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 12.1%, Roguelite 9.9%, Procedural Generation 6.8%

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 25.5%, RTS 23.5%, Tactical 13.7%, Aliens 11.6%, Strategy 9.8%

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 25.4%, Perma Death 20.8%, Space 16.7%, Roguelite 15.6%, 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 19.8%, Perma Death 16.4%, Space 16%, RTS 13.9%, Procedural Generation 9.3%

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 31.8%, RTS 30.1%, Management 15.2%, Strategy 10.3%, Simulation 7.7%

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 16.3%, Space 15.2%, RTS 14.6%, Perma Death 13.9%, Roguelite 11.9%

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 38.2%, Roguelite 16.7%, Tactical 16.3%, Procedural Generation 10.4%, 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 25%, Space 21.8%, Roguelite 18.1%, Procedural Generation 12%, Tactical 8%

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 32.8%, Real Time Tactics 29%, RTS 18.3%, Strategy 9.3%, Simulation 7.4%

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

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 24.9%, Strategy 21.7%, 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 56.3%, Strategy 35.4%, Singleplayer 8.3%

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.

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 30.5%, Perma Death 22.3%, Strategy 10.5%, Roguelite 10.1%, Procedural Generation 9.4%

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

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 35%, Space 22.7%, Tactical 14.2%, RTS 10.6%, Strategy 10.4%

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

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 41%, Strategy 17.4%, Roguelite 16.5%, Simulation 10.2%, Perma Death 9.9%

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

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: Space 31.7%, Procedural Generation 24.3%, Tactical 24%, Strategy 16%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, tactical roguelike that emphasizes extraction and resource management in a dark 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 38.9% ★, Auto Battler 19.5%, Automation 12.2%, Roguelite 10.5%, Procedural Generation 7.2%

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 28.2%, Real Time Tactics 23.3%, Perma Death 23.1%, Roguelite 17.6%, Strategy 5.9%

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.

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 30.9%, Horror 27.2%, Strategy 13.9%, Simulation 13.4%, 2D 12.1%

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

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 21.4%, Space 16.8%, Perma Death 16.7%, Roguelite 15.1%, Management 13.2%

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

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 34.6%, Management 30.4%, Strategy 14.5%, Simulation 10.8%, 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.

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 50.8%, Tactical 32.8%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Singleplayer 4.5%

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

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%, Strategy 28.3%, Tactical 19.7%, Procedural Generation 14.1%, Simulation 5.8%

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

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 48.7% ★, RTS 23.3%, Automation 15.2%, 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.

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 35%, RTS 34.1%, Strategy 24.2%, 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.

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 56.2%, Strategy 35.6%, Singleplayer 8.2%

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 56.2%, Simulation 16.3%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Strategy 10.8%, 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 33.5%, Procedural Generation 21.6%, Strategy 15.9%, 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.

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 57.7%, Strategy 20.4%, Space 15.6%, 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 22.1%, Space 20.4%, Strategy 16.7%, Tactical 16.4%, Procedural Generation 14%

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 28.5%, Management 18.6%, Space 16.2%, Strategy 15.5%, Aliens 13.2%

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 36.4%, Procedural Generation 29.9%, Strategy 19.5%, 2D 9.9%, Singleplayer 4.3%

Tabletop Tavern is a roguelike RTS where you build an army from scratch and command them across a brutal campaign. Recruit diverse units, create devastating synergies, and make tactical choices that shape the fate of every run.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 29.1%, RTS 26.4%, Roguelite 15%, Tactical 12%, Strategy 8.4%

Turn the battlefield into your ally in this tactical rogue-like with indirect controls. Assemble a unique squad, destroy the alien invaders with precise planning, and uncover the truth about the Event and the mysterious disappearance of humans.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 26.6%, Auto Battler 23.9%, Roguelite 14.2%, Management 13.1%, Tactical 11.1%

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 35.7%, Aliens 30.7%, Tactical 30.4%, 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.

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 43.6%, Strategy 25%, Simulation 17.3%, 2D 11.8%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Build and command your own party of Dwarves in a chaotic mix of Auto Battler, Strategy, and RPG. Prepare formations, assign equipment, and decide the fate of up to 10 Beardlings, as you lead the raid party through reckless runs filled with Glory, Death, and Loot!

Why similar: Auto Battler 55.8%, Perma Death 16%, Roguelite 9.9%, Procedural Generation 8.6%, Strategy 5.7%

Design the perfect units, program their behavior, and unleash them in fully automated battles. Refine your creations throughout the campaign, then outsmart all your opponents online.

Why similar: Programming 23.1% ★, Auto Battler 14.9%, Real Time Tactics 13.8%, RTS 13.7%, Space 7.2%

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

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 33%, RTS 25.9%, Space 14.1%, Aliens 13.5%, Strategy 8.1%

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 26.8%, RTS 21.6%, Management 16.2%, Roguelite 14.2%, Tactical 12%

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 27.4%, Aliens 26.6%, Tactical 18.9%, Strategy 12.3%, Simulation 7.3%

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 43.2%, Strategy 33.3%, Tactical 17.2%, Simulation 4%, 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.

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 23.2%, Space 18%, Roguelite 15.7%, Management 15.6%, Tactical 12.9%

Lead a paramilitary force against a growing space Cult threat. Program your units, build a fleet, trade, research, and engage in deep tactical combat in this RPG-strategy hybrid.

Why similar: Auto Battler 30.1%, Space 19.7%, Tactical 17.3%, Management 11.3%, Strategy 7.7%

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 29.9%, Auto Battler 17.6%, Management 16.6%, Roguelite 10%, Procedural Generation 7.8%

Autobattler where you send misfits into vehicular combat. Your job is to prepare them, deploy them, watch them struggle and finally watch them die or win in massive explosions.

Why similar: Auto Battler 40.1%, RTS 34%, Simulation 12.9%, 2D 4.7%, Procedural Generation 4.1%

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 39.2% ★, Auto Battler 14.7%, Automation 14.6%, Roguelite 11.3%, Management 8.4%

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 30.8%, Roguelite 27.1%, Tactical 23.8%, Strategy 11.8%, 2D 4.7%

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 28.7%, Tactical 20.3%, Roguelite 18.4%, Strategy 14.7%, Simulation 9.4%

Hive Blight is a roguelite autobattler where you lead a team of insect warriors against a corrupting Fungal Threat. Build powerful synergies, uncover the source of the plague, and destroy it to save your world!

Why similar: Auto Battler 40.8%, Perma Death 31.4%, Tactical 13.3%, Strategy 12%, Singleplayer 2.5%

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 37.2% ★, Auto Battler 25.4%, Automation 14.4%, Roguelite 10.2%, Strategy 6.9%

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 38.3%, Strategy 28.1%, Tactical 15.3%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Simulation 2.7%

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 37.4%, Roguelite 18.3%, Procedural Generation 16.5%, Tactical 15.8%, Strategy 9.6%

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 52.5%, Procedural Generation 32.8%, Strategy 14.7%

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 25.6%, Roguelite 22.1%, Aliens 17.5%, Tactical 12.6%, Strategy 10.4%

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 28.8%, Perma Death 23.7%, Roguelite 16.4%, Tactical 10.4%, Procedural Generation 9.1%

An addictive mix of strategic combat and army building, with the precision of an RPG. Design your squad members' exact build of equipment and talents to create unique fireteam combinations. Step into the pilot suit of a Leviathan mech, lead the Templar Knights in turn-based tactical warfare.

Why similar: Perma Death 41.9%, Aliens 22.3%, Tactical 16%, Strategy 10.9%, 2D 6.7%

Flowers and Deities is a roguelite auto battler where you command a blood-soaked lizardman army through escalating arena battles, spending every drop of spilled blood to cast spells, summon creatures, and survive long enough to earn the favor of the Gods.

Why similar: Auto Battler 38.4%, Real Time Tactics 23.7%, Roguelite 17.4%, Strategy 11.7%, Simulation 5.3%

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 32.4%, Procedural Generation 26.6%, Tactical 22.9%, Strategy 14.1%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Create and command custom Mechs to outmaneuver The Swarm in this post-apocalyptic tactical turn-based rogue-lite. Leverage the terrain, learn each Mech's unique skills and use strategy and resources to survive an ever-changing series of battles to give humanity hope.

Why similar: Roguelite 35.6%, Procedural Generation 24.7%, Tactical 21.5%, Strategy 14.9%, Singleplayer 3.3%

🌋⚔ Terraforming + Into The Breach! An experimental puzzle strategy where you are not commanding your troops - now, you are shaping the battlefield itself! Nothing is random*, everything is predictable*, and the battlefield is changing. Every turn. By you.

Why similar: Auto Battler 38.9%, Roguelite 19.1%, Tactical 12.9%, Strategy 12.2%, Procedural Generation 10.9%