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2020PC, Steam Deck playable76 % positive20.49 €

A real-time strategy game where you lead a squad through an alien-virus-stricken San Francisco, rescuing civilians and hunting patient zero before the Cepheus protocol is enacted.

  • Resources and survival
  • A party of several characters
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Tactical depth
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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Cepheus Protocol special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Aliens: Dark Descent

88 %Match

2023PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam Deck playable87 % positive39.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Cepheus Protocol: scarce resources and survival, a party of several characters as well as a sci-fi setting.

A tactical real-time-with-pause squad game in the Alien universe: you lead a team of marines through a xenomorph outbreak, managing resources, stress and permanent losses in a tense, bleak atmosphere.

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