Games like THE GUARDIANS
If THE GUARDIANS is your kind of game, the closest matches are Alien Dark Wars, VTOL VR and Alien: Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition — 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 GUARDIANS: Launch from an AI-controlled carrier, lead squadrons of fighters and drones, and fight through cinematic air and naval battles in a near-future war against autonomous enemy fleets.
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Steam players who put hours into THE GUARDIANS 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.
Alien Dark Wars
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Top pick for THE GUARDIANS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with THE GUARDIANS.
A third-person helicopter action shooter featuring realistic physics-based flight enhanced by alien technology. Extract stranded soldiers before hostile alien forces capture them across open maps set in three distinct biomes, with optional first-person gameplay and four selectable camera views.
VTOL VR
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Second-strongest match for THE GUARDIANS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with THE GUARDIANS.
VTOL VR is a near-futuristic combat flight game built for Virtual Reality. Pilot advanced multi-role jets, using your hands to flip switches, press buttons, and manipulate the virtual flight controls.
Alien: Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition
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Third-strongest match for THE GUARDIANS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with THE GUARDIANS.
A new action-horror story set in the iconic Alien universe. Play as rogue Colonial Marine Zula Hendricks, sent to investigate a blacksite on Purdan. Fight and survive using your skill, reflexes, and determination against a deadly Xenomorph incursion in this gripping first chapter of a two-part saga.
ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN
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Ranked #4 for THE GUARDIANS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with THE GUARDIANS.
Become an ace pilot and soar through photorealistic skies with full 360 degree movement; down enemy aircraft and experience the thrill of engaging in realistic sorties! Aerial combat has never looked or felt better!
LEAP
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Ranked #5 for THE GUARDIANS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with THE GUARDIANS.
LEAP is a fast-paced, multiplayer first-person shooter featuring epic large scale battles, each with players armed to the teeth. Fight for either the United Earth Defense Coalition (UEDC) or the rebel Exo-Terrans - whoever pays the most, wins your trigger finger and excessive arsenal.
SWAT Commander
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Ranked #6 for THE GUARDIANS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with THE GUARDIANS.
Take charge of a SWAT unit as an elite operator. Command a specialized AI squad or team up in co-op to seize suspects, rescue civilians, and restore order. Study the briefing, kit out your team, and execute your plan with disciplined precision.
Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6
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Ranked #7 for THE GUARDIANS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with THE GUARDIANS.
Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 is signature Black Ops across a cinematic single-player Campaign, a best-in-class Multiplayer experience and with the epic return of Round-Based Zombies.
War Thunder
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Ranked #8 for THE GUARDIANS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with THE GUARDIANS.
War Thunder is the most comprehensive free-to-play, cross-platform, MMO military game dedicated to aviation, armoured vehicles, and naval craft, from the early 20th century to the most advanced modern combat units. Join now and take part in major battles on land, in the air, and at sea.
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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 GUARDIANS.
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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 GUARDIANS.
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 GUARDIANS.
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 GUARDIANS.
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.).
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with THE GUARDIANS.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with THE GUARDIANS.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
The Lab
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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!
OnlyCans: Thirst Date
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with THE GUARDIANS.
Feel The Fizz Inside You™ with the brand new Shize™ Collection!
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Alien: Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with THE GUARDIANS.
A new action-horror story set in the iconic Alien universe. Play as rogue Colonial Marine Zula Hendricks, sent to investigate a blacksite on Purdan. Fight and survive using your skill, reflexes, and determination against a deadly Xenomorph incursion in this gripping first chapter of a two-part saga.
ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Simulation with THE GUARDIANS.
Become an ace pilot and soar through photorealistic skies with full 360 degree movement; down enemy aircraft and experience the thrill of engaging in realistic sorties! Aerial combat has never looked or felt better!
War Thunder
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Simulation with THE GUARDIANS.
War Thunder is the most comprehensive free-to-play, cross-platform, MMO military game dedicated to aviation, armoured vehicles, and naval craft, from the early 20th century to the most advanced modern combat units. Join now and take part in major battles on land, in the air, and at sea.
Frequently asked about THE GUARDIANS
- What games are most similar to THE GUARDIANS?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside THE GUARDIANS are Alien Dark Wars, VTOL VR, Alien: Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition.
- Who developed THE GUARDIANS?
- THE GUARDIANS was developed by Neutron Studios LLC.
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 GUARDIANS.
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