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We filtered the 49 games similar to Alien Storm down to the 26 that fit the “Xbox” category. Killing Floor 2, Dead Island 2 and Warhammer 40,000: Darktide top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Alien Storm.

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Within the “Xbox” category, the closest game to Alien Storm is Killing Floor 2 — scoring 79/100 on our similarity scale. Dead Island 2 and Warhammer 40,000: Darktide follow close behind.

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The best games like Alien Storm on Xbox

26 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Alien Storm. Each one has been evaluated across 12 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Killing Floor 2
Killing Floor 2
RPGAction RPGFirst-Person ARPG
MultiplayerCo-opSoloMeleeSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 88%· 129KIGDB81· 13OC78· 62
Year 2016Dev Tripwire Interactive · Iceberg InteractiveOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping fighting mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from Alien Storm: setting.

Released 26 years after Alien Storm.

Genre100Combat100Game mode75Visuals72Setting31
#2Dead Island 2
Dead Island 2
RPGAction RPGFirst-Person ARPG
Co-opSoloMultiplayerMeleeFirst Person
Steam👍 77%· 26KIGDB74· 6OC75· 159
Year 2023Dev Deep Silver Dambuster Studios · Deep SilverOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, horror tension and survival mechanics, while skipping fighting mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from Alien Storm: setting.

Released 33 years after Alien Storm.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Visuals72Setting0
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
RPGAction RPGFirst-Person ARPG
Co-opSoloMultiplayerMeleeFirst Person
Steam👍 71%· 132KIGDB78· 5OC75· 80
Year 2022Dev FatsharkOn Xbox · PC · PS5

✓ Both are first-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping fighting mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from Alien Storm: setting.

Released 32 years after Alien Storm.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Visuals71Setting0
The Outer Worlds
RPGAction RPGFirst-Person ARPG
SoloCo-opMeleeSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 82%· 28KIGDB86· 15OC83· 215
Year 2019Dev Obsidian Entertainment · Private DivisionOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and open world exploration, while skipping fighting mechanics

Released 29 years after Alien Storm.

Genre100Combat100Game mode76Visuals70Setting54
Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide
RPGAction RPGFirst-Person ARPG
Co-opSoloMultiplayerMeleeFirst Person
Steam👍 80%· 21KIGDB80· 8OC77· 45
Year 2015Dev FatsharkOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, survival mechanics and horror tension, while skipping fighting mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from Alien Storm: setting.

Released 25 years after Alien Storm.

Genre100Combat100Game mode75Visuals70Setting0
#6Bright Memory: Infinite
Bright Memory: Infinite
RPGAction RPGFirst-Person ARPG
SoloMeleeSci-FiFirst PersonDark
Steam👍 92%· 40KIGDB67· 5OC63· 95
Year 2021Dev FYQD-Studio · PLAYISMOn Xbox · Android · PC

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, dark, oppressive atmosphere and punishing difficulty, while skipping fighting mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from Alien Storm: game mode.

Released 31 years after Alien Storm.

Genre100Combat100Setting100Visuals70Game mode35
Dying Light
RPGAction RPGFirst-Person ARPG
Co-opMultiplayerSoloMeleeFirst Person
Steam👍 95%· 486KRAWG👍 84%· 1.4KMC74IGDB72· 17OC74· 117
Year 2015Dev Techland · Warner Bros. InteractivePlaytime ~22hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and first-person shooting

≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, horror tension and adventure storytelling, while skipping fighting mechanics

Dying Light is a first-person action horror game with the elements of survival. It is a first part of the Dying light series followed by Dying Light 2. The game is set in the open-world environment of fictional Harran city.

Where it drifts furthest from Alien Storm: setting and combat.

Released 25 years after Alien Storm.

Genre100Visuals70Game mode63Combat40Setting0
RoboCop: Rogue City
RPGAction RPGFirst-Person ARPG
SoloMeleeSci-FiFirst PersonNarrative
Steam👍 87%· 34KIGDB74· 6OC73· 114
Year 2023Dev Teyon · NaconOn Xbox · PC · PS5

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping fighting mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from Alien Storm: game mode and setting.

Released 33 years after Alien Storm.

Genre100Combat100Visuals72Setting49Game mode35
Starfield
RPGAction RPGFirst-Person ARPG
SoloMeleeSci-FiFirst PersonNarrative
Steam👍 57%· 173KIGDB85· 9OC84· 221
Year 2023Dev Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda SoftworksOn Xbox · PC · PS5

✓ Fits the first-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, sandbox freedom and deep simulation, while skipping fighting mechanics

At its best in the hand-built cities and the faction questlines, where the writing and the systems both hold. Ship building is deeper than it first appears. The exploration loop is the weak point — procedurally generated planets repeat their points of interest quickly, and the constant loading screens between surface, ship and space break any sense of continuity.

Where it drifts furthest from Alien Storm: game mode and setting.

Released 33 years after Alien Storm.

Genre100Combat100Visuals54Setting46Game mode36
Atomic Heart
RPGAction RPGFirst-Person ARPG
SoloMeleeSci-FiFirst PersonNarrative
Steam👍 81%· 48KIGDB72· 4OC74· 141
Year 2023Dev Mundfish · Focus EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, puzzle design and adventure storytelling, while skipping fighting mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from Alien Storm: game mode and setting.

Released 33 years after Alien Storm.

Genre100Combat100Visuals71Setting41Game mode36
Cyberpunk 2077
RPGAction RPGFirst-Person ARPG
SoloMeleeSci-FiFirst PersonRanged
Steam👍 86%· 938KRAWG👍 83%· 3.0KMC73IGDB75· 21OC76· 226
Year 2020Dev CD Projekt Red · CD PROJEKT REDPlaytime ~29hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, sandbox freedom and strong narrative focus, while skipping fighting mechanics

Cyberpunk 2077 is a science fiction game loosely based on the role-playing game Cyberpunk 2020. ###Setting The game is set in the year 2077 in a fictional futuristic metropolis Night City in California.

Where it drifts furthest from Alien Storm: game mode and setting.

Released 30 years after Alien Storm.

Genre100Combat55Visuals55Setting43Game mode35
Fallout: New Vegas
RPGAction RPGFirst-Person ARPG
SoloMeleeSci-FiFirst PersonStealth
Steam👍 96%· 257KRAWG👍 89%· 2.6KMC84IGDB82· 9
Year 2010Dev Obsidian Entertainment · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~12hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, sandbox freedom and adventure storytelling, while skipping fighting mechanics

The writing is why it endures: factions with coherent positions, quests that resolve several ways, and an ending that actually reflects a decade of small choices. Reputation matters everywhere. Technically it is fragile — it shipped buggy and remains so, with crashes common enough on modern systems that most players install community patches first.

Where it drifts furthest from Alien Storm: game mode and setting.

Released 20 years after Alien Storm.

Genre100Visuals54Combat43Setting39Game mode35
Fallout 4
RPGAction RPGFirst-Person ARPG
SoloMeleeSci-FiFirst PersonStealth
Steam👍 81%· 424KRAWG👍 70%· 3.4KMC84IGDB85· 21OC87· 159
Year 2015Dev Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~38hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, sandbox freedom and adventure storytelling, while skipping fighting mechanics

The best shooting in the series by some distance, plus settlement building that becomes its own game if you let it. Power armour finally feels like a vehicle. The dialogue wheel is the loss — four options that collapse into the same outcome, and a voiced protagonist that narrows roleplaying compared with New Vegas.

Where it drifts furthest from Alien Storm: game mode and combat.

Released 25 years after Alien Storm.

Genre100Visuals54Setting45Combat40Game mode35
Chernobylite
RPGAction RPGFirst-Person ARPG
SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 82%· 15KIGDB76· 3OC76· 104
Year 2021Dev The Farm 51 · All In! GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, shooter and first-person shooting

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, horror tension and adventure storytelling, while skipping action RPG combat

Where it drifts furthest from Alien Storm: setting.

Released 31 years after Alien Storm.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals71Combat55Setting34
Hyper Light Drifter
RPGAction RPGIsometric ARPG
SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeSci-Fi2D
Steam👍 93%· 19KIGDB89· 11OC84· 59
Year 2016Dev Heart MachineOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Like Alien Storm, it's known for deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and strong narrative focus, while skipping first-person shooting

Where it drifts furthest from Alien Storm: visuals and setting.

Released 26 years after Alien Storm.

Combat100Game mode100Genre75Setting42Visuals24

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