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More about this game →If Starship Troopers: Extermination left you wanting more, this list of 46 similar games is for you. Each one shares part of its essence — shooter, melee combat and setting scifi — and is ranked by a similarity score computed across 13 attributes. Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter comes closest (76/100).
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The closest game to Starship Troopers: Extermination is Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter — scoring 76/100 on our similarity scale. Star Wars Battlefront and Descent follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Starship Troopers: Extermination. Each one has been evaluated across 13 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.
✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere and visual third person, while skipping turn-based strategy
It predates Starship Troopers: Extermination by 14 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, third-person shooting and offline, while skipping turn-based strategy
It predates Starship Troopers: Extermination by 9 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Stands apart with deep simulation, while skipping turn-based strategy
It predates Starship Troopers: Extermination by 30 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Stands apart with horror tension, third-person shooting and survival mechanics, while skipping turn-based strategy
Where it drifts furthest from Starship Troopers: Extermination: visuals and progression.
It predates Starship Troopers: Extermination by 11 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping turn-based strategy
Where it drifts furthest from Starship Troopers: Extermination: setting.
It predates Starship Troopers: Extermination by 13 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Its own twist: horror tension, survival mechanics and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping turn-based strategy
On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Starship Troopers: Extermination.
It predates Starship Troopers: Extermination by 11 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Its own twist: horror tension, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics, while skipping turn-based strategy
Where it drifts furthest from Starship Troopers: Extermination: setting.
It predates Starship Troopers: Extermination by 11 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, third-person shooting and visual third person, while skipping turn-based strategy
Where it drifts furthest from Starship Troopers: Extermination: visuals and progression.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Starship Troopers: Extermination.
It predates Starship Troopers: Extermination by 14 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping turn-based strategy
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 Starship Troopers: Extermination: setting and progression.
It predates Starship Troopers: Extermination by 15 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Where it differs: brings tower defense planning, vibe casual and ranged combat, while skipping turn-based strategy
An experimental game that tries to combine first-person shooters and tower defense genres. Players take control of the elite soldier Skye, who was sent to defend her hometown from a crowd of unknown alien-monsters.
It predates Starship Troopers: Extermination by 13 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, fighting mechanics and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping turn-based strategy
Where it drifts furthest from Starship Troopers: Extermination: visuals.
✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, deep RPG systems and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping turn-based strategy
On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Starship Troopers: Extermination.
✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Its own twist: racing gameplay, adventure storytelling and deep simulation, while skipping turn-based strategy
Tower Unite is a living, evolving world, fueled by the community. Play online games with your friends or make new friends from around the world! Tower Unite is a large online multiplayer game that spans genres. Play minigames such as Minigolf, Ball Race, Virus, and more!
Where it drifts furthest from Starship Troopers: Extermination: setting.
It predates Starship Troopers: Extermination by 8 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping turn-based strategy
Where it drifts furthest from Starship Troopers: Extermination: setting.
It predates Starship Troopers: Extermination by 30 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, dark, oppressive atmosphere and offline, while skipping turn-based strategy
It predates Starship Troopers: Extermination by 22 years, with what that implies technically.
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