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2017PCNintendo Switch9.99 €

You pilot an elite recon mecha with a unique set of weapons and special abilities through fast arcade-style action in a sci-fi setting.

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

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The closest matches for Startide are Major Stryker, Space Pirate Trainer and Halo: Spartan Strike. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Startide special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Major Stryker

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1993PC2.99 €

Sci-fi setting
Shooting and gunplay
Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

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.

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Sci-fi setting

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Halo: Spartan Strike

Action-packed real-time combat

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Distant Space 2

Shooting and gunplay

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Shooting and gunplay

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Alpha Mission

Shooting and gunplay

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Xevious

Shooting and gunplay

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Shooting and gunplay

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Incoming Forces

Action-packed real-time combat

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Stargunner

Sci-fi setting

A classic 1990s DOS side-scrolling space shooter where you pilot an elite ship to strike enemy strongholds on a hostile planet. Fast arcade action with weapon upgrades.

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