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We filtered the 46 games similar to Aliens: Fireteam Elite down to the 25 that fit the “Dark” category. Dead Space 3, Fallout 76 and Aliens: Colonial Marines top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Aliens: Fireteam Elite.

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The best dark games like Aliens: Fireteam Elite

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Aliens: Fireteam Elite. Each one has been evaluated across 18 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.

#1Dead Space 3Closest overall match

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeDarkNarrativeHorrorSci-FiSpaceSkill TreeThird Person

Steam👍 73%· 14KIGDB74· 15

Year 2013Dev Visceral Games · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and horror tension

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, adventure storytelling and roguelike runs, while skipping deep RPG systems

It predates Aliens: Fireteam Elite by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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MultiplayerCo-opOnlineSoloDarkNarrativeSci-FiHorrorThird Person

Steam👍 72%· 138KIGDB51· 14OC54· 149

Year 2018Dev Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda SoftworksOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and deep RPG systems

≠ Stands apart with open world exploration, post-apocalyptic world and exploration and discovery, while skipping third-person shooting

Where it drifts furthest from Aliens: Fireteam Elite: progression.

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#3Aliens: Colonial MarinesClosest on combat

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeDarkNarrativeHorrorSci-FiSpace

Steam👍 62%· 12KIGDB45· 14

Year 2013Dev Gearbox Software · SegaOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and horror tension

≠ Its own twist: offline and visual first person, while skipping third-person shooting

Where it drifts furthest from Aliens: Fireteam Elite: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Aliens: Fireteam Elite.

It predates Aliens: Fireteam Elite by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeNarrativeDarkHorror

Steam👍 89%· 84K

Year 2013Dev Team PsykskallarOn PC

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and horror tension

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, visual first person and free to play, while skipping third-person shooting

Where it drifts furthest from Aliens: Fireteam Elite: visuals.

It predates Aliens: Fireteam Elite by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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#5Killing FloorClosest on progression

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Co-opSoloMultiplayerOnlineMeleeDarkNarrativeHorrorSci-FiSkill Tree

Steam👍 95%· 69KRAWG👍 59%· 856MC72IGDB68· 5

Year 2009Dev Tripwire InteractivePlaytime ~5hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and survival mechanics

≠ Stands apart with ranged combat, post-apocalyptic world and visual first person, while skipping third-person shooting

Wave-based co-op against slow, heavy specimens, built around a between-round shop and perks that level by playstyle rather than by menu. Weapon feedback is meaty. It shows its origins as a mod — level design is functional rather than crafted, and later waves come down to holding one corridor while a friend welds the door behind you.

Where it drifts furthest from Aliens: Fireteam Elite: visuals and combat.

It predates Aliens: Fireteam Elite by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

Co-opSoloMultiplayerOnlineMeleeDarkNarrativeHorrorSci-Fi

Steam👍 71%· 14KIGDB76· 5

Year 2011Dev Day 1 Studios · WB GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and horror tension

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling and visual first person, while skipping third-person shooting

Where it drifts furthest from Aliens: Fireteam Elite: visuals.

It predates Aliens: Fireteam Elite by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeDarkNarrativeHorror

Steam👍 96%· 67KRAWG👍 87%· 1.7KMC89IGDB85· 7

Year 2008Dev Valve Software · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~5hOn PC · Xbox · Apple Macintosh

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and survival mechanics

≠ Stands apart with ranged combat, post-apocalyptic world and visual first person, while skipping third-person shooting

The AI Director is the whole design: it places hordes and items based on how well you are doing, so no two runs of a campaign play the same and tension stays authored without being scripted. Four campaigns only, which is thin, and the sequel superseded it so completely that finding populated servers now takes patience.

Where it drifts furthest from Aliens: Fireteam Elite: visuals and setting.

It predates Aliens: Fireteam Elite by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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#8DOOM 3

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeDarkNarrativeHorrorSci-FiSkill Tree

Steam👍 89%· 8.3KRAWG👍 77%· 632MC87IGDB86· 6

Year 2004Dev id Software · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and horror tension

≠ Stands apart with tower defense planning, turn-based strategy and ranged combat, while skipping third-person shooting

DOOM 3 is a first-person shooter, the third installment in the series, serving as a reboot to the previous games. ###Plot As the game is set in a science fiction universe, the events span accordingly.

Where it drifts furthest from Aliens: Fireteam Elite: visuals.

It predates Aliens: Fireteam Elite by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

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#9Wolfenstein: Youngblood

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Co-opSoloMultiplayerOnlineMeleeDarkNarrativeSci-Fi

Steam👍 43%· 16KIGDB71· 12OC67· 159

Year 2019Dev MachineGames · Bethesda SoftworksOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and deep RPG systems

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, setting cyberpunk and visual first person, while skipping third-person shooting

Where it drifts furthest from Aliens: Fireteam Elite: visuals and setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Aliens: Fireteam Elite.

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#10Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2

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MultiplayerCo-opSoloOnlineMeleeDarkNarrativeHorrorSkill TreeThird Person

Steam👍 90%· 48KIGDB85· 17OC81· 71

Year 2016Dev PopCap Games · Electronic ArtsOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and third-person shooting

≠ Where it differs: brings vibe casual, cozy, relaxing feel and setting cartoon, while skipping deep RPG systems

Where it drifts furthest from Aliens: Fireteam Elite: setting.

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#11Kane & Lynch: Dead Men

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeDarkNarrativeThird Person

Steam👍 65%· 3.4KIGDB60· 1

Year 2007Dev IO Interactive · Eidos InteractiveOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and third-person shooting

≠ Stands apart with offline, while skipping deep RPG systems

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Aliens: Fireteam Elite.

It predates Aliens: Fireteam Elite by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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MultiplayerCo-opSoloOnlineMeleeNarrativeDark

Steam👍 96%· 23KRAWG👍 74%· 165IGDB84· 1OC81· 24

Year 2017Dev tinyBuildPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Stands apart with roguelike runs, adventure storytelling and action RPG combat, while skipping third-person shooting

Streets of Rogue is a rogue-lite about player choice, freedom, and anarchic fun. The game takes inspiration from fast-paced top-down rogue-lites like Binding of Isaac and Nuclear Throne, and adds free-form, experimentation-driven, emergent gameplay elements of RPGs like Deus Ex.

Where it drifts furthest from Aliens: Fireteam Elite: visuals.

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#13F.E.A.R. Extraction Point

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SoloMultiplayerMeleeDarkNarrativeHorrorSci-Fi

Steam👍 94%· 19KIGDB73· 3

Year 2006Dev TimeGate Studios · Vivendi Universal GamesOn PC

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and horror tension

≠ Its own twist: visual first person, while skipping third-person shooting

Where it drifts furthest from Aliens: Fireteam Elite: visuals.

It predates Aliens: Fireteam Elite by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

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#14F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate

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SoloMultiplayerMeleeDarkNarrativeHorrorSci-Fi

Steam👍 94%· 19KIGDB70· 2

Year 2007Dev TimeGate Studios · Sierra EntertainmentOn PC

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and horror tension

≠ Its own twist: visual first person, while skipping third-person shooting

Where it drifts furthest from Aliens: Fireteam Elite: visuals.

It predates Aliens: Fireteam Elite by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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#15Max Payne 3

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SoloMultiplayerMeleeNarrativeDarkThird Person

Steam👍 87%· 63KIGDB89· 12

Year 2012Dev Rockstar New England · Rockstar GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and third-person shooting

≠ Stands apart with sandbox freedom, adventure storytelling and sandbox world, while skipping deep RPG systems

The shootdodge finally has weight behind it: bullets tear through cover, animations blend into terrain, and the last-stand mechanic keeps firefights tense. Some of the best gunfeel of its generation. It is also the most controlling — long unskippable cutscenes stitch between fights, and the linear corridors leave little room to approach an encounter your own way.

It predates Aliens: Fireteam Elite by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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