Games like Hard Science

50%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization

51% User Score Based on 146 reviews

Critic Score 45%Based on 1 reviews

SickBrick is an action-packed science fiction first-person-shooter (FPS) with vivid graphics and fast, frantic game play. Destroy hundreds of hostile robots with a wide variety of weapons on a strange alien planet. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SickBrick.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

78% User Score Based on 554 reviews

3089 is a futuristic, procedurally generated, open-world action role-playing game. All terrain, enemies, weapons, items, quests & more are uniquely generated. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 3089.

Make up your squads out of 9 unique ships and save 3 planets from hordes of robots in this colorful horizontal shoot-em-up! Each of the 9 pilots in the Spectrum Forces has unique capacities. It's up to you to select the right ones for the right job. You've been commissioned to clear 3 planets from the residing Abandonware. Try your best to not lose anyone while doing so! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spectrum Forces.

ID-Ego is a single-player FPS Game in a sci-fi setting. Be prepared for an old-school challenge with modern graphics! Survive crazy battles, solve puzzles and find hidden secrets. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ID-EGO.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, monetization

94% User Score Based on 744 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 1 reviews

Lock and load into the Starship Troopers universe and join the Mobile Infantry in the most realistic depiction of war ever made! Experience an original story in this action-packed, first-person retro shooter. Would you like to know more? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War!.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, music

82% User Score Based on 264 reviews

Focus on exploration Find passwords for doors, search for access cards for terminals, repair damaged equipment and combine items. Think with your head. Intense battles You have a gun, but that doesn't mean you're safe. The enemies here are deadly, and not all of them can be killed... The atmosphere of cold loneliness Graphics inspired by classic 3D games such as Zero Tolerance, System Shock… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ZERO PROTOCOL.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

78% User Score Based on 23 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 3 reviews

Betrayed by her cut-throat crew, Luna Starr - former Space Pirate Captain turned bounty hunter - has a score to settle. As Luna, travel to 5 exotic planets to track down your mutinous mates, and face them in Bullet Hell dogfights to the death! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Hunter DX.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

96% User Score Based on 97,182 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

GOTY Winner from over 40 publications; Half-Life re-releases with new multiplayer content, including new player models, deathmatch maps, as well as comign bundled with Team Fortress Classic. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Half-Life.

52%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

52% User Score Based on 141 reviews

You are Joseph Walker. After waking up in a strangely deserted science facility with no recollection of how you got there, you hear the voice of an A.I. The A.I. promises to be your guide and to help you out of the facility. However, it is clear right away that it’s not telling you everything. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Insincere.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music

95% User Score Based on 126 reviews

Pilot a hulking mech and protect Triton from robot hordes. With the help of your team, vanquish the robot overlord! Experience super-fast FPS mecha action in this short but challenging single-player game! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Steel Salvo.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

73% User Score Based on 243 reviews

Perilous Warp is a fast-paced indie retro-shooter inspired by the classic 3D-actions. Communication with a distant space colony has been lost, and you bravely step into the teleporter with the desire for glorious adventures. But do not expect to win in a heartbeat! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Perilous Warp.

52%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

85% User Score Based on 13 reviews

Note: This is a demo build of the game. If you find any bugs or want to give feedback, contact us on discord. or mail us at [email protected] About This Game (Release Version) Influenced by 90s FPS and arcade classics, The Void Project offers a thrilling, high-speed shooting experience. Step into a surreal arena, where you'll confront never-ending waves of demon hordes. With a formidable… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TVP v0.8 (Demo).

K37-D is a game for science fiction fans about an ordinary space engineer in the year 2204 who takes a seemingly simple job that quickly becomes more complex. This single-player adventure game takes place in a facility on the distant planet of Kepler 37-D, where you have been sent to repair utility systems and get the facility ready for its new owners. You’ll have to use the various computer syste… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to K37-D.

Space Station Sprint is a fast paced sci-fi first person shooter. Infiltrate each space station and complete your objective before your escape ship is spotted by the enemy space station. Find permanent upgrades, secondary objectives, and secrets in each level! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Station Sprint.

58%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

82% User Score Based on 22 reviews

A virus has been unleashed that threatens global communications! Military tech specialists who enter systems in Virtual Reality are called in to battle the virus in a simulated world. They are the CyberDrifters. Enter Cyberspace in Virtual Reality and battle your way through a virtualized world armed with your Data-Disc and Cyber-Cycle! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CYBERDRIFTER.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability

94% User Score Based on 7,825 reviews

Join private investigator Jack Pepper on a guns blazing, jazz-fueled adventure in MOUSE: P.I. For Hire. MOUSE combines the charm of hand-drawn rubber hose animation inspired by the classic cartoons of the 1930’s with the adrenaline and action of an explosive first person shooter. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mouse.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

87% User Score Based on 47 reviews

A retrowave/mecha-inspired sci-fi first-person shooter featuring fast-paced combat in old-school style open-plan levels packed with pickups, keys, and secrets. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ctesiphon.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

84% User Score Based on 38 reviews

This is a demo version of an upcoming game. If you enjoyed the demo feel free to add the game to your Wishlist on Steam Emergency Protocol activated: Dark Energy Particle Synthesis failed. Now you — late and alone — must navigate a facility where science and sanity have collapsed. Face entities born from dark energy corruption in this atmospheric FPS-horror hybrid where human ambition meets pr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Synthesis of Corruption.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

97% User Score Based on 2,381 reviews

Travel through an overgrown megastructure, and discover what lies beyond it. Metal Garden is a short, atmospheric singleplayer FPS game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Metal Garden.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, stability

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, graphics

97% User Score Based on 180 reviews

Jupiter Hell Classic is the demake of a remake of a roguelike unmake of a famous 1993 FPS shooter. Rip and Tear! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jupiter Hell Classic.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

98% User Score Based on 5,812 reviews

Critic Score 91%Based on 10 reviews

Mullet Madjack is a single-player fast-paced FPS that brings you directly inside a classic anime. The DELUXE Edition contains Mullet Mad Jack GAME, an official ARTBOOK and OST SOUNDTRACKS ! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MULLET MADJACK.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization

90% User Score Based on 58 reviews

What is Mind the Abyss? The pulse of an alien planet shifts the land itself, and the only ones who can put it back together are the scientists at the center and an underprepared Employee 465 who must use the planet’s hidden powers to survive. Uncover the mystery and plunge into the Abyss to harness the power that lies within. Mind the Abyss is a fast-paced first-person movement shooter combining… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mind The Abyss.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

96% User Score Based on 1,608 reviews

Critic Score 90%Based on 21 reviews

Armed with a magical boomerang, slice, fly, and dive through flocks of evil creatures in this acrobatic arena shooter. Obliterate wave after wave and journey ever downwards into the shadows. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Boomerang X.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, graphics

91% User Score Based on 47 reviews

Space Hat is a Fast FPS Platformer, set in a futuristic Sci-Fi world where you play as Vega, a space bounty hunter hired by an organization to execute a contract. She's one of the most experienced and deadliest mercenary in the galaxy. Better known by the name ''Space Hat'', her mission is to dismantle a space cartel that has become too powerful. Vega has a range of different moves and attacks in… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Hat.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

87% User Score Based on 1,888 reviews

Critic Score 74%Based on 8 reviews

“You chose exile in search of penance, in place of revenge. I seek to give you both - and in return… I will be set free.” - FATHER Enter the dystopian world of SPRAWL, a hardcore retro FPS set in an endless cyberpunk megalopolis. Advances in cybernetics and artificial intelligence pushed humanity into a new era, but that golden age has crumbled…leaving behind a broken world. Play as SEVEN, a dis… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sprawl.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

98% User Score Based on 172,200 reviews

Ultrakill is a fast-paced ultraviolent retro FPS combining the skill-based scoring from character action games with unadulterated carnage inspired by the best shooters of the 90's. Rip apart your foes with varied destructive weapons and shower in their blood to regain your health. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ULTRAKILL.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

89% User Score Based on 20,338 reviews

Critic Score 66%Based on 42 reviews

Partner with talking guns, collect intergalactic bounties, and save Earth If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to High On Life.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

84% User Score Based on 202 reviews

Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

Blast off in Dr. Leopold's bomber in this relentless rogue-lite shooter. Tour the solar system on a desperate randomly generated bomb run. Face impossible odds trying to achieve the demented dream of an insane scientist. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fission Superstar X.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability

87% User Score Based on 844 reviews

Slaughter your way through nightmarish industrial mazes, transformed cityscapes and surreal alien structures to cut down the Growth in this ultraviolent, fast-paced, and merciless retro-styled first person shooter. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to INCISION.

52%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

52% User Score Based on 456 reviews

In the far future, humanity is ruled by The Ministry of Accounts, an oppressive bureaucracy that tracks, records and taxes every transaction of daily life. From the depths of Red Tape, a new breed of marketeer arises to challenge the authority and make a profit: the Space Trader is born! As a Trader, you will attempt to amass a fortune beyond your wildest imagination, buyi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Trader: Merchant Marine.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

92% User Score Based on 1,860 reviews

The Citadel is a brutal first person shooter, and a love letter to classic games such as Marathon, Doom and Wolfenstein 3D. Descend into the depths of a dark citadel, and fight through 6 Episodes and 30 levels of action packed with 6 challenging bosses. Go forth, Martyr. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Citadel.

100%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

100% User Score Based on 106 reviews

Get the game on Steam today! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1999140/ Thanks to your high resilience and your even higher scores on the Universal Weapon Handling Assessment, you were lucky enough to get hired as a security guard for top secret Project EXTRANEÜM (pronounced ex-strain-yum). You had no idea what this project was all about, but you certainly didn't sign up for a total overrun of t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Extraneum.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

96% User Score Based on 221,332 reviews

Critic Score 81%Based on 9 reviews

Outfit the character of your choice with new heads and skins in the Collector’s Edition Pack. This pack also includes the Contraband Sky Rocket Grenade. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Borderlands 2.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

95% User Score Based on 73,942 reviews

Critic Score 78%Based on 7 reviews

Black Mesa: Definitive Edition includes performance improvements with a higher frame rate in some levels and visual upgrades, as well as all new and expanded Xen levels. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Black Mesa.

Blast off for a retro shoot’em up experience filled with clever twists and secrets! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spacewing War.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability

86% User Score Based on 1,221 reviews

Myo Hyori, a gifted Korean teenage girl who must face the perils of the future. Survive many hazards, explore a seemingly endless metropolis and beyond as the world around you implodes and history marches towards its inevitable conclusion. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to G String.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

64% User Score Based on 1,473 reviews

Critic Score 72%Based on 20 reviews

Explore a vast universe in this roguelike, ship building, FPS Genesis Alpha One mixes thrilling roguelike mechanics with a deep ship builder and fast first-person action, putting you in the role of an interstellar pioneer. As the Captain of a Genesis starship, you journey into uncharted space on the ultimate mission. Build and manage a space vessel, farm resources, deal with terrifying alien inf… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Genesis Alpha One.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

81% User Score Based on 141 reviews

Intrude is a first-person shooter. Your mission is to get in to a long time abandoned base, suddenly taken over by some kind of private military, find your way up and destroy the source of a signal comming from the base. Collect as much data as you can to find out what they are up to. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Intrude.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

91% User Score Based on 1,160 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 7 reviews

Marooned on the desolate planet Gravoria, the trio of adventurers finds the only method of escape awaits at the top of a tower - a tower renowned for its deadliness and its propensity to be filled with monsters! Lizard-men! UFOs! Nuclear ants! Dinosaurs! Robot Apes! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Deadly Tower of Monsters.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music

79% User Score Based on 33 reviews

On a planet overrun by robots, one rogue unit is fighting to preserve the will of the original Makers. Shoot, dodge and upgrade your way through countless robotic enemies for only you can defeat... the Robot Legions. Blast your way through the legions of robots to liberate your home-planet! Robot Legions was originally built in Flash and released online by Sentry Games. In 2012, Rob Dieterich por… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Robot Legions Reborn.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

91% User Score Based on 376 reviews

Critic Score 82%Based on 1 reviews

Red Matter 2 is an immersive, puzzle-adventure game that will transport you to the far reaches of space. Step into the shoes of Sasha, an agent awakened in a lunar base by an undercover operative and tasked with uncovering the secrets of the mysterious Red Matter. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Red Matter 2.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

75% User Score Based on 2,601 reviews

Critic Score 58%Based on 24 reviews

Strafe is a singleplayer 3D action experience where the player can pick up a gun and shoot hordes of things in the face. The developers have created technology that changes the levels every time you play for endless replayability. There are billions of experiences to be had with crazy secrets to find! We give you the levels, you paint them red. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Strafe.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

91% User Score Based on 743 reviews

Viscerafest is a Sci-Fi Fantasy Singleplayer Arena FPS with minor Collectathon elements. Fight through hordes of aliens and eldritch monstrosities wielding a slew of powerful weapons, juggling your resources, and exploring over 26 intricately designed hand crafted levels. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Viscerafest.

49%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

49% User Score Based on 1,277 reviews

The Anacrusis is a four-player, cooperative first-person shooter set aboard a massive starship stranded at the edge of explored space. Team up with your friends in an infinitely-replayable fight against alien hordes to unlock perks, weapons, and new ways to play that you can share with your team! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Anacrusis.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

82% User Score Based on 19,009 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 3 reviews

Buy The Outer Worlds on PlayStation Store. Lost in transit while on a colonist ship, you awake to find yourself in the midst of a deep conspiracy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Outer Worlds.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

89% User Score Based on 381 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 4 reviews

In PixelJunk Shooter, you must pilot your spacecraft through a range of cavernous environments in a bid to save the scientists trapped underground. Making your way through the game will rely on your keen sense of observation and the ability to manipulate your surroundings. Add in a swarm of dangerous enemies, hazardous substances and stranded survivors in need of your help and your mission objecti… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PixelJunk Shooter.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability

71% User Score Based on 117 reviews

Critic Score 48%Based on 12 reviews

The Infinity is the largest spaceship ever built by mankind; flung into the void of space to secure humanity a new home amongst the stars. However, instead of discovering paradise, the inhabitants of The Infinity unlocked the door to a long forgotten nightmare. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Infinity Runner.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

72% User Score Based on 1,272 reviews

Critic Score 69%Based on 8 reviews

The Signal From Tölva is a single-player, first-person, combat and exploration game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Signal From Tölva.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

94% User Score Based on 8,248 reviews

Critic Score 78%Based on 6 reviews

Shelly “Bombshell” Harrison takes on a quest to slay evil transhumanist mastermind Dr. Jadus Heskel in the streets of Neo DC. She leaves a trail of carnage throughout huge, multi-path levels filled with gigantic explosions, more secret areas than we can count, and inhuman foes behind every corner. There’s no regenerating health here; stop taking cover and start running and gunning. Shelly’s crusa… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ion Fury.

48%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music

55% User Score Based on 38 reviews

Eliosi's Hunt is a sci-fi top-down shooter and platformer with a unique universe, challenging gameplay and beautifully crafted graphics. You play as Eliosi, an ingenious young zelicyan who dreams of becoming a bounty hunter, but completing his first contract will be more challenging than he thinks. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eliosi's Hunt.