Games like Area 51 Defense
If Area 51 Defense is your kind of game, the closest matches are Palpus X Annihilation, Lethal Dose and Hatred — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Area 51 Defense: Area 51 Defense is an action-packed survival shooter, with an in-built level editor and endless waves of enemies.

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Palpus X Annihilation
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Top pick for Area 51 Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Area 51 Defense.
Isometric action shooter with light RPG elements. Brutally kill tons of alien monsters, find over a dozen powerful weapons, skill up your hero & stop the blood thirsty invaders in a classic handcrafted campaign. Never ending waves await you in horde-mode!
Lethal Dose
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Area 51 Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Area 51 Defense.
Fast Paced, Violent Top-Down Shooter. Magic Abilities. Difficult Levels. Twitchy Enemies. Level Editor.
Hatred
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Third-strongest match for Area 51 Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Area 51 Defense.
Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity.
Shadowgrounds
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Ranked #4 for Area 51 Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Area 51 Defense.
Shadowgrounds breathes fresh air into the action genre with explosive combat sequences, an innovative weapon upgrade system, and an intriguing storyline. The adrenaline-pumping, top-down gameplay and audiovisual fireworks set the scene for this new action experience which also includes single computer (split keyboard or joystick) co-op...
Alien Shooter TD
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Ranked #5 for Area 51 Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Area 51 Defense.
Innovative Tower Defense inspired by legendary Alien Shooter series! The game was created in keeping with the best traditions of Sigma`s games, no concessions of any kind - everything is just like in real life!
Let Them Come
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Ranked #6 for Area 51 Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Area 51 Defense.
Let Them Come is a fast paced pixel art shoot ‘em up. Twitchy trigger fingers and focused battle tactics are the order of the day as wave after wave of alien-like creatures try to take you down.
Shadowgrounds Survivor
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Ranked #7 for Area 51 Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Area 51 Defense.
Surviving is only half the game. The award-winning atmosphere and gameplay mechanics of the original Shadowgrounds make a triumphant return in this spin off/sequel armed with a slick new feature set! Shadowgrounds Survivor tells the story of the last remaining humans on Jupiter's moon Ganymede, where the alien onslaught is in full force.
Gunnheim
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Ranked #8 for Area 51 Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Area 51 Defense.
Dish out carnage of hellish proportions in Gunnheim, a top-down co-op shooter where the equation is simple: Vikings + Guns = Mayhem!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Area 51 Defense at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~50% under Area 51 Defense on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Area 51 Defense.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~50% under Area 51 Defense on Steam right now. Shares Action with Area 51 Defense.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
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Priced ~50% under Area 51 Defense on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Area 51 Defense.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~50% under Area 51 Defense on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Area 51 Defense.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
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Priced ~50% under Area 51 Defense on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Area 51 Defense.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
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Priced ~50% under Area 51 Defense on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Area 51 Defense.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
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Priced ~50% under Area 51 Defense on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Area 51 Defense.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Area 51 Defense.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Area 51 Defense.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Area 51 Defense.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Area 51 Defense.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Area 51 Defense.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Area 51 Defense.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Area 51 Defense.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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Frequently asked about Area 51 Defense
- How much does Area 51 Defense cost?
- Area 51 Defense is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Area 51 Defense?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Area 51 Defense are Palpus X Annihilation, Lethal Dose, Hatred.
- Who developed Area 51 Defense?
- Area 51 Defense was developed by GameRealmMadness, Alien Seed Games and published by GameRealmMadness.
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