Games like The Hive Pandemic
If The Hive Pandemic is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fossilfuel, Them and Us and System Shock — picked from the ranked list below. 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 The Hive Pandemic: The Hive is Calling. Do You Have the Will to Resist? The fight for survival begins on Mars, but the war will take you back to Earth—where the infection is already spreading. With every battle, every mind you enter, and every secret you uncover, the Hive grows stronger. Are you just the next host?
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Steam players who put hours into The Hive Pandemic 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.
Fossilfuel
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Top pick for The Hive Pandemic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Hive Pandemic.
Fossilfuel, is a horror action shooter, where the player must fight their way through Jurassic monsters and Super Soldiers, in this multi-ending, adrenaline-fueled cyberpunk experience!
Them and Us
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Second-strongest match for The Hive Pandemic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Hive Pandemic.
Them and Us is a classic, survival horror game with a focus on atmosphere and player immersion. Discover the truth of Alicia’s past as she descends further into her strange, unending nightmare.
System Shock
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Third-strongest match for The Hive Pandemic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Hive Pandemic.
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
MDK 2
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Ranked #4 for The Hive Pandemic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Hive Pandemic.
3 Unlikely Heroes, 1 Ultimate Goal Kurt Hectic is back to save the universe. This time he is teamed with the genius Dr. Hawkins and the 6-legged gun-toting robotic dog, Max. Together they must out-sneak, out-blast and out-think their enemies as they attempt to reclaim earth from a vile alien menace.
System Shock® 2 (1999)
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Ranked #5 for The Hive Pandemic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Hive Pandemic.
"Remember, it is my will that guided you here. It is my will that gave you your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call a body. If you value that meat... you will do as I tell you." The cult classic sci-fi horror FPS-RPG has returned.
Crucible Beta
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Ranked #6 for The Hive Pandemic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Hive Pandemic.
Crucible is a free-to-play team-based PvP action shooter. Pick an alien, human, or robot hunter to fight in 4v4 matches.
Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon
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Ranked #7 for The Hive Pandemic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Hive Pandemic.
Far Cry® 3: Blood Dragon is THE Kick-Ass Cyber Shooter.Welcome to an 80’s vision of the future. The year is 2007 and you are Sargent Rex Colt, a Mark IV Cyber Commando. Your mission: get the girl, kill the baddies, and save the world.
Dead Space
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Ranked #8 for The Hive Pandemic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Hive Pandemic.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Hive Pandemic.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Hive Pandemic.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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 with The Hive Pandemic.
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.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Hive Pandemic.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Hive Pandemic.
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.).
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More from Starving Lama Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Starving Lama Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Jaws of Hell
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Another title from Starving Lama Games, the studio behind The Hive Pandemic. Shares Action with The Hive Pandemic.
A psychological FPS-Puzzle-Adventure-boomer shooter set before The Hive Pandemic. Clark is an ex-farmer, husband, and future bounty hunter-who escapes to Mars after losing everything. But when alien tech surfaces and visions of your ex-wife Angela pull you into the Hive, reality begins to fracture.
Maid of Venia
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Another title from Starving Lama Games, the studio behind The Hive Pandemic. Shares Action with The Hive Pandemic.
Embark on an action RPG adventure as the Maid of Venia, tasked with defending your homeland and uncovering the truth about the enigmatic Belt. Level up, wield powerful weapons, and unlock new abilities as you battle goblins, and the formidable Witch of the Wasteland.
Path of the Ory
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Another title from Starving Lama Games, the studio behind The Hive Pandemic.
A 32-bit adventure of fate, survival, and the rise of legends. Before the rise of the Belt, before the Maid of Venia, there was Kayla—a lone survivor of a brutal bandit raid, rescued by a mysterious warrior of the Ory. Now, Kayla must carve her own path.
Frequently asked about The Hive Pandemic
- What games are most similar to The Hive Pandemic?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Hive Pandemic are Fossilfuel, Them and Us, System Shock.
- Who developed The Hive Pandemic?
- The Hive Pandemic was developed by Starving Lama Games.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on The Hive Pandemic.
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