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Games like CMYW

2015PC

A four-player co-op survival shooter inspired by classic space shooters. The team has to balance gathering resources with defending its portal to last as long as possible and rack up a high score.

  • Playing together in co-op
  • Resources and survival
  • Co-op or multiplayer
  • Shooting and gunplay

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In short: Games like CMYW

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes CMYW special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Up to three areas count more, the rest steps back.

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Games where this is clearly part of it are left out, no matter how well the rest fits.

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Best match

It Came From Space, and Ate Our Brains

90 %Match

2015PEGI 7PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified79 % positive9.75 €

Brings what grabs you about CMYW: playing together in co-op, scarce resources and survival as well as good gunplay.

A top-down arcade shooter where you fight off waves of brain-eating aliens, solo or in co-op. Your flashlight, the environment and special powers add a moody, straightforward survival-action feel.

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Starship Troopers: Extermination

Playing together in co-op

A co-op first-person shooter for up to 16 players where you fight massive swarms of alien bugs as Mobile Infantry troopers and retake fallen colonies. It focuses on squad teamwork, huge battles and building defensive positions.

Killing Floor

Resources and survival

A wave-based co-op shooter where up to six players fend off hordes of grotesque clone mutants and gear up at the trader between rounds. Class perks, teamwork and the brutal Patriarch boss fight define the experience.

Alien Swarm

Playing together in co-op

A free top-down co-op shooter from Valve where a squad of four marines with distinct classes fights through hordes of aliens. Teamwork, loadouts and unlockable weapons drive frantic, tactical firefights.

Helldivers

Playing together in co-op

A top-down shooter for up to four players where teamwork is everything: you input stratagem codes to call in airstrikes and supplies, and friendly fire constantly threatens chaos. The satirical militaristic-democracy setting gives it a tongue-in-cheek tone.

Earthfall

Playing together in co-op

A four-player cooperative first-person shooter about fending off an alien invasion together, fortifying positions and completing objectives. Teamwork and hordes of enemies are the core of the experience.

Raw Data

Sci-fi setting

A VR-native wave shooter where you fend off hordes of androids with guns, swords and placed defenses, ideally in co-op. Physical whole-body combat and wave defense are the focus.

Smash T.V.

Playing together in co-op

An arcade twin-stick shooter set in a dystopian game show: you fight endless waves of enemies in tight arenas, grab weapons and bonuses, and aim to defeat the host at the end. Frantic, chaotic and gleefully over the top.

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