swap_horiz Grounded Alternatives

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UFO: Enemy Unknown

UFO: Enemy Unknown is a strategy game developed in 1994 by Mythos Games. Players manage an international organization, X...

Strategy Tactical Sci Fi Turn Based

9.2 Excellent

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Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri is a 4X strategy game set in the 22nd century where seven factions colonize Chiron, a planet...

Strategy Sci Fi Simulation Complex

9.1 Excellent

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Day of the Tentacle

Day of the Tentacle is a 1993 graphic adventure game created by LucasArts. It centers on Bernard Bernoulli, Hoagie Cummi...

Sci Fi Time Travel Humor Puzzle

9.1 Excellent

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a turn-based tactics game where players control XCOM, a multinational paramilitary organization,...

Strategy Tactical Sci Fi Retro

9.0 Excellent

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Dead Space 2

Dead Space 2 is a 2011 survival horror title developed by Visceral Games. Set on the Sprawl space station, it focuses on...

Action Sci Fi Third Person Shooter Survival Horror

8.9 Great

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Dead Space

Dead Space is a survival horror game set aboard a derelict mining ship, the USG Ishimura. The player controls engineer I...

Sci Fi Third Person Shooter First Person Survival Horror

8.8 Great

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Oxygen Not Included

Oxygen Not Included is a challenging strategy video game where players manage a group of colonists inhabiting an undergr...

Strategy Sci Fi Management Simulation

8.8 Great

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Mouthwashing

Mouthwashing is a 2024 horror adventure game where players navigate the aftermath of a spaceship crash. Stranded with dw...

Adventure Survival Narrative Driven Mystery

8.8 Great

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Valheim

Valheim is a survival sandbox game developed by Iron Gate Studio and published by Coffee Stain Publishing. Initial relea...

RPG Multiplayer Sweden Early Access

8.5 Great

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Freelancer

Freelancer is a single-player space trading and combat simulation game released in 2003. It builds upon the established...

Sci Fi Simulation Single Player Action Adventure

8.2 Great

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Subnautica 2

Subnautica 2 is a first-person survival action-adventure game set within a vast, procedurally generated aquatic world. P...

Sci Fi Exploration First Person Survival

8.2 Great

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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II is a third-person shooter set in the grimdark future of the Warhammer 40,000 universe....

FPS Military Sci Fi Hack And Slash

8.2 Great

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SnowRunner

SnowRunner is a simulation game developed by Saber Interactive and published by Focus Home Interactive. Released in 2020...

Simulation United States 2020S

8.2 Great

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Red Faction: Guerrilla

Red Faction: Guerrilla is a third-person shooter developed by Volition and published by THQ in 2009. The game was initia...

Tactical Destruction Third Person Shooter Campaign

8.1 Great

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Midnight Suns

Midnight Suns is a tactical role-playing game featuring Marvel comic book heroes and villains. Players control “The Hunt...

RPG Strategy Tactical Deckbuilder

8.1 Great

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X-COM: Terror from the Deep

X-COM: Terror from the Deep is a strategy game released in 1995 and 1996, continuing the X-COM storyline. The gameplay f...

Strategy Tactical Sci Fi Turn Based

8.1 Great

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Scorched Earth

Scorched Earth is a turn-based strategy game for MS-DOS released in 1991. Players command artillery units during tactica...

Strategy Tactical Simulation 1990S

8.0 Great

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Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy

Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy is an action-adventure game released in 2004 for Xbox, PlayStation 2, and PC. It featur...

Sci Fi Stealth Third Person Shooter Xbox

7.8 Good

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Lost Planet 3

Lost Planet 3 is a third-person shooter set on E.D.N. III, a planet featured in previous Lost Planet titles. The game’s...

Sci Fi Third Person Shooter Survival Third Person

6.0 Fair

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Just Survive

Just Survive is a survival massively multiplayer online game set during a zombie apocalypse in the United States. Player...

MMORPG Post Apocalyptic Early Access Survival

5.3 Mediocre