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Looking for games like Distress Call? Here are top strategy recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Star Traders 4X Empires, Contact Range or WarpVector.

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  1. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    63% User Score Based on 71 reviews

    Take command of humanity’s last survivors and rebuild an empire among the stars. In this immersive turn-based strategy game, you must lead the refugees of the great Exodus to a new home in hostile space and build a new galaxy-spanning civilization. To survive in the dark reaches of space, you will have to fight to protect your people, control rival factions, and unlock lost technology. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Traders 4X Empires.

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  2. 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    As the sole engineer on a space ship with a angsty captain, your hands are normally pretty full. But now aliens are attacking the ship and turning off vital systems. Can you survive the onslaught while also keeping your job!?!? Helpful hints If you are running into a lot of trouble, make sure that your difficulty is set to what you would prefer. The default is 6.5, but it can range from 1.0-10.0,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Contact Range.

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  3. 57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    88% User Score Based on 16 reviews

    WarpVector is an immersive sci-fi roguelike built around exploration, tactics, and storytelling. It features a physics-based space combat and navigation system, retro ASCII graphics, and an original soundtrack.SynopsisStellarographers predict that in 1000 days a supernova will destroy your home planet, Altaris IV. It is believed, however, that there is an ancient artifact, the Orbitron Device, th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to WarpVector.

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    91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, optimization
    91% User Score Based on 534 reviews

    Scavenger SV-4 is a highly replayable atmospheric first-person science fiction game. Part simulator, part roguelike, it has elements of action, combat, resource management, and a dash of horror. It is not quite like any game you have played before. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Scavenger SV-4.

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  5. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    87% User Score Based on 31 reviews

    Explore outer space with your word-finding skills. You are dealt a handful of letters and must make words on an empty grid. Letters replenish with oxygen after you use them, and so you have to make new words, to find new oxygen. The grid might not be empty anymore but don't fret, it is as boundless as the universe itself. Oxygen on the other hand... In Mission mode, set your own difficulty with … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Horizons: The End Of Words.

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  6. 45%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    59% User Score Based on 27 reviews

    Pirate Patrol is a strategy -and tactics- driven science fiction space combat game with deep RPG elements, set in the lawless regions of space. Players take command of a powerful capital ship and fight to survive against enemy fleets, autonomous warships, and constantly evolving threats. The game blends real-time space battles with procedurally generated missions, enemies, and systems, ensuring… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pirate Patrol.

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  7. 54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    82% User Score Based on 17 reviews

    In celebration of the 25 yr anniversary of the first release, this compendium contains all 4 games in the Battlecruiser 3000AD series which was first released in 1996. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Battlecruiser Generations.

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  8. 47%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization
    44% User Score Based on 54 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

    From the makers of the award-winning Imperium Galactica 1 and 2 games, discover a powerful space-opera like RTS game.

 If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Haegemonia: Legions of Iron.

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    62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    90% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    Destroy your friends on the ever-evolving miniature planets of Nova Nukers! Using a variety of weapons, grenades and items that run from bizarre to chaotic, take down your enemies and devastate the planet around you to claim victory in Space Orange Studios’ upcoming arena-shooter. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nova Nukers.

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  10. blast your way through hordes of enemies to destroy the mainframe! earn credits by defeating foes, but don't forget to extract them before you die in battle. small shoot em up for the snappy game jam 2023 - summer edition. !! UPDATE !! there is a new Version for Computers with integrated GPU's and/or older CPU's that experience performance issues and strange camera behaviour: Extractor hotfix v1… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Extraktor.

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  11. If inputs don't work / the game feels laggy / the circle graphic isn't synced up with the background music, reload the page and try again. Protect the Space Plants Oh no! Your spaceship, transporting rare alien plants, has been attacked! You have way too little oxygen on board for a fight - maybe those plants can help. Play the plants music using A, S, D and F. Play notes on the beat (indicated b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Protect the Space Plants.

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  12. 49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    79% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    Settlers of Orion is a turn based hybrid board game that blends the board game style of Settlers of Catan with the exploration of space. Because of the game to game advancement system that SOO uses, the game has extensive hours of playability. You earn game tokens once you have won or lost a game and you use these game tokens to unlock new races and powerful artifacts. The game features exten… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Settlers of Orion.

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  13. 49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    82% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    Into Death and Beyond is a gripping first-person survival horror game set on the hostile planet XB32-ENT. As bounty hunter Mark Helkins, scavenge for resources, solve puzzles, and confront terrifying mutants. Unravel dark secrets and capture a rogue alien before it hunts you down. Will you survive? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Into Death and Beyond.

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    53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    90% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    Full game available on Steam > The Forgotten, a remote space station over Proxima Centauri b, is broadcasting a distress signal. With its orbit decaying, it's a matter of time until it crashes into the surface of the planet below. Only one person can avert a catastrophe: Engineer Max Novak, who just arrived at the station aboard a rescue ship and is immediately thrown into a life or death situa… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FORGOTTEN 23.

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  15. SECTOR 34 Description: Sector 34 is a Space 4x-like/Risk-like/Wargame, inspired by games like Master of Orion, Risk, and Sword of the Stars. The goal is to unite the sector under the player's control, vying against pirates and the fellow remnants of a collapsed empire that has left the sector to its fate. To do so, they will need to be cunning and judicious in the use of their fleets. They will ne… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sector 34.

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    67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    67% User Score Based on 110 reviews

    The game begins with a strange phenomenon in which another Earth appears in our skies. The curiosity and fear of a doppelganger planet initiates multiple missions in order to make contact with the duplicate Earth. A team of agents, astronauts, and scientists were sent 955,600 miles across space by NASA and the US Military, however all contact is lost a few hours after their arrival. You play as a … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Chasing Dead.

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  17. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    72% User Score Based on 139 reviews

    Travel across the universe and save dying suns from extinction in this unique and challenging puzzle strategy game. You are the last hope to bring salvation to a perishing universe as you collect and deliver fragments of plasma using your omni-directional ship. Solar flares, asteroids, supernovas and force fields are just some of the challenges you will face as you pilot your ship through the inte… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Solar Flux.

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  18. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 668 reviews

    Children of a Dead Earth is a hard-science-fiction space strategy game. It is meant to show what space warfare could be like with the limitations of real science and current technology. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Children of a Dead Earth.

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  19. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    72% User Score Based on 116 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 2 reviews

    Conflicks: Revolutionary Space Battles is a creative new take on space-themed videogames that merges the deep, thoughtful gameplay of strategy games with the intuitive accessibility of physics-based games. The game universe is a futuristic alternate history of the European Renaissance that combines elements from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries with science fiction and an oddball sense of humor i… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Conflicks - Revolutionary Space Battles.

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  20. 40%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    40% User Score Based on 57 reviews

    Astro Emporia is a CASUAL turn based randomised trading game where your objective is to make as much money in a limited amount of turns. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Astro Emporia.

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  21. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    69% User Score Based on 181 reviews

    Robot vs. Birds Zumbies depicts the spread of avian influenza virus through the infected dead birds that turned into zombies, a robot is built by survivors to eliminate that threat, your mission is to control the robot to remove the birds and prevent zombies proliferation of the virus. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Robot vs Birds Zombies.

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    28%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:optimization, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    28% User Score Based on 87 reviews

    Sector is a simple hardcore classic shooter game that you play the role of Dimitri, he and ​​another scientists made fail biological tests and the infected enemies took possession of technology evolution. Survive at this severe place, fighting against creatures and solving problems, now you need to place the order. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SECTOR.

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  23. 27%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    45% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    INTRO In this immersive turn-based strategy game, you command a fleet of spaceships as you explore the galaxy. Battle for control over a variety of planets, each with unique class levels and building capabilities. Master the challenges of navigating through asteroid fields and ion storms in nebulas, using them to your advantage, or seeking refuge from your enemies. Outmaneuver opponents by strate… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Interstellar Conquest.

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    42%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    53% User Score Based on 30 reviews

    The Naked Game is a first-person psychological thriller/puzzle/exploration game inspired on real events connected by a strong immersive story of a young Eurasian girl who goes on a trip from Japan, her home country, to France. One day she wakes up at an unknown, yet familiar place... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Naked Game.

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  25. Stratside is a puzzle defense game where you save planets from an enemy who can change the direction of gravity! Place gadgets to attack the intruder: each gadget has a specific attack pattern. Combine all your resources strategically to defeat the enemy. Do NOT let him press the red button! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stratside.

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  26. 58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay
    63% User Score Based on 43 reviews

    Since the events in Star Control 2 the Ur-Quan have been pacified and the captain who bravely destroyed the Sa-Matra has had a horrible vision of the future. Suddenly without warning, all Hyperspace travel in the universe has stopped. Top scientists have pinpointed the cause of this disturbance somewhere in unexplored space in an area known as the Kessari Quadrant. Hastily assembling a fleet of sh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Control 3.

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  27. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    70% User Score Based on 61 reviews

    Paper Train Traffic is here to test your mind and reflexes with increasingly complex challenges. From single railroads to multi railway nodes, your task is to supervise the ongoing train traffic of many different locations around the World. Give your best to avoid rail disruption and train delays while preventing any possible train collisions. Do you think you are ready for the challenge? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paper Train Traffic.

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  28. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    74% User Score Based on 69 reviews

    300 years into the future: Earth is uninhabitable. Only the most powerful have escaped searching for a new home for humanity. Stories of Liane is an experimental experience that explores the narrative and visuals of a dark dystopian atmosphere through multiple different perspectives and settings. This is a collection of stories from several characters to explore humanity's future in this dark futu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stories of Liane.

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  29. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, atmosphere
    90% User Score Based on 73 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 3 reviews

    Team up with your friends and go explore the peculiar universe of ADIOS Amigos. A game with serious astrophysics in a comic setting for 1-4 players. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Adios Amigos.

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  30. 18%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, monetization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    30% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    Set in the distant future, man has evolved beyond flesh and bone and is now one with the machine. Your journey starts as a young Terran pilot, taking your first steps into the galaxy. Build and fly massive capital class warships in real time combat, create factions, corporations and more. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heathen Engineering's Terran.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:humor
    84% User Score Based on 218 reviews

    A minimal space exploration and survival game. Pilot the last vessel of a fallen civilization into the vast unknown, in search of a new world to call home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Last Horizon.

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    32%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay
    32% User Score Based on 63 reviews

    Featuring six levels of intense shooting action, Tiamat X is a rip-snortin tribute to the side-scrolling space shooters of yesteryear, and would be right at home blazing away on the screen of a booming, beer-stained arcade cabinet. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tiamat X.

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  33. 60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    71% User Score Based on 14 reviews
    Critic Score 72%Based on 7 reviews

    You’re in deep space and something’s collided with the ship. Main power is offline and you’re trapped. It’s lucky you have access to this terminal. It’s a little old but with these two robots and some clever thinking you might be able to get power back online and save the day. Control two walker robots and puzzle your way through 30 levels to restore power, reactivate the life support and solve th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Factotum 90.

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    62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, emotional
    62% User Score Based on 133 reviews

    As Sam McRae, last surviving member of the “Titan Hauler” crew, you must hack and blast your way through an onslaught of truly bad 'bots to find a way to prevent a potential planet-destroying catastrophe. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bad Bots.

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  35. 13%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    13% User Score Based on 56 reviews

    CortexGear:AngryDroids is a clasic 3d Sci-Fi shooting sidescroller where quick tactics and skills need to be in harmony the beat the game. A run-and-gun shooter with both mouse and keyboard controls at the same time. An adventure game with a emotional story and epic game-play. Potentially therapeutic and emotionally educational, it's a game for PC, Mac and Linux. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CortexGear:AngryDroids.

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  36. Nursery Slime Story Stranded in space, a giant mother slime lands on an unknown and uninhabited planet. Too weak to take care of itself, it sends forth one single, tiny slime. This slime is you. Provided with the mother slimes' core, you need to take care of your mother. Serve her various savory resources to help her recover. But look out - she will get weaker as time continues, so make… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nursery Slime.

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  37. 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    ICED HEIST In this 2D top-down action platformer, you're a penguin, you're on ice skates, and you must steal the package. This is gonna be a heist, but not a stealthy one: Time to show off your moves! It's almost christmas time, and a certain greedy megacorporation has been keeping all the packages to themselves. Cracking the security codes to get in was the easy part, but the facility is filled… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Iced Heist [WGJ25].

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  38. Description Prototype for a metroidvania-style game developed using the Odin language (https://odin-lang.org). I'm using a 2D framework developed in the Odin language to create a game for GameDev.TV JAM 2025 (https://itch.io/jam/gamedevtv-jam-2025) and for the 2025 Annual Jam (https://itch.io/jam/2025-jam) This is a 2D platformer inspired by Metro-Vania. Story You are Alice, a young girl who … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alice in Inner World.

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  39. Directive 399WH is a… we’re not sure exactly. You are woken by your ship’s AI as there is an anomaly causing time loops aboard ship. The AI has a plan and he has chosen you….. for some reason?The game is kind of a Puzzle/Exploration/Narrative game…. Just play it for a bit and tell us what we have made. Please… we’d love to know  If it feels like two different games jammed together at a certain p… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Directive 399WH.

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  40. 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Ludum dare 42 submission. Intro The galaxy is collapsing. A giant, nightmarish black hole is slowly growing, consuming everything in its path. And on this path is our own solar system. You are an highly advanced A.I operating the Ark, the first faster-than-light colony ship, fitted with hundreds of millions of cryogenic pods to carry humans through the depths of space. Yet, it is not enough to ca… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mother Ship.

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  41. 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Blokdude is a remake of the well known TI Caluculator game from Brandon Sterner as well as the blockman game from Soleau Software. This version of the game is based on the GP2X port of blockdude. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blockdude.

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  42. 37%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    44% User Score Based on 34 reviews

    The corruption is spreading, the safe zone is shrinking, and the monsters are getting deadlier by the second. There’s no timer here—just the suffocating pressure of the encroaching rot and endless unknown challenges. In a world falling into ruin, can you absorb power, break your limits, and rise as the ultimate survivor?   As the corruption spreads and monsters grow stronger, you’ll be knee-de… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Berserker Onslaught.

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  43. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    81% User Score Based on 27 reviews

    About EXOTERRA: A Space JourneyIn EXOTERRA: A Space Journey, the player takes on the role of Gina Chun, an astronaut aboard a spacecraft on a crucial journey through the cosmos. Suddenly, and for unknown reasons, Gina awakens completely alone: the ship has been disconnected and is left in the cold, endless void of space. What happened? Where is the rest of the crew? These questions will follow the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EXOTERRA: A Space Journey.

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  44. THE LAST EARTH FIGHTER AN ATMOSPHERIC CINEMATIC SHOOT 'EM UP GAME... "The last defender of Earth… but sometimes, hiding is wiser than shooting." Key Features: Six unique environments, each with its own gameplay twist — from deep space and scorching deserts to underwater worlds and humanity's shattered remains. Reflexes meet strategy — dodge, hide, time your movements, solve environmenta… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Earth Fighter.

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  45. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    95% User Score Based on 133 reviews

    Welcome to Breakpoint, a twin-stick slasher that provides all the hectic action of a bullet hell with the crunchy satisfaction of melee combat. Unlike other twin stick games, there are zero ranged attacks in Breakpoint. You have to control the battlefield with a variety of physical attacks. Slice, smash, and crush your way through waves of enemies to defeat the swarm. Move and groove your way thro… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Breakpoint.

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  46. Tau Cubis is a minimalist Tower Defense game in Space and colorful Scifi Landscapes. Tau Cubis is taking inspiration from the classic 'Defense Grid' with extra features (collaborative Towers, instant global targeting, truly autonomous enemies). Find a strategy to repel the onslaught of crazy robots! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tau Cubis.

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    51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    80% User Score Based on 15 reviews

    Star Souls is a game about a galactic cataclysm. One by one, the stars began to die without reason. Thousands of inhabited worlds turned to dust. You should find a Transition leading to other worlds. Vanguard the fleet, customize your spaceships and fight for salvation of all intelligent life! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Souls.

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    28%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    28% User Score Based on 69 reviews

    Wake is the story of an engineer trapped on a sinking ship. Navigate through the ship however you want to find your way to the surface above, but avoid the ship's corrupted security system. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wake.

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  49. 22%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    27% User Score Based on 33 reviews

    In Memory of Titan is a turn based strategy game with cinematic battles. A ancient AI has invaded the solar system with one goal at hand, the purge of the human kind from the universe. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to In memory of TITAN.

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  50. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, monetization
    67% User Score Based on 156 reviews

    Play One More Line on the most popular website for free online games! Poki works on your mobile, tablet, or computer. No downloads, no login. Play now! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to One More Line.

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