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Games like Alien Marauder

If Alien Marauder is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lord of the Wilds, Kingdom Of Force and The Wall — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, dark and stressful. 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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About Alien Marauder: “Alien Marauder” is a real-time strategy game with survival and confrontation theme. In this game, you will be the leader to a treacherous alien planet, build and defend base to survive against the vexan waves. Make the right decision!

2021StrategySimulationEarly Access19.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Vexan Studio
Alien Marauder — Steam game cover
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Hero abilities drastically alter playstylePolished despite early access statusResource scarcity forces aggressive expansionChallengingDarkStressful

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Steam players who put hours into Alien Marauder 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.

  1. Lord of the Wilds

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Alien Marauder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Alien Marauder.

    Lord of the Wilds is a strategy game where you build and defend your territory in a wild land. Gather resources, train armies, and face threats from rival lords, orcs, and undead. Strategize to conquer the wilderness.

    2025StrategySimulation6.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Kingdom Of Force

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Alien Marauder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Alien Marauder.

    KOF is a magic background real-time strategy game, which is based on the method of dispatching troops to occupy the city, and combines the elements of resource collection, construction, upgrading, tower defense and so on.

    2020StrategySimulationRPG6.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Wall

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Alien Marauder.

    Third-strongest match for Alien Marauder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Alien Marauder.

    [Servers Temporarily Shut Down!] Build. Gather. Breach. The Wall is a never-before seen mix of genres, where dynamic maps, slick combat, base building, and economy management all come together.

    2018ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  4. From Glory To Goo

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Alien Marauder.

    Ranked #4 for Alien Marauder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Alien Marauder.

    From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.

    2024StrategySimulationEarly Access8.39 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Alien Marauder.

    Ranked #5 for Alien Marauder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Alien Marauder.

    The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.

    2013StrategySimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. They Are Billions

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Alien Marauder.

    Ranked #6 for Alien Marauder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Alien Marauder.

    They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

    2019Strategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. After Long Night

    WHY THIS

    Shares a stressful mood with Alien Marauder.

    Ranked #7 for Alien Marauder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Alien Marauder.

    After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Clanfolk

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Alien Marauder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Alien Marauder.

    Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.

    2022StrategySimulationRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Alien Marauder

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. They Are Billions

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Alien Marauder.

    Reviewers of Alien Marauder cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Alien Marauder.

    They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

    2019Strategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Riftbreaker

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Alien Marauder.

    Reviewers of Alien Marauder cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Alien Marauder.

    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 ↗
  3. Dead of Darkness

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Alien Marauder.

    Reviewers of Alien Marauder cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Alien Marauder at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Alien Marauder on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Alien Marauder.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Alien Marauder on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Alien Marauder.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Alien Marauder on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Alien Marauder.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~65% under Alien Marauder on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Alien Marauder.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Alien Marauder on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Alien Marauder.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Kerbal Space Program

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Alien Marauder on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Alien Marauder.

    In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.

    2015IndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Alien Marauder on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Alien Marauder.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Alien Marauder on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Alien Marauder.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Alien Marauder.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  3. Outpath: First Journey

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    2022IndieAdventureCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Alien Marauder.

    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 ↗
  5. Supermarket Together

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Alien Marauder.

    The multiplayer supermarket has arrived to your neighbourhood for free! Stock your shop space, unlock perks and franchises, hire employees or chase those pesky shoplifters. The more players, the more action!

    2024IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Fallout Shelter

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Alien Marauder.

    Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.

    2017SimulationRPGFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. My Singing Monsters

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Alien Marauder.

    Dive into the Musical World of My Singing Monsters! Breed them, feed them, listen to them sing! Breed & collect a menagerie of Monsters, each a living instrument! Build your paradise across 35+ Islands, customize your world, and enjoy endless music! There's never a dull moment in the Monster World!

    2021SimulationFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Minion Masters

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Alien Marauder.

    An addictive fast-paced hybrid of Card games & Tower-Defense. Play 1v1 - or bring a friend for 2v2 - and engage in epic online multiplayer battles full of innovative strategy and awesome plays! Collect 200+ cards with unique mechanics, all free!

    2019ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Alien Marauder

Does Alien Marauder run on Steam Deck?
Alien Marauder 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 Alien Marauder cost?
Alien Marauder is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Alien Marauder?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Alien Marauder are Lord of the Wilds, Kingdom Of Force, The Wall.
Who developed Alien Marauder?
Alien Marauder was developed by Vexan Studio.

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 Alien Marauder.

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