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Games like Independence Day

1997PCPlayStation

You pilot a fighter jet through the air battles of the film and take on massive alien mothership attacks. It focuses on fast flight action with missions tied to the invasion of Earth.

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

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Best alternative overall: Killzone HD 88% match – Sci-fi setting
Newest alternative: Quake II RTX 85% match – released 2019

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Killzone HD

88 %Match

2012PlayStation

Killzone HD is a polished remaster of the 2004 PS2 shooter, bringing sharper textures, smoother 30fps action and trophy support. You fight through grim, militaristic sci-fi battles against the Helghan army.

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Battle: Los Angeles

Shooting and gunplay

A linear first-person shooter based on the film, where you play Corporal Lee Imlay fighting alongside a squad of Marines to defend Los Angeles from alien invaders. The campaign focuses on war-zone atmosphere and gunfights in ruined streets.

Alien Rage: Unlimited

Sci-fi setting

A straightforward arcade-style sci-fi first-person shooter where you fight alien hordes and large bosses across 14 levels, using ten weapons that each have two firing modes.

Half-Life 2: Lost Coast

Shooting and gunplay

A short tech-showcase level set in the Half-Life 2 universe: you work your way up a coastal village to a fortress, fighting Combine soldiers and a gunship. Its highlights were the pioneering HDR lighting and the optional developer commentary.

Halo: Spartan Strike

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.

Quake II RTX

Shooting and gunplay

You get the three shareware levels of Quake II rebuilt around path-traced lighting, so reflections, shadows and global illumination transform the familiar corridors. It keeps the fast, brutal gunplay of the original while looking strikingly modern.

Starship Troopers

Sci-fi setting

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.

Slave Zero

Action-packed real-time combat

You play a saboteur in a future megacity, blasting through fast, heavy combat against bio-mechanical machines. Its appeal is the over-the-top, action-packed shooting in a grim sci-fi world.

Hyper Void

Action-packed real-time combat

Hyper Void takes the space shooter inside interstellar wormholes rather than open outer space. This single-player third-person shooter stands out through its unusual, shifting tunnel environments.

Strikers 1945 II

Action-packed real-time combat

You pilot a fighter through waves of bullets and massive mech enemies in this vertically scrolling arcade shmup. It is a tight, demanding shoot 'em up that rewards repeated attempts with sharper reflexes.