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Drop into the gripping journey of Aliens: Dark Descent, a squad-based, single-player action game in the iconic Alien franchise. Lead your soldiers in real-time to stop a new and terrifying kind of Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.
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$24.99Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
Feb 10 · KillHouse Games
Both: Tactical · Top-Down · Real Time Tactics
Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".
TacticalTop-DownReal Time TacticsMilitaryReal-Time with PauseActionStrategyModdableCo-opIndie👍 12,331
$39.99Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance
Feb 21 · Slitherine Ltd.
Both: RTS · Real Time Tactics · Dark
Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance is not just a game; it's an adrenaline-fueled journey where your strategic prowess decides the fate of mankind against the machines. After the machines took over, the greatest threats may not come from the machines but rather from other human survivors.
StrategyRTSReal Time TacticsWargame3DAtmosphericArtificial IntelligenceAlternate HistoryDarkConspiracy👍 3,398
$39.99Last Train Home
Nov 28 · Ashborne Games
Both: RTS · Real Time Tactics
The Great War is over - the fight continues. Command a legion of soldiers, desperately trying to make their way home amidst the chaos of civil war. Lead them through the unforgiving wilderness onboard an armored train. Manage your crew and resources and try to survive.
StrategyRTSReal Time TacticsTrainsHistoricalSingleplayerChoices MatterWar3DWorld War I👍 4,517
$19.99Creeper World IXE
Dec 12 · Knuckle Cracker
Both: RTS · Real Time Tactics
The unstoppable alien force known as The Creeper has returned, devouring thousands of worlds in its path, and yours is next. Battle against the Creeper fluid in a groundbreaking pixel-level simulation to prove that humanity will rule the galaxy forever!
RTSTower DefenseWargameReal Time TacticsSandboxSpace1980sWarPhysicsStrategy👍 855
$39.99Xenonauts 2
Apr 2 · Goldhawk Interactive
Both: Sci-fi · Tactical
Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.
StrategyRPGTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategySci-fiTurn-Based CombatTacticalTurn-BasedPvECharacter Customization👍 4,857
-40%$10.49Tower Dominion
May 7 · Parallel 45 Games
Both: RTS · Tactical
Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!
Tower DefenseStrategyBase BuildingRoguelikeRTSTacticalRogueliteChoices MatterProcedural GenerationResource Management👍 5,124
$19.99Grit and Valor - 1949
Mar 26 · Milky Tea Studios
Both: Real Time Tactics · RTS
A dieselpunk real-time tactics roguelite set in an alt-history World War 2. Grit and Valor – 1949 puts you in command of an elite Mech Squadron. Think fast and battle the Evil Axis forces to liberate Europe. Upgrade your Mechs and Pilots and develop new strategies to neutralise the enemy HQ!
ControllerMechsReal Time TacticsRogueliteStrategyRTSWarAlternate HistoryRoguelikeWorld War II👍 274
$59.99Homeworld 3
May 13 · Blackbird Interactive
Both: RTS · Sci-fi · Tactical
Tactical, beautiful, and wholly unique, the GOTY-winning sci-fi RTS returns with Homeworld 3. Assume control and battle through fleet combat in dazzling, fully 3D space while the award-winning story unfolds on a galactic scale.
SpaceRTSStrategySci-fiStory RichSingleplayerMultiplayerTacticalCo-opRoguelike👍 5,438
$14.99Mechabellum
Sep 26 · Game River
Both: Tactical · RTS
Command massive armies in this epic mech auto-battler. Draft your troops, customize your units, master your formations, and crush enemies in spectacular 3D battles. All strategy, no clickfest. Outsmart opponents in 1v1, 2v2, free-for-all, or Survival Mode.
StrategyAuto BattlerMechsRobotsWargameTacticalPvPMultiplayerRTSTurn-Based Strategy👍 17,866
$39.99Empire of the Ants
Nov 6 · Tower Five
Both: Real Time Tactics · RTS
Conquer enemy nests and lead your colony through the perils of the forest in this groundbreaking RTS. Empire of the Ants is a photorealistic, third-person real-time strategy game where you command your insect legions in epic battles.
WargameReal Time TacticsSandboxPvEPvPRTSGrand StrategyStrategyThird Person3D👍 931
-75%$4.99Level Zero: Extraction
Jan 29 · Doghowl Games
Both: Aliens · Tactical
Tactical extraction shooter meets immersive survival horror. Play as rival mercenaries fighting for loot, or as alien monsters hunting humans from the shadows. Solo or with friends, experience this unique dark take on asymmetrical PvPvE multiplayer.
Survival HorrorPvPExtraction ShooterAliensFPSPvEMultiplayerTacticalEarly AccessShooter👍 2,448
$17.99Dying Breed
Oct 7 · Sarnayer
Both: RTS · Tactical · Sci-fi
Golden-age RTS classic. Fast-paced action & strategic decision-making, battling evil arch-enemies, zombies, and retro-futuristic technologies. All to a '90s electro-metal soundtrack and FMV live-action cut scenes.
Early AccessStrategySingleplayerRTSBase BuildingTacticalActionWarPost-apocalypticSci-fi👍 218
-60%$15.99ZEPHON
Nov 8 · Proxy Studios
Both: Tactical · Sci-fi
From the developers of Warhammer 40,000: Gladius, ZEPHON is a post-apocalyptic 4X strategy game built on Proxy’s unique tactical combat system. Guide survivors through a turbulent future, navigating unexpected disasters, eldritch horror and cyberpunk monstrosities. What will you do to survive?
StrategyTurn-Based4XTacticalMultiplayerLovecraftianSandboxCo-opSci-fiProcedural Generation👍 1,841
$7.99Deep Dark Forest
Apr 15 · pixiangames
Both: RTS · Real Time Tactics
You will have to lead the civilization, develop the economy, enhance the technology, stabilize the people and colonize new galaxies; when encountering unknown civilizations, will you hide yourself or communicate with them in a friendly way? In this "dark forest", every decision will be crucial.
SimulationStrategyRTSGrand StrategySpace SimReal Time TacticsWargameExplorationIsometricMilitary
-30%$8.39From Glory To Goo
Apr 2 · Stratagem Blue
Both: RTS
From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.
Base BuildingRTSTower DefenseReal-Time with PauseAction RTSResource ManagementColony SimCity BuilderStrategySandbox👍 1,796
$24.99Chains of Freedom
Apr 15 · Nordcurrent
Both: Tactical · Sci-fi
Embark on a thrilling journey in a high-stakes, turn-based tactics game. Lead an elite squad in a fictional, dystopian Eastern European country as you unravel a conspiracy threatening the state. Navigate intense strategic battles and adapt to ever-evolving challenges to prevail.
StrategyTurn-Based CombatTacticalTurn-Based TacticsSci-fiCombatTurn-Based StrategyCinematicRealisticThird Person👍 520
$14.99Status One
Jan 10 · LastCall Studio
Both: Tactical · Top-Down · Real Time Tactics
Status One is a top-down 3D tactical shooter RPG where you create your own task force from scratch and lead your squad while being personally on the field
Multiple EndingsPerma DeathReal-Time with PausePvETacticalCombatTop-DownTop-Down ShooterReal Time TacticsShooter
$5.99Frontline Crisis
Aug 14 · BCQT
Both: RTS
Defend humanity's last hope, pilot a powerful mech, in Frontlines Crisis! A battlefield swarming with insects makes strategic and combat decisions crucial. Each decision will determine your fate. Defend humanity's last sanctuary, fight fiercely, and uphold human honor with wits and courage!
Tower DefenseTop-Down ShooterRTSStrategyPixel GraphicsSpaceMechsLocal Co-OpAction RTS1980s👍 348
FreeImperius
Jun 13 · Incognito Interactive
Both: RTS · Sci-fi · Real Time Tactics
Imperius is an easy-to-learn, hard-to-master space RTS. Command devastating ships of the Imperius Navy and prove your loyalty by destroying everything in your path, no matter the cost.
StrategyRTSSpaceSingleplayerSci-fiFuturisticReal Time TacticsWarLore-RichBase Building
$39.99MENACE
Feb 5 · Overhype Studios
Both: Sci-fi · Tactical
Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.
StrategyRPGTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategySci-fiTurn-Based CombatTacticalTurn-BasedPvECharacter Customization👍 12,304
-50%$13.99Age of Darkness: Final Stand
Jan 15 · PlaySide
Both: RTS
Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.
Tower DefenseAction RTSRTSStrategyBase BuildingPvEDark Fantasy3DFantasyStylized👍 9,487
$49.99Ready or Not
Dec 13 · VOID Interactive
Both: Tactical
Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter that depicts a modern-day world in which SWAT police units are called to defuse hostile and confronting situations.
TacticalRealisticFPSShooterMultiplayerSingleplayerCo-opHorrorFirst-PersonPsychological Horror👍 265,446
$59.99Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Sep 9 · Saber Interactive
Both: Sci-fi
Embody the superhuman skill and brutality of a Space Marine. Unleash deadly abilities and devastating weaponry to obliterate the relentless Tyranid swarms. Defend the Imperium in spectacular third-person action in solo or multiplayer modes.
Co-opActionMultiplayerThird-Person ShooterPvEAdventureThird PersonAction-AdventureSci-fiSingleplayer👍 168,817
$39.99Alien: Rogue Incursion VR
Dec 19 · Survios
Both: Aliens · Sci-fi
Alien: Rogue Incursion is an all-new action-horror VR game that transforms you into ex-Colonial Marine Zula Hendricks on a dangerous mission to the uncharted planet Purdan, featuring innovative real-life motion gameplay, a whole-body loadout, and the most cunning Xenomorphs ever encountered.
AliensVRActionStory RichShooterCombatSingleplayerSci-fiRealisticAtmospheric👍 1,341
$24.99Executive Assault 2
Oct 18 · Hesketh Studios Ltd
Both: RTS
The RTS/FPS phenomenon has moved into space! Build your base on an asteroid, command fleets of starships for epic battles, pilot fighters, mine and trade resources, assemble robots to defend or assault other stations. Take sole command or share the glory as you fight for control of the quadrant.
RTSBuildingSpace SimStrategyBase BuildingSpaceReal-TimeFPSActionSingleplayer👍 1,604
-50%$19.99Terra Invicta
Jan 5 · Pavonis Interactive
Both: Tactical
An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.
StrategyGrand StrategySimulation4XEconomyWarHistoricalTurn-Based StrategyTacticalManagement👍 9,064
-65%$0.69Li O's Online World
Jun 19 · Lil knee Games
Both: RTS · Real Time Tactics
《Computer Dungeon》 Roguelike strategy where an awakened AI evolves in a computer world. Explore hardware/system dungeons, combine tech-tree talents for unique effects. Ultimate goal: Upload to an independent device for survival.
StrategyCasualRoguelikeRTSDungeon Crawler2D PlatformerMystery DungeonReal Time TacticsExplorationRoguelite
-34%$19.79Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
Jun 2 · Trese Brothers
Both: Tactical
Cyberpunk mercenaries RPG! Turn-based squad tactics with unique heist-planning strategy. Build your crew wisely; their stories will become interwoven with your own. Pull off heists with powerful cyberware, faction connections, multiclassing, weapon modding, stealth, hacking, and more!
Turn-Based CombatTacticalIsometricCyberpunkPerma DeathTurn-Based TacticsPost-apocalypticTurn-Based StrategyTactical RPGStealth👍 2,938
$9.99Black Forest
Sep 25 · Lemuria
Both: RTS · Top-Down
Danger, death, and despair define Black Forest. As the chief of an unlucky village, your goal is to survive. Gather resources, shore up the village, then survive the terrifying night. Maybe you'll hold out long enough for relief to arrive. Maybe not. Are you up to the challenge?
RTSSurvival HorrorBase BuildingStrategyResource ManagementCasualSurvivalTop-DownCity BuilderColony Sim
$14.99IDUN - Frontline Survival
Jan 20 · IDUN Interactive
Both: RTS · Sci-fi
A defense RTS where you can move turrets at will. Extract resources, upgrade technology, and defend against enemy swarms in a gripping space campaign. Hold the line, set up your turrets, and brace for screen-filling hordes!
3DBuildingWargameTower DefenseStrategyRTSSurvivalBase BuildingMiningSci-fi👍 685
$29.99Starship Troopers: Extermination
Oct 10 · Offworld
Both: Sci-fi · Aliens
Starship Troopers: Extermination is an up to 16-player co-op FPS that puts you on the far-off frontlines of an all-out battle against the Bugs! Squad up, grab your rifle, and do your part as an elite Deep Space Vanguard Trooper to take back planets from the Arachnid threat!
Online Co-OpActionFPSSci-fiFirst-PersonCo-opMultiplayerCombatAliensPvE👍 29,725
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-90%$1.79Tales & Tactics
Aug 15 · Table 9 Studio
Both: Tactical
Roguelike Squad-based Autobattler in a Tabletop RPG setting. Draft your army, carefully equip and position your units, make important choices, and meet a colorful cast of characters as you make ready for the Grand Tournament.
Hex GridAuto BattlerStrategyTurn-Based TacticsTacticalTactical RPGRPG3DSingleplayerTabletop👍 1,737
-30%$17.49Stellar Tactics
Mar 30 · Don Wilkins
A Sci-Fi role-playing game featuring turn-based ground combat, space exploration, deep character customization and a massive living universe with thousands of star systems. Equip your ships with the best equipment you can find, gather a powerful crew of mercenaries and set out into the void!
CRPGExplorationTactical RPGTurn-Based TacticsDungeon CrawlerSandboxParty-Based RPGCharacter CustomizationRPGIsometric👍 1,667
-40%$8.99DIRECT CONTACT
Feb 29 · Mountain 81
Both: Real Time Tactics
Direct Contact delivers an authentic and immersive first-person, Co-Op tactical experience, built for those who demand realism, strategy, and precision. Operate as Special Forces, utilizing a vast arsenal of real-world weapons and equipment. Engage in dynamic combat.
Early AccessActionSimulationAdventureShooterReal Time TacticsTactical RPGFirst-PersonThird-Person ShooterRealistic👍 328
$24.99Deadzone: Rogue
Aug 11 · Prophecy Games
Deadzone: Rogue is a roguelite FPS set in space. Blast through swarms of hostile machines, combine powerful augments and elements to forge your build, and grow stronger with each run — solo or in co-op.
RoguelikeFPSOnline Co-OpPvERogueliteLooter ShooterFirst-PersonShooterHorrorDungeon Crawler👍 15,055
