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Explore and fight your way through a crashed human spaceship infested with relentless hordes of aliens as you become more powerful with exciting weapon upgrades and powerups in this retro inspired first-person shooter.

Reviews: Very Positive — 88% — of 136 reviews
Released: 2024-07-22
Developer: Zarc Attack
Publisher: PM Studios, inc.
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows

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    You are Earth's last line of defense in a relentless alien invasion. Experience intense top-down roguelite action across diverse landscapes, fighting invaders with a versatile arsenal. Outsmart, outgun, and survive your foes. Every run increases the challenge - so adapt, evolve, dominate!

    Why similar: Aliens 41.4%, Combat 26.1%, Sci-fi 21.8%, Adventure 8.6%, Singleplayer 2.2%

  56. #56 MIO: Memories in Orbit
    64% matchVery Positive83% of 2,890 reviews2026
    Dev: Douze DixièmesPub: Focus Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 49.3%, Exploration 12.4%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Combat 9.3%, Colorful 8%

  57. #57 HYPERVIOLENT
    67% matchMixed61% of 492 reviews2025
    Dev: nfoPRINCEPub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    An ancient evil has awoken in the depths of a remote mining asteroid, stirred from its slumber by man's lust for power. Unaware, you answer a distress call and become stranded, surrounded by monstrous foes. Unravel the mystery of this madness and stop its spread in this horror retro shooter!

    Why similar: Boomer Shooter 38.2%, FPS 15.9%, Space 9.8%, Shooter 9.7%, Combat 8%

  58. #58 ASTRONAUTILUS
    68% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2022
    Dev: neozoid.games
    Windows

    Your ship has crash-landed on a stray rogue planet, and you're out of fuel... It's up to you to delve beneath the frozen surface and find a way to get your ship back into space while fighting strange sea creatures and uncovering the mysteries of the world beneath the ice!

    Why similar: Shooter 30.4%, Pixel Graphics 18.2%, Colorful 17.8%, Space 16.8%, Retro 15.8%

  59. #59 Hands of Necromancy
    67% matchVery Positive84% of 393 reviews2022
    Dev: HON TeamPub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    Hands of Necromancy is a Dark Fantasy FPS metroidvania, inspired by classics such as Heretic and made with the GZDoom engine. Wield weapons, magic or transform into a fearsome monster to slay your foes, then raise them as undead servants and unleash even more carnage to become a master Necromancer!

    Why similar: Boomer Shooter 34.5%, Metroidvania 19.7%, FPS 14.1%, Shooter 8.4%, Stylized 5.5%

  60. #60 PowerSlave Exhumed
    66% matchVery Positive89% of 893 reviews2022
    Dev: Nightdive Studios
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    PowerSlave Exhumed is a KEX Engine port of the classic console game perfectly blending both the PlayStation & Saturn versions

    Why similar: Metroidvania 25.7%, FPS 17.7%, Boomer Shooter 13.3%, Shooter 10.5%, Old School 7.4%

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