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Looking for games like Thirst? Here are top platformer recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Thirst Refined, Lacuna Passage or Terraformers.

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  1. The year is 2224, and the average global temperature on Earth has reached 158° Fahrenheit after decades of fossil fuel usage, the oceans have evaporated, glaciers reduced to dust, and little to no life on the surface of our once life giving planet. The only remaining humans live in Life Domes, large structures that simulate a habitable atmosphere. These domes, as advanced as they are, require the … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Thirst Refined.

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  2. 58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    58% User Score Based on 85 reviews

    Explore the vast terrains of Mars, generated from real NASA satellite data, and survive by discovering randomized supply caches and habitats. Adventure in an otherworldly first-person sandbox. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lacuna Passage.

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  3. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    89% User Score Based on 1,997 reviews

    Terraformers is a 3X game with roguelite elements in which you terraform Mars. Explore the planet’s wonders, exploit its resources and expand by settling new cities. Start the terraforming... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Terraformers.

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  4. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    67% User Score Based on 297 reviews

    Sol 0 is a real time strategy game where you establish the first Martian colony. From the first human footprints on Martian soil to a thriving and self-sustaining colony, Sol 0 imagines a near future using technology that could be available within the next few decades. Make use of minerals and resources across the Martian surface to expand from the first exploratory rover to an independent frontie… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sol 0: Mars Colonization.

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  5. Bunker Wars: Drone Control Strategy is a game made for Major Jam: Isolation with the additional limitation of "no living beings". Brainstorming lead to an Advance Wars-style game (Days of Ruin in particular) with drone units and electronic warfare. Controls Only a Keyboard Required. Arrow Keys - Move Cursor / Navigate MenuZ - ConfirmX - CancelA - Toggle Map ZoomS - Cycle to next UnitSpacebar - En… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bunker Wars.

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  6. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    90% User Score Based on 60 reviews

    Parasite is a roguelike survival horror game about possession set in a modern-day setting. Currently in development, each session is set to be medium length (around 2-3 hours to complete). The game is fully completable to the end but needs GUI work, balancing and polish. Current features include: A whole generated modern-day city to explore and survive in. A single story scenario that starts wi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Parasite.

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    68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    68% User Score Based on 530 reviews
    Critic Score 68%Based on 1 reviews

    Aquatico is a survival city builder set deep beneath the waves. Choose your strategy, obtain resources, build your futuristic city and prove no challenge is too hard. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aquatico.

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    77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    78% User Score Based on 4,704 reviews
    Critic Score 74%Based on 4 reviews

    In Reus, you control powerful giants that help you shape the planet to your will. You can create mountains and oceans, forests and more. Enrich your planet with plants, minerals and animal life. There is only one thing on the planet that you do not control: mankind, with all their virtues and and all their vices. You can shape their world, but not their will. Provide for them and they may thrive. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Reus.

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  9. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability
    82% User Score Based on 750 reviews

    Try your hand as a global planner of a future society. Play with a wide range of technologies and policies spanning different fields and ideologies. Will you lead the world to ecological utopia or planetary ruin? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Half-Earth Socialism.

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    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    88% User Score Based on 5,844 reviews

    Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stationeers.

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  11. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    91% User Score Based on 2,206 reviews

    You are a representative of the CRAFT & Co company. You are selling automated fabrication tools across the galaxy when your spacecraft crashes into a hostile planet. Use the tools you sell and the local resources to build up all of what you'll need to survive and eventually be able to escape the planet. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dig or Die.

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  12. WELCOME TO AFTERHEATA brutal solo survival game set in a scorched, post-apocalyptic Earth consumed by climate collapse. The world as we knew it is gone. Oceans have evaporated. Forests turned to ash. Humanity has fallen. What remains is a lifeless desert wasteland—relentless, empty, and silent. You are alone. No one is coming. To survive, you must adapt to the heat, fight exhaustion, scavenge w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Afterheat.

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

    Warm Monkey is an Action/Platformer video game in isometric 3D landscape. In a modern architectural and exotic city, a monkey multiplies and its need for water increases. He must reach the seashore. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Warm Monkey.

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  14. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    88% User Score Based on 32 reviews

    Welcome to a challenging colony simulation game set on a distant planet. Starting with a small group of colonists, you're tasked to mine resources, refine materials, build structures, and innovate with new technologies. Across generations and centuries, you'll expand your settlement into a thriving civilization and terraform the planet to make it your new home. Prosper Through the AgesColonists… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ExoColony: Planet Survival.

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  15. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    78% User Score Based on 3,038 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 7 reviews

    A single player exploration and survival experience, played in first person and developed in Unreal Engine 4. Set on a mysterious and uninhabited alien planet. With Earth on the brink of destruction, as mankind's last hope, and stranded on a deserted alien planet, the player has to survive the harsh environment and find a way to send a signal back home. Confronted with merciless weather, and dan… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Solus Project.

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  16. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    61% User Score Based on 196 reviews

    Journey to the Center of the Earth is a 2D platformer about exploring giant caves and dying of thirst. Based on the Jules Verne novel, players control three adventurers with unique powers and have to make their way through 18 expansive levels, solve puzzles, avoid traps and find the well hidden secret at the center of the Earth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Journey To The Center Of The Earth.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    83% User Score Based on 2,435 reviews

    Evolve your primitive hunter gatherers through thousands of years of technological advancement. Feed, protect and grow your tribe, build towns and industry, and advance through the ages in this first person civilization builder for PC. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sapiens.

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  18. Embark on a one-way journey to a distant planet, where your mission is to establish and thrive in a small colony. Returning to Earth is not an option. The rich resources in the region offer a promising start, and with your colonists, you’ve already begun to explore and mine. As in any space mission, danger is everywhere, and you must thrive to survive. You can utilize various resources to establi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Too Far Too Late.

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  19. Take on the challenge and discover a completely new 3D sci-fi dungeon crawler. The sophisticated room card mechanics and endless generated dungeons with the form of a cube, this game is unique in this genre. What will you discover while exploring? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cube Crawler.

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  20. Neon Space Ball is a fast-paced, physics-based platformer set in a neon-lit futuristic world. Guide your ball through rotating platforms, avoid deadly obstacles, and navigate challenging levels to reach the goal. With intuitive controls, vibrant visuals, and exciting level mechanics, the game offers a mix of strategy, precision, and reflex-based gameplay. The game features a unique life system … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Neon Space Ball.

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  21. A wandering Kingdom The Kingdom Of God: Creation It is an independent game integrating territory management, resource management, strategic chess, arms research and exploration. As a special new God, the player will have his own country, forge ahead and develop in the dangerous void universe. You need to manage your own divine land, the layout of buildings and the allocation of land. Expand y… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Kingdom of God.

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  22. Imperium is a 2D Lo-fi, Sci-fi Puzzle Adventure game set in a dystopian future where you take on the role of BS-23, a former scientist of the condemned scientific organisation known as The Betterment. Imprisoned due to their involvement with the original Betterment, BS-23 is sent out onto dangerous missions alone and unarmed with the objective to obtain vital data at the behest of the Galactic Cou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Imperium.

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  23. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    74% User Score Based on 62 reviews

    Roadmap About the GameASTROBOTANICA™ is a science-driven exploration adventure set on prehistoric Earth. You’re Xel - an alien botanist stranded on a hostile primeval world while searching for rare plant species capable of saving your dying home planet. Ancient Earth is beautiful, mysterious, and toxic to your physiology. To survive, you must study the planet’s ecosystems, discover powerful pr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ASTROBOTANICA.

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    51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, atmosphere
    80% User Score Based on 15 reviews

    Dive into abandoned underwater mining facilities built to extract Fathomite, a rare green ore once believed to be humanity’s last hope after an apocalyptic collapse. You play as a Fathomwalker, descending into the depths to gather vital resources while prolonged exposure to Fathomite has twisted those who lingered below into monstrous creatures. Between dives, your crew resides aboard The Hull, a … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Hull.

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  25. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    93% User Score Based on 200 reviews

    You are Dalia, a deep-space disaster specialist dispatched to the rings of Saturn. You’ll lay victims to rest, clean up alien fungus, and research its strange origins. Adapt to survive, cleanse the contamination, and escape the crisis. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ambrosia Sky.

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  26. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 1,410 reviews

    Voyagers of Nera is a cooperative seafaring survival-crafting game for up to 10 players. Sail across a magical ocean world, skim along the waves, and protect lost nature spirits from monsters emerging from the depths. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Voyagers of Nera.

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    78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    76% User Score Based on 3,372 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 11 reviews

    Per Aspera is a narrative-driven strategy game with the goal of overcoming the challenge of terraforming Mars. Explore the planet, gather resources, and make strategic decisions as you live the fantasy of scientifically-based interplanetary expansion. Hardship awaits. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Per Aspera.

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  28. 57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    57% User Score Based on 825 reviews

    Project Aura is a simulation/strategy videogame where you take control of a colony of climate disaster survivors. In the near future, humans will face the drastic consequences of climate change. Forced to take refuge in vital reserves using cryo-preservation, they await a second chance. At the end of the 21st century, humans, finally aware of the great climate disaster, dedicated their efforts n… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project AURA.

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  29. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    61% User Score Based on 603 reviews

    Starsand is a mystic survival game set among the dunes of an arcane desert. An open-world full of danger, vast environments and mysterious happenings await you! Explore, hunt, craft, build – and SURVIVE. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starsand.

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  30. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    88% User Score Based on 4,854 reviews
    Critic Score 0%Based on 7 reviews

    Discover Forever Skies on the official PlayStation website - screenshots, trailers, release date information, game features If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forever Skies.

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    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    87% User Score Based on 1,344 reviews

    Arid is a gritty, exploration-survival experience that challenges players in surviving the most arid place in the world. By using your skills and adaptation, you must face the loneliness, the extreme temperatures, and mysteries of the Atacama Desert. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arid.

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    62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    62% User Score Based on 1,159 reviews

    Keep hope alive on your adventure to the mythical Forever Star! Gather survivors, repair and build out your starship, brave black holes, and fend off attacks, all while managing the daily soap opera of your colorful crew. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jumplight Odyssey.

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  33. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    74% User Score Based on 114 reviews

    You are the lone survivor orbiting a potential new home planet, tethered to what’s left of your ship. Gather nearby debris and assemble a make-shift vessel in an attempt to survive the harsh realities of space. Maybe you'll live long enough to uncover the truth behind the ships malfunction... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Life Not Supported.

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  34. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    77% User Score Based on 10,366 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 3 reviews

    Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish an outpost on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, manufacture bots, and build a fully self-sufficient colony. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planetbase.

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  35. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    76% User Score Based on 128 reviews

    Blastronaut is a mining game in a procedural alien world. Explore, extract and profit. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BLASTRONAUT.

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  36. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    96% User Score Based on 35,845 reviews

    You are sent on an hostile planet with one mission: Make it habitable for Humans. You'll have to survive, collect ressources, build your base and machines in order to heat the planet, create an atmosphere with oxygen and eventually geo-engineer an entire planet. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planet Crafter.

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    37%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    37% User Score Based on 51 reviews

    Prepare for the ultimate test of survival! Do you have the skill necessary to build and manage the first sustainable extraterrestrial colony, or will your colonists become mere footnotes in the history of human space exploration? Their lives and legacies are in your hands! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PeriAreion.

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  38. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    59% User Score Based on 362 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    Robots of the Imperium Machina invaded the peaceful planet Merx. Go on an adventure to free your world from them. Stellar Overload is a 3D open-world, blocks-based, FPS, adventure game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stellar Overload.

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  39. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability
    83% User Score Based on 190 reviews

    Earth is gone ... Humanity is faced with extinction ... Our only hope is to find another world. Star Explorers is a game that randomly generates a galaxy. Each star and and celestial object can be scanned and added to an ever expanding database, every planet can be landed on and explored. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Explorers.

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    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    93% User Score Based on 1,122 reviews

    MewnBase is a cute, 2D exploration/survival game. You land on an uncharted world only to realize you didn't bring any snacks and forgot half your luggage. But hey, at least you brought this workbench thing. You'll need to collect resources in order to construct a make-shift base. Craft a variety of different base modules, from airlocks to rain-water collectors in order to make your new home on thi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MewnBase.

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  42. According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, a professor at the University of New Jersey in the United States gave the tragic situation after the US-Russia nuclear war. If the United States and Russia use nuclear weapons to attack each other without restriction, most creatures on the surface of the earth will die. Moreover, such deaths are not instantaneous, but last for many years. After the n… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VR Travelling towards World War III Scenario: Post Nuclear War Earth Fantasy.

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  43. Launch Window is a single player physics-based automation game where you establish supply chains across an entire solar system using Newtonian orbital mechanics. Transport resources and populations between colonies using real physics. Build infrastructure to construct more ships. Use those ships to establish new supply routes. This is how the colony grows. Your first launch may carry a handful … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Launch Window.

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  44. The world is ruined by the climate crisis. As the last human on Earth, you have one task: bring the planet back alive. Master nature, technology and weather to build an entire ecosystem in a living, simulated pixel-art world. Genre: Adventure / Strategy Platform: Browser Status: In development :) Based on deep climate research, Revenant Earth simulates atmosphere, weather, plan… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Revenant Earth.

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  45. Welcome to "SHIFT," an innovative 2D platformer that invites players into a world where scale and perspective shift as dramatically as the stakes. In this game, players assume the role of a nimble cat tasked with scaling the Tower of the Inverse Proportional Function—a mystical structure that houses the Core of Scales. This core, when under malevolent control, can manipulate the world's scale at w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SHIFT.

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  46. This is my submission for the VimJam2 Game Jam hosted by 8 Bits to Infinity and Vimlark.[Note: The game was not submitted to the game jam because the project was started long before the time period of VimJam2.] *** If you are an ANDROID user, an .apk build is available for download. It is better optimized for a mobile experience. Scroll down to the bottom of the description to find the download bu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Lion Sleeps Tonight - VimJam2.

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  47. Play the Free Public Demo Unite your family in a world fractured by grim wars A Conflict Between Light and Shadow Pentaquin: Deeds Of Twilight is going to be a 2D platformer currently in development. Plunge into the exciting and extensive game world and let yourself be captivated by the lovingly drawn graphics and wonderful music compositions of the Pentaquin universe. Planned Features (end ga… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pentaquin: Deeds Of Twilight.

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  48. In a post-apocalyptic world where Earth is on the brink of collapse, humanity's last hope lies in finding a new habitable planet. The remaining population resides in the last "green" city, a sanctuary shielded from the desolate wastelands that cover the rest of the planet. To select the most skilled and resourceful individuals for a crucial space mission, the city's leaders organize an intense co… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Galactic Gauntlet: The Ultimate Interstellar Challenge.

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  49. 51%Game Brain Score
    51% User Score Based on 2 reviews

    Alien Slaphead (C) 2022 Joesoft Difficulty - It's for Kids. Concept, Code and Graphics by John Davies Fabulous Loading Screen by Andy Green Awesome Original AY Music by Pedro Pimenta Music Album - https://jumperror.bandcamp.com/album/alien-slaphead-ost Written using The Amazing AGDx Mini The Story You are Alien Slaphead You landed on earth on a one way ticket with the intent of spying on it's inha… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alien Slaphead.

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  50. 51%Game Brain Score
    51% User Score Based on 2 reviews

    An immersive sci-fi city builder where you build your own thriving colony, against adverse planetary conditions, alien lifeforms and even your own population. Please check the bottom of page for the DEMO of the game New in Update 4    (16/July/2025) - Improvements to UI windows and menus- Improved UI Scaling- In-game Options menu now has confirmation dialogues for certain actions- Added b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Brave New Colony.

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