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2014PC67 % positive9.75 €

A tactical squad game set on derelict spaceships haunted by ghostly enemies, where you guide a small team with pausable real-time orders. Missions are tense, lethal and reward careful planning.

A party of several characters
Runs that play out differently every time
Tactical depth
Sci-fi setting

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The closest matches for Deadnaut are Duskers, Aliens: Dark Descent and FTL: Faster Than Light. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Deadnaut special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

In short: games like Deadnaut

Best alternative overall: Duskers 88% match – Runs that play out differently every time
With more action: Aliens: Dark Descent 87% match – with combat
Newest alternative: Quasimorph 84% match – released 2026

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Duskers

88 %Match

2016PCSteam Deck playable90 % positive19.99 €

You guide a squad of drones through derelict spaceships using a command line, relying only on sensors and limited camera feeds. Its roguelike survival structure and oppressive atmosphere keep tension high.

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Aliens: Dark Descent

Dread and tension

A tactical real-time-with-pause squad game in the Alien universe: you lead a team of marines through a xenomorph outbreak, managing resources, stress and permanent losses in a tense, bleak atmosphere.

FTL: Faster Than Light

Runs that play out differently every time

You captain a starship on the run, rerouting power, directing crew and making tough calls in pausable real-time battles. Every run is procedurally generated, brutally tense and often ends in glorious failure.

X-COM: Terror From the Deep

Challenging difficulty

The notoriously punishing sequel to UFO Defense moves the alien war to the ocean depths, combining base building and research with turn-based squad missions against Lovecraftian sea horrors. Its creepy atmosphere and brutal difficulty made it a cult classic.

Shardpunk

Challenging difficulty

A turn-based tactics game set in a grim steampunk world overrun by rats, blending XCOM-style squad combat with Darkest Dungeon-like stress and resource pressure. You lead a small squad through dangerous missions where every decision counts.

Quasimorph

Runs that play out differently every time

A punishing turn-based extraction roguelike set in grim sci-fi horror: you send clone after clone of a mercenary into infested ships to loot and survive, while managing your own vessel between runs.

X-COM: UFO Defense

Sci-fi setting

The legendary tactics classic pairs tense turn-based squad missions against aliens with global base building, research and tight budget management. Soldiers die permanently, and every strategic decision can save or doom humanity.

Stirring Abyss

Dread and tension

An indie squad-based tactics game where you lead a team through a Lovecraft-inspired undersea world, managing resources, sanity and tough decisions. Its mix of squad tactics, RPG elements and cosmic horror creates an oppressive atmosphere.

Crying Suns

Runs that play out differently every time

As a fleet commander you cross a collapsed star empire in a roguelite built around tactical, pausable space battles. Each run reveals more of a story in the vein of Dune and Foundation.

Dungeon of the Endless

Runs that play out differently every time

A tense blend of roguelike and tower defense where you guide a small squad of stranded survivors through procedurally generated floors. You split scarce power between rooms and build defenses before hauling the crystal to the exit, so every door you open is a gamble.