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2015PC21 % positive

A 2D top-down shooter set in the near future, where you play a cybernetically enhanced soldier fighting guards and aliens while uncovering the truth.

  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

The closest matches for Exowar are Halo: Spartan Strike, Half-Life: Uplink and Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Exowar special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Halo: Spartan Strike

96 %Match

2015PCSteam Deck verified80 % positive2.99 €

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Action-packed real-time combat

A top-down twin-stick shooter set in the Halo universe: as a Spartan you fight through short missions in New Mombasa using familiar weapons and enemies from the series.

Half-Life: Uplink

Shooting and gunplay

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.

Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold

Shooting and gunplay

A classic Wolfenstein 3D-style retro first-person shooter where you infiltrate the futuristic facilities of the mad Dr. Goldfire. Maze-like levels with keycards, elevators and mutants deliver old-school action.

Major Stryker

Sci-fi setting

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.

Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior

Shooting and gunplay

A linear first-person shooter set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, where you play a young Tau warrior fighting the Imperium and Chaos. Its appeal lies in seeing the setting from the Tau side with their pulse weapons.

Incoming Forces

Shooting and gunplay

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.

Starship Troopers

Shooting and gunplay

A first-person shooter based on the film where you fight huge swarms of alien bugs with futuristic weapons. Hundreds of enemies on screen at once make for frantic, large-scale battles.

X-COM: Enforcer

Shooting and gunplay

A linear third-person shooter set in the X-COM universe, where you play a combat robot blasting aliens through city streets. It focuses on fast action rather than the strategy of the main series.

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