Games like Darkside
Looking for games like Darkside? Here are top arcade shooter recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Rebel Galaxy, Heckabomb or Space Pirates and Zombies.
1 77%Game Brain Scorestory, musicgrinding, stability86% User Score 10,094 reviewsCritic Score 67%23 reviewsRebel Galaxy is a game of action-packed combat, exploration, discovery, trade, and “negotiation” with the outlandish denizens at the edge of the known universe. You’ll battle pirates, explore anomalies, befriend aliens, scavenge battle wreckage, mine asteroids, and discover artifacts. Choose your path as a roguish do-gooder, crafty space-trader or power-hungry privateer in this swashbuckling spac…
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2 62%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplaystory, humor62% User Score 131 reviewsExplosive twin stick shooter. Lots of upgrades. Full controller support. Awesome soundtrack.
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3 88%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, stability92% User Score 3,624 reviewsCritic Score 67%1 reviewsAt its core, Space Pirates and Zombies is an action based, skill oriented, top down space combat game. It's similar to the ones we knew and loved in years past, but now using full physics simulation and modern graphics for those oh so pretty explosions. But as you dig deeper, SPAZ becomes much more.
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4 65%Game Brain Scoremusic, storygrinding, replayability62% User Score 349 reviewsCritic Score 80%1 reviewsAsteroid Bounty Hunter is a space shooter mixed with interesting boss fights and breathtaking visuals, with a reward system to take your skill to another level.
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5 90%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storygrinding, stability90% User Score 14,354 reviewsAvorion is a procedurally generated sci-fi sandbox where players start out at the edge of the galaxy and must find their way to its core. Players build their own ships, which they will use to explore the galaxy, trade and fight. Space ships are mainly of large scale, with crews, turrets and energy systems that you will have to manage. The galaxy gets more hostile, but also more rewarding the close…
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6 76%Game Brain Scoremusic, graphicsstability, grinding83% User Score 777 reviewsCritic Score 63%4 reviewsCapsized is a fast paced 2D platformer focused on intense action and exploration. As a intrepid space traveler, your ship has crash landed on a mysterious alien planet. You must navigate through the perilous environment and fight off blood-thirsty creatures to save your crewmates and escape with your lives!
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7 87%Game Brain Scoremusic, graphicsstory, grinding88% User Score 609 reviewsCritic Score 82%1 reviewsSteredenn is a frenetic and chaotic space shooter, carved in big beautiful pixels, with insane boss battles. Embark in your ship and engage the fight against dreadful space pirates in a never-ending combat for your survival. Steredenn is at the crossroads between a shmup and a rogue-like. Enjoy the infinite replayability of the game with its unforgiving gameplay, intense boss fights, (almost) ran…
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8 89%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding91% User Score 2,154 reviewsCritic Score 82%1 reviewsDynamic abstract sandbox universe. Changes and evolves as you do.
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9 87%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaystory, replayability92% User Score 763 reviewsCritic Score 72%2 reviewsAs the last surviving tank commander on Earth, single-handedly turn back the evil invading alien army, drive back the Titans across the Solar System, and defeat them on their homeworld... Titan Attacks has the same easy-to-learn and addictive gameplay of the classic arcade shoot 'em up
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10 85%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, stability85% User Score 462 reviewsStar Ruler is a large scale, real-time grand strategy set in space. Design, build, and take control of potentially thousands of ships, and expand the reach of your empire across the entire galaxy. Research new technologies, capture enemy vessels, and conquer enemy planets on your path to galactic domination. Chat with other players at any time to discuss strategies or arrange multiplayer games. An…
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