Games like Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers
If Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers is your kind of game, the closest matches are Squadron 51 - Prologue, Space Dragons and Space Warpster — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its cinematic, funny and nostalgic. 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.
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Squadron 51 - Prologue
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Top pick for Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
Squadron 51 Prologue is free version of Squadron 51. It features 3 levels of entertainment, adding English voiceovers, a never-before-seen boss, and new gadgets for your spaceship to defend Earth from a merciless alien invasion.
Space Dragons
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Second-strongest match for Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
Choose your spaceship and defeat the alien threat that comes from the Moon. Blast your way crushing, ripping apart and exploding hostile aliens that are taking control of powerful weapons and military technology from Earth. Find the entity that controls the threat and make it explode into blood.
Space Warpster
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Third-strongest match for Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
A fast-paced retro arcade shooter inspired by classic 1980s side-scrolling space combat. Weave through organic obstacles, survive relentless enemy waves, and defeat powerful end-level bosses in a pure, skill-driven singleplayer experience.
G-Darius HD
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Shares a retro mood with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
Ranked #4 for Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
You will see the creation of new lives... Capture enemies and fire them back at their allies as enormous beams of energy in this horizontally scrolling shooting game, featuring 5 versions of G-Darius with new features, enhancements, and Steam exclusive extras!
Shoot 1UP DX
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
Ranked #5 for Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
Why play shoot 'em ups one ship at a time? Launch them all at once! Unleash an entire armada of ships in Shoot 1UP!
REMOTE LIFE
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Ranked #6 for Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
Remote Life is a 2D Side scrolling space shooter (shmup) for PC. Experience a fast paced action game with insane scary graphics, and hyper jump into a brutal-frenetic-techno-alien world. Free the world from this dreadful nightmare before its nauseating breath of horror destroys mankind.
Contra: Operation Galuga
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Shares a retro mood with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
Ranked #7 for Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
The legendary Contra series returns! This reimagining of the classic run-'n'-gun action game from the ‘80s features new stages, new enemies, new play mechanics, and co-op combat for up to 4 players!
Alien Hominid HD
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Shares a retro mood with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
Ranked #8 for Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
The 2D side-scrolling shooter from The Behemoth is back! With your mighty blaster and a group of mysterious kids by your side, destroy the agency and reclaim your spaceship!
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Unstoppable Gorg
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Reviewers of Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
Defend the solar system from fearsome aliens by sending satellites into orbit in revolutionary tower defense action!
Cuphead
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Shares a retro mood with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
Reviewers of Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
Sky Force Reloaded
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
Reviewers of Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
Sky Force Reloaded is a classic shoot ‘em up experience packed in gorgeous visuals and excellent gameplay. Enjoy flashy explosions, beautiful scenery and massive bosses in single player or local cooperative modes.
Destroy All Humans!
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Shares a retro mood with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
Reviewers of Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
The cult-classic returns! Terrorize the people of 1950's Earth in the role of the evil alien Crypto-137. Harvest their DNA and bring down the US government in the faithful remake of the legendary alien invasion action adventure. Annihilate puny humans using an assortment of alien weaponry and psychic abilities.
R-Type Final 2
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Shares a retro mood with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
Reviewers of Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
R-Type has returned! The legendary side-scroller is back and better than ever with beautifully rendered 3D graphics, exhilarating shoot-'em-up gameplay, and a multitude of stages, ships, and weapons that will allow you to conduct a symphony of destruction upon your foes.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
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Priced ~50% under Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~75% under Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~50% under Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~50% under Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers on Steam right now. Shares Action with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
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.
People Playground
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Priced ~50% under Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Portal 2
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Priced ~50% under Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~50% under Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers on Steam right now. Shares Action with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
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 Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
The Lab
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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!
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
93, Kuindzhi
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.
Cube Escape: Paradox
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
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Frequently asked about Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers
- How much does Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers cost?
- Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers are Squadron 51 - Prologue, Space Dragons, Space Warpster.
- Who developed Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers?
- Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers was developed by Loomiarts, Fehorama Filmes and published by WhisperGames, Assemble Entertainment.
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