Alien Breed 2: Assault similar games & best alternatives

Alien Breed 2: Assault

PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360 • 2010

Should you play it?

Can you survive the alien onslaught? Gamers across the world will now have a chance to play the next chapter in this high-budget, high-quality series.

What works

  • Engaging sci-fi atmosphere
  • Challenging combat and bosses
  • Co-op multiplayer available
  • Weapon upgrades and progression
  • Comic-style narrative cutscenes

Things to keep in mind

  • Repetitive gameplay and backtracking
  • Limited enemy and weapon variety
  • Small multiplayer community
  • Camera control issues in fixed angles
  • Short game length per episode

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Insanity's Blade

  • Alien Breed 3: Descent

  • Quake 4

  • METAL SLUG 2

  • Contra Anniversary Collection

  • Shadowgrounds

Less social

Games that feels like Alien Breed 2: Assault but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Resident Evil Village

  • Alien: Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition

  • Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun

  • Wolfenstein: The New Order

  • Nightmare of Decay

  • METAL EDEN

More expressive

Games that feels like Alien Breed 2: Assault but with more self-expression and customization

  • Nightmare Reaper

  • Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem

  • Zombie Army 4: Dead War

  • Far Cry 3

  • Serious Sam 4

  • Super Hydorah

More experimental

Games that feels like Alien Breed 2: Assault but with more room to experiment and tinker

  • Killer Bean

  • Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter

  • Shotgun Legend

  • Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter

  • Saints Row: Gat out of Hell

  • Painkiller Hell & Damnation

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Alien Breed 3: Descent

  • Alien Breed: Impact

  • Killer Frequency

  • The Survivalists

  • Worms Ultimate Mayhem

Similarity map

How to compare these games

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  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Alien Breed 2: Assault. These titles are not in What to play next.

Alien Breed 2: Assault: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Fellowship, Violence.

Last update: 21/08/2026