Games Like Mud and Blood 2: Brutal Tactical Combat & Roguelike Management

Mud and Blood 2 (MnB2) is a unique blend of real-time tactical squad management, brutal permadeath, procedural WWII missions, and dark humor. No game replicates it exactly, but these share core DNA:

Closest Tactical / Roguelike Squad Experiences

• Door Kickers (PC, Mobile): Top-down SWAT tactics, pause-and-plan, breaching, loadout customization. High lethality, mission variety. Door Kickers 2 (Early Access) adds dynamic campaign.
• XCOM 2 + War of the Chosen: Turn-based, but same "attach to soldiers, lose them permanently, manage resistance" feeling. Mods (Long War 2) deepen it.
• Jagged Alliance 2 (1.13 mod) / JA: Flashback: Merc management, sector control, detailed ballistics. The 1.13 mod is a total conversion.
• Battle Brothers: Medieval mercenary company, procedurally generated world, brutal tactical combat, permadeath, morale, injuries. Very MnB2 in spirit.
• Wartales: Open-world tactical RPG, lead a band, contracts, crafting, turn-based combat.

Real-Time Tactics with High Lethality

• Men of War: Assault Squad 2: Direct control of any unit, realistic ballistics, no health bars. Skirmish + dynamic campaign (Gem editor).
• Gates of Hell: Ostfront: Spiritual successor to Men of War, larger scale, better AI.
• Company of Heroes 2 (with Spearhead mod): RTS but micro-heavy, true sight, destructible cover.
• Steel Division 2: Army General campaign (turn-based strategy + real-time battles), historical divisions.

Permadeath / Roguelike Management

• Darkest Dungeon: Stress, afflictions, permadeath, provisioning, turn-based. "The hamlet" = your base.
• Deep Sky Derelicts: Sci-fi, card-based combat, station scavenging, crew management.
• Iratus: Lord of the Dead: Reverse Darkest Dungeon – play necromancer building undead army.

WWII Squad-Level Feel

• Hell Let Loose / Post Scriptum / Beyond the Wire: 50v50 tactical FPS, squad comms, logistics, one-life-per-spawn. Not single-player, but captures MnB2's chaos.
• Enlisted: Squad-based FPS (PC/Console), AI squadmates, historical campaigns, free-to-play.

If You Want the Exact MnB2 Vibe (Flash/HTML5)

• Mud and Blood 3 (Concept/Prototype): Developer Urbzz occasionally posts updates on mudandblood.net – not released.
• Recon (MnB1): The predecessor, simpler, still hosted on site.

Start with Battle Brothers (turn-based) or Door Kickers (real-time) for the closest "manage a fragile squad, adapt to chaos, mourn losses" loop.