Games like Return to Planet X
If Return to Planet X is your kind of game, the closest matches are ALONE IN SPACE, RIPOUT and Dead Space™ 2 — 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.
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ALONE IN SPACE
WHY THIS
Top pick for Return to Planet X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Return to Planet X.
Experience an immersive sci-fi adventure. Walk in the footsteps of the ill-fated crew members of the Miranda station. Explore a world cloaked in mystery and danger, solve clever puzzles to help discover the questions that...
RIPOUT
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Return to Planet X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Return to Planet X.
Ripout is an online Co-Op horror FPS that will have players fight their way through procedurally generated derelict ships filled with mutants capable of reconfiguring their alien bodies. Survive with your trusty Pet Gun companion, collect loot, and customize your character to fit your playstyle.
Dead Space™ 2
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Return to Planet X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Return to Planet X.
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.
Aliens: Colonial Marines Collection
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Return to Planet X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Return to Planet X.
You & your friends are the deadliest killers in the galaxy – the US Colonial Marines. It’s up to you to not just survive, but wipe out the Xeno infestation.
Black Mesa
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Ranked #5 for Return to Planet X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Return to Planet X.
Relive Half-Life.
Alien: Isolation
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Ranked #6 for Return to Planet X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Return to Planet X.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Dead Effect
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Return to Planet X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Return to Planet X.
Fight for your life in the INDIE SCI-FI FPS game fit for both casual and hard-core gamers with a passion for hunting down hordes of zombies. Prepare yourselves for the incoming nightmare!
PLANET ALPHA
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Return to Planet X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Return to Planet X.
PLANET ALPHA, a beautiful alien world filled with mystery and danger. Pursued by relentless enemies, you must harness the power of night and day as you struggle to survive.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Return to Planet X at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Return to Planet X on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Return to Planet X.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Return to Planet X on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Return to Planet X.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Return to Planet X on Steam right now. Shares Action with Return to Planet X.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Return to Planet X on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Return to Planet X.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Return to Planet X on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Return to Planet X.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~90% under Return to Planet X on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Return to Planet X.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Return to Planet X on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Return to Planet X.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Return to Planet X on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Return to Planet X.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
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 with Return to Planet X.
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 Return to Planet X.
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 Return to Planet X.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Return to Planet X.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Return to Planet X.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Return to Planet X.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Return to Planet X.
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 Return to Planet X.
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.
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Frequently asked about Return to Planet X
- How much does Return to Planet X cost?
- Return to Planet X is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Return to Planet X?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Return to Planet X are ALONE IN SPACE, RIPOUT, Dead Space™ 2.
- Who developed Return to Planet X?
- Return to Planet X was developed by Butterflyware.
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