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Below are 8 hand-picked alternatives to Artificial Extinction for fans of action, strategy, indie, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Artificial Extinction also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

About Artificial Extinction: You have 9 days to find a safe place on the planet. Your ship is low on fuel and you have to land. Setup sentry guns around you to defend yourself while you collect more fuel for the ship. AI controlled Drones and Tanks attack you trying to find weaknesses in your defenses.

2020ActionStrategyIndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby 100Hr Games Inc
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    The Riftbreaker: Prologue — Steam game cover

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    Top pick for Artificial Extinction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Artificial Extinction.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    The Riftbreaker — Steam game cover

    The Riftbreaker

    Second-strongest match for Artificial Extinction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Artificial Extinction.

    The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ — Steam game cover

    Dungeon of the ENDLESS™

    Third-strongest match for Artificial Extinction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Artificial Extinction.

    Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out...

    2014StrategyIndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Legends of Ellaria — Steam game cover

    Legends of Ellaria

    Ranked #4 for Artificial Extinction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Artificial Extinction.

    Legends of Ellaria is a unique blend of sandbox action-RPG and real-time strategy. Build a new kingdom for your people, construct and manage its cities, command your troops in epic battles and join them fighting in third-person action, and live adventures in an immersive high fantasy world.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Machine Mind — Steam game cover

    Machine Mind

    Ranked #5 for Artificial Extinction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Artificial Extinction.

    Machine Mind is an action game in a post-apocalyptic setting with elements of survival and RTS. You will fight, craft modules, build your transport, develop and protect your base. You can control other vehicles to automate operations. Discover all the secrets of the destroyed world!

    2026ActionStrategyIndie15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Sanctum 2 — Steam game cover

    Sanctum 2

    Ranked #6 for Artificial Extinction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Artificial Extinction.

    Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.

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    Cultivation Tales — Steam game cover

    Cultivation Tales

    Ranked #7 for Artificial Extinction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Artificial Extinction.

    Cultivation Tales is an open world survival craft online game. You will experience collecting, crafting, hunting, fighting, building, researching, in a wild mythical world. Fight for your clan and yourself, from mortal to divinity!

    2024ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
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    The Long Journey Home — Steam game cover

    The Long Journey Home

    Ranked #8 for Artificial Extinction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Artificial Extinction.

    The Long Journey Home combines an open world full of galaxies, planets and anomalies with quests and mechanics of a rogue-like RPG. One destination. Endless adventures. Where will this journey take you?

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Artificial Extinction

Does Artificial Extinction run on Steam Deck?
Artificial Extinction 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 Artificial Extinction cost?
Artificial Extinction is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Artificial Extinction?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Artificial Extinction are The Riftbreaker: Prologue, The Riftbreaker, Dungeon of the ENDLESS™.
Who developed Artificial Extinction?
Artificial Extinction was developed by 100Hr Games Inc.

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