Choose Starship Troopers: Extermination
Choose Starship Troopers: Extermination if you want an Indie experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2024) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 20,678 Steam reviews back the pick.
Starship Troopers: Extermination vs Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Starship Troopers: Extermination and Aliens: Fireteam Elite both land in Action on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both are Action games on Steam. Aliens: Fireteam Elite (2021) is 3 years older than Starship Troopers: Extermination (2024). Both sit near 83% positive on Steam (Starship Troopers: Extermination: 20,678 reviews, Aliens: Fireteam Elite: 14,059). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Choose Aliens: Fireteam Elite if you want a RPG experience. On Steam, it's Steam Deck Verified, so handheld play works out of the box. 14,059 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Starship Troopers: Extermination and Aliens: Fireteam Elite sit in Action on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online Co-op, and Co-op, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (82.3% vs 82.7% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Starship Troopers: Extermination |  Aliens: Fireteam Elite | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2024 | 2021 |
| Genres | Action, Indie | Action, RPG |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Deck Verified |
| Price | 29.99 USD | 29.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 82.3% positive (20,678 reviews) | 82.7% positive (14,059 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op |
| Developers | Offworld | Cold Iron Studios |
Side by side
- Both are Action games on Steam.
- Aliens: Fireteam Elite (2021) is 3 years older than Starship Troopers: Extermination (2024).
- Both sit near 83% positive on Steam (Starship Troopers: Extermination: 20,678 reviews, Aliens: Fireteam Elite: 14,059).
- Aliens: Fireteam Elite is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Starship Troopers: Extermination (29.99 USD vs. 29.99 USD).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Steam Deck: Starship Troopers: Extermination is Deck Unsupported, Aliens: Fireteam Elite is Deck Verified.
Starship Troopers: Extermination vs Aliens: Fireteam Elite — FAQ
- Which is better, Starship Troopers: Extermination or Aliens: Fireteam Elite?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: Starship Troopers: Extermination sits at 82.3% positive (20,678 reviews), Aliens: Fireteam Elite at 82.7% (14,059). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
- Should I play Starship Troopers: Extermination or Aliens: Fireteam Elite first?
- If you want chronology, Aliens: Fireteam Elite (2021) came out before Starship Troopers: Extermination (2024). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Starship Troopers: Extermination and Aliens: Fireteam Elite similar?
- They overlap on Action on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Do both Starship Troopers: Extermination and Aliens: Fireteam Elite have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Starship Troopers: Extermination ships Online Co-op, Co-op; Aliens: Fireteam Elite ships Online Co-op, Co-op.