Games like Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors
If Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hive Jump 2: Survivors, Void Scrappers and FatalZone — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its research facility adds replayability, atmospheric and challenging. 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 Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors: You are Earth's last line of defense in a relentless alien invasion. Experience intense top-down roguelite action across diverse landscapes, fighting invaders with a versatile arsenal. Outsmart, outgun, and survive your foes. Every run increases the challenge - so adapt, evolve, dominate!
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Hive Jump 2: Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares bullet hell and an intense mood with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
Top pick for Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
Become an agent of vengeance in this bullet-heaven action roguelite! You are the lone survivor of your squad, on an alien planet with just your weapon, a jetpack, and the courage to keep fighting. Kill off alien swarms and transform their valuable guts into explosive upgrades and vital utilities.
Void Scrappers
WHY THIS
Shares weapon upgrades and a retro mood with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
Second-strongest match for Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
Blast hordes of alien ships into junk. Collect the scrap to upgrade your ship into an unstoppable force of destruction. Unlock new characters and weapons and upgrade your stats between runs.
FatalZone
WHY THIS
Shares weapon upgrades and a challenging mood with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
Third-strongest match for Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
FatalZone is an auto shooter with roguelike and RPG elements set in a savage world of zombies. Exterminate zombie hordes, collect resources, upgrade your camp, and level up mercenaries. Humanity must survive at any cost!
Halftime Heroes
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
SURVIVE COUNTLESS HORDES, BE A ONE MAN ARMY, DIE AND RETURN STRONGER. Halftime Heroes is a Survival Rogue Action RPG game with short and intense matches where you learn spells, level up, acquire loot and fight bosses. Each time you die you may upgrade or unlock several features.
Bounty of One
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
Ranked #5 for Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
Fallen hero of the Wild West, you’re wanted and in disgrace! Grab your guns, survive endless hordes of bounty hunters and fight to clear your name! Bounty of One is a fast-paced casual roguelite bullet hell for 1 to 4 players. Dash, Dodge, Shoot, Repeat!
REMEDIUM: Sentinels
WHY THIS
Shares weapon upgrades and an atmospheric mood with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
Ranked #6 for Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
Become a Sentinel and face the plague in roguelite fast-paced auto-shooter set in the same world as REMEDIUM game. Combine items and alchemical elements to acquire more powerful weapons and create unique builds to defend the plague survivors against the endless hordes of mutants!
Project Lazarus
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
Ranked #7 for Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
You are the first party mech pilot of alien planet colonizers! Project Lazarus is a survival game with rogue-lite elements. Deploy and upgrade your mech to the metal!
In Woods
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
Ranked #8 for Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
In Woods is a roguelike survival game set in a forest. Fight monsters, level up, gather wood to craft items, and enhance your power to face stronger foes. Survive and defeat the final boss to claim ultimate victory!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Action with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
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.).
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude
WHY THIS
Another title from Reija, the studio behind Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
You are Earth's last line of defense in a relentless alien invasion. Experience intense 3D top-down roguelite action. Outsmart, outgun and survive smarter, increasingly menacing foes with a versatile arsenal in diverse landscapes. Every run escalates the challenge - adapt, evolve, dominate!
Shell Runner - Prelude
WHY THIS
Another title from Reija, the studio behind Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
Shell Runner - Prelude is a PvE Extraction Top-Down Looter-Shooter set in a cyberpunk dystopian future. As a mercenary your objective is as clear as it's dangerous: infiltrate, assassinate, loot, and extract without dying. Or fail, and lose everything.
Shell Runner
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
Another title from Reija, the studio behind Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
2045. Life's never been cheaper. Shells mean you can come back if you have money. You used to. Now you're on the bottom in a cyberpunk sprawl. Claw your way back up through wet work as a Shell Runner, in a PvE extraction looter shooter, where a gig can make you rich - or broke.
Pantheion
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
Another title from Reija, the studio behind Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors. Shares Indie and Casual with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
A single-player deck-building card game where mythologies unite. Construct your deck with deities, followers, artifacts, and blessings from Greek, Norse, and Japanese legends. Overcome each site's threshold through clever strategy, powerful combos, and unique card synergies.
Memoria Arcana
WHY THIS
Another title from Reija, the studio behind Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors. Shares Indie and Casual with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
Memoria Arcana is a single-player card game with traditional memory mechanics: Reveal as many pairs as you can to form poker-inspired hands, earn points, and overcome the Curse stages. Master the Arcana and Zodiac cards to increase your chance of winning.
Hellwake: Hordes of Styx
WHY THIS
Another title from Reija, the studio behind Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
In a dimension full of demons, master movement and carve through enemies with your sword and devastating magic. Forge rune-powered builds to survive the endless onslaught.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Hive Jump 2: Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares bullet hell and an intense mood with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
Become an agent of vengeance in this bullet-heaven action roguelite! You are the lone survivor of your squad, on an alien planet with just your weapon, a jetpack, and the courage to keep fighting. Kill off alien swarms and transform their valuable guts into explosive upgrades and vital utilities.
Void Scrappers
WHY THIS
Shares weapon upgrades and a retro mood with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
Blast hordes of alien ships into junk. Collect the scrap to upgrade your ship into an unstoppable force of destruction. Unlock new characters and weapons and upgrade your stats between runs.
Halftime Heroes
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
SURVIVE COUNTLESS HORDES, BE A ONE MAN ARMY, DIE AND RETURN STRONGER. Halftime Heroes is a Survival Rogue Action RPG game with short and intense matches where you learn spells, level up, acquire loot and fight bosses. Each time you die you may upgrade or unlock several features.
Bounty of One
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
Fallen hero of the Wild West, you’re wanted and in disgrace! Grab your guns, survive endless hordes of bounty hunters and fight to clear your name! Bounty of One is a fast-paced casual roguelite bullet hell for 1 to 4 players. Dash, Dodge, Shoot, Repeat!
REMEDIUM: Sentinels
WHY THIS
Shares weapon upgrades and an atmospheric mood with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
Become a Sentinel and face the plague in roguelite fast-paced auto-shooter set in the same world as REMEDIUM game. Combine items and alchemical elements to acquire more powerful weapons and create unique builds to defend the plague survivors against the endless hordes of mutants!
Project Lazarus
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Casual with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.
You are the first party mech pilot of alien planet colonizers! Project Lazarus is a survival game with rogue-lite elements. Deploy and upgrade your mech to the metal!
Frequently asked about Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors
- Does Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors run on Steam Deck?
- Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors 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 Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors cost?
- Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors are Hive Jump 2: Survivors, Void Scrappers, FatalZone.
- Who developed Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors?
- Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors was developed by Reija and published by indie.io.
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