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Games like Prisoners in Space

Games like Prisoners in Space

Games like Prisoners in Space

Looking for games like Prisoners in Space? Here are top shooter recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with CyberPigeon, Project Möbius or POLYBOIDS.

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  1. Prepare for an electrifying experience in CyberPigeon, a dual-stick shooter set within a dynamic battle arena. Take control of CyberPigeon, the ultimate cybernetic avian warrior, as you engage in intense battles against swarming drones and formidable bosses. Adapt to the ever-changing environment, collect power-ups and weapons, and rise to the top of the leaderboard in this thrilling aerial showdo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CyberPigeon.

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  2. A dark and mysterious entity from another dimension has gained access to our world through a portal deep inside an ancient temple. Only a true fighter pilot like you can stop it before it rips apart the very fabric of space and time. But beware: many dangers lie ahead! Project Möbius is a fast-paced 3D game inspired in part by 2D Shoot 'em up games such as Battle Squadron for the Amiga. Your goa… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Möbius.

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  3. POLYBOIDS is an arcade-style action space shooter made for the Pygame Community Summer Jam 2024. The post-jam bugfix version only updates the loot tables, as they were configured wrong and made certain upgrades too rare and lasers were unobtainable. I would recommend playing the bugfix version for more fun. The game is open source: https://github.com/Binary-Ninja/pygame-summer-jam-2024 Discord … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to POLYBOIDS.

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  4. A cross-platform twin-stick shooter and bullet hellish game. It's designed as a pickup game you can play in 3-5 minutes when you just wanna shoot a lot of bullets and dodge just as many. Survive as many waves as possible and pickup a few power-ups along the way (.. ahem... you'll need them). Enemies increase in number and difficulty as waves progress. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Final Storm.

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    33%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    46% User Score Based on 24 reviews

    Space Thinger is a thrilling arcade space shooter! Fight your way through multiple combat zones completing missions, mining asteroids for crystals and collecting the debris of your fallen foes to upgrade your ship and engage in ever more epic space battles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Thinger.

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    69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability
    89% User Score Based on 36 reviews
    Critic Score 61%Based on 5 reviews

    Master the art of six-axis piloting as you blast your way through a mind-bending space labyrinth to a hypnotic synthwave soundtrack and retrofuturistic style. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DYSTORIA.

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  7. 39%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    47% User Score Based on 34 reviews

    Space Colony Alert Bulletin! The Necromonads are at it again!! Colonists must in a orderly fashion proceed to the nearest shelter while the highly trained star pilot provides cover. Inspired by classic arcade shooters but with a twist. Captured colonists become infected and spread it to others. stop the Necromonads infection invasion now! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Necromonads.

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  8. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    95% User Score Based on 554 reviews

    A playable demo of the game Overload, a new six-degree-of-freedom shooter from the creators of Descent. Version 2.0 is from March 2017. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Overload Playable Teaser.

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  9. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, graphics
    60% User Score Based on 63 reviews
    Critic Score 69%Based on 1 reviews

    The Wolf of Wall Street... with lasers. You’re the newly appointed CEO of Vostok Inc. As a greedy, space-capitalist your ultimate goal is to get filthy stinking rich! Pilot your own ship and blast your way through the solar system and collect moolah to help profit your company! With your pockets overflowing, you can indulge in extra mini games, ship and weapon upgrades - all whilst fighting evil b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vostok Inc.

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    41%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, replayability
    41% User Score Based on 123 reviews

    Air Guardians is a flight combat game set in the distant future. A world government is attempting to seal their grip on power, and an air force of advanced fighter craft is called upon to fight them. Fight through grand spaceship battles, night time base raids, orbital shipyard assaults, and more! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Air Guardians.

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  11. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    61% User Score Based on 111 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 32 reviews

    This critically acclaimed sequel to Velocity Ultra weaves together two classic game formats into one seamless adventure, featuring puzzle-platforming action alongside award-winning top-down shoot 'em-up gameplay! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Velocity 2X.

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  12. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    89% User Score Based on 35 reviews

    Starship Rubicon is a modern take on the classic space shooter genre. It's a smart and challenging rogue-lite that features a unique control scheme, pixel art remixed with NASA photographs, and an existential crisis about who is REALLY the monster. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starship Rubicon.

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  13. 38%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay
    44% User Score Based on 36 reviews

    At your disposal are a dozen of the best combat spacecraft equipped with death beams, machine guns and missiles. The sector is divided into several subsectors, which swarm with enemies. In the end, you will have an unbeatable boss - the "Thing". If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Thing: Space X.

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  14. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    81% User Score Based on 84 reviews

    A modern twist on arcade shooters realized in VR. SHOOT. DESTROY. EQUIP. REPEAT. Command a heavily armed battlecruiser as you forge a fleet capable of stopping the enemy A.I. that has decimated mankind. Only with this alliance can you hope to bring humanity back from the brink. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NIGHTSTAR: Alliance.

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  15. 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Introduction Our solar system has been invaded by an unknown alien force. Much of humanity has been wiped out by this relentless alien threat. Omega protocol has been initiated. The surviving greatest minds of humanity have come together in a last attempt to save humanity from total annihilation. You have been chosen to pilot the most advanced ship man-kind ever created to deal with the alien thre… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Omega Protocol: Sole Defender.

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  16. The Asteroids itself. Excerpted from the unpublished biography of my late friend Pierre Menard: ...After the failure to be hired at Sierra, he took a support staff job at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, which culminated in his tragic death in a refuse-pile dynamite accident in 2000.  He appears under an obvious pseudonym in several chapters of Nick Johnson’s excellent Big Dead Place (Feral House, 2… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pierre Menard's The Asteroids.

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  17. 36%Game Brain Score
    36% User Score Based on 2 reviews

    A Zzap 64! Micro Action C64 community-based covermount title (Issue #11 - November/December 2022). (Free download and web player version now available from this page).The New Dimension, in collaboration with Saul Cross, is very proud to present Cruiser-X 79. A fast paced vertical scrolling shoot 'em up inspired by many top down 8-bit vertical scrolling classics. If you like classic 8-bit vertical … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cruiser-X 79 [Commodore 64].

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  18. 52%Game Brain Score
    52% User Score Based on 3 reviews

    Introduction In the distant future, humanity took to the stars. It is at this time they faced a crisis of their own making. A supercomputer AI named Nadine went rogue after going online, taking control over much of our space forces. War had broken out, pitting human against controlled machines for Nadine's calculated plans against us. We require a solution to deal with Nadine, quickly, before it … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nadine's Fleet.

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  19. Space Junk, the much loved, retro-styled homage to arcade classics, has finally arrived on Steam. This game-play in this 2d Action shooter is fiendishly simple, but fiercely addictive! Steer your player through waves of interstellar junk, pulverising it with your blaster and breaking it down until it's reduced to space dust. Fight your way through 25 increasingly intense levels of action. Aim t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Junk.

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  21. 51%Game Brain Score
    51% User Score Based on 2 reviews

    P.O.W.D.E.R. - Powder On Wild Days Explodes Randomly Play as a delivery elf who must maneuver around obstacles to prevent his package from bursting and deliver it to one of many towns. You can consume the exploded powder to get a buff, but things might get even worse... How long will you resist before giving in to the powder's appeal? Gameplay Whenever one of your powder keg explodes, it is turned… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to P.O.W.D.E.R..

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  22. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    68% User Score Based on 91 reviews
    Critic Score 72%Based on 7 reviews

    A classic reawakens – Assault Suit Leynos is back and in high definition! Get ready for all-out robotic war as the fan-favourite Genesis classic is reworked with all new HD visuals for the ultimate alien-blasting experience! As Earth reels from the impact of the fourth world war and dwindling resources, an uneasy truce between nations sees mankind reach for the stars. Colonies are settled, resour… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Assault Suit Leynos.

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  23. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, optimization
    67% User Score Based on 122 reviews

    Control airplanes, helicopters and combat-boats as you defend your carrier from a relentless alien onslaught! A sim-light horde-mode game drawing inspiration from the early arcade games, re-interpreted in Full VR! Caution: This is an intense experience, with smooth movement and rotation of player-camera in VR. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Worlds At War.

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  24. 36%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    36% User Score Based on 84 reviews

    Strap on your gravity boots, power up your laser, and climb aboard your spaceship for a retro-styled, RPG-jaunt into the unknown! Travel an open-world, sandbox universe where you are the architect of your own story. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to STAR-BOX: RPG Adventures in Space.

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  25. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    68% User Score Based on 77 reviews

    Experience epic space battles while piloting a small, fast fighter ship as part of a fleet that lashes out against enemy factions across stunning procedurally generated star systems in Disputed Space. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Disputed Space.

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  26. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    90% User Score Based on 62 reviews

    Imperium Galactica. The Universe is yours... if you can handle it. The fourth millennium. Mankind has colonised the galaxy. Created an Empire. Now, it is crumbling. The aliens are restless. The oppressed are building armies. And a strange invader is headed for the heart of the Empire. Imperium Galactica is praying a new leader will arise. You. Features Detailed colony management Research and devel… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Imperium Galactica.

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  27. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    90% User Score Based on 62 reviews

    You command destructive ships to obliterate thousands of enemies, while weaving through intricate networks of invasive machine-organisms! Combining classic fast-paced shoot 'em up action with quick-thinking tactics of puzzlers, you must carefully match the right pieces to fly out of danger! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Galacide.

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  28. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    93% User Score Based on 54 reviews
    Critic Score 73%Based on 9 reviews

    The cult classic Gravitar has been Recharged. Complete missions in each solar system, navigating a variety of challenging environments, each with varying levels of gravity that will test your skills as a pilot before unlocking new solar systems to explore. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gravitar: Recharged.

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    54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, atmosphere
    54% User Score Based on 61 reviews

    Close Order is an arcade shooter with one simple goal: become a badass armada! In this mashup of genres, defeat enemies for parts to build up an armada of ships around you. Fight from a distance, charge headfirst into battle, or create a mix of anything and everything. You decide how to play! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Close Order.

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  30. Two space exterminators prepared to clean the galaxy from vermin. Collect ammo for your rifle and oxygen tanks. Old school game, funny, difficult and addictive. Compatible with keyboard and controller. 30 stages 30 enemies and traps. 38 achievements. 1 or 2 players. Compatible with keyboard and controller. Retro graphics and rhythmic music. Fun and difficulty of the old school. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Climber.

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    60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    60% User Score Based on 55 reviews

    Discover this fantastic remake of the classic arcade game Asteroids! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dark Matter.

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  32. 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.

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    37%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    56% User Score Based on 18 reviews

    Triangle Service’s Minus Zero is a shooter that focuses on a tried-and-true shoot-’em-up weapon: the lock-on laser. It’s shoot-’em-up purity: just you, your lock-on laser, and a whole bunch of enemies. As long as you continue to blast away at the waves of enemies, you’ll maintain invincibility, but if you lose track of your position among the explosions and neon glow, you’ll soon find that invinci… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MINUS ZERO.

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    53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    72% User Score Based on 25 reviews

    Captain Kaon is a retro twin-stick gravity shooter inspired by 1980s classics such as Thrust and Gravitar. Captain Kaon brings the vector graphics of old right 'up-to-date’ with vibrant Amiga-style pixel art and a tight twin-stick control mechanic. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Captain Kaon.

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    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    92% User Score Based on 78 reviews
    Critic Score 69%Based on 1 reviews

    Terminal Velocity is a simulation video game. It is an arcade-style flight combat game, with simpler game controls and physics than flight simulators. It is known for its fast, high-energy action sequences, compared to flight simulators of the time. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Terminal Velocity.

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  37. 41%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    64% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    Space Avenger is super fast paced top down arena shooter with multiple ships and tons of upgrading options that will help you in your war against the Empire of Nexx. Traverse intense battles across multiple worlds as you attempt to push the Nexx back and save your people! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Avenger: Empire of Nexx.

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  38. Inspired by the harrowing true accounts of lethal caving accidents. In the dark, your greatest enemy isn't a monster—it's your own body, your stamina, and the unforgiving laws of physics. The Mechanics of Claustrophobia Most games treat movement as a given. Here, movement is the challenge. By utilizing a full procedural ragdoll system, every inch of progress through the cave must be earned.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Caver's Paradox.

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  39. TRUE GALACTIC MISSION: There are 5 pilots in training, each with peculiar characteristics. It's the day of the final test and everyone will face a obstacle to see who will be able to accept the next challenge, a true galactic mission. Be one of the pilots chosen for this mission and embark on infinite space in search of the unknown, in order to discover what is altering the flow of the univers… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to True Galactic Mission.

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  40. READ BEFORE DOWNLOADING AND PLAYING! This game could only be exported for Windows platforms only! About the game: This game is for the BlackThornProd Game Jam! The second one, to be exact! The theme was "Mini Planets," and so, after a surprisingly short period of thinking, I came up with the idea to make a "Conquerer" game where an entire galaxy is entirely randomly generated; creating 50 planets,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Galactic Dream.

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  41. Ace Pilot Pacific is my 3rd game and I have been working on it for around a year and a half. The action takes place during World War 2 in the Pacific. You will fly one of the six different aircraft available against the Japanese. You will be dog fighting against Zeros, Ki43, Ki49, G4M, G4M2, Hk8K2, Nakajima Kikka, J8M Shusui, and Shinden. Choose between 5 missions: - Atoll - Pearl Harbor - Wake … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ace Pilot Pacific.

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  42. 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Welcome to the future, from the eyes of a cyborg seeking vengeance...  The Story that'll Fit the Glove: POWERGLOVE is a third-person over the shoulder action shooter with a sci-fi, eighties aesthetic and fast paced, heart pumping gameplay. When a cyborg-soldier is met with near death amidst a failed mission to an enemy outpost, the mission goes south, and his squadron is taken captive. Being occu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to POWERGLOVE.

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    73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    100% User Score Based on 24 reviews

    Dextram is an arcade shoot 'em up game with a twist. There is no shooting, and you can only turn right. The player controls a ship that is always moving forward, and by pressing a button the ship turns right. The game is a simple score chaser with the goal of getting an as high score as possible. Points are given by getting the enemies to crash, either into each other or into the walls. There are … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dextram.

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  44. Spaceforce Homeworld, missile hell of epic proportions, with PowerUps and Reinforcement Calls will bring back the nostalgia of classic retro arcade shooter games.For hundreds of years humans have searched for an answer to the eternal question: Are we alone in the universe?Get armed, kill the enemy. Follow the story as you explore the levels and call for help. If you keep improving, your 3 types of… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spaceforce Homeworld.

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  45. Welcome to Validius - a fun and furious shooter written for the Syntax Bomb "Reboot" competition. I'm very proud that this game was the winner of that event. Important information for Mac users. When you have downloaded the zip file then you need to make sure you drag the app into the applications folder before running it else sometimes you get a "game not found" error message when launching it. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Validius.

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  46. 47%Game Brain Score
    47% User Score Based on 8 reviews

    "Echidna Wars Mini" was an HTML game demo constructed by Asimofu and D-Gate prior to the release of "Echidna Wars DX", and was taken down in the wake of the full-game release. The gameplay is reminiscent of NES classics, especially the Megaman series, which ultimately led to this "Revitalization". NOTE: I can't believe I forgot to say this anywhere. Press "K" to toggle 60fps mode. All the footag… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Echidna Wars Mini: Revitalized.

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  47. ■ Story In a society where advanced AI had evolved, AI industrial robots were rapidly developed as a solution to labor shortages caused by global population decline. With this solution, humanity briefly flourished. Next-gen AIs enabled breakthroughs in medicine, light-speed travel, data storage, crop engineering, and sustainable energy. Eventually, humanity succeeded in digitizing conscio… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ARONDIGHT アロンダイト.

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  48. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    91% User Score Based on 45 reviews

    A linear, story-driven space sim in the style of 90s classics like X-Wing and Wing Commander. As a newly qualified Alliance pilot, you find yourself caught up in a plot to break the fragile peace between two galactic super powers. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alliance Peacefighter.

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    73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    74% User Score Based on 47 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    As a lowly captain on a dead-end planet, you must build a ship, complete a mission and wave it goodbye when your crew defects to the other side. Then design a new ship to hunt down those mutinous traitors in an endless cycle of punishment and revenge. Don't make your designs too good, because odds are you'll be fighting them pretty soon. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Defect.

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  50. 38%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    38% User Score Based on 69 reviews

    19.06.2117, a Beautiful journey to another universe, but we are not alone, while the journey comes it to a small incident. Robot Aliens comes to conquer the Spaceship. The crew is dead, can you escape? - Find the way to the Rescue Capsule and save yourself. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space of Darkness.

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