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2017 PC 0.99 €

As the lone survivor of a spacecraft crew, you explore an alien planet to uncover what killed your crewmates and where a strange signal comes from. A small indie sci-fi shooter with a mystery-driven atmosphere.

What defines Helium:

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Action-packed real-time combat

The closest matches for Helium are Transmissions: Element 120, Alien Trilogy and Moon Mystery. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Helium special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Transmissions: Element 120

95 %

2016 PC free 👍 95 % Overwhelmingly positive, 9,805 reviews on Steam

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Realistic visuals
  • Pure single-player experience

A short single-player shooter set in the Half-Life universe, built around a gravity-defying weapon that lets you leap over buildings and survive huge falls. Its mysterious story keeps you guessing where you are and why you were sent.

Alien Trilogy

Sci-fi setting

A grim 1996 first-person shooter that recreates the Alien films across 30 levels, as you blast through corridors full of facehuggers, xenomorphs and Queens with a range of weapons. The claustrophobic atmosphere and motion tracker build constant tension.

Moon Mystery

Pure single-player experience

An indie first-person shooter that starts on the Moon, where you investigate the secret behind the 1969 space race and follow the trail across the universe.

Alpha Prime

Sci-fi setting

A sci-fi first-person shooter set in a remote asteroid mining base where something has gone horribly wrong. You fight through the facility with futuristic weapons and gadgets while uncovering the threat.

Solarix

Sci-fi setting

A first-person sci-fi horror game in which an engineer fights to survive on an infected research station. You can sneak past threats or fight them while the protagonist's mind slowly unravels.

Star Wars: Dark Forces

Pure single-player experience

An early Star Wars first-person shooter where you play mercenary Kyle Katarn aiding the Rebels, starting with stealing the Death Star plans. Its maze-like levels, key hunts and vertical design set it apart as a Doom contemporary with its own identity.

Half-Life: Source

Sci-fi setting

The Source engine version of the shooter classic: as scientist Gordon Freeman you fight through aliens and soldiers after an experiment goes wrong at Black Mesa. Updated lighting, water and physics refresh the look, but it remains the tightly scripted, linear original.

Eradicator

Focus on a single character

A 1990s first-person shooter in which you cleanse a mysteriously reactivated automated fortress of hostile enemies. Gunfights are mixed with switch and door puzzles and the hunt for the route through the complex.

Half-Life: Uplink

Pure single-player experience

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.

CyClones

Sci-fi setting

An early 1994 first-person shooter in which you fight an alien invasion as a genetically engineered soldier. Classic Doom-era sci-fi shooter design with weapons, keys and level exploration.

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