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2015PEGI 12PC, PlayStation, Steam Deck playable90 % positive19.99 €

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.

  • Playing together in co-op
  • Co-op or multiplayer
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Shooting and gunplay

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Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

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2015PEGI 7PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified93 % positive14.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Helldivers: playing together in co-op and a sci-fi setting.

A chaotic couch co-op space shooter where you and friends crew a neon-bright ship, juggling cannons, shields and engines. Only good teamwork saves the space bunnies from the forces of Anti-Love.

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Fortified

Playing together in co-op

A co-op shooter with tower-defense elements in a 1950s pulp style: you build defenses and fend off a Martian robot invasion with retro weaponry, solo or with up to four players.

MechWarrior Online

Playing together in co-op

An online mech combat game set in the BattleTech universe, where players pilot heavy BattleMechs with customized weapon and armor loadouts in team-based battles. Positioning, heat management and teamwork matter more than twitch reflexes.

Barotrauma

Playing together in co-op

You crew a submarine with friends through the icy ocean of Jupiter's moon Europa. Every task, from reactor to weapons to hull leaks, matters, and small mistakes quickly spiral into chaotic survival.

Interstellar Marines

Shooting and gunplay

Interstellar Marines revives the old-school tactical shooter, blending co-op play, light role-playing elements and nonlinear missions. You play as an elite soldier recruited into a secret future military program defending humanity from threats beyond the solar system.

Air Buster

Shooting and gunplay

A classic arcade side-scrolling shoot-'em-up in the vein of R-Type and Gradius, blasting through sci-fi stages with power-ups. Its standout feature is simultaneous two-player play.

Vox Machinae

Shooting and gunplay

You pilot a giant combat mech in a war between corporations, customizing it with lasers, missiles and cannons. It offers weighty mech simulation and drop-in multiplayer with no microtransactions.

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