Games like Aliens: Fireteam Elite
If Aliens: Fireteam Elite is your kind of game, the closest matches are Outbreak: Epidemic, Dead Space and Zombie Assault: Resurgence — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its deep weapon customization, brutal and immersive. 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 →Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a 2021 Action and RPG co-op shooter set in the iconic Alien universe. Players select from distinct character classes and navigate twelve missions designed for online co-operative play, facing waves of Xenomorphs in cover-based combat scenarios. The game features a class system with associated perk abilities, extensive weapon customization options, and progression mechanics. Reviewers highlight the deep weapon customization and note that the title nails the tone and world-building of the franchise. Players describe the experience as immersive and tense. The title is verified for Steam Deck play and currently retails for $29.99 USD, holding an 83% positive rating from over 14,000 Steam reviews.
About Aliens: Fireteam Elite: Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a cooperative third-person survival game set in the iconic Alien Universe. Battle through hordes of different types of Xenomorph, customize your character and gear, and level-up as you try to contain this ever-growing threat.
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Outbreak: Epidemic
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Top pick for Aliens: Fireteam Elite fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
Return to the world of 4-player co-op survival horror with classic gameplay, strict inventory management, crushing enemies, horrific difficulty and more as you and a group of survivors try to survive the epidemic.
Dead Space
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Second-strongest match for Aliens: Fireteam Elite fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
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.
Zombie Assault: Resurgence
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Third-strongest match for Aliens: Fireteam Elite fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
Zombie Assault: Resurgence is an intense, action packed top-down shooter, featuring deep RPG elements. Customise your loadout with unique upgradeable weapons as you gear up to take on hordes of enemies. Play solo or team up in co-op with up to 4 players.
Warframe
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Shares an immersive mood with Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
Ranked #4 for Aliens: Fireteam Elite fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
Awaken as an unstoppable warrior and battle alongside your friends in this story-driven free-to-play online action game
Dead Space (2008)
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Ranked #5 for Aliens: Fireteam Elite fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
You are Isaac Clarke, an engineer on the spacecraft USG Ishimura. You're not a warrior. You're not a soldier. You are, however, the last line of defense for the remaining living crew.
Dead Space™ 2
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Shares a stressful mood with Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
Ranked #6 for Aliens: Fireteam Elite fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
Three years after the Necromorph infestation aboard the USS Ishimura, Isaac Clarke awakens from a coma, confused, disoriented, and on a space station called The Sprawl. Explore this world and its zero-g environments to discover the truth about the Unitology and its role in the Necromorph epidemic.
Dead Space™ 3
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Shares a stressful mood with Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
Ranked #7 for Aliens: Fireteam Elite fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
Journey across space to the icy planet of Tau Volantis with Isaac Clarke and Sgt. John Carver to discover and destroy the source of the Necromorph outbreak.
World War Z
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Ranked #8 for Aliens: Fireteam Elite fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
World War Z is a heart-pounding coop third-person shooter for up to 4 players featuring massive swarms of hundreds of zombies, focused on fast-paced, gruesomely spectacular action.
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Alien: Isolation
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Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Aliens vs. Predator™
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Survive, hunt and prey in the deadly jungles and swamps in distinctly new and thrilling first person gameplay.
Aliens: Dark Descent
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Drop into the gripping journey of Aliens: Dark Descent, a squad-based, single-player action game in the iconic Alien franchise. Lead your soldiers in real-time to stop a new and terrifying kind of Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.
Starship Troopers: Extermination
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Starship Troopers: Extermination is a 16-player co-op FPS that puts you on the far-off frontlines of an all-out battle against the Bugs! Squad up, grab your rifle, and do your part as an elite Deep Space Vanguard Trooper to take back planets from the Arachnid threat!
Dead Space
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Reviewers of Aliens: Fireteam Elite cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
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.
DOOM 3
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Shares a tense mood with Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
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A demonic invasion has overwhelmed the Union Aerospace Corporation's Mars research facility. As one of only a few survivors, you must fight your way to hell and back against a horde of demons in this award-winning horror/action FPS and reimagining of the original DOOM.
F.E.A.R.
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Reviewers of Aliens: Fireteam Elite cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
Experience the original F.E.A.R. along with F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.
Dead Space™ 2
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Shares a stressful mood with Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
Reviewers of Aliens: Fireteam Elite cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
Three years after the Necromorph infestation aboard the USS Ishimura, Isaac Clarke awakens from a coma, confused, disoriented, and on a space station called The Sprawl. Explore this world and its zero-g environments to discover the truth about the Unitology and its role in the Necromorph epidemic.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Aliens: Fireteam Elite at current Steam store prices.
Stardew Valley
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Priced ~50% under Aliens: Fireteam Elite on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Lethal Company
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Priced ~67% under Aliens: Fireteam Elite on Steam right now. Shares Action with Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~67% under Aliens: Fireteam Elite on Steam right now. Shares Action with Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
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.
Hollow Knight
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Priced ~50% under Aliens: Fireteam Elite on Steam right now. Shares Action with Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
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Priced ~67% under Aliens: Fireteam Elite on Steam right now. Shares Action with Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~67% under Aliens: Fireteam Elite on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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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 Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
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 Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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 Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
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 Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
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 Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
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.).
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
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.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Frequently asked about Aliens: Fireteam Elite
- Is Aliens: Fireteam Elite verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Aliens: Fireteam Elite is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Aliens: Fireteam Elite cost?
- Aliens: Fireteam Elite is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Aliens: Fireteam Elite have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Aliens: Fireteam Elite supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Aliens: Fireteam Elite?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Aliens: Fireteam Elite are Outbreak: Epidemic, Dead Space, Zombie Assault: Resurgence.
- Who developed Aliens: Fireteam Elite?
- Aliens: Fireteam Elite was developed by Cold Iron Studios and published by Cold Iron Studios, Focus Entertainment.
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