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Games like Forbidden planet

2016PC53 % positive

You pilot a small spaceship, gather resources in space, colonize planets and defend your home world from incoming asteroids. It blends space strategy, tower defense and shooter action.

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

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

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Space Pirates and Zombies

88 %Match

2011PCSteam Deck playable91 % positive9.99 €

A top-down space combat game with physics-driven battles, where you play a pirate captain, customize ships, roam a sandbox galaxy and fight corporations and zombies.

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Planetoid

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You construct physics-based facilities on a small planetoid to fend off enemies and protect the humanoids living there. It blends building, strategy and action in an indie sci-fi setting.

As a guerrilla fighter on Mars, you tear down nearly any building with sledgehammers, explosives and vehicles. The fully destructible open world turns chaos into a tactical tool against the occupying forces.

Starscape

Action-packed real-time combat

An arcade-style space shooter where you play the last pilot of a research station, mining asteroids, salvaging alien tech and customizing your fighters. A modest story and resource management add depth to the dogfighting.

Carrier Command: Gaea Mission

Realistic visuals

A re-imagining of the 80s classic in which you command a huge carrier and pilot its aircraft and ground vehicles yourself to capture islands across an archipelago. Real-time strategy meets first-person vehicle action.

X3: Terran Conflict

Realistic visuals

A vast space sandbox where you fly ships, build trading empires and factory complexes, and get drawn into conflicts between rival races. Freedom is huge, but the learning curve is steep.

Cosmic Dust & Rust

Gameplay comes before story

A space tower defense game where you build turrets and defenses and upgrade your ship. You can also take direct control of the ship and blast enemies with its cannons and super weapons.

Parkan: The Imperial Chronicles

Pure single-player experience

A cult Russian genre blend of space sim, first-person shooter, strategy and RPG: you fly through space, explore planets and robot bases, and decide whether to be a trader, mercenary or pirate.

X Rebirth

Realistic visuals

A space sandbox in the X universe where you fly, fight, trade and gradually build your own economic empire with a small ship and a female companion. Known for ambitious ideas and a rocky launch that drew heavy criticism.