Games Like Xenopurge

Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.

Why similar: Programming 29.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 19.1%, Space 11.9%, Roguelite 10.2%, Procedural Generation 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the exact feeling of remote-commanding drones through a terminal-based interface in a desolate space setting.

Drop into the gripping journey of Aliens: Dark Descent, a squad-based, single-player action game in the iconic Alien franchise. Lead your soldiers in real-time to stop a new and terrifying kind of Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 25.3%, RTS 23%, Tactical 13.6%, Aliens 11.9%, Strategy 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Provides the definitive real-time tactical experience for purging alien threats with squad-based management.

True RTS gameplay reinforced with roguelite build crafting. Control units with bullet-time precision. Call down bases and raise armies. Drafted from a different arsenal every run. Weave builds that break the game. Or the game breaks you.

Why similar: RTS 25%, Perma Death 20.7%, Space 16.5%, Roguelite 16.1%, Tactical 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: Combines classic real-time strategy mechanics with roguelite progression and procedural mission scaling.

Deadnaut is Screwfly Studios' second game and follow up to cult hit, Zafehouse: Diaries. Deadnauts, so named because they’re unlikely to return, must explore, investigate and fight their way through the derelict ships of dead civilisations. Every mission is unique and no two locations are the same.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 19.7%, Perma Death 16.4%, Space 15.9%, RTS 13.8%, Procedural Generation 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tension of managing a squad via a remote interface while exploring dangerous, procedurally generated space environments.

Carrier Command 2 is the real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a futuristic carrier capable of deploying a vast array of aircraft and amphibious units. Compete against AI or human players and hop into every single vehicle to take matters into your own hands!

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 31.4%, RTS 29.7%, Management 15.7%, Strategy 10.5%, Simulation 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features a deep, multi-screen interface for managing tactical assets and remote vehicles that mirrors the command-center experience.

Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite that puts you in the role of a space fleet commander as you explore a mysteriously fallen empire. In this story rich experience inspired by Dune and Foundation, each successful run will uncover the truth about the Empire... and yourself as well.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 16.2%, Space 14.9%, RTS 14.4%, Perma Death 13.8%, Roguelite 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a tactical space-faring experience with a strong emphasis on command, exploration, and roguelite narrative cycles.

Guide puny humans through Despot's Game - a rogue-like tactics army battler. Equip your team and sacrifice them through procedural dungeons as you fight enemies, and other players!

Why similar: Auto Battler 38.9%, Roguelite 16.8%, Tactical 16%, Procedural Generation 10.3%, Strategy 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic auto-battler that emphasizes tactical positioning and roguelite resource management.

Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.

Why similar: Perma Death 24.8%, Space 21.4%, Roguelite 18.4%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Tactical 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A space-focused roguelite that emphasizes tactical strategy and the weight of perma-death.

A dark sci-fi mech assembling manager with semi-auto battles against mutating, alien bio-weapon.

Why similar: Management 33.1%, Real Time Tactics 28.8%, RTS 18%, Strategy 9.4%, Simulation 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A deep simulation and management game that requires meticulous planning and resource allocation for your tactical units.

This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.

Why similar: Space 30%, Perma Death 22.2%, Strategy 10.7%, Roguelite 10.4%, Procedural Generation 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for space-based roguelite management where every decision impacts the survival of your crew and ship.

Strain Tactics is a real-time-with-pause tactical game, where you command a squad of soldiers to liberate earth from an alien infestation. Using your helibase, deploy your custom squad and provide air support. Remember to keep your crew sane and motivated while staying clear of alien contamination!

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 51.6%, Aliens 24.4%, Strategy 22.3%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: A real-time tactical game that focuses on squad management and intense combat against alien infestations.

Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.

Why similar: Tactical 55%, Strategy 36.4%, Singleplayer 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a deep strategic layer and tactical combat against alien threats, perfect for those who enjoy the theme of Xenopurge.

Battlevoid: Harbinger is a hard sci-fi space exploration game blending roguelike, turn-based, star map strategy, and real-time space battles. You are a young commander venturing out into enemy territories, to unknown galaxies, never knowing what you will face as you jump out from hyperspace.

Why similar: Space 40.3%, Strategy 17.6%, Roguelite 16.9%, Simulation 10.4%, Perma Death 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A space strategy game that blends simulation elements with roguelike progression and fleet management.

Assume command of a battle fleet and deploy immediately to the Dust Zone, commander. Our main food supply station has gone dark and the United Earth Nations (UEN) needs to know why in this 4X RTS space sim. Manage your ships, control space stations, and watch your back.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 34.8%, Space 22.5%, Tactical 14.3%, Strategy 10.6%, RTS 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A space-based RTS that emphasizes fleet management and tactical decision-making in a large-scale sci-fi setting.

A roguelike where you automate combat. Combine skills and conditions to find your own optimal solution! No complicated controls at all!! Sit back with a coffee and watch the beautiful battles you've crafted unfold! Utilize a variety of skills, conditions, and relics to craft the ultimate build!

Why similar: Programming 38.3% ★, Auto Battler 19.6%, Automation 12.8%, Roguelite 10.5%, Procedural Generation 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the automation and programming aspects of tactical combat within a roguelike framework.

Build a fleet and lead humanity to safety. Grow your fleet using force, diplomacy or guile... and try to stay ahead of the relentless Harvesters. Each ship you add to your fleet gives you powers but also reduces your limited resources in this challenging RTS-with-pause game.

Why similar: RTS 29.5%, Real Time Tactics 24.6%, Perma Death 24.6%, Roguelite 19.3%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: A real-time-with-pause strategy game that forces you to manage a fleet while making difficult choices in a hostile galaxy.

This "space station builder simulation roguelite" puts you in charge of a space station. Fight off enemy ships, fleets and rival stations to dominate your corner of space. Build and upgrade your station, hire and manage your crew. Survive as long as you can.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 21.1%, Perma Death 16.6%, Space 16.4%, Roguelite 15.4%, Management 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines base-building and space management with roguelite elements for a challenging tactical experience.

Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!

Why similar: Management 31.6%, Horror 26.4%, Strategy 13.9%, Simulation 13.6%, 2D 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A complex space-management simulation that requires intense coordination and tactical awareness to survive alien environments.

Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based cyberpunk RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.

Why similar: Perma Death 28.8%, Space 22.4%, Tactical 17.9%, Procedural Generation 17.6%, Strategy 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, tactical roguelike that emphasizes extraction and resource management in a dark sci-fi setting.

Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.

Why similar: Space 33.3%, Management 31.4%, Strategy 14.6%, Simulation 10.9%, Atmospheric 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management and survival of a space crew, requiring careful planning and tactical responses to external threats.

Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

Why similar: Roguelite 29.6%, Strategy 28.3%, Tactical 19.2%, Procedural Generation 13.9%, Simulation 6%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelite that treats combat like a puzzle, requiring precise planning and indirect control of your units.

A Sci-Fi role-playing game featuring turn-based ground combat, space exploration, deep character customization and a massive living universe with thousands of star systems. Equip your ships with the best equipment you can find, gather a powerful crew of mercenaries and set out into the void!

Why similar: Space 50.1%, Tactical 33.2%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Singleplayer 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep tactical experience with squad-based combat and space exploration elements.

Nomad Fleet is a RTS game where you must lead the last remnants of Mankind to safety after a mysterious alien race has hunted them near extinction. Lead a fully armed fleet of battleships, carriers and fighters through a series of randomized scenarios and encounters where they must fight for their survival while scavenging for resources,...

Why similar: Space 34.7%, RTS 33.8%, Strategy 24.8%, Atmospheric 4.7%, Singleplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: A space-based RTS that emphasizes fleet survival and tactical management in a hostile universe.

Screeps: World is an open source MMO strategy sandbox game for programming enthusiasts. You control your colony by writing JavaScript code that operates 24/7 in the huge persistent online open world.

Why similar: Programming 48.4% ★, RTS 22.6%, Automation 16.1%, Strategy 7.7%, Simulation 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: An MMO strategy game that relies heavily on programming and automation to manage your units and base.

Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!

Why similar: Space 55.3%, Simulation 16.6%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Strategy 11.1%, Singleplayer 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: While different in genre, it captures the high-stakes, interface-heavy, and industrial feel of working in space.

A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Why similar: Management 33.9%, Procedural Generation 21.4%, Strategy 15.8%, Simulation 11.9%, 2D 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A colony management sim that provides deep strategic depth and emergent storytelling through its simulation systems.

Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.

Why similar: Tactical 50.8%, Strategy 40.7%, Singleplayer 8.5%

A ground-based RTS prequel to the classic Homeworld games. Assemble your fleet and lead them to victory on the shifting sands of Kharak in this compelling strategy game for PC from Blackbird Interactive.

Why similar: RTS 57.2%, Strategy 20.9%, Space 15.4%, Atmospheric 3.1%, Tactical 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in real-time tactics and fleet management that captures the scale of space-themed warfare.

Steam Marines is a squad based Roguelike set on a steampunk spaceship. It features tactical play focused on positioning and careful use of resources. Built to keep you on your toes as you progress through the decks of your besieged ship while clearing enemies and trying to reach each level's elevator.

Why similar: Perma Death 21.9%, Space 20.1%, Strategy 16.9%, Tactical 16.4%, Procedural Generation 14.1%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelike that focuses on squad management and positioning in claustrophobic, procedurally generated environments.

Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?

Why similar: Roguelite 28.9%, Management 19%, Space 15.9%, Strategy 15.5%, Aliens 12.5%

Explore the galaxy in this deckbuilding, sci-fi roguelike where ship upgrades and crew management are key to your survival. Optimize resource generation, engage in intense turn-based battles, and take on ever-growing threats as you seek out The Signal.

Why similar: Roguelite 36.8%, Procedural Generation 29.6%, Strategy 19.5%, 2D 9.9%, Singleplayer 4.2%

The story is situated on Mars. It starts where UFO: Aftermath left off and runs simultaneously with UFO: Aftershock. While the Laputans on Earth are fighting Wargots and Starghosts and finding out what caused the destruction of their home planet, a small colony on Mars is trying to survive and flourish.

Why similar: Strategy 36.3%, Tactical 30.5%, Aliens 30%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: Blends base management and tactical combat in a sci-fi setting, emphasizing the difficulty of alien containment.

Xenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their technology in turn-based ground combat.

Why similar: Management 28.2%, Aliens 25.7%, Tactical 18.8%, Strategy 12.4%, Simulation 7.4%

Xenosensory is a short incremental game with horror themes. Use your cursor to bust Xenos and save convicts then spend your research points on skill tree upgrades, actions, gadgets, and uncover the true horrifying nature of this space station nightmare.

Why similar: Management 44.1%, Strategy 24.8%, Simulation 17.2%, 2D 11.6%, Singleplayer 2.3%

A strategic autobattler sim where you build a team of gladiators, compete in arenas, plan fight tactics, and form alliances. Combine fighters, beasts, and mages, develop and equip them to optimize your well-oiled fighting machine, dominate the championships, and leave your mark on the world.

Why similar: Auto Battler 27.4%, RTS 20.9%, Management 16.3%, Roguelite 14.4%, Tactical 11.8%

Defend galaxy against Alien invasion in the RTS offline game with roguelike fun

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 33%, RTS 25.7%, Space 14.1%, Aliens 13.2%, Strategy 8.4%

Fight, Scavenge, Survive, and File Your Taxes. A grim yet hilarious space strategy roguelite where you must balance hull integrity against your company's relentless profit margins. Warning: Contains lethal doses of dark humor and corporate exploitation.

Why similar: Auto Battler 23.8%, Space 17.3%, Management 15.8%, Roguelite 15.8%, Tactical 12.7%

Racine is an Autobattler Strategy Roguelike. Use your cards to increase your heroes stats or cast powerful spells. Find some artifacts and new cards to develop your own play style.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 29.2%, Auto Battler 18.1%, Management 16.9%, Roguelite 10.1%, Procedural Generation 7.7%

A next-gen re-imagination of a groundbreaking 80s classic. Carrier Command: Gaea Mission brings a breathtaking combination of action and strategy elements.

Why similar: RTS 42.5%, Strategy 33.9%, Tactical 17.3%, Simulation 4.1%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical strategy game that focuses on the remote control of various units and vehicles across a large map.

Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!

Why similar: RTS 23.6%, Auto Battler 19.2%, Roguelite 14.7%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Tactical 11.8%

The engineering roguelike. Construct your combos by wiring circuits. Build crazy machines to zap the monsters and trigger satisfying chain reactions. Discover devastating synergies and create overpowered builds.

Why similar: Programming 38.6% ★, Automation 15.3%, Auto Battler 14.8%, Roguelite 11.3%, Management 8.5%

Dive deep into this Lovecraft-inspired RTS survival for a second time. Assemble your strike team and manage your convoy. It's up to you to survive the onslaught of nightmares that are surely coming your way. Will you find the source of the darkness?

Why similar: RTS 41%, Aliens 26.3%, Strategy 14.3%, Horror 12.6%, Real Time Tactics 3.8%

Recon Control is a turn-based strategy and 2D platformer hybrid focused on combat. Lead your special operations squad through a set of challenging and deadly missions.

Why similar: Perma Death 28.3%, Tactical 20.1%, Roguelite 18.8%, Strategy 14.8%, Simulation 9.5%

Repel the Rifts is a roguelite tower defense game where you lead a commander through an alien world, uncovering new terrain each wave, drafting powerful upgrades, and constructing defenses to hold back the chaos.

Why similar: Space 30.2%, Roguelite 27.6%, Tactical 23.7%, Strategy 11.9%, 2D 4.8%

Design your defenses, build your module board, and manage your wires. Combine signals and create synergies to empower your weapons and survive in this base-defense roguelike auto-battler.

Why similar: Programming 36.6% ★, Auto Battler 25.7%, Automation 14.9%, Roguelite 10.3%, Strategy 6.8%

Future War Tactics: SOF vs Alien Invasion - a turn-based strategy where you command SOF forces against an alien threat. Investigate disappearances, fight the invaders, and uncover the mystery. Every decision affects the fate of humanity.

Why similar: Aliens 37.5%, Strategy 28.6%, Tactical 15.4%, Atmospheric 14.6%, Simulation 2.7%

Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.

Why similar: Space 25.3%, Roguelite 22.7%, Aliens 17%, Tactical 12.6%, Strategy 10.5%

The Dungeon Beneath is a tactical rogue-like autobattler. Gather your party and descend into the dungeon, battling your way through room after room of nefarious enemies. Collect powerful artifacts and equipment to create an endless variety of strategies.

Why similar: Auto Battler 29.4%, Perma Death 23.2%, Roguelite 16.6%, Tactical 10.2%, Procedural Generation 9%

Experience hardcore, sci-fi dungeon crawling in this dark, atmospheric roguelike. Xenomarine offers tactical turn-based combat with hundreds of unique items and upgradable weapons and armor, as well as massive replayability thanks to its randomly generated content.

Why similar: Perma Death 52.1%, Procedural Generation 33%, Strategy 14.9%

Hadean Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding game fused with autobattler elements to create a unique strategy experience. Use your cards to influence the actions of your units and help your Hero defeat the Six Wings of Hell!

Why similar: Auto Battler 38.3%, Roguelite 20.3%, Procedural Generation 16.3%, Real Time Tactics 13.9%, Strategy 9.4%

An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.

Why similar: Management 27.2%, Space 24.5%, Tactical 20.9%, Strategy 13.9%, Simulation 10.6%

Lead your Space Commandos in a revival of turn-based squad tactics inspired by UFO/XCOM and Aliens. Utilize in-depth skill & combat systems in multiple game modes, including a full campaign. Discover the truth behind the demise of colony MC83-A and join the USC in defending humanity!

Why similar: Space 31.9%, Procedural Generation 26.8%, Tactical 22.9%, Strategy 14.3%, Singleplayer 4.1%

You are the captain of a starship venturing through a massive open universe. Customize your crew and take command at the helm of your very own ship as you explore a galaxy torn apart by internal strife, alien threats, and political intrigue.

Why similar: Perma Death 20.5%, Management 18%, Roguelite 14.8%, Space 14.4%, Procedural Generation 14.3%

Dive deep into this Lovecraft-inspired RTS survival. Assemble your team using different classes, skills, and weaponry. It's up to your squad to survive the onslaught of nightmares that are surely coming your way. Will you find the source of the darkness?

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 25.3%, RTS 24.2%, Perma Death 18.7%, Tactical 9.2%, Strategy 8.5%

Deadnaut: Signal Lost is a sci-fi horror turn-based roguelike where loyalty isn't earned - it's installed. Scavenge derelict ships and abandoned moons filled with hellish creatures, brutal AI and insanity storms. Gather gear and upgrades to fight or evade the hi-tech supersoldiers hunting you down.

Why similar: Perma Death 48%, Space 17.2%, Procedural Generation 16.9%, Horror 14.5%, Atmospheric 3.4%

Tactical team-building roguelike auto-battler with active and passive playstyles. Draft a team as you explore maps full of monsters, build synergies, equip items and cast spells to support your team during battles and help them escape the Underboard.

Why similar: Auto Battler 38.2%, Roguelite 18%, Procedural Generation 16.2%, Tactical 15.6%, Strategy 9.7%

Take command in Europe's greatest 18th-century war. Equip & customize regiments, manage supplies, and engage in brutal real-time battles across procedural campaigns. Resources and replacements are scarce, and keeping your best men alive may matter more than any single victory.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 26.9%, RTS 24.7%, Tactical 12.3%, Procedural Generation 10.6%, Management 10%

In Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes, take command of a fleet escaping the annihilation of the Twelve Colonies. Manage crises on board as you prepare for the next encounter with the Cylon Fleet. Times are dire, and hard choices must be made. Your only hope: rejoin the Battlestar Galactica.

Why similar: RTS 25.2%, Real Time Tactics 19.5%, Roguelite 16.1%, Space 13.8%, Tactical 11.4%

Build and command your own party of Dwarves in this mix of RPGs, roguelike and auto battlers. Prepare formations, assign equipment, and decide the fate of up to 10 Beardlings, as you lead the raid through reckless runs filled with Glory, Death, and Loot!

Why similar: Auto Battler 56.4%, Perma Death 15.6%, Roguelite 10%, Procedural Generation 8.4%, Strategy 5.7%

Hyperspace Deck Command is a complex deck building roguelite. Command a massive space fleet that operates on individual turn timers, combine a wide variety of cards into powerful decks and master the dual-use status effects to defeat the hegemonising swarm.

Why similar: Space 30.2%, Roguelite 28.7%, Perma Death 24.8%, Strategy 10.6%, Singleplayer 3%