameplay elements like Military, Action.
- Shadow Ops: Red Mercury - Shadow Ops: Red Mercury is loosely similar to Act of War: Direct Action because both are Action games, and share gameplay elements like Military, Action.
1+ languagesEugen Systems/THQ Nordic
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Tomorrow's War Is NOW Ripped from today's headlines, Act of War: Direct Action™ is a frightening tale of suspense, international intrigue and geopolitical military conflict. This real-time strategy experience puts you squarely in control of counterterrorist forces and delivers a first look at tomorrow's war. The Situation: A crippling energy crisis. Terrorist attacks. Massive strikes. Global instability. The Enemy: A shadowy Consortium of back-room conspirators determined to throw the world into utter chaos using widespread terror tactics. The Heroes: A new "direct action" operation known as Task Force TALON to counter massive military assaults, rescue hostages, conduct classified spy missions, take prisoners and stop an unpredictable enemy bent on toppling the world's governments.
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Command ultra-realistic modern military units
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Power-packed combination of high-end cinema, video effects and live action
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Intense multiplayer operations for up to eight players
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Real urban combat, including POW captures and landscape destruction
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Gripping storyline by NY Times bestselling author, Dale Brown
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