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Games like Startide

2017PC, Nintendo Switch9.99 €

You pilot an elite recon mecha with a unique set of weapons and special abilities through fast arcade-style action in a sci-fi setting.

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Fast pace
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

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In short: Games like Startide

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

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Major Stryker

93 %Match

1993PC2.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Startide: a sci-fi setting, good gunplay and combat with precise timing.

A classic early-90s PC vertical-scrolling space shooter where you play Major Stryker fending off the alien Kreton invaders. Fast arcade action with power-ups and waves of enemies is the focus.

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Syder Arcade

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

An uncompromising retro shoot 'em up inspired by 90s Amiga classics, with free-scrolling, multi-directional shooting. Only your skill counts against hordes of alien invaders.

RIP 3: The Last Hero

Shooting and gunplay

A small 2006 indie arcade shooter with relentless action, where each level asks for sharp aim and a bit of tactical thinking.

Terminal Velocity

Shooting and gunplay

A fast-paced 1995 arcade flight combat shooter that favors simple controls and intense dogfights over realistic flight simulation. You blast through futuristic landscapes in sci-fi jets, shooting down everything in your path.

R-Coil

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A classic space shooter with an unusual one-button control scheme: every shot knocks you backward, so you must balance firing and thrust. Once it clicks, you glide through space with style.

Incoming Forces

Sci-fi setting

An arcade-style sci-fi shooter from 2002 in which you fight as an alien soldier defending your home world against a human armada. Levels are packed with enemies and targets to destroy.

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