Games like Alien Scumbags
If Alien Scumbags is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cybernetic Ninja Nuns, Flappatron and Dead Dungeon — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its endless secrets to uncover, parody humor is exceptional and atmospheric. 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 Alien Scumbags: Alien Scumbags is a sci-fi action platformer with a big slice of horror and a stack of pop culture references. You'll run, hide and kill across several levels, collect items from capsule machines and unlock characters.
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Steam players who put hours into Alien Scumbags also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Cybernetic Ninja Nuns
WHY THIS
Top pick for Alien Scumbags fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Alien Scumbags.
To accomplish your mission, battle the Robo Demoniac legions and deliver Europe from the clutches of darkness in a race against death itself. An action platformer from another world, brought to you by The Good Bad Guy.
Flappatron
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Alien Scumbags.
Second-strongest match for Alien Scumbags fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Scumbags.
Flappatron - A Quirky Action Game/Visual Novel Hybrid Flappatron combines fast, arcade action alongside a fully voice acted visual novel narrative from creative mind, Dexter Manning!
Dead Dungeon
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Alien Scumbags.
Third-strongest match for Alien Scumbags fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Scumbags.
Challenging 2D platformer in the best traditions of classic games, with an excellent chiptune soundtrack. The game will check your nerves for strength and bring a lot of emotions.
The Rocky Horror Show Video Game
WHY THIS
Shares secret hunting and an atmospheric mood with Alien Scumbags.
Ranked #4 for Alien Scumbags fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Scumbags.
A strange journey
GIGANTIC ARMY
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Alien Scumbags.
Ranked #5 for Alien Scumbags fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Alien Scumbags.
Side-scrolling mech-shooting bad-assery is BACK!GIGANTIC ARMY is a heartfelt homage to 16-bit era mech shooters such as Cybernator / Assault Suits Valken, Metal Warriors, and Front Mission: Gun Hazard, developed by the studio behind the acclaimed shooter SATAZIUS.
Super Time Force Ultra
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Alien Scumbags.
Ranked #6 for Alien Scumbags fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Alien Scumbags.
Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time!
Angry Video Game Nerd I & II Deluxe
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Alien Scumbags.
Ranked #7 for Alien Scumbags fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Scumbags.
Control "The Nerd" in a retro-inspired action platformer! It's two games in one, remixed and rebalanced to bring you the ultimate experience of Nerd Rage. Featuring stylized pixel art inspired by classic games, a highly energetic soundtrack, and challenging levels -- plus a special NEW chapter!
Guns, Gore & Cannoli
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Alien Scumbags.
Ranked #8 for Alien Scumbags fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Alien Scumbags.
Guns, Gore & Cannoli - An over-the-top, comical and fast-paced action game with hand-drawn graphics set in the Roaring Twenties. An all-you-can-shoot fest where you embody Vinnie, a mobster with a mission in a city controlled by gangsters and plagued by zombies. Featuring up to 4-man local co-op.
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Mortal Kombat X
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Alien Scumbags cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Alien Scumbags.
Experience the Next Generation of the #1 Fighting Franchise. Mortal Kombat X combines unparalleled, cinematic presentation with all new gameplay.
Street Fighter V
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Alien Scumbags cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Alien Scumbags.
Experience the intensity of head-to-head battles with Street Fighter® V! Choose from 16 iconic characters, then battle against friends online or offline with a robust variety of match options.
DOOM
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Alien Scumbags cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Alien Scumbags.
Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.
Friday the 13th: The Game
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alien Scumbags.
Reviewers of Alien Scumbags cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Alien Scumbags.
Jason is back! Jason Voorhees is unleashed and stalking the grounds of Camp Crystal Lake! Take on the role as Jason Voorhees and Camp Crystal Lake counselors. This is the game you’ve been waiting for; the chance to kill or be killed on Friday the 13th!
Street Fighter™ 6
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Alien Scumbags.
Reviewers of Alien Scumbags cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Scumbags.
Here comes Capcom’s newest challenger! Street Fighter™ 6 launches worldwide on June 2nd, 2023 and represents the next evolution of the Street Fighter™ series! Street Fighter 6 spans three distinct game modes, including World Tour, Fighting Ground and Battle Hub.
Mortal Kombat 1
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Alien Scumbags cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Alien Scumbags.
Discover a reborn Mortal Kombat™ Universe created by the Fire God Liu Kang. Mortal Kombat™ 1 ushers in a new era of the iconic franchise with a new fighting system, game modes, and fatalities!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Alien Scumbags at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Alien Scumbags on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Scumbags.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Alien Scumbags on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alien Scumbags.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Alien Scumbags on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Alien Scumbags.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Alien Scumbags on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Alien Scumbags.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Alien Scumbags on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Scumbags.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Alien Scumbags on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alien Scumbags.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Alien Scumbags on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alien Scumbags.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Alien Scumbags on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alien Scumbags.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Alien Scumbags.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Alien Scumbags.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Scumbags.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Alien Scumbags.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Rocky Horror Show Video Game
WHY THIS
Shares secret hunting and an atmospheric mood with Alien Scumbags.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Scumbags.
A strange journey
Super Time Force Ultra
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Alien Scumbags.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Alien Scumbags.
Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time!
Angry Video Game Nerd I & II Deluxe
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Alien Scumbags.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Scumbags.
Control "The Nerd" in a retro-inspired action platformer! It's two games in one, remixed and rebalanced to bring you the ultimate experience of Nerd Rage. Featuring stylized pixel art inspired by classic games, a highly energetic soundtrack, and challenging levels -- plus a special NEW chapter!
Frequently asked about Alien Scumbags
- How much does Alien Scumbags cost?
- Alien Scumbags is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Alien Scumbags?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Alien Scumbags are Cybernetic Ninja Nuns, Flappatron, Dead Dungeon.
- Who developed Alien Scumbags?
- Alien Scumbags was developed by Monster Finger Games.
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