Games like Aliens: Dark Descent
If Aliens: Dark Descent is your kind of game, the closest matches are Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew, SYNCHRONIZERS: UNDEAD MARINES and Commandos: Origins — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, cinematic and immersive. 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 Aliens: Dark Descent: 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.
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Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Top pick for Aliens: Dark Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Assemble your crew and set sail on an infamous ghost ship to sneak, stab, and spellcast your way through the Inquisition in this non-linear stealth strategy game. Chart a course, develop uncanny abilities, and use unconventional tactics to find a powerful pirate artifact!
SYNCHRONIZERS: UNDEAD MARINES
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Aliens: Dark Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Aliens: Dark Descent.
"SYNCHRONIZERS: UNDEAD MARINES" blends high-quality Three-Lane Tower Defense with Reverse Tower Defense gameplay. Command your units in a thrilling narrative reminiscent of a StarCraft and Plants Vs. Zombies fusion! Your choices will forge the path to victory—or defeat.
Commandos: Origins
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Third-strongest match for Aliens: Dark Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Aliens: Dark Descent.
ALARM! You have been selected for a mission which will shape the fate of the entire world. Witness the very beginning of the legendary elite WWII force in Commandos: Origins. The long-awaited sequel to the Commandos series brings you right back to the foundation of the real-time tactics genre.
Red Conflict 2044
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Aliens: Dark Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Aliens: Dark Descent.
An alternate reality sci-fi survival RTS. Command, defend and dominate in 2044 against endless waves of Soviet super soldiers. Two factions, each with their own distinct technology and tactics.
Swarm Queen
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Ranked #5 for Aliens: Dark Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Aliens: Dark Descent.
A quick-to-learn but challenging real-time strategy game where you spawn an army of space-bugs that control themselves.
Homeworld 3
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Aliens: Dark Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Tactical, beautiful, and wholly unique, the GOTY-winning sci-fi RTS returns with Homeworld 3. Assume control and battle through fleet combat in dazzling, fully 3D space while the award-winning story unfolds on a galactic scale.
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Aliens: Dark Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS is the first in the award-winning series to recreate epic conflict across ancient China. Combining a gripping turn-based campaign of empire-building & conquest with stunning real-time battles, THREE KINGDOMS redefines the series in an age of heroes & legends.
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Classic)
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Ranked #8 for Aliens: Dark Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada is the RTS videogame adaptation of Games Workshop’s classic tabletop game, pitting the Chaos, Imperium, Eldar, and Orks against each other in visceral space-battles.
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XCOM® 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Reviewers of Aliens: Dark Descent cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Aliens: Dark Descent.
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Aliens: Dark Descent cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Aliens: Dark Descent.
The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear. A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.
Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Aliens: Dark Descent cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Reviewers of Aliens: Dark Descent cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.
Alien: Isolation
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Reviewers of Aliens: Dark Descent cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Men of War: Assault Squad 2
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Reviewers of Aliens: Dark Descent cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.
METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Reviewers of Aliens: Dark Descent cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Ushering in a new era for the METAL GEAR franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain, will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Aliens: Dark Descent at current Steam store prices.
Phasmophobia
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Aliens: Dark Descent on Steam right now. Shares Action with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Aliens: Dark Descent on Steam right now. Shares Action with Aliens: Dark Descent.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Aliens: Dark Descent on Steam right now. Shares Action with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under Aliens: Dark Descent on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Aliens: Dark Descent.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
Schedule I
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Aliens: Dark Descent on Steam right now. Shares Action and Strategy with Aliens: Dark Descent.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Aliens: Dark Descent on Steam right now. Shares Action with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
The Forest
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Aliens: Dark Descent on Steam right now. Shares Action with Aliens: Dark Descent.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Aliens: Dark Descent.
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 with Aliens: Dark Descent.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Aliens: Dark Descent.
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.).
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Aliens: Dark Descent.
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.
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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More from Tindalos Interactive
Other recommendable Steam games by Tindalos Interactive, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Another title from Tindalos Interactive, the studio behind Aliens: Dark Descent. Shares Strategy with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 is the new real-time strategy game adapted from Games Workshop’s famous tabletop game that portrays the epic space battles of the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Classic)
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Another title from Tindalos Interactive, the studio behind Aliens: Dark Descent. Shares Strategy with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada is the RTS videogame adaptation of Games Workshop’s classic tabletop game, pitting the Chaos, Imperium, Eldar, and Orks against each other in visceral space-battles.
EverSiege: Untold Ages
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a tense mood with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Another title from Tindalos Interactive, the studio behind Aliens: Dark Descent. Shares Strategy with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Retreating ends here. Defend Bastion against evil hordes, reclaim lost powers, rebuild ancient ruins, and adapt your tactics to reverse the siege. Shape your playstyle in this hero-strategy rogue-lite solo or co-op up to 3 players.
Stellar Impact
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Another title from Tindalos Interactive, the studio behind Aliens: Dark Descent. Shares Action and Strategy with Aliens: Dark Descent.
In Stellar Impact you command a space battleship in intense tactical combat with teammates!
Etherium
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Another title from Tindalos Interactive, the studio behind Aliens: Dark Descent. Shares Strategy with Aliens: Dark Descent.
Etherium is a real-time strategy game set in a science-fiction universe, where three factions battle it out for a mysterious and rare resource known as ‘Etherium’.
Bunker Constructor
WHY THIS
Another title from Tindalos Interactive, the studio behind Aliens: Dark Descent. Shares Strategy with Aliens: Dark Descent.
In Bunker Constructor you build strong bunkers that protect against enemy attacks. You must build resilient bunkers through 45 levels and in 5 environments including desert, forest, beach, mountains and city ruins, because the next attack wave is already underway!
Frequently asked about Aliens: Dark Descent
- Does Aliens: Dark Descent run on Steam Deck?
- Aliens: Dark Descent is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Aliens: Dark Descent cost?
- Aliens: Dark Descent is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Aliens: Dark Descent?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Aliens: Dark Descent are Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew, SYNCHRONIZERS: UNDEAD MARINES, Commandos: Origins.
- Who developed Aliens: Dark Descent?
- Aliens: Dark Descent was developed by Tindalos Interactive and published by Focus Entertainment.
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