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Games like Alien Breed: Impact

If Alien Breed: Impact is your kind of game, the closest matches are Alien Breed 3: Descent, Alien Breed 2: Assault and Shadowgrounds Survivor — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its backtracking keeps tension high, cheap during sales and atmospheric. 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 Breed: Impact: Experience the explosive science fiction arcade-shooter that resurrects a much revered franchise in an epic single player and co-op multiplayer campaign.

2010Action4.59 USDDeck PlayableMetacritic 64Windowsby Team17 Software Ltd.
Alien Breed: Impact — Steam game cover
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Players who liked Alien Breed: Impact also play

Steam players who put hours into Alien Breed: Impact 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. Alien Breed 3: Descent

    WHY THIS

    Shares twin stick shooting and a tense mood with Alien Breed: Impact.

    Top pick for Alien Breed: Impact fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Alien Breed: Impact.

    Experience the final explosive chapter in the Alien Breed series and uncover the horrifying truth surrounding the existence of the Breed. Launch discount good thru Nov. 24 10am PST.

    2010Action4.59 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Alien Breed 2: Assault

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Alien Breed: Impact.

    Second-strongest match for Alien Breed: Impact fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Alien Breed: Impact.

    Can you survive the alien onslaught? Gamers across the world will now have a chance to play the next chapter in this high-budget, high-quality series.

    2010Action4.59 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Shadowgrounds Survivor

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Alien Breed: Impact.

    Third-strongest match for Alien Breed: Impact fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Alien Breed: Impact.

    Surviving is only half the game. The award-winning atmosphere and gameplay mechanics of the original Shadowgrounds make a triumphant return in this spin off/sequel armed with a slick new feature set! Shadowgrounds Survivor tells the story of the last remaining humans on Jupiter's moon Ganymede, where the alien onslaught is in full force.

    2007Action9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Lonefield Evacutation Survivor

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Alien Breed: Impact fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Alien Breed: Impact.

    Lonefield Evacuation Survivor is a... survivor in which you play as a ship facing an alien incursion. Destroy your enemies, collect bolts and upgrade your ship to survive long enough and escape. Play alone or with up to 3 friends in local multiplayer or with Remote Play Together for online gaming.

    2025ActionStrategy1.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Ultra Mega Planet Battles

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Alien Breed: Impact fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Alien Breed: Impact.

    Ultra Mega Planet Battles is an intense arcade-style, space-based, twin-stick shooter. Players can play by themselves, or with up to 3 friends local co-op or Steam Remote Play (total of 4 players). Select your character, select and modify your ship, then get shooting!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Xatrom Command

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Alien Breed: Impact fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Alien Breed: Impact.

    Team up and shoot down waves of invading aliens. Single player or multiplayer top-down shooting action

    2024ActionIndieCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Astro Ike

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Alien Breed: Impact fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Alien Breed: Impact.

    Astro Ike is an exhilarating single-player, third-person zombie wave shooter that will immerse you in an intense battle for survival. Step into the shoes of Astro Ike, a fearless protagonist, as you face relentless waves of zombies. The challenge awaits—how long can you endure?

    2022ActionIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Shadowgrounds

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Alien Breed: Impact.

    Ranked #8 for Alien Breed: Impact fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Alien Breed: Impact.

    Shadowgrounds breathes fresh air into the action genre with explosive combat sequences, an innovative weapon upgrade system, and an intriguing storyline. The adrenaline-pumping, top-down gameplay and audiovisual fireworks set the scene for this new action experience which also includes single computer (split keyboard or joystick) co-op...

    2006Action6.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Alien Breed: Impact

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. Alien Swarm

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Alien Breed: Impact.

    Reviewers of Alien Breed: Impact cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Alien Breed: Impact.

    Co-operative multiplayer game and complete code base available for free.

    2010ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. DOOM

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Alien Breed: Impact.

    Reviewers of Alien Breed: Impact cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Alien Breed: Impact.

    Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.

    2016Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Aliens: Dark Descent

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Alien Breed: Impact.

    Reviewers of Alien Breed: Impact cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Alien Breed: Impact.

    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.

    2023ActionStrategy39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~78% under Alien Breed: Impact on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alien Breed: Impact.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~78% under Alien Breed: Impact on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alien Breed: Impact.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under Alien Breed: Impact on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alien Breed: Impact.

    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.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under Alien Breed: Impact on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alien Breed: Impact.

    Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

    2009Action2.49 USDSteam ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~78% under Alien Breed: Impact on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alien Breed: Impact.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~78% under Alien Breed: Impact on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alien Breed: Impact.

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Battlefront (Classic, 2004)

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under Alien Breed: Impact on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alien Breed: Impact.

    Fight the greatest battles in the STAR WARS universe any way you want to. The choice is yours.

    2019Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Kill It With Fire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Alien Breed: Impact on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alien Breed: Impact.

    Kill It With Fire is a first-person action game about hunting spiders and causing collateral damage.

    2020ActionIndieSimulation2.59 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Alien Breed: Impact.

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Alien Breed: Impact.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Alien Breed: Impact.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Alien Breed: Impact.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Alien Breed: Impact.

    Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Alien Breed: Impact.

    Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Alien Breed: Impact.

    A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!

    2021ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Alien Breed: Impact

Does Alien Breed: Impact run on Steam Deck?
Alien Breed: Impact 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 Breed: Impact cost?
Alien Breed: Impact is listed on Steam at 4.59 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Alien Breed: Impact have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Alien Breed: Impact supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Alien Breed: Impact?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Alien Breed: Impact are Alien Breed 3: Descent, Alien Breed 2: Assault, Shadowgrounds Survivor.
Who developed Alien Breed: Impact?
Alien Breed: Impact was developed by Team17 Software Ltd. and published by Team17 Digital Ltd.

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 Breed: Impact.

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