Games like Alpha Elements: 20th Anniversary update

81%Game Brain Score

gameplay, graphics

grinding, stability

81% User Score Based on 6,390 reviews

Hades' Star is a space-based empire-building game where players start in their own Yellow Star system, expanding by colonizing planets, setting mining patterns, and trading. As they progress, players can discover and colonize Red Stars with valuable resources, but with a limited lifespan, adding a strategic layer to gameplay. Establishing diplomatic relations with other players allows for collaborative opportunities and control over system access.

50%Game Brain Score

gameplay

optimization, monetization

46% User Score Based on 202 reviews

Critic Score 65%Based on 2 reviews

"NS2: Combat is a sci-fi, team-based, multiplayer shooter with a focus on competitive gameplay. Players can choose from several alien and marine races, each with unique abilities and strengths. The game features class-based mechanics, tactical gameplay, and various game modes, including objective-based and kill-based matches."

98%Game Brain Score

gameplay

story, music

98% User Score Based on 96 reviews

Notrium is a survival game set on an alien planet where players must scavenge for food, supplies, and equipment to survive harsh environments and dangerous alien creatures. With four playable characters, each with unique abilities, players can choose their strategy to explore, fight, or sneak past enemies, working towards one of six possible endings. Originating in 2003, Notrium inspired a wave of indie survival games and mods, becoming a classic in the genre.

94%Game Brain Score

story, gameplay

stability, grinding

94% User Score Based on 46,499 reviews

In XCOM: Enemy Unknown, you command a secret organization, XCOM, to defend Earth from an alien invasion. You must manage resources, research alien technology, and oversee military strategies to combat the extraterrestrial threat. This updated version of the classic game offers new enemies, technologies, and a fresh invasion story, while preserving the series' strategic gameplay and base management features.

Stranded at the Edge of ExistenceAfter a catastrophic first contact shatters humanity’s expedition fleet, you and a small group of survivors crash-land on a hostile, unknown world in the Lost Galaxy—a forgotten corner of the universe, beyond charts and signals. With no help coming, your only hope is to build, defend, and rediscover what remains of our fractured civilization. Can you survive the e…

Heavily armed homicidal robots have taken over Weapons Laboratory Delta Five. Something mechanical and sinister is afoot in the dimly lit corridors of the science complex. Your job is to commandeer the last functional X-4 battle mech, breach the magnetically shielded entrance and wipe them out.

77%Game Brain Score

story, gameplay

stability, grinding

88% User Score Based on 15,630 reviews

Critic Score 65%Based on 42 reviews

State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition is a horror open-world game that offers both single-player and multiplayer/co-op modes for up to 2 players. The game features remastered content, including a full-size open world version of Trumbull Valley, and is packed with new and remastered content for an ultimate zombie survival experience. With grinding, hilarious moments, and a buggy but atmospheric gameplay, this game is highly replayable and offers a wholesome story in a post-apocalyptic world.

67%Game Brain Score

gameplay, graphics

story, grinding

67% User Score Based on 297 reviews

"Sol 0: Mars Colonization" is a real-time strategy game where players manage a crew to establish a self-sustaining colony on Mars. Overcome challenges such as managing resources, maintaining habitats, and ensuring crew survival, while furthering scientific research and exploring the Martian landscape. The game features a dynamic weather system, day/night cycles, and procedurally generated terrain for a unique experience.

81%Game Brain Score

gameplay, story

optimization, grinding

88% User Score Based on 133,145 reviews

Critic Score 74%Based on 44 reviews

"Stellaris" is a 4X grand strategy game that lets players explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate their way across the galaxy. As the leader of a spacefaring civilization, players will encounter unique alien races, navigate political intrigue, and manage their empire's resources in this epic quest for galactic dominance. The Galaxy Edition includes a digital soundtrack, exclusive alien race, and a digital collector's book.

69%Game Brain Score

gameplay, story

stability, grinding

57% User Score Based on 9,575 reviews

Critic Score 83%Based on 8 reviews

Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is a science-fiction strategy game where you lead humanity to colonize a new planet after Earth's collapse. Your choices in expedition sponsor, colony makeup, and technology path will shape your new civilization. Explore, colonize, and build a new world while managing resources, research, and military forces.