
Volatile is a space exploration adventure game which, at its core, plays with the importance of actions and consequences.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Action-Adventure, Exploration, Top-Down Shooter.

Volatile is a space exploration adventure game which, at its core, plays with the importance of actions and consequences.

Starcom: Unknown Space
Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds.

When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears
When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears is a story-driven, retro space shooter inspired by DOS-era space games like Star Control, Solar Winds, and Lightspeed. Blast your way through fast-paced arcade combat; build out modular, upgradable ships; and explore a galaxy torn by war.
Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Space 15.4%, Open World 12.2%, Lore-Rich 11.5%, Exploration 8.9%
When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears is a story-driven, retro space shooter inspired by DOS-era space games like Star Control, Solar Winds, and Lightspeed. Blast your way through fast-paced arcade combat; build out modular, upgradable ships; and explore a galaxy torn by war.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.8%, Lore-Rich 14.7%, Exploration 10.7%, Action-Adventure 9%, Top-Down 7.2%
Tempest Lost is a top-down Co-op Adventure shooter. You play as one of 4 commandos tasked with discovering the truth behind many of the events in Tempest Lost. Join with up to 3 other friends for action packed story told in the Tempest Lost Universe.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.1%, Alternate History 20.9%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Top-Down 7.5%, Choices Matter 7.2%
Join Captain Rijk as he attempts to escape from the clutches of one of the most villainous species in the galaxy. Help to uncover the horrors that are being carried out on the fringes of the civilised galaxy and become the divine being prophesised to inspire an uprising and destroy The Domain.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.5%, Aliens 14.4%, Space 14%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Story Rich 7.8%
Explore a world of secrets and opposition at every turn, and smash through it in fast-paced top-down combat! This game is a short 2–3 hour experience that aims for high quality of life, worldbuilding, and gameplay without demanding weeks of your time!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.6%, Lore-Rich 17.3%, Exploration 12.5%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Top-Down 8.5%
Experience the award-winning space saga. Travel to hyperspace, discover alien worlds, and meet an eclectic cast of characters. Find out what happened after the Ur-Quan invasion. And if the war still rages, fight for Earth and the Alliance of Free Stars!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Open World 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, Choices Matter 9.2%
A space exploration horror RPG with open world and customization.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.3%, Open World 14.3%, Space 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Exploration 9.6%
An action metroidbrainia set in a dying dwarf galaxy. Scavenge wrecks, meet strange characters, and fight your way through a cold universe to piece together an interstellar puzzle.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Lore-Rich 15.7%, Multiple Endings 8.4%, Action-Adventure 8%, Open World 7.9%
Embrace the call of the cosmos! Take the helm as a fearless Soviet space explorer. Explore, trade, defend and manage your fleet while meeting a diverse array of interesting aliens.
Why similar: Alternate History 22.7%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Exploration 9.1%, Aliens 8.6%
Dead-End Bounty is an open-world top-down shooter set in the wild west! A frontier with 3 kinds of people: the ones on wanted posters, the ones printing them, and people like Charlie—a bounty hunter with his eyes set on one particular bounty that has slipped through his hands a few too many times.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.3%, Lore-Rich 14%, Exploration 13.1%, Action-Adventure 12.8%, Top-Down 6.9%
Embark on a story-rich 2D Metroidvania adventure with breathtaking hand-drawn art, playing as miser-turned-hero Ebenezer Scrooge in a reimagined Victorian-fantasy based on Charles Dickens’ classic novel, A Christmas Carol. Enlist the help of ghosts to save the people of London before it’s too late.
Why similar: Alternate History 26.5%, Lore-Rich 19.3%, Open World 11.1%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, Exploration 8.4%
Exciting action with puzzle elements and an interesting plot, which takes place on the huge spaceship Transporter P18. In this game, players will encounter an incredible mixture of science fiction and horror. Immerse yourself in a dark world where you need to survive at any cost.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.3%, Aliens 11.5%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Top-Down 9.2%, Space 9.2%
Fight the machines. Survive the ruins. Uncover the truth. Echo Core is a top-down sci-fi action-adventure where you awaken in a forgotten underground facility. Explore awe-inducing locations, battle hostile machines, and uncover the truth of your creation across three atmospheric acts.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.9%, Lore-Rich 19.2%, Action-Adventure 15.9%, Exploration 10.5%, Sci-fi 6.9%
Black Demeter is an open-world sci-fi action-adventure set on a planet in constant twilight and mystery. Turn movement into a weapon, earn the locals’ trust, or burn it all down.
Why similar: Open World 16.8%, Action-Adventure 13%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Space 10.7%, Aliens 10.2%
Become the first diplomat to an alien world in this dialogue-driven, Star Trek-inspired RPG. Explore an ancient civilization, befriend its strange inhabitants, and make agonizing choices that will forever shape the future of their species.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 15.8%, Aliens 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Space 10.1%
YOU are a living bullet in a dungeon dashing through rooms trying to escape the dungeon.Breach is a top down action game that requires YOU to use your limited amount of abilities to max efficiency
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 46.9%, Action-Adventure 17.6%, Multiple Endings 16%, 2D 7.6%, Dark 6%
Explore the deep jungle in search of your grandpa, engage with the locals, discover dark secrets about the valley and choose its and subsequently your own fate...
Why similar: Lore-Rich 23.1%, Action-Adventure 12.9%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Exploration 11.1%, Choices Matter 11%
AstroWars is a top down 2d shooter with monsters and a blue gun. Earn score by killing monsters and try to beat your top score.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36.6%, Aliens 13.7%, Top-Down 10.1%, Space 9.6%, Action 8.1%
The Church in the Darkness is an action/stealth game where you infiltrate a religious cult and the story changes every time you play. It's 1977 and your nephew has moved deep into the South American jungle. Sneak into his commune, find out what's going on, and try to get the best ending you can.
Why similar: Alternate History 23.8%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Choices Matter 11%, Open World 9%, Exploration 7.1%
Star Fox meets Touhou in this action-packed sci-fi shoot 'em up, set to a rockin' synthwave soundtrack reminiscent of the Hotline Miami series. Pick one of five mech pilots and wield the eponymous HeartLinks to defend the Hydra Galaxy from the Omni invasion. Master yourself, master the machine.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.4%, Lore-Rich 16.7%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Sci-fi 9%, Top-Down 9%
An exploration adventure set in a near-future research facility. Progress through the story by solving puzzles with no combat.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.6%, Exploration 16.7%, Multiple Endings 16.6%, Top-Down 15.7%, Atmospheric 6.8%
Zoom through the landscape as Boll, a mysterious glowing sphere, uncovering a forgotten past and the truth behind the world they've landed in. Gather all sorts of collectibles, evading Shapes and Nature alike. Uncover the mysteries...
Why similar: Lore-Rich 25.4%, Open World 13%, Exploration 11.3%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Story Rich 7.9%
Seasons of the Sorcerer is a top-down action game set to Antonio Vivaldi's "Four Seasons.” Use a diverse set of spells to incinerate, bash, transform, and control your foes on a year long journey across early Renaissance Italy.
Why similar: Alternate History 26.9%, Top-Down Shooter 25%, Lore-Rich 17.3%, Action-Adventure 10%, Top-Down 8.3%
Be NEARLY vaporized, crushed, blown to pieces, flame broiled, and electrocuted using your incredible targeting skills and class 1 fancy flying to keep you alive in this SHMUP that brings back the essence of the classic arcade shmups!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.5%, Aliens 9.6%, Open World 8.6%, Top-Down 8%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
Darkship Echoes is a tense, atmospheric sci-fi top-down shooter where you pilot a remote drone through a dark, derelict space station, using radar to scan for threats, fight rogue machines, and scavenge supplies to survive.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26%, Space 18.6%, Exploration 11.1%, Atmospheric 8%, Sci-fi 7.9%
Transport a hostile artifact on a fragile balancing platform. Build infrastructure, test experimental systems, and survive — or be replaced by the next crew.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.5%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Exploration 11.2%, Top-Down 11.2%, Space 10.2%
Scarred Stars: Traumatic edition begins by you entering an amusement park from hell and you must escape with your sanity - if you can! Adventure through a ruined amusement park with a dark past. Escape monsters and discover multiple endings in this survival horror game!
Why similar: Lore-Rich 24.2%, Action-Adventure 13%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Exploration 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.9%
Explore locations, fight enemies, cast spells, and repeat! What more could you want in a game?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33%, Action-Adventure 15%, Top-Down 11.9%, Space 10.9%, Choices Matter 8.6%
Wilted Rails is an action-adventure RPG with rogue-lite aspects; manage, crew, and upgrade your armoured train. Travel a war-stricken world stuck in boundless conflict. Defend your train as you explore the many fractured cultures, towns, and countries of the world
Why similar: Alternate History 32.3%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Exploration 10.2%, Open World 8.8%
Sci-Fi adventure! Run from the law through the remnants of the US, centuries after the ice caps melt. America is a flooded, war-ravaged shell of its former self... and it's doing GREAT!
Why similar: Alternate History 28.7%, Open World 14.7%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Exploration 9.1%
Not Involved. Vermillion is a narrative-driven action game with a craft system. Diagnose patients, collect ingredients, prepare mixtures and try to save the whole village.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.4%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Action-Adventure 14.8%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Story Rich 9.1%
Realms of Arcana is an engaging RPG set in a mysterious world shaped by the legacy of a fallen empire, featuring deep exploration, crafting, strategic combat with melee, magic, stealth, and a storyline where every choice impacts the game's rich narrative.
Why similar: Alternate History 29.8%, Lore-Rich 21.2%, Open World 11.6%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Exploration 10.2%
Relive the legend of Saint George... like never before. Make decisions, change the course of history, and discover unexpected and even absurd outcomes in this visual adventure for the whole family.
Why similar: Alternate History 34.4%, Lore-Rich 25.6%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Story Rich 7.4%
Under a Desert Sun: Seekers of the Cursed Vessel, is a single-player and co-op action RPG set in WWII-era Egypt. Battle soldiers and undead hordes, explore ancient tombs, and uncover a dark curse. Play solo or with friends in local co-op, with new heroes and content coming in Early Access.
Why similar: Alternate History 24.3%, Top-Down Shooter 21%, Lore-Rich 17.4%, Open World 10%, Action-Adventure 8.8%
In Memory Island,You accidently lost your memory.In order to get back those memories, You need to face powerful enemies, solve puzzles,and learn about the people and things about this island. Gradually find out who you really are and the origin of the Memory Island during the journey.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.3%, Open World 14.9%, Action-Adventure 13%, Top-Down 11.4%, Exploration 10.7%
Infiltrate the Mentoes Tower, avenge the death of your father, and bring Mr Mentoe’s dark secrets to light in this top-down, story-driven shooter.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.5%, Lore-Rich 19.7%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Top-Down 9.5%
In Spaceship Down, you’re Noah, a stranded tech patching up a crashed spaceship with whatever you can find. With only a sarcastic narrator and a perky AI for company, survival means thinking fast and jury-rigging your way out of a bad situation. Think you’re up for it?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 30.2%, Exploration 15.9%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Space 10.6%, Sci-fi 7.8%
After an asteroid catastrophe, your rocket ship crash-lands in the wilderness of Mars. Explore the planet's mysteries, strategize your escape, and build a shelter to protect yourself!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.2%, Space 17.6%, Top-Down 15%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Action-Adventure 12.2%
Enter an ancient alien mind spiraling toward collapse. Explore shifting inner worlds, unlock new abilities, and battle hostile anomalies in a 3D third-person action adventure. Stabilize the mind to forge a new world or let it awaken as something far more terrifying.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.5%, Action-Adventure 14.6%, Exploration 11.9%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Space 9.4%
Astrotester is an action-adventure game. Complete tasks across various locations and levels. Fight against the dominant forces of the Flow and hostile creatures. Learn more about the world of Stellar system.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.6%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Exploration 11.1%, Top-Down 10.5%, Space 8.8%
Sym.BIOS: Torn Asunder is a visual novel with tricky moral choices and beautiful art. Its epic sci-fi story is told through vivid dialogue, featuring 7 main characters. All your decisions will have consequences down the line: will you succeed in your mission?
Why similar: Alternate History 25.6%, Lore-Rich 21.1%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Sci-fi 8.4%
A top-down and dream-filled shooter with a story that demands to be told.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35.4%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Exploration 10%, Story Rich 9.7%
In this world, deadly toxic mist is everywhere. The protagonist, Yaqing, becomes an apprentice to a physician skilled in using insects to save his sister, who has been poisoned by the mist. As the story progresses, he finds himself entangled in a tense racial conflict…
Why similar: Alternate History 32.9%, Lore-Rich 23.4%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Story Rich 8.2%, Choices Matter 7.4%
异界的灾祸侵袭宇宙,无数文明被残酷灭绝。然而在僻静的一颗还处于中世纪的魔法星球上,某人决定在终末危机到来前培育起强大的力量。
Why similar: Alternate History 28.6%, Lore-Rich 24%, Open World 13.5%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Stylized 7.8%
What will you sacrifice for the safety of your sister? An open-world, 2D RPG that encourages an open playstyle, and fitting into whatever role you can think of; evil sorcerer, brave barbarian, or a sly, lucky thief.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 20.4%, Open World 15.6%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Multiple Endings 11%, Exploration 9.1%
Freely explore a deadly wasteland as you uncover a plot to awaken an ancient evil.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 26%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Open World 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Exploration 11.6%
Omega Warp is a sci-fi themed action-adventure, which takes place aboard an interstellar freighter. Explore, upgrade your skills and equipment, and uncover the mysteries surrounding the freighter's loss of communication with the base of operations on Earth.
Why similar: Aliens 14.7%, Action-Adventure 14.4%, Exploration 11.1%, Space 10.7%, Sci-fi 9.9%
A classic unstoppable action game in which every decision you make can cost you victory!Dodge, hit, shoot, reflect and do the impossible to defeat the enemies that will appear from the sky to defeat you. History, secrets, score tables and more are waiting for you!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 44.1%, Alternate History 40.6%, 2D 7.5%, Action 5.9%, Adventure 1.9%
You play as an orc wishing to conquer the land and make it your own, you may make allies such as Goblins, Kobolds, Dragonkin, and More. Be warned Humans and Heroes are on their way. Are you ready to conquer the land?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 24%, Action-Adventure 13.9%, Top-Down 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.4%
INSOMNIA is a dieselpunk sci-fi RPG about the slowly degrading remnants of human society attempting to survive on an abandoned space metropolis. Develop your character, explore lovingly handcrafted locations, interact with peculiar NPCs and factions and try to stay alive in this brutal world.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 21.4%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Space 10.2%, Choices Matter 10.1%
The machine island was supposed to be a technological utopia on the bleeding edge of technology. Now it's a slaughterhouse. You are the only thing standing between rampaging AI and the rest of humanity. Fight for a chance to survive in a top-down classical shooter and defy the machine!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.2%, Open World 11.8%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Top-Down 10.3%, Sci-fi 8.7%
Ragtag crew? Check. Musical gear? Check. Tour bus and robot driver? Check. Stolen package? Check! Embark on a perilous road-trip across a Divided States of America. Use the power of words to shape relationships with your crew, get out of trouble and reach your final destination.
Why similar: Alternate History 28.4%, Lore-Rich 21.1%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Exploration 8.4%
Systems Fall is an action-adventure game packed with fast-paced combat. Fight through the underground labs, explore a dystopian city, upgrade your gear and uncover secrets - all while facing battles at every turn. Wishlist now!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.9%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, Exploration 13.1%, Top-Down 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.2%
TWWWR is a small action game about ascending a large tower. You'll need to platform, fight and explore if you want to make it to the top.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.6%, Top-Down 14.2%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, Exploration 11.3%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
Explore an open ended internet and operating system set in a 2000s alternate reality that changes over real life time depending on how you interact with it. Discover secrets through the web, download games, become an active member in communities and more. The world is at your fingertips.
Why similar: Alternate History 32%, Lore-Rich 20.9%, Open World 12.1%, Exploration 9.3%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
R for Revenge fuses the unforgiving lethality of classic top-down shooters with devastating combat skills. Choose between two distinct agents, combine firepower with unique abilities, and dismantle a criminal underworld in this high-octane action game. One bullet is all it takes.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 45%, Top-Down 13%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.8%, 2D 6.9%
Find what was taken from you at any cost in this Minimalistic Survival Horror.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.8%, Exploration 12.2%, Top-Down 11.9%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, Colorful 8.2%
Help Poppy as she journeys through unknown lands in search for her lost sister. Unknown secrets lie ahead, as not everything is originally as it seems... Solstice is is an emotional yet action-packed journey of self-discovery, forgiveness and acceptance.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.1%, Lore-Rich 19.8%, Top-Down 10.5%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Exploration 8.8%
This is a game that uses shooting to solve puzzles! You're a graduate student in interstellar Archaeology, and for your summer internship this year, you're flying solo to exotic alien ruins in search of hidden treasures!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36.9%, Alternate History 26.2%, Exploration 14.8%, Top-Down 9.5%, 2D 5.1%
The "Ares Virus" series of games is widely acclaimed for its unique combat and individual style of painting. Now that the sequel is back, it will give you an unprecedented experience.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.9%, Open World 17.2%, Action-Adventure 13.7%, Stylized 9.5%, Story Rich 9%