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2020USK 18PC, 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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Aliens: Dark Descent

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2023USK 16PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam Deck playable87 % positive39.99 €

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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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This War of Mine

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Instead of soldiers, you guide a group of civilians through a besieged city, maintaining your shelter by day and scavenging dangerous ruins by night. Harsh moral dilemmas between survival and humanity make it a haunting, unforgettable experience.

Last Train Home

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You lead the Czechoslovak Legion across the Russian Civil War aboard an armored train, heading home. Real-time tactical battles with pause mix with managing your train, supplies and soldiers, making survival a constant struggle.

Aliens Versus Predator: Extinction

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A console real-time strategy game set in the Alien vs. Predator universe, where you lead three distinct factions, each with its own units and playstyle, through missions on planet LV-742.

Help Will Come Tomorrow

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After a train wreck in the Siberian wilderness, you guide a group of survivors through hunger, cold and mistrust. Resource management and tough moral decisions decide who lasts until rescue arrives.

HighFleet

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HighFleet blends a strategic campaign map, where you juggle fuel, supplies and fleet commanders, with frantic 2D aerial battles between huge airships. Its bleak dieselpunk look and merciless difficulty turn every campaign into a struggle for survival.

Zafehouse Diaries 2

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You lead a small band of survivors through a zombie apocalypse, assigning tasks hour by hour. Distinct personalities, relationships and scarce resources drive tense, often brutal decisions.

The Final Station

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An atmospheric 2D side-scroller where you ride a train through a collapsing world, scavenge stations for supplies, fight off the infected, and keep your passengers alive. The shift between tense, ammo-scarce station raids and quiet train upkeep creates a bleak, oppressive mood.

The Long Dark

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A lonely, unforgiving survival experience in the frozen Canadian wilderness after a geomagnetic disaster, where cold, hunger and wolves are your real enemies. Its painterly visuals and quiet atmosphere turn every trek into a tense, often melancholic journey.

State of Decay

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A zombie survival game in an open world where you build up a home base, scavenge supplies and manage a roster of survivors with their own skills. Death is permanent for fallen characters, which gives every decision weight.

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