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2017PC56 % positive−20 % ~~0.99 €~~ 0.79 €

As the lone survivor of a spacecraft crew, you explore an alien planet to uncover what killed your crewmates and where a strange signal comes from. A small indie sci-fi shooter with a mystery-driven atmosphere.

Sci-fi setting
Shooting and gunplay
Dark, serious atmosphere
Action-packed real-time combat

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In short: Games like Helium

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

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Best match

Transmissions: Element 120

89 %Match

2016PC94 % positivefree

A short single-player shooter set in the Half-Life universe, built around a gravity-defying weapon that lets you leap over buildings and survive huge falls. Its mysterious story keeps you guessing where you are and why you were sent.

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Half-Life: Uplink

Sci-fi setting

Uplink is a short standalone Half-Life demo built from content cut from the main game. It delivers classic shooter action with familiar weapons and enemies in a research facility setting.

Insincere

Sci-fi setting

You wake up as Joseph Walker with no memory in a deserted research facility, guided by an AI that is clearly hiding something. A small indie sci-fi shooter built around mystery and distrust.

Red Matter 2

Pure single-player experience

You play agent Sasha, exploring an abandoned lunar base, solving puzzles and uncovering the secrets of the mysterious Red Matter. Its tense, claustrophobic atmosphere and blend of brain teasers with brief combat set it apart.

Alien Trilogy

Dark, serious atmosphere

A grim 1996 first-person shooter that recreates the Alien films across 30 levels, as you blast through corridors full of facehuggers, xenomorphs and Queens with a range of weapons. The claustrophobic atmosphere and motion tracker build constant tension.

Moon Mystery

Dark, serious atmosphere

An indie first-person shooter that starts on the Moon, where you investigate the secret behind the 1969 space race and follow the trail across the universe.

Chasing Dead

Sci-fi setting

You play marine Jake, sent to a doppelganger Earth that has appeared in the sky to recover the data from a lost NASA mission. It blends first-person shooting with an eerie science-fiction atmosphere.

Half-Life

Sci-fi setting

The landmark shooter sends physicist Gordon Freeman through the alien- and soldier-infested Black Mesa facility, telling its story seamlessly without cutscenes while mixing tense firefights with environmental and physics puzzles.

Metal Garden

Respects your time

A short, atmospheric single-player shooter that takes you through an overgrown megastructure. Exploration and light puzzles accompany the action as you seek out what lies beyond.

Half-Life: Source

Sci-fi setting

The Source engine version of the shooter classic: as scientist Gordon Freeman you fight through aliens and soldiers after an experiment goes wrong at Black Mesa. Updated lighting, water and physics refresh the look, but it remains the tightly scripted, linear original.