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Games like The Thing: Space X

2017PC47 % positive

You pilot one of about a dozen combat spaceships armed with death beams, machine guns and missiles, clearing subsectors full of enemies. A nearly unbeatable final boss, the "Thing", awaits at the end.

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

The closest matches for The Thing: Space X are Distant Space 2, Major Stryker and Xevious. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Thing: Space X special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Distant Space 2

94 %Match

2017PC88 % positive0.99 €

Brings what grabs you about The Thing: Space X: good gunplay, a sci-fi setting and a realistic look.

A small indie space shooter with 26 levels where you destroy enemy ships, face boss ships, and pick up extra weapons dropped by defeated foes.

Major Stryker

Action-packed real-time combat

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.

Xevious

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A 1982 arcade classic in which you pilot the Solvalou fighter through vertically scrolling waves of alien enemies, shooting air targets and bombing ground ones at once. It was a pioneering title for the shoot-'em-up genre.

Alpha Mission

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A classic vertically scrolling arcade shooter in the vein of Xevious, where separate weapons for air and ground targets are used against waves of enemies. Short, demanding action with power-ups.

Incoming Forces

Action-packed real-time combat

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.

Syder Arcade

Action-packed real-time combat

An uncompromising retro shoot 'em up inspired by 90s Amiga classics, with free-scrolling, multi-directional shooting. Only your skill counts against hordes of alien invaders.

Startide

Action-packed real-time combat

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.

RIP 3: The Last Hero

Realistic visuals

A small 2006 indie arcade shooter with relentless action, where each level asks for sharp aim and a bit of tactical thinking.

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